Thursday, December 01, 2005

PHAT Farm

Anal Chem professor has a flower farm during the summer. How adorable is that? "I only moonlight as a chemist," he says, explaining how he spends the summer months with his flowers. He even has his own fleece that advertises the farm. I swear, if chemistry was so hard, labs so tedious, and my grades so dismal, the Chem Department would easily be my favorite on campus. And if they could work in a social justice component into it, man, I'd be in love.

Moi: So how long have you had the farm?

Prof: Ten years. Before that I was a legitimate chemist, and did that year-round.

Vita-K: When people ask what you do for a living, what do you say?

Prof: Depends on the time of the year and who's asking.

(Responding to remark that he was a hard grader, a remark, we'd like to note, neither Vita-K nor I made, because failing tests aside, we really like him.)

Prof: But you don't know if I'm a harsh grader yet because I haven't given you a grade. I've just made marks on your tests.

Moi: In lots of red. And with glee.

Prof: Glee, well... no. But with great enthusiasm, yes.

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