Ummm, so today has been interesting. Yesterday was a unmitigated disaster on all fronts, so I assumed it wouldn’t take much to make today better. What I didn’t realize is that I would find salvation in the form of… squid. If you happen to follow me on twitter (and so help me, I will get you on twitter LM!), then you may have noticed that today was the day of the squid.

It all started with a run-of-the-mill email chain with AW about dinner tonight, squid-ink noodles, and if they are vegetarian or not. We decided not, much to my dismay. Not because I’m a vegetarian, but because I really like squid-ink noodles. And somehow, killing a squid just for her ink seems mean. Squid are cute (see video above)! And then, mayhem ensued. Here is a snippet of our email chain:

AW: I must say, they need to stop listing squid ink dishes as vegetarian – the squid is almost always killed to get the ink.

Mollytics: I have actually always wondered about that… b/c I’ll admit it, I like squid ink noodles.

AW: Honestly, I had to look it up.

Mollytics: Maybe they got them from a place where “no squids were harmed in the ink harvesting process?” I wonder if those exist.

AW: I see a new job in your future….

Mollytics: OMG – what a great job that’d be. I’d have the happiest squid farm. I’d play them music, swim with them (ok, probably not), and they’d be so darn happy, they’d voluntarily squirt ink just for kicks.

Can you see how this would make me happy?!?

I took this convo to twitter, and now have a whole host of new followers (ok, like 11 more followers) who must have been searching for squid. I hope I don’t disappoint them when, on Monday, it’s all asparagus, all the time…