"Snakes on a..." well, we don't know because one is missing!
That is right, one of our snakes is missing! A very large Northern Pacific rattlesnake has vanished from its enclosure. Whether it escaped due to faulty locking or someone stole it, it is no longer in its enclosure. Where it is now, we don't know. It is not in the morgue freezer, so we don't think it died and someone removed its stinky body. Jared the python boy fed his babies yesterday and it was apparently still in its tank, so he didn't take it. We are starting to freak out a bit. More on this later.
Well, Wednesday, I can't remember much of it now. All I remember is a very boring Histology class. Swapna notice I was having a great deal of trouble staying awake. We have a test on Monday. It shouldn;'t be that bad, we'll at least for me, Swapna, and Jack. The Med brats have a combined exam with the Histology, Biochem, and Gross Anatomy. Have fun kiddies!
I left school at like 3:30 to get food and buy beer for Adam's farewell party. I took a nap, and then headed into town. Saint showed up at the same time, as we were told the party was to start at like 6:30. No such luck. Everything was starting late, Adam wasn't even there yet. I helped by grinding almonds and sesame seeds for a bit, while Adam's friend (who had a cute little baby named Hiro) and his cute Australian friend cut peppers. Other people showed up with food and booze. It was a great party. Probably even more fun than Halloween at Adam's last year. I had eggplant with peppers and mole sauce, 2 kinds of roce, and this amazing mexican corn salad. I emailed the guy who made it today asking for the recipe. Mmm...tasty vegetarian yum-yums! After some food and drinking, a bunch of us were out on the porch talking about video tapes of horrible things (like the death of Steve Irwin) and whether or not it is right to air / view them. Then goodbyes and sleepytime.
Thursday was torture. I woke up to read for Ecology seminar, all very boring bird demography crap. Blah! Class went faster than I expected though. It felt like we were there for only and hour, not two.
I was falling asleep during the TA meeting. It was all about how we have to baby our students and scare them so they don't break the microscopes next week.
Instead of finding George to do soem snake slicing, I went to the Library Extravaganza with Swapna. There were free hotdogs (they sucked) and free pop. I ran into a ton of people, including Laura who I haven't seen since May. Surprisingly she was accompanied by her ex, also named Laura. I had to call Laura later to see if they had gotten back together. They have not, so she says. So Swapna, who was a bit gimpy that day and walking very slow (poor girl) went around from table to table listening to people bore us about their databases so we could get green check marks on a card to enter a raffle for some crap.
I went back, Swapna had class, and George was milling my plastic snake head. We sliced for a bit, took notes on what we were doing, and on what I need to work on figuring out. This crap shall wait til Monday as we are currently in crisis mode. George left me to slice and Saurabh came back to the lab to inform me that I had won a raffle prize. I called him a liar and said I'd kick his ass if he was. He said I should buy him a treat for telling me (they would have called anyways). I went to the library and I won a $25 gift card to Walmart! Whoohoo! Free money! I checked the board and saw that Dan from the Med building won a stadium seat cushion. I went over to tell her and then chatted with a very tired Beth.
I headed to the library to send some emails about LGBTQ Alliance, then I went to the video store, then home, ate, then watched some tv. Janelle got voted out of Big Brother! Boo-hoo. I am sad, I wanted her to win. I played guitar a little before bed, fed that cat so he wouldn't wake me up early, and passed out.
Today, I woke up at 8, got out of bed at 8:45, left at 9:45, mailed my loan check home, and got to school at like 10:20 (I think). I tossed my crap on my desk and headed to the lounge to check email and fart around on the internet for half and hour. As I was emailing, George came in and said he needed to talk to me. I felt instantly nervous, maybe he was mad for me coming in late, or he thinks I am not working hard enough. I was scared. It turned out he wanted to ask me about the missing snake.
After running around, only to find 3 faculty members and my advisor searching the halls and rooms with snake tongs and hooks, it was time for Physiology seminar (the reading of which I neglected to complete during all of the hubub). I called my dad to tell him what happened. He laughed, but is probably not amused. He most definitely has agita, and as per always, I caused it. We all met in the room, and one of Whitaker's students told us Public Safety and the cops had begun evacuating the building. So after much convincing, we headed out. I ran to the lab to get my bookbag, put away my tissue and histology stuff, and turn off the computer. Basically forseeing we'd not be allowed back in for hours. We moved class to a lounge we nazi-ed in the commons building. We were discussing hormone crap when someone from the commons came to inform us that it was a public lounge and classes were not allowed to meet there. Diana (Dr. Hews) said we were kicked out of the science building. The woman was like, "oh, you are the snake people!". Apparently word travels faster than the speed of light around here and everyone knew. After class everyone dispersed before the bbq.
At the bbq, there was tasty and free food and pop. I got word from George that there were reports of a rattlesnake being found, killed, and buried in Dobbs Park. George went over to ID the body. It was my missing snake. We are concluding that it was a theft and it is being investigated. I should expect to be interviewed during the week. Eek! The head of the department and probably George are being grilled by the media. I hope I get home in time to see this shit on the news. I wonder if my name will be dropped. I hope we catch the monstrous idiot that took my fresh tissue, er, I mean research animal. I am thinking about making a movie. It is called "Snakes in a jail-cell", starring the idiot who got through 3 locks and stole my freakin' snake!!!
Now, I plan to go to the video store, go home and torture Eddie with his feather toy, and play some guitar and watch a movie or two. I plan on buying a Trib-Star paper tomorrow to see what sensational crap they write about the incident. More on this for Sunday or Monday's blog.
