Last night I became a cyborg.

Electrodes in my hair.  Awesome.  Electrode gunk not washing out in the morning shower, less awesome.  Itchy rashy bits from tape, totally not awesome.

Still, I did have this totally sweet control panel:

I don’t know what any of this stuff does (well, aside from the gloves XD), but it was right outside my room.

My phone home finger gave me awesome powers

…which I used to gain access to a massive supply of totally inadequate blankets.  Being a cyborg is chilly work.

A trichinosis larva and a botfly maggot walk into a bar. The botfly maggot turns to the trichinosis larva and says “hey buddy, I heard you like pork.”

The trichonosis larva looks the the botfly maggot right in the spiracles and says “indeed, I encyst upon it.”

(Shamelessly stolen from bash.org)

This is one of the best things I’ve ever seen in my entire life.

Today was a little bit stupid.

I decided to be terribly lazy this morning, and after sleeping in, I watched Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.  It was okay, but uninspired.  I like Michael Cera, even though he only seems to be able to play one role.  I guess I just like the one role he plays.  The music was excellent, of course, which was the whole point of watching it.  Must get the soundtrack.  I give it one happy truck for having a song by The Cure as a ringtone.

Went to the greenhouse for a bit to check on the few remaining caterpillars, one of which was dead.  I suspect that it just didn’t get enough food - the spider mites had completely taken over its tree.  Sad, but not entirely unexpected at this stage of the experiment.  If they haven’t pupated yet, they’re not likely to do so successfully.

I had an appointment to give blood today, to I stopped at the chip truck on campus to fuel up

Their poutine is surprisingly decent, mostly thanks to the fries.

After filling up the tank with tasty grease and starch, I drained all of the good stuff out of my arm

That small pouch of blood is the first bit they siphon off for testing.  The rest (about a pint, as I recall) is in a much larger bag under the arm rest.  I think they keep it out of sight on purpose so you can’t see how much they’re taking.

I also learned an important lesson today.  Even if you’ve ridden up that hill in the dirty stinking August heat a thousand times, even if there’s nothing at home to cook for supper and the grocery store is just a few blocks past the crest of the hill, even if you think you’re a tough cookie, for pete’s sake don’t do the ride while lacking a pint of your precious bodily fluids.  I ended up sitting on the sidewalk in the blazing sun for half an hour because I couldn’t stand up without chucking or passing out.