Posted by Dinah on February 4, 2003, at 13:56:49
In reply to formaldehyde animals » Dinah, posted by IsoM on February 4, 2003, at 13:24:43
Oooh, I'm so happy about your house, Iso. I know that it's what you've wanted for a long time. And your career plans sound well thought out. It feels great when the stress is relieved, doesn't it? (I think I remember that.)
It was the texture. The animals were cute enough, but rubbery, and their insides were so antiseptic and filled with paint rather than blood. They seemed like dolls made just for that purpose. I guess I'm a tactile person sometimes, more than visual.
I wanted to be a genetic engineer. That was my dream job. I wanted to do medical research with gene mapping. One semester of chemistry changed my mind. Biology I loved, chemistry I hated. And you can't do one without the other. I guess it kind of slipped my naive little mind (along with the fact that chickens have guts) that animal research was probably involved in my career choice. I'd have never made it.
Ahhh, but isn't the idea of being a research scientist great? Like being a librarian. I imagine that in real life you have to deal with a whole lot of people in really annoying ways to get grants, etc. But the idea is great.
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