Funny lab

The lab can be quite funny, at times. This I realised when I today, for the first time in months, spent time ABOVE ground at the lab, i.e. not only in the animal house (where you rarely meet people).

First.
James called me when I was working in the animal house on Friday. He was helping me mix some powder-based glue, and couldn't seem to find the powder anywhere. I told him that I thought it was in the desiccator in the fridge. He didn't really know what a desiccator whas, so I explained that it is a glass container keeping powders super-dry. So he thanked for the information, and I didn't hear back from him.

Today I asked how it had gone on Friday with the glue-making, and he told me that he hadn't been able to find the powder, and hadn't been sure if he understood me correctly over the phone, so he had gone and asked another colleague about this dessicator-thingy.

James to Marco: - "So Marco, do you know where the defecator is?".

I almost laughed my head off when he told me. Was he really looking for a toilet, in fancy medical lingo?

Then.
I remembered a story Linda had told me.

Katie, that used to work at my lab always uses lovely-smelling handcreams, and her hair smells like a bowl of flowers, so whenever you cross her path, you get surrounded by this nice-smelling aura.

So Linda was going to the toilet, but it was busy. But just as she was about to leave, the door unlocked and out came Katie, so Linda went in. Later Linda met Katie again, so Linda honestly told her "Katie, it always smells so nice when you've been to the toilet!".

The weirdest quote of the day?

And what is quite obvious after these two stories: either the humor in the lab is generally pee-poo-oriented, or I only report these toilet-oriented jokes, for some reason. Perhaps that this is the humor of my preference? A question impossible to solve.

Weird perspective

Somebody's relaxing on the 'sheep' (i.e. my cute foot-rest stool), and lovely perspective made him look super-fat. Alternatively having a super-small head.

Birthday

We went to Ebba's for Sofie's birthday. She celebrated by pouring out her glass of water over the entire table.

The tiger within

Nothing can stop a true predator. Not even that the prey is something as trivial as an orange straw...

...or that he's not in a particularly natural environment, i.e. a bath tub.

You just have to DIE stupid straw, diiiiiiie!

What a day!

In two days, the weather went from this...

...to this!

Personally, I think it's improving!

Elisabet was being sneaky, and tricked me into buying me a huge ice-cream at lovely Per Tutti. And who was I to say no to such an offer? And I so deserved it too, since today, me and Sofie started working out again!! Wohoo!

(sorry for being to tired to rotate the picture at 0.31 am!

Then I met Malin and Johannes for another free treat, a spex! Brought to me by IKVL, institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper lund. And the in-between snacks were on Tactel =). Someone snuck over from the boring crisps at IKVL in-between-snack, to Tactel nice finger food buffet!


Saturday is Dies Toddyum Magna - i.e. the great toddy day. Commonly celebrated by the annual Toddy-spex. This year the theme was Sigmund Freud!

You know you've been...

...watching TOO much 'Sex and the City' when you're having a Cosmopolitan for supper. The TV-show cannot be blamed for the cinnamon rolls though. There's no excuse!

Point of no return

Today, big progress has been made.

This morning I posted the wedding invitations. Then I went to the dress store and finally decided on which dress to go for! Not only did I buy the dress, I also bought the underskirt, tiara, veil, AND shoes! Now it's just the pretty necklace left, and I already know where I'll get it. Then that's it for me, no more wedding shopping. Which is lucky, since I have no money left after today's tour anyway =).

Joding's "helping" me with advice

Bouncy

Getting religious

Easter is a time for some to be all religious, at least for some. The animals were trying hard to accomplish some miracles, in the true spirit of the holiday.

Walking on water.

Honeys

Sunny day

Brilliant weather at my parents' place. It was steaming hot in their new livingroom, 27.9°C, wonderful! You could sit inside and imagine that it was summer already. The same happened when I was driving my car home to Lund again. Just by Lundåkra the sun was really warming me through the window, the skies were bright blue with pretty white clouds, and the pines next to the road made me think of driving to the beach in the summer. I pretended for a while, it felt nice. Soon the summer will be here!

Love yoghurt

I was trying to repay the frequent gifts of love-orange from Joding. I wrote "puss" (kiss) in his morning yoghurt. How sweet am I?!

Joding, not appreciating tokens of love (apparently) did not see the text - he just thought it was "a man with hair, or something", when I asked him if he hadn't seen what I had done to his yoghurt.

Easter in Kattarp

The cats easter-playing. Check out Obidoo with his head down through the hole in the cat-shelf.

Easter egg gift - containing Tasty House nuts and mum-made mittens

Easter afternoon snack

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What'cha lookin' at?

Tiresome

My parents' place can be real tiresome* at times.


*100% agrees with this (n=3). Plenty of stars significance, as usual! =)

Desperate on picqniqe

We really wanted to go on piqniqe last sunday. The saturday had perfect weather with sun and blue skies, but we didn't have time to do it then. So we decided to go on the sunday.

The sunday however, had the crappiest weather you could imagine. Rain and grey skies. But we were desperate and went anyhow. We made our hot chocolate with cointreau, and went for a walk with Melvin to the recreation area just next to where we live. It was actually very nice. Weather isn't everything!

Fyllehund?

Melvin's posing by Andreas' and Elisabet's liqour.

Happy Easter!

Kopparhatten

Me and the Melvster at Kopparhatten in Skäralid, enjoying the view.

Pretty.

My precious.

Sun worshippers

Ahhh, I love the sun.

There he is, enjoying my sun. I have to do something about this.

How long do I have to bite your neck for, until you move out of my spot of sun?


Yet another contribution to the world of peole having their pets or babies "talk". You just can't get enough, can you?

Green eyes.

My precious.

Hot dogs

Dogs, hot dogs, family, and extended family. In a lovely mix.

Tussilago champions!

Me and mother saw the Tussilagos next to the motorway - we went off the motorway, parked and walked back to the tussilagos and took pictures. There were a million tussilagos!

Melvin bugs Cute Cat

I want to bite your ear and pull it.

And jump on you, really hard.

I want to pull your tail, real hard. From various angles.


ENOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUGH!!

Hugo's visiting

Not all that bright

...the elephant that is, it's not all that bright, like the moon. And not all that big either, not like the moon.

Nice holiday picture

From galet.se

Easter rice

Spoiling journalism

Today I've spoiled two journalists at Sydsvenskan, one more than the other. The first one I met this morning at the Sydsvenskan office in Malmö - I gave him Danish in exchange for knowledge about what it's like to be a scientific journalist.

Then I quickly went home and cleaned the apartment, and made two dozen cinnamon rolls for another journalist, Sarah Nylund, working at Omkretsen-department at Sydsvenskan. We had a great time, chatting and having tea and cinnamon rolls. Sarah had two, and I sent another two with her home to her husband Erik - journalist at Helsingborgs Dagblad. Sarah has quickly moved into my 'role model' cupboard*.

* strictly imaginary, mental - not an actual cupboard)