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exsequar ([personal profile] exsequar) wrote2008-07-08 06:45 pm
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I'm just hoping there isn't some kind of cosmic punchline

Wanna know something hilarious? I probably have whooping cough! Yep, the one that makes you think of little kids in the 1800s. WHOOPING COUGH! It's bacterial but they can't do anything. The doctor (who was lovely and sweet) prescribed a cough suppressant that I had already bought over the counter for myself and doesn't work very well. So basically the doctor's visit was a waste (I had to pay full price since my insurance is BULLSHIT) except for confirming what I already suspected, thanks to [livejournal.com profile] bexone.

Awesome.

On top of that, I got not one, but TWO parking tickets today. Let's not talk about it.

On the other hand, things in the lab are for once the best part of my day. I got a beautiful snowy white product in 90% yield today (that's very good) and it made me quite happy. Finally things are going right!

The other good thing that happened today was that my 102 Dublin prints arrived. They're so PRETTY you guys. I want to roll around in them forever. I can't wait to put them up on my wall!

So uh, way to go karma for giving me freaking whiplash. Ugh.

(Seriously, WHOOPING COUGH.)
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[identity profile] hebrew-hernia.livejournal.com 2008-07-09 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
NINETY PERCENT YIELD? You are seriously my fucking hero. I never did anything that good in lab. What kind of scale are you working on/what was your theoretical yield (in terms of grams/moles)? Hell, what are you making? *GEEK*

Also, whooping cough? Did the doctor say whether you're contagious? Thaaaat sucks. But on the other hand, how many people can actually say they've had whooping cough? Intense.

[identity profile] exsequar.livejournal.com 2008-07-09 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
Hahahaha, you are a DORK. It's not a very large scale at all. 200 mg with a theoretical yield of 160 mg (the reaction converts a CF3 to a CN, thus losing mass) and I made 150 mg or so. \o/ I'm just doing the aforementioned conversion on a deoxyuridine nucleoside (i.e. base + sugar, no phosphate)

She didn't mention whether I'm contagious, though from everything I hear, whooping cough is VERY contagious. However, so far as I know no one around me is sick, so I dunno.

[identity profile] hebrew-hernia.livejournal.com 2008-07-09 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
I AM. But, like, the smaller your theoretical yield, the more impressive a really high yield is, because the amount that you inevitably use when you transfer it from one vessel to another matters more. So that's pretty damn impressive.

According to wikipedia, it seems to be super contagious for a couple of weeks and then less contagious after that. And the other thing is that basically everyone is vaccinated as a tiny child, although it does wear off every few years. I guess I'm just wondering if we're all going to have whooping cough by the end of this weekend? But if no one else you know is sick, I'm not really worried about it.

Also, your icon ftw.
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