Caffeine Alert

Two days (err, two nights actually), of database update with new research papers made me go all day yawn. Before I continue any more, let me say that, am 60% in my senses and 40% in sleep. So... (forgot why I wanted to say that). Insomnia is alwasy linked to extreme hunger and with the wallet childlocked for the weekends big trip, I had no other option but to try a parfait from the cafetaria. Sitting on my usual window chair, I chewed the pastic spoon void of any more parfait for nearly a minute (I was completely lost in sleep, but I have a seminar to attend). The alpha state was broken by the cry (not tears, but shrill sound of wtf) of this old lady (it was the medical center cafetaria), and with drooping eyes, I looked at her. Blah Blah Blah (no mood for description today)

Getting back to my journal (was pathetically reading yet another microdevice paper, still clinching to my germy spoon), my mind went magnetic and I started eavesdropping on the lady's talk with the old guy (husband/bro/any one. I don't remember). Finally the conversation came to, 'So what did they say?'

Instant adrenaline, pupils dilated, chills vanished, muscles tightened, forefinger scratched my head and my forehead frowned: 'Caffeine intoxication. What's that?' Threw the microdevice paper into my back pack (screw this microdevices into micro dust was the attitude then), shoved the two colored markers into the trash of my old sweatshirt (Wah! I have a ton of bills and check receipts in the left locker), and walked back to lab fast (the only part of the walk I remember, is that there was this mid 30s lady who walked as fast I was) and went direct to wiki.

DONT READ THE NEXT PARA - THAT'S FOR SELF ESTIMATION

Me and my chemistry with chemistry, ended up typing caffeine and there came a page longer than I expected. Before I post the link to the page, lemme see how active I am with just a parfait. From my 5 minute ago memory, I loved the structure of trimethylxanthine (forgot the methyl locations, guess its 1,3,5), french term, alkaloid, arabica and robusta, theophylline, theobromine, colored tea is not true, used in shampoo, red bull's got 80 mg per serving (damn bison), chocolate has caffeine coz of cocoa (never knew that), some emperor in China found it first, analysis by Kaldi the sheperd (guess all old legends were sheperds), called as arabian wine, something called as xocoat (has vanilla), damn the metabolism (couldn't remember any of the vital detail), mechanism is clear cut (seriously this one's for group discussion with the nerds), an awesome pic showing the spider web, A table with the per serving caffeine (guess after brewed coffee, its the expresso which has the highest serving), effect on the human body, when overused (the real reason to enter wikipedia. Seesh!), extraction methods (remember the chemical and water extraction. What was the other one?), Naked Scientists Online: why plants make caffeine (hehehehe, memory is related to language sometimes), and nothing else strikes my mind. (Now am gonna look back at the page, to see what other good things, I've forgotten)

Why did I write this post (errr. Brain to Mr. Alex in Wonderland, Brain to Mr. Alex in Wonderland. Hello). Sorry. No idea why I mentioned this post in the first place. Guess, I need caffeine to keep myself awake. Anyway today's memory collected incident;

Today my advisor, to break the icing of an intent 1:20 hrs of discussion, said, 'I know we are married to ATRP' (my reaction mechanism in research). 'But we can affairs too. Try checking with RAFT and other radical polymerization methods' (Sleep deprived, I smile with a 'huh?' look) 'And still we can't go for a divorce, unless she (ATRP) proves us wrong' Have no clue what else to say. Guess I've lost all my energy for the day. Am gonna sleep in the grad lounge. Crap! %&((%^&$&$&^*))%&&$^%^*^&*!**#$#*@*