Don't read this if you are squeamish about blades or blood. It's not terrible, but just a warning.

Guess who got his first scalpel cut today!!! That's right, me. I was switching blades on my scalpel before starting work in lab today and the handle slipped, locked the blade on and went straight through my glove. Luckily it was a really really shallow cut. It was barely bleeding at all. Our blades come from my lab partner's dad's office, so they are high quality blades. The blade is so sharp that I didn't even feel it go into my finger. Pretty weird, but that's a good thing I guess. Anyway I'm sure by the time that I'm a surgeon, the self-stabbing will be down to a minimum.

After it started bleeding, I immediately went over to the sinks and washed it with soap profusely. Someone went and told a TA that I had cut myself and she brought over some band-aids. While I was waiting, one of my classmates asked me what I was doing and I said I was bleeding and he just goes "Oh, okay" and walks away. Doesn't ask if I'm getting any help or something, just goes and talks to some people at a different table. Great friend, this guy. He's looking for a roommate in the dorms next year and I'm afraid they are going to place him with me since my roommate is moving out. I really hope not.

Anyway the TA came around and put the band-aid on. Initially I was only bleeding at the base of my finger and she put it on that cut. I guess she put it on a little bit too tight though because a couple minutes later a new cut had opened up on the upper portion of my finger. Luckily she had given me another band-aid just in case, so I put that one on myself. It's not easy to put a band-aid on with one hand!

Oh, just remembered. Here's the weird things I was thinking when I woke up in April, 2007:

April 2, 2007 - "I want the !"
April 3, 2007 - "You have the ahhh we got the ayyyyyyyyy"
April 4, 2007 - "I summon Dr. Benjamin Franklin."
April 10, 2007 - "Internal carotid artery."
April 14, 2007 - "Sam Spade is FULL."
April 16, 2007 - "We got the chocolate. Yep, that's right."
April 17, 2007 - "I like to...shoot things?"
April 21, 2007 - "You're familiar with the What If series?"
April 23, 2007 - "The lowest level of high definition."
April 24, 2007 - "Where's the agglutination center?"
April 26, 2007 - "Do they know they have restaurants worldwide?"
April 27, 2007 - "Got a bone..."
April 30, 2007 - "Man, I talked to everyone I came in contact with today."

Listening To: Jerry Lee Lewis - Mean Woman Blues
I got a woman as mean as she can be
Sometimes I think she's almost as mean as me.