renaissance gastrulation

after a rough night, i stayed home today. i've decided that vomiting is like the body trying to undo gastrulation. gastrulation is the process by which a spherical embryo develops a tube which becomes the gastrointestinal tract. i'm not sure if it was stress or food, but there is some food i'll never eat again. being sick in that way is so unpleasant. i could never be bulimic. bad dog makes it look not so terrible. maybe he just doesn't feel sorry for himself the way i do.

mary carillo was talking about maria sharapova saying that she (maria) was a renaissance woman. with an implied preface of "i mean really," mary said, "she's 17 and she plays tennis and models."