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May. 16th, 2009 10:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sciencegeekSo, one of the jobs I applied to was filled by a friend of mine. So, I'm kind of disappointed I didn't get it (but kind of not...more on this later), and happy for her.
The job was with a company that produces (or manufacturers, whatever) a surfactant for premature babies. It's actually the most widely used surfactant for this purpose in Canada. Anyway, part of this job would entail collecting bovine lung surfactant, and would involve, uh, being on a kill floor all day once a month and collecting it from carcasses. Which kind of squicked me. And I know that it's hypocritical of me - I do eat meat. But yeah, I think it's a blood thing more than a dead animal thing (though that isn't exactly appealing either).
Other than that, not much is new. I'm still looking for a job, which is not that much fun at all. I have applied to some companies in private industry, but I'm not sure how well that will go because a lot of places here have a hiring freeze at the moment, so I'm finding a lot of my applications are going to the university or grant/funding based jobs. We'll see though. I'm not keen on Toronto, but it looks like I'll have to start applying there, unless something comes up in the places I do want to work. We'll see I guess.
Oh. I've also become addicted to watching documentaries on YouTube. Uh, mostly serial killers/evil cult leaders and, uh, stuff like that. I don't know. I think I was in a weird mood when I started.
The job was with a company that produces (or manufacturers, whatever) a surfactant for premature babies. It's actually the most widely used surfactant for this purpose in Canada. Anyway, part of this job would entail collecting bovine lung surfactant, and would involve, uh, being on a kill floor all day once a month and collecting it from carcasses. Which kind of squicked me. And I know that it's hypocritical of me - I do eat meat. But yeah, I think it's a blood thing more than a dead animal thing (though that isn't exactly appealing either).
Other than that, not much is new. I'm still looking for a job, which is not that much fun at all. I have applied to some companies in private industry, but I'm not sure how well that will go because a lot of places here have a hiring freeze at the moment, so I'm finding a lot of my applications are going to the university or grant/funding based jobs. We'll see though. I'm not keen on Toronto, but it looks like I'll have to start applying there, unless something comes up in the places I do want to work. We'll see I guess.
Oh. I've also become addicted to watching documentaries on YouTube. Uh, mostly serial killers/evil cult leaders and, uh, stuff like that. I don't know. I think I was in a weird mood when I started.