HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRIS! *muah* =)

and deb...cockatoo! root canal! ...gay sex? ;-)

exciting event of the day: making a sea urchin shed. they just look like dark purple spiky balls, but the spikes move while they're in your hand! freaky, but sort of cool. i made one ooze gametes by injecting it with potassium chloride and then shaking vigorously...it was a girl! but then i found out that the potassium chloride makes the urchin think that it's dying, so it starts shedding its gametes all over the place in a last-ditch effort to preserve some part of itself =\ that didn't make me feel very humane, but now it's fine and will soon be placed back in the pacific. i don't think this shedding business is the most comfortable thing for them though.

and my honey-baked ham sauce has grapes in it. odd.