Week 2!

This week has been a little more hands-on in terms of research. I spent three hours drawing and fixing a microscope dish holder on Autodesk Inventor. The upside of this story is that I made friends with Floyd the machinist and I will be a total pro with Inventor by the time I take my CAD drawing class this coming fall. While I am learning how to propagate bone cells and use lasers, I think the highlight of my week was going to Surplus. Going in, I felt a mixture of apprehension and the kind of excitement one gets when they walk into IKEA. Our purpose was to find usable microscope objectives for our inverted microscope (also salvaged from Surplus), but I also found some incredible "antiquated scientifica" from what looks like the beginning of the 20th century. My favorite bit was this lil rusty key that went to the box of an old optical piece.

Aside from my Surplus adventures, I have also made some trips to Pharmacy where I have picked up on some interesting gossip about a guy named Jack who is apparently very dedicated to exercise.

I recently had my first trivia night experience as well. After a close battle with "John Penicillin" the whole time, we took a gamble that we ultimately lost because we didn't know the year Amy Winehouse died. We were so close though!!!! We still got a prize though because apparently "Saucy Breadsticks" was the best group name of the night.