tagged by the lovely @caffeinebooks (who i hope i get to meet this month in NYC!!)
so i’m in lab right now but i need a break from bullshitting writing this final project thing i have for class...
1) Do you prefer writing with black or blue pen? Blue out of preference, black out of habit (some lab notebooks only accept black ink). but if i could choose at all i’d write everything in pencil because i make a lot of mistakes and yes that is also metaphorical for my life anyway moving on.
2) Would you prefer to live in the country or the city? City. i do like my modern comforts.
3) If you could learn a new skill, what would it be? some sort of hand-to-hand combat so i can be badass and actually, well, fight people when i yell “FIGHT ME”
4) Do you drink your tea or coffee with sugar? nah. give it to me straight from the pot i ain’t got no time for additives
5) What was your favorite book as a child? the silverwing series!!
6) Do you prefer baths or showers? showers
7) If you could be a mythical creature, which would you choose? a fire-breathing dragon so i can smite all my enemies and also have roasted marshmallows whenever i want
8) Do you prefer reading paper or electronic books? paper. i’m old.
9) What is your favourite item of clothing? this plan gray t-shirt i literally wear once a week
10) Do you like your name? Would you ever change it? yes! and nope.
11) Who is a mentor to you? My current PhD advisor/PI/boss. she is utterly the most patient, kind, supportive, brilliant woman ever and i am kind of jealous of her kids for having her as their mom.
12) Would you ever want to be famous? i want to be famous for my research, yes. i want to be famous for having discovered something that changes the world.
13) Are you a restless sleeper? nope. i have been known to stay in one single position all night.
14) Do you consider yourself a romantic? not really.
15) Which element best represents you? probably fire.
16) Who do you want to be closer to? my younger sister. we’re 12 years apart and there was really nothing we could bond over, but i try.
17) Do you miss someone at the moment? i always miss my dog.
18) Tell us about an early childhood memory. i fell into the toilet once and it was super uncomfortable because cold toilet water + super absorbent diapers = not a happy baby julia
19) What is the strangest thing you have eaten? fried grasshoppers and it was DELICIOUS. they taste like potato chips? i ate so many my grandparents had to forcibly take them away from me.
20) What can you see outside your bedroom window? my patio, my car, and lots of trees
21) What are you most thankful for? my parents for all the sacrifices they made for me and my sister
22) Do you like spicy food? hell yes. give me EVERYTHING with hot sauce.
23) Have you ever met someone famous? I met stephen amell and manu bennett for like 10 seconds each
24) Do you keep a diary or journal? well. i have a cell diary. where i write down everything about my cell cultures in lab every day. does that count. no probably not.
25) Do you prefer to use pen or pencil? a pencil with a good fat eraser
26) What is your star sign? aries.
27) Do you like your cereal crunchy or soggy? i’m okay with either. also i’m one of those oddballs who warms the milk up to kind of lukewarm and then puts the cereal in /gets burned at the stake
28) What would you want your legacy to be? changing the world!
29) Do you like reading? What was the last thing you read? yes! i’m currently reading “the gemini virus” by wil mara and it’s kind of awful (you can tell that man knows nothing about science or lab work or even how to write a well-rounded real character) but i’m in too deep now
30) How do you show someone you like them? i take the time to be witty
31) Do you like ice in your drinks? i am.. ambivalent?
32) What are you afraid of? spiders and male harassment
33) What is your favourite scent? lavender
34) Do you address older people by their first or last name? i call them by their former title and only switch to the first time when they insist
35) If money was not a factor, how would you live your life? probably the same :) but with more dogs
36) Do you prefer swimming in pools or in the ocean? swimming pools. i like controlled environments thank you very much
37) What would you do if you found $50 on the ground? yay grocery money!
38) Have you ever seen a shooting star? Did you make a wish? yes, and i was too slow to comprehend i had just seen a shooting star to make a wish
39) What is one thing you would want to teach your children? treat others with kindness, especially those who make your life more pleasant (eg. janitors, retail workers, etc)
40) If you had to have a tattoo, what would it be? probably something nerdy and related to my research like the chemical structure of estrogen
41) What can you hear right now? just the air blowing, my keyboard, and the occasional random office-sound
42) Where do you feel the safest? when i’m with my boyfriend. (yooo so cheeesy). also when i’m in lab. sorry you gonna attack me? let me just throw this bottle of concentrated acid at you lol later
43) What is one thing you want to overcome/conquer? GETTIN THE D. THE PHD.
44) If you could travel back to any era, which would you choose? nah ima stay right here in 2015 with my more improved list of human rights.
45) What is your most used emoji? the really sad dejected face.
46) What is your favourite season? autumn because here in the desert it means we finally have normal non-triple-digit temperatures
47) How would you spend your ideal day? hiking, fishing, and chilling in a cabin with my boyfriend, being surrounded by DOGS
48) Describe yourself using one word. optimistic
49) What do you regret the most? not working hard enough, not listening to my parents more
50) Invent a new word and say what it means. hangerover - when you finally eat and you get that feeling of lethargy coupled by regret due to your actions of when you were hangry (angry because of hunger) yeah idk
I tag! @chemislife, @eatsleepsciencerepeat, @cellfiegirl, @gradventures, @caffeinatedcraziness, and @onceuponapsydstudent
