I got a job!
Mood:  energetic
Topic: alien info

Hi there!

I need to do a massive update on the who's who around here, and what everyone's been up to, but I think I'll save that for later. Right now, I want to talk about the new volunteer job I got!

I had told Jennifer that even though I love having time to write, to socialize, to explore, to read, to catch up, to watch movies, etc., ultimately I was getting bored with my routine. It was getting to the point where even writing palled because I felt like I was writing about the same things over and over, and I certainly don't want to do that! It seems odd that here, on an alien ship with a bunch of new people to get to know and things to learn, I'd be bored. But then I am easily bored. Some days I sit at the little computer in my room and play alien puzzle games all day, or I watch porn. (Human porn, not alien porn. Can't get into the alien porn.) I still have my required one meal a day in the meal room with the others, but there have been many times when that's all I've seen of them.

Anyway, Jennifer asked me if I'd like to help out the scientists with some of their work. I cocked my head at her and asked her what I'd be doing. First she suggested the gardens, and I vehemently shook my head. I've got a brown thumb. Then she suggested working with the human animals that they had on the ship, and again I said no. No scooping poop out of cages, thank you very much.

Then I had a thought. I asked her, "What about alien animals? I know you all have some. Can I work with them?"

"Why would you want to do that?" she asked.

"I dunno, they just look really interesting, so working with them would keep me better occupied," I said.

She looked above me, and I knew she was consulting the Oversoul or whatever, the Drew le' tor group mind. Then she smiled to herself. The smile seemed more than a little eerie, but then I don't think the Drew le' tor ever got the hang of smiling anyway. It's not one of their natural facial expressions.

"That is acceptable," she said, finally. "When would you like to start?"

I told her asap and she said tomorrow, which was about a week ago. So I volunteer about three hours a day working with the little critters they've picked up from other planets/asteroids/whatever around the galaxy. None of them are large; I'd say that the largest compares to a good-sized rat (sans tail). But all of them are wild, and many of them are adorable in that "I'm from another planet and don't touch me because I've got spines" sort of way.

I'll pick up this post later with some descriptions of these things. I do wish I could draw, but alas, it's not in the cards.