The Six Million Dollar Man

Hi.

Yeah, hi. I, um... like my job? It's nice with all those chlorophylls and that sort of thingies. And pipettes and cooler-than-coke-measurements. I first thought that I'd share something about our achievements, but...

I mean, we encountered something pretty cool today. It's just a real bummer that I can't go revealing our results online. Damn. 'Cause I just KNOW there's a whole lot of you guys reading this little blog of mine, and we wouldn't want to see you guys resorting to petty plagiarism, right?

Ah, that's right! I have to mention this. I got my first '...when you'll take over this project after me...' comment from my instructor!

But, to keep this post short: our project rocks.

A cleanroom is an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, that has a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles and chemical vapors.

This morning I woke up as a simple mortal human being. Now, on the other hand, I'm a Has-Visited-a-Cleanroom type of guy!

Even though I don't consider myself as one of the most religious whackos on Earth (at least, not anymore) I have to thank God for this Friday and for my summer job at Micronova. How cool is it to visit a facility full of very costly scifi-kind of equipment in a suit that makes one look like a Moomin character? I tell you, it's beyond words! And, to make it even better, I found out that I could maybe work there all by myself after some basic lab training. Well, unfortunately there's a downside to everything...
I love spending time in toilets. Really. I know, it's stupid. I know they say that you can get hemorroids if you spend too much time sitting in a toilet. But, anyway. I like toilets. If I could, I'd spend most of my free time sitting on a toilet seat. And so, in a way it was terrifying to visit the cleanroom today. I mean, do you guys have any idea how much extra stuff (protective clothing etc.) you have to put on to be able to access a cleanroom? The answer is 'a lot'. Now think about going to the toilet in the middle of a lab test in a cleanroom. Not handy. No, no..! So, that raises a tough question: Where am I going to eat my lunch?