On new year’s day, I entered the lab having just been on a holiday at a beach shack. Fully refreshed and in an absolutely silent lab, I felt at peace. I needed to set up an experiment and the exciting potentiality of its results reflected the potentiality of a new year for me (hopefully the one in which I will be submitting my thesis).
Like a tea ceremony, I filled tubes with familiar reagents, each with their own personality in my mind. It didn’t matter if the results were what I wanted or not; the performance of the experiment was the most important thing at that particular time. I took a photo to represent what I was feeling at the time.
Lab-time serenity (Photo by Thomas Tu)
Anyway, happy new year! Hope it’s less crap than the last one.
TT
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I’m a bit sad the glasses don’t fit into the banner. I like how they look in black and white. The full-size photo does look strangely tea-ceremony-esque.
Did it work?
… no.
Is potentiality really a word? How is it different to plain old potential?
It is the state of being potential, slightly different from being potential itself. I think.
Such a beautiful post; such a depressing ending.
Feeling a bit OCD at the time? Also, can I be James Mk I now that other scoundrel has run off?
no.
Alas, James Mk2, the furniture still smells like old man. Some say this blog is still haunted by his ghost, advertising a blog beyond this. With such a presence, I don’t think we can say the scoundrel has run off completely.
Also, cheers, Captain Espresso.
Happy new year too! I start this year rather badly, namely stomach upset. Until now, I still feel nausea. A crap start indeed – _-
I hope you enjoy your lab work. I am myself dreading the day when I should start my thesis experiment. This stomach really dampens my mood lately …
A worthy entry for http://thingsorganizedneatly.tumblr.com/
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