r.i.p cory collins

God commands, "you shall not murder."
...too late.

i murdered cory collins.

a few days ago, amanda and i were frolicking along the beautiful and serene la jolla shores. the air was crisp and salty, and the gentle wind swept across our happy faces. while looking for seashells, i made my greatest find ever!! meet my friend, cory collins :)i think cory was really shy to meet me and amanda. he didn't want to say "hi" to us, so he kept his mouth tightly closed. i tried to pry him open to greet him a friendly, "hello!" but he wouldn't budge :( he's so strong!! haha, a part of me thinks he was scared that i would shank him. tahaha~i didn't know if cory was dead or alive. but either way, amanda and i brought him home. just in case he was still alive, we put him in a bowl of fresh saltwater to give him a homey feeling. for the next two days, i checked up on him regularly, to see if he'd come out and play. but he never opened up to us, literally and figuratively.yesterday morning, i became impatient with our little buddy. thinking that maybe he was dead this whole time, i decided to boil him to open him up (amanda and i wanted his shell -- one half for each of us). as i placed him in the pot, he instantly opened! i was so happy to finally see him. but i was also really excited to share his shell with amanda.
too bad for cory.. i did end up shanking him with a fork. aha. SHANK.
anyways, a few hours later, a few friends of mine came over and i happily told them about my story of cory. i was so proud of myself for my greatest find ever! but then.......... one of my friends said, "you boiled the clam while it was still alive! when you boil a clam and it opens, that means it was still alive. if the clam never opened up even in boiling water, then it was dead from the beginning."

silence filled the room. all eyes were on me. shock overcame me. and then... "AHHHHH i'm a murderer!!!!!!" i was soo horrified. no one understands my feelings! i really thought cory was dead. that's why i didn't feel guilty for boiling him. who knew that i was boiling my little buddy to death!! had i known he was still alive, amanda and i would've returned him to the ocean (that's what we had agreed to do if we knew he was still alive).

sigh. well... i can't do anything about it now. r.i.p cory collins. (i may LOOK happy in this picture, but inside, i felt horrible)