real estate

just to follow up on my rilo kiley plug, i think i've listened to more adventurous 119 times so far. perfect backdrop for walking in the first week of autumn-chill winds, dodging co-eds all over campus, wearing cute new blazer and flats, and reflecting on how emotionally long it's been since last september.

a very exciting thing happened this week. i moved. not apartments though (i'm perfectly content in my cute basement/sauna/fireplace situation - now that i have that couch). lab benches. yes, i am now the proud occupant of, arguably, the most prime piece of real estate in the VRMDL. the equivalent of rent-control on the upper east side, or whatever.

consider the amenities:
1) room for legs to tuck in under bench while sitting on lab stool (not available at previous corner spot, where my knees would consistently bunge up against the drawer pulls)
2) availability of overhead shelving (again, not available at previous spot - i was right next to the chemical storage cabinets, and all room was thus taken up by alphabetically arranged reagents)
3) correct amount of sunlight (not direct like in the western-most corner, not dark like in my previous eastern-most corner, but just in the middle and just right)
4) proximity to sink for washing dirty tissue culture dishes/hands/etc.

sigh. the benefits of slowly becoming a higher ranking graduate student. maybe one day i'll have my own internet connection... we can only dream.

in other news, i had the most draining exhaustive day of wrestling with old data. was picked up for a second wind by a phone conversation with an old labmate, then officially lost steam around 8:30 pm. to permit relaxation, treated myself to take-out ginger basil chicken, from the little thai neighbourhood place that has turned out to be my hands-down favourite, and the october vogue. then got fed up with the annoying cast of this season's apprentice, not to mention their poor design choices for a lamborghini ad campaign task, and stuck with the vogue instead.

back to work in T-7 hours...