living room touch pool

a week ago, bagel and i watched this year's cycling world championship, which took place in copenhagen, at a friend of a friend's house in santa monica. the cycling, for me, wasn't the most captivating thing i've experienced in recent days, especially since we placed bets on who would win and i lost my dollar. the house hosting the viewing party was home to a pair of newlyweds and the roost was fully stocked with assorted leftover wedding alcohols. new wife was a marine biology grad student, and in her living room she had a large saltwater tank populated with creatures she'd personally caught on her dives doing research off of Catalina Island. so cool. She had small fish, medium fish, ocean snails, sea urchins, and an anemone. after the race she told people about the different animals and stuck her entire arm into the tank and snapped off one of the spines on an urchin so everyone could feel how it felt like velcro.