Waiting to go through a gauntlet of trainings for flow cytometry. In the mean time, I'm going back to the basics, learning transformation, construct design, and bacterial manipulation. E. coli smells like butthole, but seems to be straight-forward enough to work with. No surprises, just a lot of learning parameters. Met a poly chick recently, got along right from the start, but thinking I'm probably going to have to break it off. My roommate tells me that poly used to mean a mutually-loving, interconnected group of people, but has since been appropriated by people in their 20s who are just looking for networks with sparse connectivity and little commitment. I'm not sure where I stand, but I guess I can at least say I gave it a shot and realized it made me uncomfortable. Has anyone else been in this scenario before? For some reason I want to tag you, lil