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<tuesday
june 24, 2003 - 9:30 p.m.>
Warning:
This is going to prove to everyone what a nutbar I am.
The
night we returned from camping I
passed out on the couch. This is very easy to do, because
its cushiony softness is a natural sedative that causes me
to miss the latter half of every show that begins at 10:00
p.m.
Anyway,
there were a couple other reasons for my losing consciousness
in this way.
The
sheer exhaustion of the day.
The
lack of sleep the night before.
Stomach
pains that likely originated from my snarfing down a meal
at Wendy's on the way home. I should know better. That kind
of junk food never sits well with me.
I
am fairly certain that all of the above points caused me to
have a bizarre hallucination.
I
was lying almost paralyzed from the toes upward, and was half-asleep.
Mark came in the room. I saw him standing over me. Now this
is where the half-hallucination part begins.
I
noticed his shirt had some kind of ancient writing on it.
It was fading in and out like a television on a dimmer switch.
His shirt was broadcasting!
[At
this point, Mark tells me that I was totally staring at his
shirt]
"What
does your shirt say?" I asked in my cheeseburger-induced
stupor.
The
words were hard to read, but then I was able to make something
out. I read it out loud.
"Are
you selfish?"
As
I wondered if I was interpreting it correctly the word "selfish"
morphed into something else.
I
read it out loud a second time.
"Are
you shellfish?"
And
then I snapped out of it and went to bed.
-
Yesterday,
in my new role as Stay At Home Mom, I decided to undertake
a scientifically-based craft idea.
This
was inspired by Cindy and KJ, who with love and foresight
photocopied an entire book of kiddy activities and mailed
it to me several years ago. (Thanks guys, this is really going
to come in handy.)
It's
full of good recipes for play-doh, home made paints and other
sticky messy things.
But
yesterday's craft was about more than just mess, it was about
colloidal suspension and polymers. (More
info here)
We
mixed up water and food colouring, and added corn starch.
The end product was really cool. When the mixture is still
it's a liquid, but if you get those molecules moving it turns
into a solid.
Sarah
was nonplused by this miracle of science. In fact, she wandered
away early in the mixing stage. Emma didn't really get it
either, but was impressed by the pink mess.
I
think I enjoyed it more than anyone. Why couldn't we have
done this easy experiment in science class?
Next
project: goop.
