Cravings

I am having weird cravings for things that normally look as bad as road kill to me. I want to eat scrambled eggs and ketchup- I HATE both of those things, but I suddenly want to eat them. And I'm feeling the desire to munch sugar. I just ate 8 marshmellows. It's so weird, but my body is trying to tell me something... I don't eat much meat, so maybe I need protein. The sugar thing is a bit disturbing, however. I don't know what that's all about.

My own field assignment

Today I went on my own field assignment to KCC. I was out to find some mantis eggs and I found 2 sacs on a tree, so I stuck them in a ziplock baggie and took them home. Now I need a jar to keep them incubated. I wanted to take a hike up Diamond Head, but could you believe it? They were charging 6 bucks a head to get up there and I wasn't going to pay that just to do a little exploring and get a little exercise. So, I illegally went in the "No tresspassing zone," but then I felt something inside telling me to turn back, so I listened to my gut instinct and got off the mountain and went home. I think I might have swallowed at least a half gallon of water up there because it was so hot and dry. But, I've got mantis eggs now so I can finally start my experiment without worrying about losing my subjects.

I am finding that it's fun to be a biologist. Sissy English people just sit and read books all day and then when they make a newly found, abstract connection to their literature, they announce it and the whole world weeps. Historians just read bunches of old documents and claim that they understand what's going on. Mathematicians sit and work out hard math problems. But biologists- they go out there and get their hands dirty, and they're not too scared to do it. That's where the fun is. You gotta get down and dirty if you're gonna enjoy life- that's my philosophy:)

Scientific Dilema

OK. This isn't all that scientific, but I guess it works because it's pertaining to science. So, my mentor wants me to talk about my experiment to all sorts of behaviorists, but I don't know what I want to discuss. I don't have anything to discuss, actually, until I try stuff out and see what works and what doesn't. It's very frustrating for me because I don't want to disappoint my mentor, but at the same time, who's project is it? Oh pish, as my mom would always say. Life's too complicated.