Random non-MCAT and only peripherally related to the MCAT thread - Part 5

[MollyMalone]

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Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's the thread!

Not sure what the Random thread is all about? Well, here's the answer to all your questions.

It's basically a restaurant. That serves breaststicks. And lots of cute fruit and veggies. And is patronized by a HO. And Tucker Carlson. Vin Diesel, too. Lots of race car drivers eat here, as well. We're very well respected by the Amish... one girl in particular is here almost all the time.

The food is great if you're low on iron. It's not on the menu, but you can ask about the special secret garlic cure home recipe. One of the hostesses often makes weather predictions, but she's not always around. I think she has another job with the government. Or a government. Something like that. One of the other hostesses says "Bitch, please," a lot, but she's joking... don't take it personally.

Forget anything you've heard about the girl who died here from arsenic poisoning. That was a long time ago, and she's still alive, anyway... just busy so she doesn't come in as much. Besides, a little arsenic adds a lot of flavor to just about any dish.

Pretty flowers by the entrance, hey? Lilis, they are. Beautiful. And the music is totally hopping... we have our very own DJ. Looks a little like Brad Pitt.

I guess that's pretty much all you need to know. I'm usually in the corner booth over there drinking a nice glass of wine. You're welcome to join me, anytime. We're open 24/7.


Congratulations to everyone who made Part 4 such a kickass thread!!!

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And thank you to the ever generous, intelligent, lovely, and kind Nichole, who let me start the thread even though she won the last one. 🙂

 

[Anastasis]

ana- i heard you were gonna teach the GRE.... what's that all about ? did you ever actually take it ?

I bombed the practice GRE because I didn't take it seriously. They're still training me to teach the math section but they won't let me teach the verbal section which I think is pretty funny since my degree is in English.

I won't teach the MCAT course until the Spring.

 

[Nikki2002]

This morning I was going to get some cereal (cheerio's), but the box had some ants on it and also all over the cereal when I looked inside. I put it away and my brother ate some without even noticing. LOL!!! I couldn't stop laughing and he got pissed that I didn't throw it away when I first saw it.

oh that is so horrible. ugh. i know how bad the ants can be down there

 

[UMP]

I bombed the practice GRE because I didn't take it seriously. They're still training me to teach the math section but they won't let me teach the verbal section which I think is pretty funny since my degree is in English.

I won't teach the MCAT course until the Spring.

so they're pretty desperate for people and just walking in, showing interest, and doing well on the practice would be enough to get a job?

 

[Nikki2002]

they are lucky to have you ana--with an mcat score like that

 

[Nikki2002]

megboo....jlw.....do you hear something??

 

[Anastasis]

so they're pretty desperate for people and just walking in, showing interest, and doing well on the practice would be enough to get a job?

Where I am they're desperate - it really depends on the town. If it's a town with tons of med schools/graduate schools, you'll need to have better scores to get a job. It's worth a try though; the money is great.

 

[Anastasis]

megboo....jlw.....do you hear something??

😕

 

[oxeye]

you're gonna make a white powder

Hey, that's what I made in my last lab! White crystals actually. 😉

Today we distilled something but they won't tell us what it was. 😡

Thursday we are playing with caffeine - wanna come Ana?

 

[oxeye]

Dang it - so what am I supposed to do then if I don't get a scholarship? 😡

Just don't get caught. 😉

 

[Anastasis]

Hey, that's what I made in my last lab! White crystals actually. 😉

Today we distilled something but they won't tell us what it was. 😡

Thursday we are playing with caffeine - wanna come Ana?

When we did that lab, my lab instructor actually said, "Whatever you do, do NOT eat the caffeine crystals." Then looked right at me. I kid you not. I was in stitches. Apparently my addiction is more evident in real life than I would like.

 

[Anastasis]

WTF is a benzene with a nitro group called? This is bugging the crap outta me. Aniline right?

 

[oxeye]

WTF is a benzene with a nitro group called? This is bugging the crap outta me. Aniline right?

Aniline is with an amine group.

Can't think of what it is with a nitro group.

 

[beary]

megboo....jlw.....do you hear something??

I hear something... echo...

 

[oxeye]

WTF is a benzene with a nitro group called? This is bugging the crap outta me. Aniline right?

I looked it up - it's nitrobenzene.

 

[Nikki2002]

don't you just call it nitrobenzene??

 

[RAD11]

WTF is a benzene with a nitro group called? This is bugging the crap outta me. Aniline right?

Nitrobenzene

 

[oxeye]

When we did that lab, my lab instructor actually said, "Whatever you do, do NOT eat the caffeine crystals." Then looked right at me. I kid you not. I was in stitches. Apparently my addiction is more evident in real life than I would like.

 

[Nikki2002]

yup

 

[RAD11]

I looked it up - it's nitrobenzene.

lol, beat me to it 🙂

 

[Anastasis]

Aniline is with an amine group.

Can't think of what it is with a nitro group.

nitrobenzene. I'm so pissed; apparently I forgot EVERYTHING over the summer. 😡

 

[Anastasis]

I hear something... echo...

😕 again

 

[EvoDevo]

hola...

 

[oxeye]

hola...

Guten tag!

