So this week I got my stitches taken out, went caving on table mountain, Africa Burn Happened (and I couldn’t go), I made sea urchins do it, and now I’m on a 35 day experimentation process that requires working 7 days of the week. At least 5 hours out of the day is dedicated to counting urchin larvae about the size of a flake of skin. They are pretty cool little dudes and I’m fathering about a half million of them. Here is a photo of what they look like under a microscope at 20 times magnification.
It would make a pretty gnarly tattoo. I document them every day and monitor their growth as well as their numbers. It is all very exciting work. So besides work, I’ve been sleeping eating, keeping myself fairly clean, and adjusting to the new culture. I just learned the other day that South Africa recycling has a higher recycling rate than any where in the united states because the homeless go through all the trash. And I don’t even have a recycling bin. Well that’s all for now gotta go start counting Urchins.
~Urchman
5 comments:
Dude, your blog is a cool blog. All this marine biology all of a sudden! It's surprising to a non-Simon-- Much love for keeping us posted via the intertron, but I feel like things is gonna move so fast. You're gonna come back with dreads or something!
Actually, you should totally do that.
dude... way to totally ruin the surprise! i'm also working on a tattoo. but keep it on the dl brother, for the surprise will not work on the other members of the hood.
Dude. Seriously. You have /already/ been to the hospital.
I just want to go on record as saying that you are reckless, man! Today, stitches; tomorrow, tattoo and dreads; next week, a friggin' motorcycle!
Also, Holly is afraid that you are dead. You should e-mail her.
I think you need a better image before you turn it into tattoo flash. At this point the result would look like a scab.
I've had a bit of South African traffic on my web site. Are you behind this new fan base?
Love, Meridith
All I can say is that I love reading about your (mis)adventures...it's good to know you're alive and well and fathering millions of small children who will grow up to bear a striking resemblance to purple pincushions. And really, dreads?
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