DumbGirl1:
hi
Me: hi
DumbGirl1: a/s
Me: [age]/[sex]
DumbGirl1: like younger girls?
Me: how young?
DumbGirl1: 13
Me: jesus, no
Me: that's illegal
DumbGirl1: It's not like i'm
going to tell someone
Me: how did you get this screenname?
DumbGirl1: on a search
Me: what did you search for? i know i'm
not listed under "pedophiles"
This next girl's profile said she was a devout Christian or something, so I decided to
capitalize on this.
DumbGirl2:
hey
there i was wanderin if u wanna chat
Me: uh, ok
Me: asl?
DumbGirl2: 14.f.md
DumbGirl2: u
Me: [age]/[sex]/[location]
DumbGirl2: ooo
Me: i'm studying to be a neuroscientist
DumbGirl2: that sounds kool
Me: yeah
DumbGirl2: u play ne sports
Me: no, not really
DumbGirl2: oo
Me: my lab's doing research on
huntington's disease and alzheimer's disease
Me: maybe someday we'll be able to fix God's fuck-ups
DumbGirl2: what
Me: oh, did you close the window or
something?
Me: it's ok, i'll repeat it
DumbGirl2: no thats ok
Me: no, it's no trouble
DumbGirl2: i read it
Me: the last thing i said was "maybe
someday we'll be able to fix God's fuck-ups"
Me: oh
Me: why'd you say "what?" then
Me: ?
DumbGirl2: n/m
DumbGirl2: forget it
Me: ok
DumbGirl2: mmmk
DumbGirl2: so u
don't believe in god?
DumbGirl2: or was that just a sarcastic remark
Me: why would i have even bothered
mentioning him if i didn't believe in him?
DumbGirl2: o ok i was just wandering
DumbGirl2: i don't know some people just do it to start things i dunno
though sry
Me: it's just that sometimes i see these
poor people with these genetic disorders and i think "how could god have done this to
someone? how could he have fucked up so bad?"
Me: it's sad really
DumbGirl3:
hey wanna chat? a/s/l?
Me: [age]/[sex]/[location]
DumbGirl3: really
DumbGirl3: thats kool
Me: what do you mean "really"
DumbGirl3: so you have
graduated from high school
Me: you looked up my info i assume
DumbGirl3: i just think thats
kool
Me: yes, i have graduated from high school
DumbGirl3: well i haven't
read it
DumbGirl3: i just look under common interests
Me: ah, i see
Me: and what are our common interests, exactly?
DumbGirl3: well i looked up
medical but i don't really have a common interest but i thought maybe i could talk to some
really hot doctor or something
DumbGirl3: haha
Me: ah
Me: i'm a neuroscience major at [college]
Me: that's why i put "medical" down
DumbGirl3: really
DumbGirl3: thats so cool
DumbGirl3: :-)
DumbGirl3: so how do you like it?
Me: it's cool
DumbGirl3: really
Me: yeah
DumbGirl3: so do you like
college better than high school
Me: of course
DumbGirl3: lol
DumbGirl3: all me college guy friends say the same
DumbGirl3: i am not in college i am in high school
Me: i think anyone that's ever experienced
both high school and college would say that
DumbGirl3: yeah
DumbGirl3: its that much better
Me: i answered your a/s/l request, but you
never said anything about yourself...
DumbGirl3: 16/f/ohio
DumbGirl3: sorry
Me: it's ok
DumbGirl3: you didn't ask me
so i didn't say
DumbGirl3: :-)
DumbGirl3: do you care if i add you as a buddy
Me: knock yourself out
DumbGirl3: ?
DumbGirl3: lol
DumbGirl3: are you goin to add me
DumbGirl3: ?
Me: do i have to?
DumbGirl3: no
DumbGirl3: why?
DumbGirl3: you don't want to?
Me: well, what would we talk about?
DumbGirl3: i don't know the
same thing we are talkina bout now
Me: we're going to keep talking about
adding each other to our buddy lists?
