I've got the blues...

Snot, that is. Yep, I'm blowing blue boogers now. Freaky, huh?

Actually, there's quite a reasonable explanation. I had to make some loading dye in my lab on Thursday afternoon and as you might guess, this is blue dye. Well the dye itself comes in powder form and apparently I was breathing a little too deeply. I only needed 0.005g of the damn stuff! You'd think such a small amount wouldn't make me blow blue boogers. Teehee, gotta love that alliteration.

Unfortunately, I have no idea just how hazardous (or not) this dye is since its bromo "something" blue. Well, doesn't it just figure that there are about 100 bromo -insert functional group name here- blue dyes out there. I'll have to remember to look at the bottle again on Tuesday for the full name so I can accurately determine if my nose will fall off or not.


And now for something completely different... Kristin died yesterday... probably around the time I was in Seminar listening to a talk about pancreatic cancer, which is what Aaron had. And I know Tony and I aren't exactly close... or speak at all, lol... I still feel so bad for him. Two friends in less than two years. Cancer sucks.