Monday, July 26, 2010

Are Brasillian rats different from American rats or something???

Uh, I mean...not that I know of??? Do you ever get asked questions when everytime a different person asks you the same question they think they are being so witty and original when in actuality there are being the complete opposite??? Oh well, I guess, makes for interesting conversation either way I suppose...

Its weird how even in rats, you can definitively tell one rat's "personality" from another. Like some of the rats are chill and kind of dumb seeming in that nothing really bothers them or phase them, so you can't tell if they just haven't processed anything you've conditioned them to doing or what!! Others are skiddish and scared/aware of EVERYTHING!!!! Either way, I'd work with rats over mice ANY DAY!!! My brief experience with mice was a rather challenging one...maybe it was because I was administrating a sedative drug via needle and syringe :/ They are fiesty though, almost got bit several times...the rats don't really put up too much of a fight, haha...idk...

I think my presentation is coming along rather well. I'm not sure/ kind of nervous about what my actual research project is supposed to be on. I'm spending all this time on this presentation but I don't think it will be the presentation that I will give in Memphis...hmmmm.....don't like having to do things TWICE!!! I'm sure the slides that I'm preparing now will come in handy though, so, no worries, right?

I wish I had taken biochem before I got here. It'd probably make for reading all these journal articles explaining the physiological processes of neural synapses and what not ALOT easier!!!! Instead I'm having to struggle through reading the article then do some additional struggling referencing other material in order to make sense of everything. Story of my life. So, today is my last full week of lab here at UFSC :( I just went around and took everyone's individual pics. This sucks ass. But I'm out of money so back to the homeland it is!!!!!!!!!!!!

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