it was a rough and tumble day at sea today as class and crew boarded a small research ship to go a mile out into the ocean to look at fishes and things. it was good and fun until we reached the actual ocean, which was when the rain and the extreme lurching of the boat began. that boat was a-rockin, let me tell you. up and down and it felt like it was gonna tip sideways right into the sea. scary stuff. lots of people were queasy, whereas i had taken some dramamine and was clinging to a pole while i was getting pelted by cold rain. our class did a very good job at pissing off the tour guides, though.

ocean lady: what's a sinus? can someone tell me what a sinus is?
(silence)
ol: anyone?
kt bent: it's the thing that gives you a sniffle!

yeah. after the boat we went to the ocean institute to hack stuff open and poke at insides. it was better than i expected. our group was a dozen girls and one boy. now, our task was to cut open a mackeral. not even five minutes after the dead fish was placed in front of us, five of us girls took to the thing and propmtly cut it open and immediately started prodding and touching every bit of bloody organ there was. (two of these girls were homecoming princesses, i should mention) the more time went by the more guts and organs were hacked out and popped and mutilated. meanwhile, the one guy in our group is a cautious distance from the rest of us, saying, "you guys are SO SICK" and "i'm going to school with a bunch of serial killers, you guys are really fucked up" and "AWWW, GOD, DON'T DO TH-- AWWWWWWWWW!!" it was really nice, in a way. i have pictures but bluetooth isn't working just yet. later you will see FISH CARNAGE.

i'm doing current events and having much success with the redesigning of my website. my scanner is fine, turns out. i was the one who had a broken brain synapse and dad fixed the whole thing back to working order. i feel like my room is bobbing up and down...

halloween tomorrow. should be interesting, no doubt. andrea convinced me to be a cop so this is what i do. she is a fireman. i borrow her cop outfit from last year because i have no money, although when complete my outfit fits more of a "s&m nazi girlscout officer" description. not bad, eh? i definitely might be getting some looks tomorrow

my fingers feel like they're gonne bleed from guitaring... although i do know three chords now...