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  • Zak 11:45 am on January 29, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    TGIF! I’m having a great time working at the lab, but it’s exhausting. Excited to go back to Belfast for free food (that I don’t have to cook), laundry, and Emma!

     
  • Zak 11:41 am on January 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Lab 

    Realized I hadn’t made a post about the lab yet so I thought I’d write something up. I’m currently waiting for PCR to finish so I have some downtime.

    Anyways, working at Jackson Labs is super cool. This is real research, and means a lot more than the labs I did in school! My first day was overwhelming, I went through orientation, met the people I’d be working with, and left in a daze. My second day they already had me doing PCR and gel electrophoresis!

    So far I’m doing well. More than half my samples worked, which is actually impressive for a first time. It’s a very precise process that definitely has a learning curve. I’m learning a lot about not only how to do the procedures, but also about the procedures themselves and of course the subjects, mice prone to absence seizures.

    In unrelated news, Apple is releasing their tablet today, and I’m excited about that. I hope that it’s a great product, because I really want to get one!

    Anyways, Bar Harbor is boring but not too bad. I’m spending most of my time at home on the computer, chatting with friends at home or in college, and playing games online with them, but I’m also talking to a friend I have at College of the Atlantic here in Bar Harbor about introductions to some new people, so hopefully I’ll have more to do here soon.

    Gotta get back to my work, PCR is almost done!

     
  • Zak 8:47 am on January 25, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    First day of work!

     
  • Zak 5:23 pm on January 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    I am moved into my new home. Now to put everything away….

     
  • Zak 1:25 am on January 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Change 

    It’s currently 1:16 and I can’t sleep. I’m going to ignore my terrible sleeping habits and instead blame my insomnia on stress caused by how chaotic my life has been recently.

    About eight months ago I was in school, six months ago I was living at home hanging out with my high school friends, less than a month ago I was in the Galapagos. Now I’m living with my sister at (near) home, and tomorrow (well, today), I’m moving to a totally new place.

    It’s not like life is out of my control, I made these choices myself but I have to wonder how good they were. Fortunately they’ve already been made so there’s no real point in examining them too thoroughly, but it’s still stressful.

    Anyways, not much I can do about it but I still can’t fall asleep. That’s life I guess.

     
  • Zak 5:17 pm on January 18, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    @benjaminreid on twitter just linked me because I used his icons for the button-bar up top :) sweet!

    Anyways, my site is a modified p5 theme. It’s nice because I don’t feel pressured to write large blog posts any more, it’s more micro-updates like twitter. On that note, you all should follow me for more updates, design musings, and life experience.

     
  • Zak 11:36 pm on January 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Good day today. Went to MDI with Emily, spoke with boss and prospective landlord. Ended up going for coffee before we left, found that the barista at the trendy coffee bar was looking for roommates!

    After we got back to midcoast, we saw Leto and went to see Sherlock Holmes (good, not great, but a fun movie), and went to Applebee’s. Yummy!

     
  • Zak 10:03 pm on January 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: blog, design   

    New Blog 

    So I have yet another blog! Go me! Anyways, still perfecting the design. What do you think?

    Anyways, this is where I’m gonna put updates for my life in MDI, Montreal, etc.!

    Can’t wait.
    -Zak

     
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