Ohio Academy of Science

[cornerofmadness]

I wasn't looking forward to going after a very trying day yesterday (I'll blog about that separately when I'm less pissed off about it). Also it was storming. I thought Kanda might be swimming by the time I got home. I could have boated all the way up there.

We were all staying at the Holiday Inn Express in Groveport which is only a few miles from where I lived in Columbus. There are reasons I only go to Dublin in COlumbus. I didn't have many patients there. I did everywhere else and it still HURTS to be reminded hey I saw patients there and over there and in that apartment complex. I'm still not done mourning what I've lost.

It was nice though to be there with the chemistry department because they are the best three men I've ever worked with. They are good, funny and HELPFUL men. I wouldn't have been there without them taking my hand and showing me research skills. My student wasn't with us (he was also from COlumbus and went out with friends). We spent the night in BW3 just talking and eating and we decided as a group to say screw that 7 AM start time when our presentations weren't til 12:30pm.

The HIE was nice but in need of remodeling which it was getting. My king bed was easy to tell where everyone lays because it was broken down there and about a foot higher in the middle and on the wall end (well okay not really but you know what I mean). I had a good night until the h.s. students on the 3rd floor started running laps at 5 AM.

We went in at 11, listened to the key note and the students did their poster presentations. It was really good. They all did so well. I let my student walk around about 40 min in so he could see other research. There was some truly high powered stuff in gene expression and cancer research. I've been fighting to get a molecular intro class added to the books on campus. I think it's time to lead that charge again and if it doesn't happen, I might see if it can be offered as a special topics class (which means you know who will have to teach it).

Afterwards, I went over to the mall at Tuttle Crossing (mostly because I wanted to use the Uno's card mom accidentally bought thinking it was Undo's). I called MOm and a surly man answered and didn't know me and then my crap phone went dead. I thought that was strange but maybe I dialed wrong. I called again and a little girl answered. I apologized and hung up. I get a call back and the guy starts screaming at me for hanging up on his daughter and demanding my name. I was like WTF? You want some hanging up? Taste this. (man hitting end is NOT satisfying like slamming a phone into a receiver). I had no idea why anyone would do this. I mean what would be the emotional pay off. When I got home, I had a message from the guy. It was my moron brother. He does voices fantastically. I've never heard him do it when he wasn't mimicking characters so I didn't recognize it. The man missed his calling. He's also a douche.

Because this is a huge mall I found a lane bryant that had one entire small store front for bras/undies and STILL couldn't find a bra that wasn't shit. This bra is 2 inches bigger than the number of the one I'm wearing and it doesn't even come close to fitting. This is why I don't shop LB often.

Macy's had the shirt I really wanted. I saw it back home but it was only on the mannequin. They were out. I was SO disappointed. Both the 2 & 3 X fit identically (to the point I double checked to see if I accidentally grabbed two of the same). It looks good but it's tight across the shoulders which shocked me. I'm not heavy there....

The proscuitto/argula pizza at Uno's was good.

Went to B&N even though I don't have a membership. (Books a million is better and is closer (being in Huntington) and gives free shipping on ALL orders and not just ones over a certain amount of $$$) I wanted to see the new manga. MISTAKE. There are so many new and interesting one. I didn't buy them. I made notes in my head. I did buy the next No. 6 and considered the new Dance in the Vampire Bund series but I'm not sure I want to get it.

I hit the casino on the way home. I won 50$. Okay technically I won about 80$ but I put 30 of their dollars into the dollar machines and lost it. I won on that Haunted House game I won on last time. I've never seen that game anywhere else. I love it.

I'm totally beat now.

Comments

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

The "tight across the shoulders" thing is as bad in women's clothes as the lack of pockets. It's like they think women don't have shoulders at all! (Not to mention "smaller women don't have large breasts" or "larger woman don't have small breasts.")

I tried on about five different pairs of pants the other day, and while I have a several pair of 12s that fit perfectly, I couldn't squeeze into a 14, and a 16 fit well enough to get it. Go figure.

I wish we could have some of that rain. It hasn't rained in months here.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I'll give you our flooding rains. You and CA.

No kidding. Mom is small breasted but heavy. I'm only a C cup and not that heavy on the top. Apparently ONLY the mannequin can wear this top. Yeah one of the other students had to go buy dress trousers in Columbus (her boyfriend screwed hers up) and had to cut open the pockets. They MADE the pockets then sewed them shut. All the men were like WTF? Welcome to a woman's life.

I know. Women's clothing is so freaking abitrary. this is why i hate buying clothes online

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Yeah, at least one pair I liked a lot has completely fake pockets (couldn't even just snip them open). I put it right back on the rack. It's become a deal-breaker for me -- I start looking for pockets first, and then fit. :/

This is one of the reasons I started buying men's clothes again, and I've just discovered that even THERE it's getting stupid -- 34 is not 34 anymore, apparently (even men are idiots about their size, I read).

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

It's ridiculous. I've given up on pockets because in my size it just doesn't happen unless they're 'cargo' pants

well that's just disappointing

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

And I HAD to go to men's pants to find a pair of cargo pants that fit me!!!!!! I couldn't fit into a size 12, and a 14 was ridiculously large!

But men's 36/30, now, that fits me! (With at least Target brand; Urban Star I use a 34/30 -- so far the length seems to stay true.)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Oh geez. Well at least you found one brand. Macy's 22 & 24s usually fit me

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

It sounds like an excellent time was had by all.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it was a good experience for them

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

And you.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that too

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear all the stressing was for naught and your student did well. I guess taking a student to one of these conventions is like taking a dog to a dog show--lots of stress and dread, then you trot him around the ring, he does OK, and it's over. I'm happy it was a learning experience, and I hope it encourages him to take his studies to the next level. And good luck getting that molecular intro class. Your department could use a prestige project right now.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

snort. That's pretty much it. I was stressed because in the original savaging of my proposal (this always is done) one of the reviewers was an uber douche about the importance/quality of the idea. So it was well received.

This is an older student, highly intelligent and wants to be a P.A. he'll do fine.

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

I'm glad your student did well.

That was not nice of your brother.

Last time I was at the mall, the LB I used to go to was gone. I wasn't even that disappointed because I haven't been able to shop there in years.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Me too

He's paying me back for all the bad things I did to him when he was little.

I haven't found anything of quality in one in years