I love my rambling

My approach to writing zeroth drafts is to just write SOMETHING. This leads to amusement when I go back through to reorganize and formalize. I'm taking out this whole paragraph, but I liked it too much not to share.

I should probably have some justification for doing the time-lapse study. I was interested in de novo pattern formation, but the truth is the tech is awesome and I have an affinity for hacks. Working out a way to do something that seems like it ought to get done has been part of my personality since I was a little kid making (rather flammable) light boxes for tracing because it seemed like that should work.

My dad was bemused but happy when I did that. Why didn't I ask for help? What made me think of that? But his kid was coming up with engineering solutions, just like him!