He Lives On... Through Chemistry

Dmitri Mendeleev was born 176 years ago today. In my opinion, he was one of the world's greatest what I like to call "chemical minds", having created the periodic table of the elements (he even left spaces for the yet-to-be-discovered elements like gallium and germanium). He has an eponymous element named for him - mendelevium, along with a crater on the moon, and a giant memorial structure at the Slovak University of Technology (which is strange, because he was a graduate of ye olde St Petersburg, but anyway).

I have had a particularly successful day today, having made a new friend, bought a dress to wear on Wednesday, and been recommended by a MAC counter manager to apply for a job there (on account of the outrageous, Cirque du Soleil-inspired makeup I was sporting today). High five. I have a good feeling about my life for once. Remember on Becky's birthday, when I said your birthday was a more suitable time to set resolutions? I stand by that. Hopefully I'll soon work at MAC (and some other things may or may not pan out, but since they're sort of secret and under wraps for now, I'm not going to discuss them)!

Anyway, it looks to be the first night in about three weeks I'm going to get to bed before midnight, so buenos noches, and I'll write some more blathery crap tomorrow.

Peace, love and mendelevium, yo!