Saturday, October 07, 2006

hmmm...

sometimes i wonder about my job.

like yesterday, when i spent 2 hours sorting through a bucket of stick insect poo (not with a fine tooth comb, but with tweezers) collecting eggs.

but, you know, it was actually quite relaxing to do something so completely mentally undemanding. i just switched my brain off, switched the radio on, and felt the aromatherapeutic effects of eucalyptus oil that has passed through a stick insect's digestive system.

how's the serenity!

4 comments:

Sean said...

Your egg/turd sorting days are over! There's
an easier way.


That is, unless you prefer the smell...

sam said...

arrgh, i'm torn!

the balance of pros and cons says: do it, or that's 2 hours of your life you'll never get back

...but it also says: well, you're stuck at work ANYWAY, why give up 2 hours of mental downtime while still being able to claim to be "working"?

ah-HA! i know - in order to leave work EARLY!

ps - welcome to my blogosphere:)

araminty said...

I really don't know about you bugkeepers. I prefer my science varmint-free, and, ooh, I even have a blog post to prove it.

Haven't seen one since then.

sam said...

hmm.. trying out new method at the mo... varied success; half the stupid eggs insist on floating (obstinate things!) and a good quarter of the poo sinks.

damn!

but then we DO have about 300 of the varmints, eating us out of house and home... maybe thems good enough odds...