Did you know that if you put your trashcan next to the oven, that it will start to smell bad WAY, way sooner than normal? It's true. For months Kevin and I have been complaining and wondering over why our trash seems to start REEKING so fast. We don't create trash that quickly, but felt like we needed to take it out everyday to keep our apartment from likewise reeking. (Which we didn't actually do everyday--hence the complaining). We kept wondering why it got so bad so fast--my parents' trash can doesn't even have a lid, and it was never this smelly. (Our is the kind with a step pedal thing and a lid). For a while my theory was that the air was so much more humid here, leading to increased microbe growth--a fairly plausible explanation, really. But it wasn't until recently that it dawned on me that our trash can is in thermal contact with our frequently-hot oven. Bacteria grow WAY faster at higher temperatures (I should know--I grew up 200 mL of the suckers just the other day in my lab!) So of course the trash will stink more when it is also at a higher temp...So, we moved it. Since we have an absurdly small kitchen, there are not many choices of places to put it. I now have to walk around our table to get to it when I'm cooking, but it is oh-so worth it! And, it turns out my graduate school training is not a giant waste after all! (Speaking of graduate school, you will all be pleased to know that all week I've been getting there around 9--in the MORNING! Except for today, which was 10:15--but that is still better than usual.)
Now that this important lesson in microbial growth conditions is done, I have a funny story to tell you. A while ago I bought Final Fantasy X off of craigslist. Hey, stop laughing--that's not the funny part yet! (Yes, we are nerds--but we're nerds together. How romantic.) Anyways, we played it ALL the way through (it's a long game) and had a lot of fun doing it. It's great family time for us--Kevin controling Tidus the hero and me giving input into battle strategy ("No, no--the Red Element is immune to fire attacks--you need to use Blizzaga!) This game has a story line with cut scenes that play periodically. The hero's name is Tidus, and he runs around with his little gang fighting the bad guys. He falls in love with Yuna, who is willing to sacrifice her life to save the world. But, as it turns out, it is Tidus that must give up his life if they want to defeat the big bad guy. So, we're at the end of this game, we just beat the big bad guy, and Tidus has to say goodbye forever to Yuna. I find myself very sad, kinda a tearing up, and I realize how ridiculous it is to be emotional over my Playstation. I'm a little embarrassed, but then I look over at Kevin and notice red eyes too. He quickly looks away, but it's too late--I'm already laughing that we are both so nerdy AND sentimental to be crying over Tidus the Playstation Hero.
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That is SO funny! I can totally see you and Kevin doing that. Hee, hee. Oh, and Danny says that he played that and Secret of Mana, which allows for THREE players so you, Kevin, AND your next door neighbor could play it!
So Mindy, I think you should put up some photos on your blog... I want to see your beautiful face.
Why thank you Heather. The problem there, though, is that it requires getting out the camera AND hooking it up to the computer. That's a lot to ask! I may get around to it, though...
So I never did comment on this, but I have thought about it a lot -- both parts -- which just shows that it was a good blog post. ;-)
Every time I take the trash out, I think, "man, good thing this is far away from a heat source, because this has been flooding over for at least a day, and Mindy's trash can didn't even last that long!"
And then I randomly think about my own geeky husband and the geeky things we do together and think how great it is that I'm not the only geeky one out there. :-) Nathan and I used to play video games together but we haven't in awhile ... maybe we need a new game (or kids who go to bed earlier!)
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