Oh dear, what a day… yet again… I hate my co-workers, now I remember what was so nice about working late at night, there was nobody around. Then in the afternoon, my damn supervisors 6 year old daughter was brought in and decided to use the new PC for games and all I could do was to sit fuming in the corner, because I had to sit and take it because she's a relative of my boss. I was so pissed off at 5:30 pm this afternoon when I left.
I solved the KBr disc problem this evening when I went back at 10:00 pm. I also managed to dig up a paper which should hopefully make the next phase of my research a lot easier, and which unsurprisingly is another ironic addition to my life. I won't explain just how or why since that would be long and boring, but suffice to say it was yet again quite ironic. I was supposed to have gone for a run tonight, but by the time I got back from the lab, it was nearly 2:00 am, and that would have meant a bed time around 3:30 am, and I really don't want to go back to those "days" just yet.
I think in future, I will avoid my supervisor at all costs. The reason why I think this is this; nothing I can say can really impress him. However, I always have the possibility of saying something stupid or just appearing like an ignorant idiot. Therefore, to prevent him thinking any less of me (if that's possible) I should avoid him altogether and communicate only by written notes and other paper documents. I can ask other people stupid questions, because they don't mark me or hand me funds.
It's kind of like the news, there is very little good news of personal interest to me, but a lot of bad news which is generally depressing about the environment, war and so on. Therefore, I should avoid news and other forms of media.
It will take a bit of effort, but I think it will pay off, since to him it appears like independence, but to me it's just avoiding looking like an idiot.
Apart from that, I have a whole heap of email to respond to, and I want to offload the next edition of OMNO 18 tomorrow, so that should be enjoyable provided it doesn't get tossed back in my face, and I don't think things have deteriorated that far yet.