Status Updates From Lab Girl

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Trees are so cool! So whimsical with their eternal intricate pump systems and wood

I’ve realized Bill is the lab partner she already introduced in the beginning and is more of a brother figure for her which feels better.

I’m enjoying reading about her PhD project on the hackberry pit and discovering that the latticework is opal - it reminds me how cool chemistry is and I get how it could become obsessive. I’m curious why she felt she would never be like the any of the women she knew.

From her account meeting Bill and the field trip I get a bit of a superiority complex vibe. Like she and Bill think they are better than the rest of the students and take pride in watching them from the outskirts. Their quick intense bond makes me a bit nervous too that he’s going to turn out to be manipulative or something.