So, I was taking photos with my front camera, no fancy light..

So, I was taking photos with my front camera, no fancy lighting, just to test which poses would look better for photos. But then my brother suddenly showed up, so I didn’t get a chance to retake them with a proper camera 😭. So here you go, enjoy these photos with quality akin to being taken inside a rhino’s backside. Some are even kind of exclusive—maybe the two people who like my photos will buy them, who knows 👉🏻👈🏻🥺.

Anyway, here’s a little story. When I worked as a junior researcher in an ecology lab, I had two bosses: a husband and wife. The husband was a well-known ornithologist, and the wife, once his student, taught at a university. Both of them were quite eccentric—very paranoid, constantly gossiping about other professors behind their backs, isolated, and pretty envious. They’d often spend project funds on personal items. They were convinced that Oxford and Harvard were stealing their research and trying to poison them. Both were small and thin.

They have two sons. The older one, who looks like them, escaped to England. The younger one…well, he’s something else. Nearly two meters tall, awkward, and chubby, with an oval, puffy face and close-set eyes. A real cuckoo’s chick. Physically, he’s clearly a bit different. He also has some intellectual delays—he can’t search for information in books or online, doesn’t know how to use Excel or calculate simple data. He can’t take care of himself either—his mom heats up his food, and when he uses the sink, he floods the floor. He doesn’t know how to work a vacuum cleaner and dries his sneakers on the lab radiator.

His parents fuss over him constantly, even though he’s 30. He also loves to act like a big boss, but it’s so ridiculous it’s almost funny. Honestly, the guy has developmental issues, and there’s no field where he secretly excels. Yet…he’s a Doctor of Science. His dad made sure of that.

Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a scientist and teaching at my local university. It’s sad that all the spots are already taken.

P.S. For those, who will get exclusive photos - friends, I have no idea who took a bite out of my butt. Just imagine it was either you or a dragon. I’m too lazy to Photoshop anything.