They say that if you're in a bit of quicksand, the more you struggle, the more you'll sink. If you just relax yourself, the laws of physics will save you: your body is less dense than the water-saturated quicksand, so as long as you don't thrash around wildly, you should be able to float in it. If you find yourself in quicksand, lie back and spread out your body to increase the surface area quite like when you do it in a swimming pool. Then you can paddle to safety.

But sometimes in the heat of the moment, you can lose your cool. Despite knowing better, you begin to panic and flail around quickly. You begin your descent into the slurry of doom.

It feels like that, a lot of the time, when I get in trouble. I always tell myself that next time I'll be prepared and I'll do it better and I'll learn from my mistakes and to some extent I do. But in a crisis situation, I completely and utterly fail. I get pulled under and all I have to show for my efforts is a respiratory tract (and a pair of boxer shorts) full of sand.

What a downer entry. I guess on the good news-front: I got a phonecall today for a possible interview for an astrobiology internship at NASA Ames Research Center. I won't be doing molecular biology stuff really, but it will be related more to organic and biochemistry, which are good things to know anyway. Especially since pragmatically speaking, chemistry/biochemistry jobs are becoming easier to come by in the biotech industry, and if I ever decide to take a job with a biotech firm, it will definitely be a plus. Also, an addition perk: if I get this internship, I get bragging rights for working at NASA on an astrobiology-related project. How cool does that sound?

</good mood>

Back to work...

mm.. that's how i always act.. i get sucked under and see nothing but grains and grains of sand in front of me.. i am usually helpless, looking for a helping hand to get myself out. But the thing is, I usually pull that person in with me, or scare them off by going neurotic.
» ThisCharmingMan on 2007-02-28 03:39:12

That IS good news! I hope you get a job working there.
» kKAMa67 on 2007-02-28 05:18:35

my friend is also taking astrobiology and i'm happy for you for getting an internship in this field. i also hope my friend could get an internship in similar places like you do.

the work papers i was editting was actually just cut and paste from the original source. that's why i was pretty mad since it's from a leader in my community.
» renaye on 2007-02-28 07:41:42

Hope you get the internship
Good Luck
» Xboyz on 2007-02-28 08:43:03

I can't swim, so quicksand would probably get me pretty fast. :P
» randomjunk on 2007-02-28 09:29:17

my dad used to work for a company that worked with NASA. That would be a really cool job. I wish you the best of luck with it. :)
» LostSoul13 on 2007-02-28 11:20:37

Definitely sounds awesome! (^-')=bHmm, I thought you sunk no matter what; staying still only slowed your descent to suffocation. I'm not unfamilar with the feeling...
Good luck with the NASA internship!
» Silver-dot- on 2007-02-28 11:57:13

I believe we all have our moments of despair illustrated by your quick sand analogy, but I think if we take a step back from all the.. drama I guess, collect our thoughts and calm down, we'll remember to just relax and swim away. Life has its cycles, 'ya know? Its up one month, then depressing the next, we just gotta' go with the ebb and flow and appreciate the ups when we get them and hope the lows won't last that long.
» Dilated on 2007-03-01 11:03:32

just wanted to say hi!
» MsFit on 2007-03-01 03:14:56

ou se trouve mes pantalones?
» Zanzibar on 2007-03-02 11:01:48

Working with NASA sounds cool.. Good luck! Hope I'm not too late to wish you.. haha! I guess it's really hard not to panic when something you wish will never go wrong really does goes wrong.
» Nuttz on 2007-03-04 11:59:38

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