Weird stuff #1

As I was saying yesterday there are some weird things surrounding me in the lab...and I was kinda hoping someone could help me out here. I have been looking at this first thing for quite some time now, and I think Ive come to the conclusion that this must be some primitive form of a mixmaster...-Although it looks like it has been a little complicated to make...and Im thinking that today, being the 21st century and all...it would be a lot easier to just go out and buy a mixmaster...instead of making this thing. Must have taken a while too...there is a lot of components in this thing...mostly made of glass. The top thing looks like some kind of engine, and the glass bottle has a scary looking device inside it, which looks like something frightening surgeons would use...or perhaps its just a reverted propeller with blades from a blender...

Anyways...here's the pics..maybe you know what its used for.

An overview of the whole thing...its not too big, but too big to put in a bag.


This top thing looks really heavy...and kinda scary.


If you look closely, you can see the propeller thingy inside of it. I wonder if its supposed to go up and down...or just spin. -And what are those tubes on the top for? To stuff things into, I guess...but why so many? It could be some kind of instrument of torture.

On the backside of this thing, there is also an opening. -A glass tube where stuff can come out...brainmatter perhaps? Liquids of some sort? Smoothie?

I have no clue.

(PS, if you want an update on grandma, I'll put it in the filmblog)

Daily blurb

Ok, so I had decided not to write anything about labwork or algae or fungi or anything in the microbiology family and field, 'cause I realized that pretty much every entry Ive written the past couple of weeks, has been about just that. But that is normal, as I dont really have a life these days. The problem though is that once i logged onto this site, I got this intense urge of mentioning that once again am I in the lab, bored and tired of waiting for stuff to get ready. I have a lot of stuff to do, dont get me wrong, but often i have to wait 20 minutes or 2 hours between every time I can do it. Hence I spend much time infront of my computer. Or I spend time looking around or staring into the wall. I realized today while looking around that there are so many weird constructions and machines around here, which purpose I do not know. I think I will have to bring my camera tomorrow so that I can take pictures of them, and perhaps some of you can tell me (or guess) which purpose they have.

Moving on to something else. It is my grandmothers birthday this Saturday, so my sister and I decided to take her to the movies tonight, as a pre-birthday present. She has been a fan of Bruce Willis as long as I can remember (see previous post: "My granny and Bruce Willis", 2006), so we figured we'd take her to see Die Hard 4.0. I know Ive talked about it before, and I know you know that Ive seen it before...I am not even going to hide it. But I wanted to watch it again, in a better movie theater this time. Last time I got free tickets (yay!) but I was a bit disappointed by the choice of theater. I hadn't been to that theater in a while and although I am no expert in technical stuff, I actually reacted on the poor picture quality. So this time we are taking her to the newest theater in town. I think that will be a better one for her as well, as she is pretty short and the room is steeper in this one. Either way I am excited to see her reaction to it. Im pretty sure she will love it though.

The undead

-I am currently rotting away in a lab somewhere far north on the globe of Earth. If you find this message, please know that I tried my best. I tried so hard to focus. I tried with every cell in my body to get my cell cultures syncronized. I even searched for articles on the subject...But my lack of concentration prevented me from actually reading them. I cannot learn. I cannot focus. I feel a little hollow. Dead but not quite. I feel as if I could be part of "Planet Terror" (July 20th, yay!) but I fear I might be closer to this:

http://taxidermied.livejournal.com/

I want to play.