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fascinating articles from new scientist:
What's the point of being warm-blooded? this is the kind of thing that floats in and out of my head when i walk by myself. reading papers on paleontology (especially concerning the evolution of birds and endothermy) is one of my favorite hobbies. it makes my pupils enlarge.

how your brain creates science

and, related:how to control a herd of humans

awesome.

it's raining again, finally, again. i walked through a downpour last night and was soaked with sky juice and it was great. made me miss my old walk home.
i feel like i don't want to do what i'm about to do and i don't know how to stop it. i don't understand what i'm supposed to do or how i'm supposed to feel or, most importantly, how i'm supposed to fix it so i don't have to keep doing stupid things to keep the soul-wrenching ouchies at bay. thinking about the future, my future, is making me deeply sick to my stomach. do not want. any of it. want to walk out of here and just roam for the day outside with my camera so i can just see. and maybe make some vitimin d.
one more week of tiresome work.

need a good cry? try this: fidelity: don't divorce us
had to stop it over and over again to keep any sense of composure.