hey, the appropriate plural of penis if conjugated in greek or something is penes. sounds like weenies to me. ahaha...i am so immature. thanks to dave:

Dave: a lot of people say penii
Dave: but that would be if penis was spelled penus
Dave: like cactus

so i'm watching a ton of hours of online lectures for behavioral bio right now...interesting stuff. the last two were on sexual behavior, and i have to say that after going over all that biological basis for sexual behavior and attraction, the nitty-gritty mechanical, genetic stuff, i'm still feeling inordinately sappy. i have no idea why...even after i heard about the insect species in which the male injects his sperm into the testes of another male so that when the second one mates, the first male's sperm fertilizes the female. you'd think that would make me get over any sappiness, right? oh well. just in a weird wistful mood maybe.

and here's the sex joke that kicked off my bio prof's lecture on sexual behavior:
it turns out there really are martians and they come to visit and they're really cool. we get along really well with them, each species has a lot of questions for the other, and it's all buddy-buddy. finally someone asks how the martians make more copies of themselves and of course they want to know about us too, so everyone decides to have demonstrations. they clear out a room, six martians stand on top of one another, their noses light up, there's smoke, lights, and out pops a new martian! the humans go "ooh" and "aah" and are suitably amazed. then it's their turn and they get two volunteers, clear out another room, and the two go at it. the martians think it's intriguing, very different, etc.
"but one thing, where's the new human?"
the humans say it'll take another nine months to actually have the birth of the new human.
"so why were they in such a hurry at the end?"

he's so funny. =) yeah, gonna go back to more online lectures and feeling sappy now.

* * *
if i fall along the way
pick me up and dust me off
and if i get too tired to make it
be my breath so i can walk

if i need some other love
give me more than i can stand
and when my smile gets old and faded
wait around i'll smile again

shouldn't be so complicated
just hold me and then
just hold me again

can you help me i'm bent
i'm so scared that i'll never
get put back together

you're breaking me in
and this is how we will end
with you and me bent

if i couldn't sleep could you sleep?
could you paint me better off?
could you sympathize with my needs?
i know you think i need a lot

i started out clean but i'm jaded
just phoning it in
just breaking the skin