Blah blah, elitist bitch, I know, I know...

Here I shall rant, and then close with a funny quote to lighten the mood. If you don't want the ranting, click here. Anyway, on with the show.

Dear Non-Techers who are here to work for the summer,

You're dumb. No no, I mean it. You are very very stupid. I looked at the number of people in the safety presentation, and it appears they accepted anyone who applied and wasn't from Caltech. They're strict with their own, you know, but not with outsiders. So quit walking around like you own the place. Oh yes, you get to do summer research at the California Institute of Technology. That's quite impressive, and people should respect you for it. But remember who you're strutting for:

A) Other people who get to do summer research at Tech - your peers
B) People who work/research here all year - your superiors

I am one of those superiors. I suffer through all the work here and am doing a SURF because it sounded kinda cool and it pays well. If any jobs in this area had sounded as fun and paid better, you can bet I would've taken one of those. What is your time-consuming focused research is my relaxing, non-demanding summer activity. You still think you're better than me? I see those little sneers from you "OMG SKIENSS!" girls at how I look. My way-too-curly hair needs a cut desperately, I wear nothing on my skin except maybe SPF 9456000 sunscreen, and my fashionable attire is silkscreen ink and acrylic-stained jeans with leather sandals and a goldenrod E3 staff t-shirt. Guess what? I don't want to nor do I need to be a geisha-faced whore to get attention. The guy handing out orientation packets didn't even ask my name - he just had it out and ready by the time I'd walked to the table. That actually made me feel a little bad, since I don't know his name. Your disapproval, on the other hand? Just makes me a bit angry. You see, my number-one pet peeve is ignorance, and that's your scent-du-jour, baby.

In closing, please remember this - every evening you come home frazzled and over-worked, think of me soaking in a lovely warm bath with rose-petals and bath salts, reminiscing on how easy my summer is. That, my dears, is the difference between techers and you.

Sincerely,
Alex

And now, the funny quote that was promised. I fell asleep on the couch at 11pm last night while watching Beastly Countdown on Animal Planet. I woke up at 4am, played on the computer for a while, and then decided to go to bed proper at 6am. Upon arriving, I discovered Jaime was sprawled across the entirety of the mattress.

Me: *growls and pokes*
Jaime: *rolls over*
Me: *climbs in bed. Continues growling to see what he'll do*
Jaime: Sorry.
Me: *blink blink* For what?
Jaime: For falling asleep.
Me: Jaime, it's 6am. I'm not mad at you for falling asleep.
Jaime: Oh... I'm still sorry, though.

I love sleepy Jaime. &hearts

Blah blah, elitist bitch, I know, I know...

Here I shall rant, and then close with a funny quote to lighten the mood. If you don't want the ranting, click here. Anyway, on with the show.

Dear Non-Techers who are here to work for the summer,

You're dumb. No no, I mean it. You are very very stupid. I looked at the number of people in the safety presentation, and it appears they accepted anyone who applied and wasn't from Caltech. They're strict with their own, you know, but not with outsiders. So quit walking around like you own the place. Oh yes, you get to do summer research at the California Institute of Technology. That's quite impressive, and people should respect you for it. But remember who you're strutting for:

A) Other people who get to do summer research at Tech - your peers
B) People who work/research here all year - your superiors

I am one of those superiors. I suffer through all the work here and am doing a SURF because it sounded kinda cool and it pays well. If any jobs in this area had sounded as fun and paid better, you can bet I would've taken one of those. What is your time-consuming focused research is my relaxing, non-demanding summer activity. You still think you're better than me? I see those little sneers from you "OMG SKIENSS!" girls at how I look. My way-too-curly hair needs a cut desperately, I wear nothing on my skin except maybe SPF 9456000 sunscreen, and my fashionable attire is silkscreen ink and acrylic-stained jeans with leather sandals and a goldenrod E3 staff t-shirt. Guess what? I don't want to nor do I need to be a geisha-faced whore to get attention. The guy handing out orientation packets didn't even ask my name - he just had it out and ready by the time I'd walked to the table. That actually made me feel a little bad, since I don't know his name. Your disapproval, on the other hand? Just makes me a bit angry. You see, my number-one pet peeve is ignorance, and that's your scent-du-jour, baby.

In closing, please remember this - every evening you come home frazzled and over-worked, think of me soaking in a lovely warm bath with rose-petals and bath salts, reminiscing on how easy my summer is. That, my dears, is the difference between techers and you.

Sincerely,
Alex

And now, the funny quote that was promised. I fell asleep on the couch at 11pm last night while watching Beastly Countdown on Animal Planet. I woke up at 4am, played on the computer for a while, and then decided to go to bed proper at 6am. Upon arriving, I discovered Jaime was sprawled across the entirety of the mattress.

Me: *growls and pokes*
Jaime: *rolls over*
Me: *climbs in bed. Continues growling to see what he'll do*
Jaime: Sorry.
Me: *blink blink* For what?
Jaime: For falling asleep.
Me: Jaime, it's 6am. I'm not mad at you for falling asleep.
Jaime: Oh... I'm still sorry, though.

I love sleepy Jaime. &hearts