 

[Nikki2002]

aloha

 

[RAD11]

hello

 

[Anastasis]

Dia dhuit

 

[EvoDevo]

Ni hao ma everyone. 🙂

One exam down, one more to go (Friday). 👍

 

[Anastasis]

I'll just say this while Q is gone; I hate Organic chemistry. 😡

 

[Anastasis]

Ni hao ma everyone. 🙂

One exam down, one more to go (Friday). 👍

 

[Nikki2002]

oh another exam on friday--good luck

 

[oxeye]

I'll just say this while Q is gone; I hate Organic chemistry. 😡

LOLOLOLOL

I thought you already finished o. chem. Why do you hate it now?

 

[EvoDevo]

danke schoen. 🙂 How are you today, gorgeous?? 😍

 

[oxeye]

I'll just say this while Q is gone; I hate Organic chemistry. 😡

And I'll say this - I like organic chemistry a lot better on paper and in a textbook than in the lab. 😉 Those chemicals scare me!

And knock on wood, I'm glad that so far I'm not the laboratory klutz (though I did drop my benzoic acid crystals today!). One girl has broken something in both labs we've had - her funnel in the first lab and her fractional distillation column today. And if you break it, you buy it. She's going to be broke if she keeps breaking things at this rate.

 

[Anastasis]

LOLOLOLOL

I thought you already finished o. chem. Why do you hate it now?

I'm still in the Lab - we can take them different semesters. I didn't want to deal with it while studying for the MCAT. Truth is, I love the lectures but the lab just kills me and gives me nasty goggle marks 😡

 

[Nikki2002]

And I'll say this - I like organic chemistry a lot better on paper and in a textbook than in the lab. 😉 Those chemicals scare me!

And knock on wood, I'm glad that so far I'm not the laboratory klutz (though I did drop my benzoic acid crystals today!). One girl has broken something in both labs we've had - her funnel in the first lab and her fractional distillation column today. And if you break it, you buy it. She's going to be broke if she keeps breaking things at this rate.

do you know what is so expensive? those round bottom flasks

 

[Anastasis]

danke schoen. 🙂 How are you today, gorgeous?? 😍

Better now that you're here 😍

But pissed that I have to do this stupid Lab write-up; I'm giving this til the pool opens then I'm headed out to swim.

 

[oxeye]

I'm still in the Lab - we can take them different semesters. I didn't want to deal with it while studying for the MCAT. Truth is, I love the lectures but the lab just kills me and gives me nasty goggle marks 😡

Ahh, okay - I did that too. I took the lexture during the 2004 school year, and was going to take the lab that spring but decided against it when I got pregnant at the end of the fall semester. 😉

So I'm doing the lab now too.

 

[Anastasis]

do you know what is so expensive? those round bottom flasks

Oooo they so are. My lab partner last fall broke on the first day. Right after I got done saying "You might want to grab that; it's going to slip out."

 

[Nikki2002]

I'm still in the Lab - we can take them different semesters. I didn't want to deal with it while studying for the MCAT. Truth is, I love the lectures but the lab just kills me and gives me nasty goggle marks 😡

ana why are you doing lab?

 

[oxeye]

do you know what is so expensive? those round bottom flasks

How much are those?

 

[Anastasis]

Ahh, okay - I did that too. I took the lexture during the 2004 school year, and was going to take the lab that spring but decided against it when I got pregnant at the end of the fall semester. 😉

So I'm doing the lab now too.

True.

Baby in the oven + Nasty chemicals = bad idea

So who looks after the cuties while you're in lab? Your hubby?

 

[Nikki2002]

Oooo they so are. My lab partner last fall broke on the first day. Right after I got done saying "You might want to grab that; it's going to slip out."

we used oil baths and things just got slippery

 

[oxeye]

I hate the goggle marks too. I got out of lab an hour ago and I still have one on my forehead!!!

I think I wore my goggles too tight today. 😉

 

[Anastasis]

ana why are you doing lab?

It's a pre-med pre-rec. I'm going to med school.

I just put it off; right now I'm wishing I hadn't.

 

[Nikki2002]

How much are those?

i could swear the big ones we had were like $60?

 

[Anastasis]

It's a pre-med pre-rec. I'm going to med school.

I just put it off; right now I'm wishing I hadn't.

Ooo Kashmir just came on my mp3 player; I love this song.

 

[Nikki2002]

It's a pre-med pre-rec. I'm going to med school.

I just put it off; right now I'm wishing I hadn't.

oh now i get it--i thought you were all done with that crap

 

[oxeye]

True.

Baby in the oven + Nasty chemicals = bad idea

So who looks after the cuties while you're in lab? Your hubby?

Yup - hubby doesn't start teaching until 1pm, and I'm in lab from 8-11.

It's fun, I have to take special precautions because the baby is still nursing. I have to change my gloves every 10 minutes regardless even if I don't think there is anything on them and wear dish gloves over the latex ones. I waste so much time getting new gloves and throwing the old ones away!

 

[oxeye]

i could swear the big ones we had were like $60?

DUDE!!! Okay - I'm going to be super careful with those!

 

[Anastasis]

Yup - hubby doesn't start teaching until 1pm, and I'm in lab from 8-11.

It's fun, I have to take special precautions because the baby is still nursing. I have to change my gloves every 10 minutes regardless even if I don't think there is anything on them and wear dish gloves over the latex ones. I waste so much time getting new gloves and throwing the old ones away!

But worth it. Gotta make sure there aren't any additives in your breaststicks.