Great, now I'm totally isolated, both ICQ and now the server has gone down and won't be repaired until Monday… oh well, I survived for 20 years before they came along, I'm sure a weekend won't traumatize me too badly. Perhaps this will spur them to fix the problem with ICQ (Socks proxy problem).
Today was a mixture of laziness and lab-work. I got a very good yield (+50%) for the three-legged system and put on the important G1-Cl synthesis. I know that doesn't mean much, but it is important to me. *g* I also came home for an hour in the afternoon because there wasn't anything for me to do at the lab except wait on that one reaction which wouldn't be ready until tomorrow anyway. I guess I could have gone shopping, but I didn't want to spend any money and besides it was nice just lazing on my bed.
Red rang whilst I was there and we had a good chat on the phone. She is considering changing her name to "Madison Fox", I can of course quite naturally sympathize with her because of the hatred I still hold for my original name. Also because she will be graduating this year she understandably would prefer the new name on her degree. I told her to think it over before rushing in…
Tomorrow is the John's "Out the Back" Day. It is such a display of drunken stupidity I doubt few would believe my meager descriptions. Suffice to say I won't be using the toilets at that end of the college this weekend.
I don't know… I haven't been even been tipsy that I can recall for who knows how long. I think I got frightened away from alcohol after getting sloshed at my first Glitter Ball, and after that I discovered better intoxicants which I am now immune to, and so I guess I'll be "straight" forever now… *s* I don't know what effect alcohol would have on me anymore, and personally I'm not curious enough to want to find out.
As lonely as I occasionally feel, I think in some ways, this is good for me being alone for the moment. I look forward to the weekends as an opportunity to work in the peace of the lab in its abandoned weekend state. I like the quiet atmosphere, and as I have mentioned before it is a place where I feel both at home and safe., so I guess that that is conducive to me doing work. I've been here for about 2 years and 10 months, it's kind of hard to believe at times, but there you have it. I would dearly love to take up a post-doc position somewhere overseas when I'm finished, so I guess that's a pretty good mid-term plan… gotta have a plan, gotta have a plan…
Hmmm… maybe I could watch some "Sailor Moon" if I get too bored… hey, at least I have options!

12:45 am - To bed… see y'all…