Triple Yellow Afternoon

[beetiger]

FD&C Yellow #5 food dye, on my lab bench. It isn’t very good for you, has ugly labeling requirements, and stains your fingers, but it’s bright and cheap and stable. Annatto, saffron, or turmeric just won't do.

Corn, in my lunch. The biggest ear of corn I’ve ever seen, covered in butter which is also yellow.

Nylon/lycra fabric, for the unitard I’m thinking of getting made to make an impressionistic bee costume with my black wasp-waist corset. Electric yellow, like a highlighter pen.

An article about smoking banana peels.

Comments

Science!

[supersocks.livejournal.com]

(And hurrah for bug morphs. Now I must draw you. :) )
May I ask what sort of job you do?

Re: Science!

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Now I must draw you
I certainly wouldn't refuse, if you feel so inspired. I love the piece you did for me at AC.

I work as a food scientist, which is a little bit more like doing real science than, say, being a library scientist, but not that much. I do get to use beakers and stuff. And I do indeed have < booming voice > a masters degree...in Science! < /booming voice >
I do product development, which means I develop the formulations for commercial foods, low alcohol beverages (aka coolers) in particular. Until the end of September, of course, when I'm being laid off. Then I have no idea what I will be doing. :(

Re: Science!

[lediva.livejournal.com]

"Until the end of September, of course, when I'm being laid off. Then I have no idea what I will be doing. :("

Moving to Boston! *ahem* ;)

Re: Science!

[queenofstripes.livejournal.com]

You know, now that she mentions it... ;)

lediva, just for the record, I'm probably about three blocks away from you. I'm on Church Street, working four floors up from the Fire and Ice...

Re: Science!

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

You know that moving to Boston is on my long-term not-so-secret agenda! It's going to be a while yet, though...