October 18th

Attended open mic night at the wine bar this evening before work. Among other songs, I heard Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" sang in some Eastern European language and a song about Antarctic love and "ice wives". I noticed for the first time that the front doors of the big lab building look amazingly similar to a walk-in freezer doors. I saw a sign on a wooden box that read "Extremely fragile contents. Please do not put anything on this box. This means coats, gloves, etc." My co-worker spent the entire evening thinking of as many things that were 'black and white and red all over' as she could think of. My favorite on her list was a penguin in a blender. My supervisor gave me a hard time at breakfast when I couldn't resist a fresh, homemade Bavarian Creme donut (with homemade Bavarian Creme and all covered in sugar). My newest roommate arrived near 3:00 pm (which is in the middle of the night's sleep, for me). I said hello and went back to sleep and haven't seen him since.