you EEEEEEEEDIOT

so i'm all stoked that i not only baked some of my otoliths and got them ready to take in to the guy who is going to help me section and polish them i also baked some loganberry tarts for my friends.

and how did i manage both those feats? well, i was so proud that i could bake the otoliths at 325 degrees for 25 minutes whilst preparing the loganberry, sugar, cornstarch mixture and putting the crust in the mini pie tins and then when the otoliths were done, i could simply raise the temperature to 350 degrees and stick in the pies.

right?

WRONG!

we start sectioning the otoliths today and they guy is saying, well, damn i don't see a thing they described (the opague rings turn yellow, and the hyaline rings turn dark), we're seeing slightly yellow tinged somethings but not that so he says are you sure it was 325? not 350? and i said yeah, i have the paper right here...

starts to read out loud firm in the belief that i am fully right when i say "heating the otoliths at 325 Celsius for 25 min was the combina...oh shit!"

CELSIUS!!!

CELSIUS!!!!

gaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwdammit!

me smart. me scientist.