Post #150: Liquorice and research
I'm addicted to liquorice. I can't stop eating it right now. I bought a bag like on Monday when I went to the store while really hungry and tired. But hey, it's all natural ingredients and no added salt and only 0,4% fat. And well about the same number of calories I use in a day, if I just live, for every 100 grams. Not too bad and it tastes so good. :) I've read it's also nature's medicine to ward off depression.
I've been reading about what I'll be researching and writing a plan of it. It's interesting and all and like sort of just the thing to combine all the things I'm interested in. I'm just a bit worried that like loads of other people are doing the same research and whether I can really do anything new. And well I'd have to read like 10 years worth of research about the compounds to be sure I won't be doing the same things that have been tried and tested and published. And in addition to that this other research group in my university is doing like research on most likely the same topic. It's sort of confusing me. What can I really contribute except my charming personality, which everyone in this building and the next has yet to discover, and my lazy but very logical thought patterns that sometimes give a hint of intelligence. No but really. It seems in my research plan I've now put in a goal that is the scientific equivalent of - and when I'm finished, there shall be peace on earth. And well the scientific equivalent is something in the lines of - give me the structural formula of a molecule and I shall tell you how it will pack in crystalline matter. But the goal can't just be to crystallize some compound in different ways and get nice pictures published in scientific journals.
I think I have to continue finding articles on the subject to sort of grasp it a bit better. I've also put away the liquorice since too much is too much. One more hour or so of work and then I'm off to go climbing.
I've been reading about what I'll be researching and writing a plan of it. It's interesting and all and like sort of just the thing to combine all the things I'm interested in. I'm just a bit worried that like loads of other people are doing the same research and whether I can really do anything new. And well I'd have to read like 10 years worth of research about the compounds to be sure I won't be doing the same things that have been tried and tested and published. And in addition to that this other research group in my university is doing like research on most likely the same topic. It's sort of confusing me. What can I really contribute except my charming personality, which everyone in this building and the next has yet to discover, and my lazy but very logical thought patterns that sometimes give a hint of intelligence. No but really. It seems in my research plan I've now put in a goal that is the scientific equivalent of - and when I'm finished, there shall be peace on earth. And well the scientific equivalent is something in the lines of - give me the structural formula of a molecule and I shall tell you how it will pack in crystalline matter. But the goal can't just be to crystallize some compound in different ways and get nice pictures published in scientific journals.
I think I have to continue finding articles on the subject to sort of grasp it a bit better. I've also put away the liquorice since too much is too much. One more hour or so of work and then I'm off to go climbing.
posted by elisa @ 14:34
2 Comments:
At 15/6/07 11:25,
A-V said…
Liquorice :) mmm. I share that addiction. I prefer the very basic kind, or mint-filled. Whichever - I can consume a whole bag without noticing it, especially if I'm working on something on the computer. :)
It's supposedly good for you, but I hear it's not good for your blood pressure to consume tons of it, so I've kept my allowance to about 100g a week - mostly.
It's great that you get to do your research on something that you find interesting, and even though it might not fell worthwhile at the moment, it might be that you discover a cure for cancer while doing something completely else. Isn't that the way big things are usually researched - by accident that is. ;)
So proud of my chemical sisters (as opposed to the band chemical brothers..heheeh). :)
have a great weekend!
At 15/6/07 11:27,
A-V said…
tons of speliing errors, looks like my keyboard is runnin out of batteries since it's not taking my delicate strokes correctly (what a great explanation!) :)
oh yes, post #150 ! congrats! I got a long way to get there...
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