I'm a fun loving guy that likes nothing more than a drink with his mates, and apart from being somewhat obsessed with the wellbeing of my frogs and my pretty new car (WH Gen III WOO HOO), I'm pretty easy going and have a good sense of humor.
I've recently graduated from my honours degree in molecular and biomedical science (immunology) and am currently perpetuating my destiny of using my abilities to save mankind. I am, however, also coming to terms with the harsh reality that Adelaide is one of the worst places in the world to live if you want a job in biological sciences.
It seems that if i ever want to become wealthy in my chosen profession, i'm probably going to have to invent the next generation viagra or a slightly faster acting headache tablet... either that or become a bioterrorist.
I am currently looking for work in the field of biomedical research but unfortunately, my many years at university have failed to prepare me for a job that i actually have a chance of landing without significant experience in the field. Rather than getting a job doing what i was trained for, i'm having to look for a job in a similar field that i can adapt to... so much for curing diseases and saving mankind!
All medical research is grant funded, and competition for the grants is fierce. More often than not the funding goes to the big multinational pharmaceutical companies that are driven by profit, not any type of humanitarian cause. They don't do any research on 'unprofitable' diseases that still effect millions of people in the third world, and when they do come up with a good drug to treat cancer or multiple sclerosis or something it's sold for more than most people can afford. The good research organizations do still get grant funding, but they would never use it to employ an unexperienced researcher fresh out of uni because they need a virtual guarantee that the research project will succeed because if it doesn't, they can't get any more funding for it.
As i couldn't find a decent research job in Adelaide, or any where else in Australia for that matter, i've accepted a temporary, casual position working in Alice Springs on a until sometime in July. I'm working at a place called MedVet which is owned by the IMVS, under the prestigious title of Operational Services Officer. My main duty is testing the urine of aboriginals for STDs as part of a current government initiative to screen all of the central australian indiginous communities. Lately i've become the lord and master of streak-plating gonorrhoea.
As a Gemini, I think that i'm cursed with a kind of duality that makes fitting in anywhere quite difficult. I'm a hard-core, bad-ass, nerdy little scientist who wants to cure life threatening illnesses whilst smoking cigars, drinking beer and making bad jokes in extremely poor taste. Whilst i'm definately against discrimination and for equal rights, i've been known to make some rather politically incorrect comments for the sake of a good (or not so good) laugh. I want to save the environment, but not if it means giving up my V8 and while i may have some egotistical attributes, they are by far outweighed by paranoid insecurities. I guess that instead of fitting into any stereotype, i'm kind of a mixture of extremes.
I'm a big believer in the 9/11 conspiracy. I've watched hours worth of doco's on Google Video, and given the amount of information in favor of a conspiracy, i really don't think it can be denied... Anyway, as if anyone would believe that a burning skyscraper fell down for the first time in history and collapsed into it's own basement (twice on the same day), or that a plane could crash into the ground and not leave any wreckage or bodies?
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