DumbGirl3: lol
DumbGirl3: your funny
DumbGirl3: haha
Me: gee, thanks
DumbGirl3: no like what we
have been talkina bout all night
DumbGirl3: haha
DumbGirl3: lol
DumbGirl3: what a dork
DumbGirl3: haha
DumbGirl3: :-)
Me: "all night"?
DumbGirl3: no
DumbGirl3: like when i am on at school and other nights
DumbGirl3: we could talk
DumbGirl3: i mean its ok if you don't want to
DumbGirl3: !!!
DumbGirl3: im kool with that
Me: let's talk about my job
Me: i decapitate mice
DumbGirl3: i just wnatde to
know if you were goin to add me
DumbGirl3: really
Me: yes really
DumbGirl3: sounds fun
Me: first, i put them in a bell jar with
an ether-soaked paper towel
DumbGirl3: =-O
DumbGirl3: oh my
DumbGirl3: are you tyring to scare me away or something
DumbGirl3: haha
Me: once they appear dead, i remove them,
hold their neck down with forceps and yank on their tail in order to snap the spinal cord
and make sure they're REALLY dead
DumbGirl3: oh
DumbGirl3: my
DumbGirl3: god
Me: then i remove their head with a razor
blad
Me: e
DumbGirl3: thats gross
Me: using the razor blade, i cut open the
scalp
Me: once the skull is exposed, i use tweezers to pry the skull open
through the hole in the back where the spinal cord used to be
Me: when i've removed enough skull that the brain is sitting on a sort
of platform, i scoop it out with a spatula
DumbGirl3: really
DumbGirl3: gross
DumbGirl3: why?
Me: i cut the brain with a clean
razorblade along the midline
DumbGirl3: do you do it
DumbGirl3: research
Me: yes, research
DumbGirl3: really
DumbGirl3: thats kool
DumbGirl3: like for what?
DumbGirl3: research for what?
Me: then, using some probes, i gently
separate the hippocampus, cortex, and general midbrain goop
Me: alzheimer's research
Me: i can't wait till they let me start doing that with real people
DumbGirl3: great
DumbGirl3: thats kool
Me: of course, it's a lot harder with
people
Me: mouse skulls are very thin
DumbGirl3: yeah
DumbGirl3: so you like it alot
DumbGirl3: ?
Me: i'd need to use a bone saw for the
person
Me: and there would be a LOT more blood
Me: yeah, i like it
Me: in fact, don't tell anyone this, but once, when nobody was looking,
i tasted the cerebral spinal fluid
Me: i was strangely drawn to it
Me: it was reminiscent of an infant's yearning for its mother's
breastmilk
DumbGirl3: thats good
DumbGirl3: really
DumbGirl3: thats strange
Me: because i'm on the work study program,
they only give me 4 hours a week
Me: so i set up a bunch of mousetraps here
Me: and sometimes, when i catch one, i like to practice by myself at
home
DumbGirl3: really
DumbGirl3: do you live by your self
Me: no, i live in a dorm
Me: but i don't usually let many people come into my room
Me: they wouldn't understand
DumbGirl3: yeah
DumbGirl3: i can't understand that
Me: i have nothing to do with the brains
after i dissect them, but i can't bring myself to throw them away
DumbGirl3: really
DumbGirl3: why not?
Me: i don't know
DumbGirl3: do you have
anypics of you?
DumbGirl3: really
Me: i know they're just mice, and they're
already dead, but after going through something i like that, i feel connected with them
sort of
Me: so i keep them in little vials on my nightstand
DumbGirl3: that is so cute
DumbGirl3: and sweet
Me: no, i don't let anybody take pictures
of me
DumbGirl3: ok but that is
weird
Me: why? lots of people are camera sy
Me: *shy
Me: it's starting to smell in here, i'm going to have to take the trash
out soon...
Me: but i have to wait until night, i don't want anybody to see me
carrying around a bag of dead mice
Me: they wouldn't understand
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