woooooooooooo

this morning after breakfast, it was actually sunny. so a bunch of us just sat in the sun with our eyes closed and just listened to the wonder of the world. and to be honest we just were.

"i am a transparent eyeball" ernest hemingway.

prior to that though...
Gina so should we dress up for tonite? (we're going to a club) i don't really have anything other than field pants
Maria I'm sure Nathaniel would have a couple cotton numbers that you could borrow...
Gina (laughing) like a dress?
Nathaniel (one of the TA's) I think i would make a good girl.
Maria (the other TA) well you don't really have the hips... or the even the boobs.
Nathaniel Well i have a sweet-ass ass, ass.
Colin ooooo.... triple assed....

ya, it's dumb but it made me laugh and i just felt like sharing the beginnings of a great day.

last night at dinner...
Nathaniel I love eating babies
Colin mmmmmmmm.....
Nathaniel I like eating the soft parts
Colin the subcutaneous layer......
Nathaniel mmmmm bone marrow...
Maria stem cells...mmmm, undifferentiated cells
Nathaniel o stem cells, how i love thee. let me count the ways...one... well i guess that's it...

we're such bio dorks. the lot of us. that's what makes it great. can you tell that this dinner time conversation made me feel right at home??? baby eating... well it made me happy. we're all becoming good friends and i'm glad that the group is small so that no major cliques formed in the end. w00t.

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
after playing with the millipede for a long time yesterday, i decided that that was what i wanted to do my independent research on. so i'm going to study the correlation between millipede sex and the reaction rate of their protective responses (being curling in a ball and secrete noxious substances) in addition i'm going to see if millipede size or hardness of exoskeleton have anything to do with it. so i get to poke em and see what they do. i collect them and ideally i want 100 of them and put them in terraniums separated by sex and let them acclimate for a couple of days and then administer a consistent agitation and then time both responses. then the millipede can be released.

fun!