That is right, one of our snakes is missing! A very large Northern Pacific rattlesnake has vanished from its enclosure. Whether it escaped due to faulty locking or someone stole it, it is no longer in its enclosure. Where it is now, we don't know. It is not in the morgue freezer, so we don't think it died and someone removed its stinky body. Jared the python boy fed his babies yesterday and it was apparently still in its tank, so he didn't take it. We are starting to freak out a bit. More on this later.
Well, Wednesday, I can't remember much of it now. All I remember is a very boring Histology class. Swapna notice I was having a great deal of trouble staying awake. We have a test on Monday. It shouldn;'t be that bad, we'll at least for me, Swapna, and Jack. The Med brats have a combined exam with the Histology, Biochem, and Gross Anatomy. Have fun kiddies!
I left school at like 3:30 to get food and buy beer for Adam's farewell party. I took a nap, and then headed into town. Saint showed up at the same time, as we were told the party was to start at like 6:30. No such luck. Everything was starting late, Adam wasn't even there yet. I helped by grinding almonds and sesame seeds for a bit, while Adam's friend (who had a cute little baby named Hiro) and his cute Australian friend cut peppers. Other people showed up with food and booze. It was a great party. Probably even more fun than Halloween at Adam's last year. I had eggplant with peppers and mole sauce, 2 kinds of roce, and this amazing mexican corn salad. I emailed the guy who made it today asking for the recipe. Mmm...tasty vegetarian yum-yums! After some food and drinking, a bunch of us were out on the porch talking about video tapes of horrible things (like the death of Steve Irwin) and whether or not it is right to air / view them. Then goodbyes and sleepytime.
Thursday was torture. I woke up to read for Ecology seminar, all very boring bird demography crap. Blah! Class went faster than I expected though. It felt like we were there for only and hour, not two.
I was falling asleep during the TA meeting. It was all about how we have to baby our students and scare them so they don't break the microscopes next week.
Instead of finding George to do soem snake slicing, I went to the Library Extravaganza with Swapna. There were free hotdogs (they sucked) and free pop. I ran into a ton of people, including Laura who I haven't seen since May. Surprisingly she was accompanied by her ex, also named Laura. I had to call Laura later to see if they had gotten back together. They have not, so she says. So Swapna, who was a bit gimpy that day and walking very slow (poor girl) went around from table to table listening to people bore us about their databases so we could get green check marks on a card to enter a raffle for some crap.
I went back, Swapna had class, and George was milling my plastic snake head. We sliced for a bit, took notes on what we were doing, and on what I need to work on figuring out. This crap shall wait til Monday as we are currently in crisis mode. George left me to slice and Saurabh came back to the lab to inform me that I had won a raffle prize. I called him a liar and said I'd kick his ass if he was. He said I should buy him a treat for telling me (they would have called anyways). I went to the library and I won a $25 gift card to Walmart! Whoohoo! Free money! I checked the board and saw that Dan from the Med building won a stadium seat cushion. I went over to tell her and then chatted with a very tired Beth.
I headed to the library to send some emails about LGBTQ Alliance, then I went to the video store, then home, ate, then watched some tv. Janelle got voted out of Big Brother! Boo-hoo. I am sad, I wanted her to win. I played guitar a little before bed, fed that cat so he wouldn't wake me up early, and passed out.
Today, I woke up at 8, got out of bed at 8:45, left at 9:45, mailed my loan check home, and got to school at like 10:20 (I think). I tossed my crap on my desk and headed to the lounge to check email and fart around on the internet for half and hour. As I was emailing, George came in and said he needed to talk to me. I felt instantly nervous, maybe he was mad for me coming in late, or he thinks I am not working hard enough. I was scared. It turned out he wanted to ask me about the missing snake.
After running around, only to find 3 faculty members and my advisor searching the halls and rooms with snake tongs and hooks, it was time for Physiology seminar (the reading of which I neglected to complete during all of the hubub). I called my dad to tell him what happened. He laughed, but is probably not amused. He most definitely has agita, and as per always, I caused it. We all met in the room, and one of Whitaker's students told us Public Safety and the cops had begun evacuating the building. So after much convincing, we headed out. I ran to the lab to get my bookbag, put away my tissue and histology stuff, and turn off the computer. Basically forseeing we'd not be allowed back in for hours. We moved class to a lounge we nazi-ed in the commons building. We were discussing hormone crap when someone from the commons came to inform us that it was a public lounge and classes were not allowed to meet there. Diana (Dr. Hews) said we were kicked out of the science building. The woman was like, "oh, you are the snake people!". Apparently word travels faster than the speed of light around here and everyone knew. After class everyone dispersed before the bbq.
At the bbq, there was tasty and free food and pop. I got word from George that there were reports of a rattlesnake being found, killed, and buried in Dobbs Park. George went over to ID the body. It was my missing snake. We are concluding that it was a theft and it is being investigated. I should expect to be interviewed during the week. Eek! The head of the department and probably George are being grilled by the media. I hope I get home in time to see this shit on the news. I wonder if my name will be dropped. I hope we catch the monstrous idiot that took my fresh tissue, er, I mean research animal. I am thinking about making a movie. It is called "Snakes in a jail-cell", starring the idiot who got through 3 locks and stole my freakin' snake!!!
Now, I plan to go to the video store, go home and torture Eddie with his feather toy, and play some guitar and watch a movie or two. I plan on buying a Trib-Star paper tomorrow to see what sensational crap they write about the incident. More on this for Sunday or Monday's blog.
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