Earlier this morning I was reading tweets instead of working on a grant and saw the following tweet from ScientistLady:
A Taylor Swift song is stuck on repeat in my brain. If I flub this assay, I'm blaming her.
I got to thinking to myself, "I like Taylor Swift. Sure, her videos are a tad cliche (then again, so is Twilight and I clearly don't mind it there), but she is an adorable little chicken. Maybe I'll watch a video or two before I go to bust some skulls."
And watch I did.
But, it was while brushing my flowing auburn locks and watching a video for one of my favorite Taylor Swift songs that I noticed this:
Video 1: Where the balls are her gloves while mysterious frothy red chemicals spill out over her hands? Who is in charge of that lab? I assure you Dr. Isis would lose her shit over something like that....
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A Taylor Swift song is stuck on repeat in my brain. If I flub this assay, I'm blaming her.
Well, I've had Regulate stuck in my head all day and I'm blaming you.
Posted by: CC | July 13, 2009 3:55 PM
Once, in an undergraduate chem lab, I spilled a tiny amount of bromine down the side of a test tube, which I had been too lazy to clamp a test tube holder onto. It's amazing how fast bromine can destroy human tissue. It was decidedly unpleasant.
I had never heard of Taylor Swift before - and I hope I never hear her "music" again. This one totally blows. I'd rather listen to screeching alley cats during a tornado in a room lined with blackboards being simultaneously raked with fingernails.
Posted by: TGAP Dad | July 13, 2009 4:19 PM
And who the hell weighs out and adds solid material from a graduated cylinder?? I can handle Taylor Swift in small amounts, but it's this video that killed that quickly: http://tinyurl.com/lnvg2k
Posted by: chemicalkitchen | July 13, 2009 5:19 PM
Not quite up there with chromic acid. The things you learn as an intern before the semiconductor industry gave up hand-processing silicon :-(
And on that subject, there are worse things than "fast." I'm thinking of hydrogen fluoride and methylmercury.
Posted by: D. C. Sessions | July 13, 2009 5:50 PM
'F' for lab technique! But I WANT those HOT goggles!
Posted by: umiegirl74 | July 13, 2009 8:08 PM
Taylor Swift reminds me of Robin Sparkles.
Posted by: lowlyundergrad | July 13, 2009 8:28 PM
And why are there no sheets on her bed??
Posted by: Nicky | July 13, 2009 10:42 PM
Darn, I hate it when I add too much baking soda to colored vinegar like that.
Posted by: Carlie | July 14, 2009 11:50 AM
Maybe we should savor small pop culture victories? Epic glove fail, but she is definitely working those goggles.
Posted by: Jean | July 15, 2009 1:50 AM
Not quite up there with chromic acid. The things you learn as an intern before the semiconductor industry gave up hand-processing silicon :-(
My grad school lab was still washing freaking pipettes in that stuff in the 1990's. I got a nasty burn on an unprotected stretch of my neck, after the usual "This is a horrible, dangerous job -- let's give it to the newest, most clueless grad student and not supervise him!" academic logic foisted it off on me.
Posted by: CC | July 15, 2009 10:59 AM