"Social catalysts will be provided afterwards!"
AKA. Drinks (and food, I'm guessing) will be provided. wootness. :) I love being in the world of geeky, scientific vocabulary. Sometimes.
climbing up rocks to go into the trees.
I went to research today, after my week-ish long summer break, and we had a "real" fire alarm! (since it wasn't a drill because no one was notified beforehand, it must be real!) So, I had to go down seven stories of stairs and walk out into the blazing sun (there were minimal shady areas. We need more trees). Graduate student conversations are very interesting to listen to. Full of sarcastic remarks that really just poke fun and have no ill intentions. It's obvious when I listen to them.
R: "What did you do?!"
L: "I was stretching. I had just flexed my muscles (*shows biceps flexing on both arms*) and then suddenly, the fire alarm went off!"
L: "I wish I had just left you in your lab, but Melody was in there too, and I just had to let you know that the alarm was real."
R: "Yeah, you SHOULD have just left me there. It would have been less hot inside the lab."
R: "Did you bring your phone?"
L: "No, are you kidding me? I was trying to keep myself from doing this *flails hands about in a panicky manner*. How could I have remembered to grab my phone?"
R: "I managed to turn off everything (the lasers and power to oscilloscopes and stuff) before coming down here. You could have at least got your phone."
L: "I was thinking about saving myself, rather than my phone. If I hadn't told you it was a real alarm, I bet you would have just stayed in your lab."
R: "haha, yeah. I'd open the door, see smoke in the hall, and close the door, thinking 'that ain't normal.' And then continue with my lab work."
Seriously, I enjoy listening to these conversations. Shows how close they know each other. Communication and language is quite interesting. But not interesting enough for me to study.
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