I just found a giant beetle inside my shirt and somehow the most upsetting part about that was that it was an invasive species.

Biology student, that is me.

School is basically eating my face right now but things are still chugging along behind the scenes, by which I mean I'm still writing Utopia, and I have even gotten enough done for a new ( Read more... )

So I went and talked to the entomology guy yesterday morning, which was at times a little awkward because a.) I forgot how disorganized ecology people are and he spent a lot of time rummaging around looking for things he'd meant to show me and b.) he also spent a lot of time trying to give me room to back out of doing illustrations, which I think ( Read more... )

So the weekend went well! I spoke to family members I haven't seen in years, and while Adric is, sadly, still resigned to being uncomfortable in tents forever (no ground pad + crushing humidity), we had fun. We went to garage sales! I got a bunch of stuff but my Weird Item of the Year prize goes to the genuine leather whip I bought for 25¢, oddly ( Read more... )