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I totally messed up my organic chemistry lab today, but it turned out for the better. I dropped my entire 4mL of water miscible (completely mixable) solution into about 200mL of water. This was relatively early in the procedure. Instead of having me restart, my lab instructor pulled out a massive set of equipment which would supposedly remove most of the water and leave my product behind. This was an ancient rotavapor unit. If you happen to be familiar with a rotavapor, this one is much older. If you're familiar with an old rotavapor, this one is still probably a bit older. Still though, the entire unit was incredibly shiny. The amount of transparent glassware and running water involved nearly made me orgasm right there in lab. The fact that I applied heat by flame made it even better. A classmate has pictures on her phone, so when (if) I get them I'll put them up.

Okay, so that was incredibly geeky. Sometimes orgo just consumes my life.

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