m&m's + 551 + paper + paper + paper + paper = monday - friday

ostensibly, the above equation might appear to boggle the average mind but the truth is that it is very simple indeed. let me try to explain it in the simplest term so that the simplest of minds can understand such a simple non-mathematical equation.

m&m's refers to the small peanut-coated chocolate wonders that i, the technician drops three exact quarters of an american dollar into an automated vending machine to obtain on a daily basis. cavities may form on the calcium deposits of my gaping mouth for all i care, these tiny pieces of endorphin stimulants keep my stomach somehow satiated as i await patiently for the very much anticipated mid day meal. these are almost as addictive as coffee!

551 refers to the dreaded windowless dull working space of the validations department. my department. what is validations? validations is the practice of cutting down rainforests in brazil and indonesia. it is also the practice of making up excuses for the company to the FDA just because some harmless abundant-in-the-air microscopic life decided to proliferate on their precious medications. apparently, the ability to say that you are correct even when you are wrong is an ability that is much sought-after in the industry. FDA loves to hear these sugar-coated stories (much like the m&m's) so much so that they seem more like a child craving bedtime stories before they go to bed / approve a drug.

paper paper paper paper = tree. validations validations validations validations = chopped tree

all the above adds up to the following:

monday - friday, 7am-3.30pm (most of the time 9am-5.30pm because this pig can never seem to drag his ass of the bed at 6 in the morning).

there you have it.

that is what i do for 43 hours out of the 168 hours in a week.

my job.