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Feb. 27th, 2004 07:18 pmI had a great fall.
Okay, it was a sub par fall, but the locale was just fine.
I fell - big, flat on my, uh, knee, can't get up for a few seconds fall - in the middle of 35th street. At a stop signal I had so blithely ignored. During rush hour. In Manhattan.
Oops?
Fortunately there was a huge truck trying to back into an itty-bitty space and was blocking all the traffic (why I was crossing in the first place) but dude. A bit scary.
Fortunately the only damage was to my knee (a bump and a bruise and a bit of a scrape). Pants survived the impact, thank Jebus.
See what happens when you try to make me function before 6:45 in the a.m?
And speaking of 6:45 in the a.m., did you know that people are not only awake at six o'clock in the morning, they also have the motor skills to do things like drive a car?
Truly, I am stunned.
*
Well, week one of work is over. And I loved it. It's interesting (though exhausting) and fun and the people are great.
Today, we looked at diamonds. For six hours. And I know it will get easier and I will get used to it, but *wow* is it tiring. And I learned something valuable today: when the manual says you should consciously remember to blink, as you are looking though a microscope for hours and tend to be so focused that you forget, you should remember to blink.
Ow.
Does anyone know a good eye drop? Something that will lubricate and doesn't have alcohol or anything in it like Visine does? My eyes will thank you.
Something you should know about diamonds. When you look at a diamond ring and it is sparkly and pretty and clean, it's still dusty. Really dusty. And no matter how much time you rub it in the diamond cloth, you aren't going to get nearly all of the dust off.
Now, imagine viewing one of those Magic Eye 3-D pictures. Than imagine viewing it though a really dusty window. When the dust is the same color as the picture.
PINPOINTS AND PITS LOOK LIKE DUST!!!!! This is something I have known, but hadn't needed to deal with. Something will have to be done. Soon. Why is it they haven't taught us to water clean yet?
Yesterday, before we started viewing for the first time, the instructor asked us - in all seriousness - if we had rubbers on our probes.
I love this job.
FYI, all diamond probes, which are used to turn the diamond while it's in the tweezers and scrape the surface if you are unsure if you are looking at in inclusion or dirt (or so they say. Fuckers leave more dirt on the stone than they remove. Grr. Argh.), are supposed to have a small piece of rubber wrapped around the, uh, shaft. Just about four centimeters. It's to help turn the diamond, and to protect it from chips and stuff. Tweezers have rubber, too, so that you don't chip corners on fancy shaped stones. Aren't you glad you know that?
Two more days untilChristmas the Academy Awards!!!!!!!! I'm going to an Oscar party which I have never done. Huh. I can't wait. It's the most wonderful time of the year!!!
Okay, it was a sub par fall, but the locale was just fine.
I fell - big, flat on my, uh, knee, can't get up for a few seconds fall - in the middle of 35th street. At a stop signal I had so blithely ignored. During rush hour. In Manhattan.
Oops?
Fortunately there was a huge truck trying to back into an itty-bitty space and was blocking all the traffic (why I was crossing in the first place) but dude. A bit scary.
Fortunately the only damage was to my knee (a bump and a bruise and a bit of a scrape). Pants survived the impact, thank Jebus.
See what happens when you try to make me function before 6:45 in the a.m?
And speaking of 6:45 in the a.m., did you know that people are not only awake at six o'clock in the morning, they also have the motor skills to do things like drive a car?
Truly, I am stunned.
*
Well, week one of work is over. And I loved it. It's interesting (though exhausting) and fun and the people are great.
Today, we looked at diamonds. For six hours. And I know it will get easier and I will get used to it, but *wow* is it tiring. And I learned something valuable today: when the manual says you should consciously remember to blink, as you are looking though a microscope for hours and tend to be so focused that you forget, you should remember to blink.
Ow.
Does anyone know a good eye drop? Something that will lubricate and doesn't have alcohol or anything in it like Visine does? My eyes will thank you.
Something you should know about diamonds. When you look at a diamond ring and it is sparkly and pretty and clean, it's still dusty. Really dusty. And no matter how much time you rub it in the diamond cloth, you aren't going to get nearly all of the dust off.
Now, imagine viewing one of those Magic Eye 3-D pictures. Than imagine viewing it though a really dusty window. When the dust is the same color as the picture.
PINPOINTS AND PITS LOOK LIKE DUST!!!!! This is something I have known, but hadn't needed to deal with. Something will have to be done. Soon. Why is it they haven't taught us to water clean yet?
Yesterday, before we started viewing for the first time, the instructor asked us - in all seriousness - if we had rubbers on our probes.
I love this job.
FYI, all diamond probes, which are used to turn the diamond while it's in the tweezers and scrape the surface if you are unsure if you are looking at in inclusion or dirt (or so they say. Fuckers leave more dirt on the stone than they remove. Grr. Argh.), are supposed to have a small piece of rubber wrapped around the, uh, shaft. Just about four centimeters. It's to help turn the diamond, and to protect it from chips and stuff. Tweezers have rubber, too, so that you don't chip corners on fancy shaped stones. Aren't you glad you know that?
Two more days until
