It's all about Chris and Tracy

The Chris and Tracy Show :)

Interviewer: Midley
Interviewees: Chris and Tracy

Me: What made you choose this career?
Tracy: I choose science because I like the natural world. I grew up in Florida so I wanted to snorkel and scuba dive. I said I'm going to be a marine biologist and it's going to be the most awesomist thing in the world and study sponges! My father grew up in the 50's and 60's when all the kids wanted to be a marine biologist so he thought that was a really bad idea. So I said okay I'll look for something else and because at the time I was working in a lab after college, and I found this job in viruses and I thought it was cool. Then I started moving into molecular biology, and now I'm here.
Chris: In high school I did rescue squad and decided then I wanted to be a doctor, went to college and took a lot of science classes, and then started working in a lab. Then the more I thought about it, the more I realized I didn't want to be a doctor. I wanted to help people and doctors don't really help, and it seemed very slipper to get into the medical system and not as rewarding I would like it to be. I really liked science so I went to get my PhD and that is why I am here.

Me: What was your favorite subject growing up? (Science for both)
Tracy: I love solving puzzles and I like asking questions and being able to find the answer.
Chris: However, it is a boring subject when you are just being told what you should be studying, like in high school. But I it like when I get to solve my own problems. That's our job everyday, come in, create a problem and solve it.

Me: What is a big dream that you fear you will never be able to furfill?
Chris: I don't know.
Tracy (shocked): You're furfill?!
Chris (casually): Yeah, I think so. If I were to die today, I wouldn't have any regrets.
Tracy (nods): That's good.
Chris: What are your big dreams?
Tracy: I would like to open a bakery, where I supply my own meat, a farm, and learn how to play the chello!
Chris: I guess I would like to play the piano more, but that's not something I'm worried about not furfilling. But I think I want to learn how to play the piano.
Tracy: How long have you wanted to play the piano?
Chris: A couple of years, four, five. I took a class in college, it was alright.
Tracy: Yeah.
Chris: I'm planing on buying a keyboard to hook up to my computer cause Apple has a program where you can have someone like Alicia Keys teach you how to play the piano!
Tracy: That is too cool!
Chris: Yeah, very cool.
Tracy: I wonder if they have a chello option.
Chris: They may. You have to be able to plug it in though.
Tracy (confidently): They have electric chellos!
-hahaha, they are too cool! :)-

Me: What is your favorite meal?
Chris: I kinda like them all, that's hard!
Me: Tracy like vegetables!
Tracy: My husband makes this ..... soup, it's packed with tofu....(and other stuff)...and I think it is the best thing ever since sliced bread!
Chris: I like food! I'm very agreeable. I like it in large greesy quantities.

Me: What is your favorite color?
Chris: Blue.
Me: Why, do you wear it like everyday? (the whole time I've been in the lab, I've only seen Chris wear blue everyday besides like four days!)
Chris: I own a lot of blue.
Tracy: I can't answer that, I have no idea.
Me: How come you never wear bright colors? (Chris was laughing at me, I wasn't being mean!) Tracy: I don't know, I just never have.
Chris: That is an observation people have about Tracy. She is very into her grays, blacks and browns.
Tracy: My house is really colorful though, we have a lot of bold bright colors! Hot pink, orange, red, yellow...
Me: Is it just to work you don't wear bright colors?
Tracy: I just don't decorate myself with bright colors. I think it's like an attention thing, I like to just blend in the background, that's how I roll.

Me: What is your favorite season? Why?
Me: Tracy I want you to answer this first. (That morning we had a talk about this question.)
Tracy: That is not a real question!
Me: Yes it is, look, number 6!
Tracy: Oh man, okay well, don't tell my husband but my favorite season is fall. It's fall because I love the weather, it's perfect. The evenings are cool enough that you can wear a jacket and feel a nice breeze. Oh and the trees, I love the bright bright orange trees, those are my favorite. And the holidays are coming! It's a nice kick off! Bam Bam Bam :)
Chris: I like spring into early summer. I like watching the plants come back alive and I find winter to be horrible, that's probably the worst time of the year..
Me (sadly): Hey, I was born during the winter!
Chris: Oh yeah, me too. But, it's a miserable season! It's cold, soggy, not attractive and depressing! The days are very short, which I don't enjoy, and I love spring because it is the total opposite. The days starts getting longer and it lets me know how great summer is going to be, since winter was so horrible. Spring is where it's at!
Tracy: Wait, you will never know how great summer is unless you have winter.
Chris: Then I'll love it all the time than! I would love spring, summer and fall!
Me: At least he included fall.
Tracy: Yeah, that's true.
Chris: I like fall, it's just not my favorite.
Tracy: That's fine.
Chris: But it's sad since fall reminds you that everything is about to die and leave you.
Tracy (shakes her head): But there's the excitement for snow.
Me: Not the cleaning part.
Chris: I'm fine with like two snows, but after that it's like this was great but now what?

Me: On your day off, what do you like to do?
Tracy: You can go first, my answer sucks. (haha smh)
Chris: I like to sleep in, read books, definitely not a science book, go for a nice run, go to a park and take pictures, eat a nice meal and go out with my friends at night.
Tracy: I just hang out with my son. aww :) And my husband, but he's usually taking a break from my son since he has him all day.

Me: Any advie for me?
-awkward silence-
Chris (jokingly): What's the saying, age comes wisdom?
Chris: A couple things, never worry about what people think of you, or what people think you should be. Always know who you are and follow that. Also enjoy discovoring what that means. And in life don't work for money or for others, work for yourself and happiness!
Tracy: Find what you love in life and make that your career. Don't worry about money, it will come.


Thank you guys! :)
Those two are awesome! They always help me whenever I need help and they have made my summer worth remembering. Everyday we have the most randomist conversations, but they are so happy and live that you can tell they really enjoy what they do. I really appreciate that I meant them and is thankful for all the advice and conversations I have had with them about my future. I really hope I can come back this December and spend two weeks with them for another internship! :)