When life gives you lemons, use them as weapons

[varadia]

I recently got an invite to attend a conference where I can present the research I did over the summer, and I'm not sure whether I want to prepare a presentation or not. Part of it is because I don't do well in front of crowds (there's a reason I'm still a lurker on all my mailing lists), and part of it is because I have no results to present. I synthesized a bunch of compounds, and my supervising professor did a preliminary reaction that proved our procedure was workable. While this is nice, especially for further work, as presentations go it would be horribly boring.
"Well, yes, I made this compound out of that compound, and discovered that this procedure is really not useful for large amounts of product, and I did discover that toluene comes off the GC at this time, but I have no idea how this mechanism works."
Riiiiight.

On another and entirely different front, I recently signed a lease on an apartment with one of my friends from this summer. It'll be great on the living front, because we get along and have many of the same interests, and *whispers* I recently converted her into a fandom whore . . . but I'm not big on change. I get nervous when I lose control of things to that degree, and then I start snapping at everybody.

Also, I took my car in for inspection today and discovered that the registration is not in my glove compartment, and my father, who should have another copy, apparently doesn't. He says he's waiting for it to come in the mail, but that doesn't help me get my car inspected so I can legally drive it, so this means no leaving campus for the foreseeable future. Parts of me hate this. Parts of me are absolutely ecstatic, because any excuse not to drive is probably a good one. Me and motor vehicles are currently not on speaking terms. We're thinking of counseling.

Comments

[caishinoth.livejournal.com]

I think you are right about the presentation. It would be possible ot just present the fact that the proceedure can be very useful, but I dont see that as something you would really want to do. And besides someone else could lift it from you and then potentially put it to use before you resulting in the loss of your work. That may just be me bing parranoid though.