Title: Bug Feet [September 13 2006]
Notes: I can't believe I didn't archive this here sooner! What was I thinking? This was awesome.
Here, read about it (slightly edited from the original blog post):
"Today in my one class there was a little bug/beetle crawling up my pantleg. It was maybe 2-3mm long with six legs, two jointed antennae, and a body/neck/head division going for it. Instead of flicking it off I let it climb around on my hands and then onto my pen. There it wandered for a bit before heading off on a grand adventure down to the pen nib. Where it got one of its feet planted deeply in a blob of ink. It froze there for a second, then visibly shook its ink-covered foot before scurrying back down along my pen. Leaving a trail of tiny bug feet prints behind it!
I discovered that by rotating the pen horizontally while it was walking down it, the little guy would end up walking in the opposite direction, back down to the ink ball where it would once again get its leg inked up and leave another trail! This kept me amused for a good ten minutes. Eventually though I shooed the silly bug away toward the open exterior door. I lidded the pen to keep it protected after admiring my little trail of prints. I can actually write with it without smearing them so hopefully they'll be there for a good long while.
Yay little bug feets! Can you see the two seperate trails here?
Apparently bug feet have three little prong-toes that collect ink when they step in it. The neatest part was when it would step in the ink and then kinda wave its leg as if going 'what is this gunk!?' before completely ignoring it and walking away. :3 Yay class. And its one of my really neat fun insane classes too."
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