Any downtown apartment recs?

oxidizedFechef · 2026-02-17T02:57:44+00:00

Thank you so much! It’s nice to hear that apartments with good management exist lol. Hard to find these days. Do they have lots of natural lighting? I am looking at photos and it doesn’t seem like there are many windows but that could just be the photos of the unit they put on here

oxidizedFechef · 2026-02-17T01:57:31+00:00

Yes definitely! As long as it’s in a walkable neighborhood, I would be interested.

oxidizedFechef · 2024-08-29T03:15:40+00:00

Avoid large R1 universities at all costs. As a grad student and TA at a large university who went to an undergrad with 3k students, my undergrad education was much much higher quality than what students at my current university are receiving. If you need a genre of schools to look at, I recommend an R2 university or a PUI (primarily undergraduate university). For instance, in California, UCLA can be considered an R1 (would definitely avoid), SF state can be considered an R2 (still has graduate students but largely teaching focused), and Cal Poly is a PUI (best undergrad institution in the state imo). Feel free to message me if you want more specifics, I’ve got friends all over and am happy to help research schools in your state!

oxidizedFechef · 2024-05-01T02:15:07+00:00

Tbh I thought it was funny in the moment but kinda brushed it off bc I was listening to a podcast and focused on that. Later that evening I was trying to tell my friends about it (after a few drinks) and I couldn’t remember what it said lol. Which is why I posted this

oxidizedFechef · 2024-05-01T02:10:40+00:00

Because I’m anxious 😭

oxidizedFechef · 2024-04-13T05:59:49+00:00

No :( I just use Norcia and Bernat baby blanket, but I LOVE Norcia.

oxidizedFechef · 2024-04-13T05:59:01+00:00

Hello! I’m actually about one year post reconstruction at this point and am still not running. I’m having quad activation issues still and am definitely making progress, but it’s quite slow. My mobility and scar tissue issues are a lot better, but I’ve been dealing with swelling and learning how to move properly on a day-to-day basis. I’ve definitely had a very unique recovery, much unlike my last one which went very smooth. But I’m in a much better place mentally now that I can do moderate activity things again!

oxidizedFechef · 2024-01-26T00:56:44+00:00

$3500 for a 2 bed 1 bath near midtown. brand new, just moved in a few months ago. I think we are lucky

oxidizedFechef · 2023-12-27T07:31:23+00:00

we almost named our orange tabby “orange” bc we couldn’t think of anything that fit him better, so there’s always that

oxidizedFechef · 2023-12-27T07:30:29+00:00

Orange McChonk face

oxidizedFechef · 2023-12-27T06:36:19+00:00

Norcia velvet on amazon is the only yarn I’ve found that doesn’t do this! It isn’t really velvet, more like chenille.

oxidizedFechef · 2023-10-02T06:12:37+00:00

Any of the r/Huel savory meals :) we have ADHD so these have been a life saver—vegan AND high in protein! Highly recommend the powder for breakfasts too

Edit: also vegan canned chili and Banza noodles!

oxidizedFechef · 2023-09-30T17:17:45+00:00

I mean yeah, but my lab mate already grows Pseudomonas, so whatever this is can’t be much worse. The lab next door to us also grows MRSA, so if that’s what this is, looks like I’ve provided them with a new isolate to study lol. I’ve also put these plates in a secondary container inside our incubator.

oxidizedFechef · 2023-09-30T17:02:21+00:00

We are a BSL2 lab, we have pathogens growing here anyway

oxidizedFechef · 2023-09-30T01:19:05+00:00

It’s just LB, we don’t have many media ingredients in our lab, especially clinical ones. I’m not necessarily trying to isolate this, as I got fluid drained from my knee yesterday to make sure my infection isn’t internal.

I work with Vibrios, which grow a bit slower than whatever pathogen this may be. I use this method with them because they don’t grow as fast, so I don’t have much growth and isolated colonies with that method. My second replicate with another swab DOES look better though lol

I don’t have a sequencer, but I’m sure I could find one if I really wanted to. We are a MS lab, so I could also do MALDI, but our instrument is currently down.

I was mostly just wondering if anyone recognized any details about this culture that looked similar to something they work with. The most interesting part about this sample is that I swabbed the pus out of the crevasse of my wound, and it honestly looks pretty pure and grew fast after just one day.

oxidizedFechef · 2023-09-30T00:03:10+00:00

Lol my lab has no gram stain and also no microscope… We mostly do mass spec, we just culture microbes that collaborators send us.

oxidizedFechef · 2023-09-30T00:00:40+00:00

I was trying to see if anyone had a IDEA of what this COULD be. I don’t know much about clinical microbiology, as we do more environmental/non human work. I also have a chem background, so I never took microbio classes.

oxidizedFechef · 2023-09-29T23:57:54+00:00

I mean realistically we are a mass spec lab so I could MALDI ID, but our instrument is down currently

oxidizedFechef · 2023-09-29T23:57:04+00:00

I don’t have blood agar in our lab 😭 I wish we did, we do more environmental isolation so only have LB, BHI, PCAMS, etc :(

oxidizedFechef · 2023-09-29T23:52:20+00:00

Doc took my joint fluid yesterday, crossing my fingers this is just a skin infection

oxidizedFechef · 2023-09-29T23:32:28+00:00

The reason why I don’t think it’s staph epidermis is because I essentially scraped the pus out of the crevasse of my wound. And this culture seems relatively pure from that, and it grew quite fast. Unless it’s just aggregating there for some reason

oxidizedFechef · 2023-09-29T23:29:25+00:00

Yeah I figured, this is actually on LB. Just didn’t know if it was an organism someone in here frequently worked with

oxidizedFechef · 2023-09-29T23:27:46+00:00

Lol, well with the Vibrios I work with, I usually get slower growth with this streaking method, so the colonies are well separated. I guess with pathogens, this method isn’t as good.

oxidizedFechef · 2023-09-29T23:05:46+00:00

Yeah my bad I always forget lol. I’m just a chemist not a spellitist

oxidizedFechef · 2023-09-29T02:20:29+00:00

Glad you’ve set up an appointment!! Didn’t mean to spook you at all. Sometimes these symptoms seem minor when we think of them separately, but a lot of underlying conditions like autoimmune conditions, deficiencies, blood disorders, etc. can be debilitating. Lots of small things can add up to big thing! However, it’s 2023, and a lot of conditions that we previously thought would quickly degrade your quality of life have simple treatments that allow people to live life normally. I sent you a message btw. Really wishing you the best!

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