good things on tired days (tuesday)

[jinian]

Accomplished some things at work!
- Found out what food my food-ignoring fish had been eating before I got him, so hopefully he will condescend to eat the same kind again
- Ran a gel (confusing result and not sure what to do, but I saw it)
- Talked to facilities about installing a necessary cabinet for my work
- Researched and ordered a new analytical balance
- Enhanced my mind by reading papers
- Initiated minor interaction to support reportedly lonely new student

Praised for my hard work on grantwriting!
I had a bonus assignment over the weekend (which annoyingly coincided with J's visit, but I kinda need the money and it only took about three hours), and my boss praised me a bunch for it and wants me to co-write some other papers for co-authorships. Woot! He tends to praise high, but "brilliant" is always nice to hear. :) And I'm smug about my making the grant subtly more progressive in its phrasing -- you wouldn't think you could get a lot of politics into a grant, but between referring to Tibet vs. "the Tibetan region" and pointing out that North American plants had been newly discovered by Western botany during the historical period, not (as implied) by all humans, I am pleased with myself.

I got a loooooot of books unpacked.

Such good vids that I finally made time to watch! Pacific Rim ones but also very well done Katniss.

Comments

[heavenscalyx]

W00t on the grantwriting! I did a bunch of editing on grants while at the Institute, and, while I now know more about their working parts, grantwriting is still not a skill I desire -- though I value it in folks who are good at it. And yay for more progressive phrasing! I think my crowning glories of progressive writing for training doc were changing "Eskimos" to the correct native terminology for the region referred to, which I no longer recall, and removing some obnoxious casual racism from a healthcare system demo.

[umadoshi]

You got so much accomplished! Go you! ^_^