So I was lurking around the X-Men First Class kink meme (the one set up by the Inception people) looking for an interesting new fic to read when suddenly I came across this photo:
Not something you often see in a kink meme. XD But after a few good laughs at the reactions everyone had, it started really, really bothering me that I had absolutely no idea what it was. I don’t know if anyone else gets this, but yeah, that horrible feeling when you feel like you should know what something is but don’t, and you’ll never sleep again if you don’t find out? Definitely had it.
Set about looking for what it was- I was pretty sure it was an eel, though considering I was on the XMFC meme it was probably some sort of shark (fandom trope, haha) but honestly, does this look like a shark to you? The teeth (or were they weird plankton-grabbers?) looked sharp and its body was streamlined so it was probably a predator, but it wasn’t entirely perfect because it had a weird flat head. So I looked up eels- nope, not a moray. Closer to an electric with the flat head, but the body was totally different. I ended up going through several different families of eels on Wikipedia (ENTIRELY UNHELPFUL). I was honestly thinking about it being a shark, but then discarding the notion because of the obvious lack of dorsal fin (I’d conveniently forgotten about lots of other species of shark, haha).
So I thought I’d figure it out tomorrow, and went to save it, but I couldn’t save without viewing the image alone. So I did, and LO AND BEHOLD, THERE WAS A URL AND IT SAID FRILLED SHARK. I actually had to physically restrain myself from banging my head on my keyboard. What the hell, brain. Seriously.
Anyway despite being a complete failure at identifying this thing, it was the most fun I’d had in ages. Alright, yes, I’m a nerd. But it makes me wonder whether microbiology really is the way I want to go- big things are cool too!
I really miss Pisay. Especially Bio 1. I don’t know, exams are difficult in Woldy but I just don’t get the same pleasure out of it. Sometimes I feel like the fun’s been sucked out of lessons- like we’re doing it to follow government rules, not just doing it because we really want to. Despite Bio 1 being one of the most terrifying classes I’ve ever been in, I was motivated. I had a teacher who would give more than what was required, drill the information into our heads until we exploded not because it was necessary, but because he could.
So I don’t know if I’m going to start trawling across the internet trying to happen across random things like this or not, but maybe I should. Lord knows I don’t use my brain enough. Maybe I’ll finally be motivated enough to actually do something then.
On the Edge 