i've been working in geoff aguirre's lab for the past couple of days because it's one of two places on campus where i can get access to a software package i need, and the other is IRCS (ugh). it's interesting and notable to me that geoff himself seems to spend a fair bit of time in the room working with his (i think) post-docs, being jocund and affable and imparting nuggets of wisdom, and it almost makes me wish i had a young, enthusiastic advisor. almost -- i do realize on a little bit of reflection that i'd probably go mad working for a young advisor almost immediately. the ex-boss is about the limit of what i can endure.