anfin’s Blog

So how’s life in the wonderful world of Furman Chemistry you ask? I’ll tell you. We’ve been at it for about 2 months now, synthesizing, running spectra, having funerals/memorial services for compounds named Ernesto that didn’t quite live long enough to be published. You know the usual. Yesterday, some construction people outside broke a water line so there was practically a riot in the halls of all the sciency people up here. We basically had an hour where we pretty much couldn’t do any lab work at all. Who knew that we could be so dependent on running water? Anyway, everyone knows that the most important aspect of the Furman Chemistry Summer Research Program is the Iron Man/Iron Woman competition. I am sadly officially out of the running unless I can somehow beat a cross-country champion at the 1 Mile Run in two weeks. In other words, not happening. However, I did give it a good try. At the beginning, I was in the lead for the women’s competition due to an immense stroke of luck at the bowling event and then the ping-pong event. I also won the darts and horseshoes event yesterday. Anyway, even though the most athletic girl ever to walk the face of the earth who also happens to be a Chemistry major may win the Iron Woman, I shall at least be awarded the honor of being this year’s Aluminum Woman, and that, my friends, is something that not many people can say about themselves.

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