My first day was more or less uneventful. I'm pretty sure that's how it will stay. It's a nice facility, because it's their brand new building. They have windows which makes me jealous. And the rooms have negative air pressure to keep you from letting possibly contaminated air into the hallway. Basically a vent in the lab ceiling keeps sucking air in so you have to push harder than you'd think to open the door out into the hallway. The cool part about that is the indicator to make sure it's working. Above each door is a plastic dome on each side of the wall with a hole for air. Within this dome system is a clear pipe with a slight slant towards the hallway. This pipe contains a bright pink ball (like ping pong ball size). When the doors are closed, the negative air pressure brings the ball up the pipe, through the wall and into the lab room. When a door is opened the negative pressure is dispersed coming in the doorway and is not enough to keep the ball in the room so it rolls out onto the hall side of the door. Simple yet awesome.
Other than that it was kinda hum-drum diagnostic work. I don't have to shower in but I do have to shower out. I don't get to wear my own clothes in the labs. I wear provided scrubs. That would be neat if they matched. Or coordinated. Or fit. I had a maroonish (not quite fuchsia) top and purple pants. Which would have been acceptable if I hadn't spent the first half of the day trying to keep them up. I finally figured out how to cinch them up enough to stay on. But this further reinforces my confusion toward the "sagging" trend that I so often see in my neighborhood. If these guys are tough like they say, and looking for fights as they often seem, wouldn't having your PANTS ON THE GROUND get in the way of not getting beat up? Haha.
Anyway, the coolest part of my day was after work. I went to Olde Main Brewery and Restaurant, the same place I went for dinner last night, with a guy at NVSL named Leo. Leo knows the owner and the brewmaster so I got to go down and see where the fermentation and everything takes place. It was pretty cool to see the whole process and hear nerdy beer talk.
Alright well I'm off to eat dinner and maybe work on some more Bellezandra story and sketches.
***Just to reiterate in case you missed it in my bottle cap talk: I drink beer from time to time (it's expensive, so not often), and even less in public, but getting drunk is never okay. The Bible is pretty clear. If I'm with somebody that I might offend or cause to stumble in their walk I don't drink. If you have an issue with that email me and we can talk about it.
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