3/26/2007

And now- another edition of Chia Watch 2007! You might’ve read here last week that we are endeavoring to grow a Chia Head that had been sitting around our office, totally un-Chia-ed, for over a year. With George Blaise at the helm, we soaked, filled and seeded this Chia cabeza. The first thing we noticed- Man, that thing uses up a lot of water! Seems like every time you stroll by, the Chia water level has gone down drastically. So- you definitely have to keep the darn thing hydrated. We’ve been checking it every day, and , about a full week in- WE HAVE SPROUTS!!! Hmmm…it seems that most of them are low on the left side of the head, and the top of the head ones are- well, they’re still seeds. We’ve determined that the reason for so much growth on the one side may be due to the fact that The sun hits the Chia Head mainly on that side- so, some rotation seems to be in order (it never mentioned that in the instructions! I guess they figure you’ll just be placing it in a full sun area.)The sprouts that have emerged were fisrt just small white growths, but now have actually shown green coloration. Isn’t this exciting?…well, I’m guessing, not really to many of you Sven blog readers. Okay- so, what if these green sprouts will eventually become, say, like the Triffids in “Day of the Triffids?” They’ll be attacking staff members, rummaging through our desk drawers, making unapproved long distance calls…or, they could be like the monsters from “Navy VS the Night Monsters” and grow into walking, grabbing trees that ooze acid and attack small dogs and Mamie Van Doren! And don’t even suggest they might be like the floral fiend of “Little Shop of Horrors!” It’s bad enough that we have to keep the Chia Head full of water- but, BLOOD?! Hardly. But- have we created a monster?! One that comes back every year, at the same time, much like the Clapper 2 and those hook thingies that you just pull the tab on to make sure they’ll never support a Christmas stocking again?! Anyway- with definite growth on one side, we’ll continue to water and rotate our Chia project- there has been some discussion of maneuvering it to give it certain hairstyles- with the lack of sprouting seeds on top, we thought it might end up resembling Larry Fine of the Three Stooges, with the wild fringe of hair and a bald top (very popular with Bozo as well.) I was wondering if we could grow the plants on one side really long, and end up doing a Chia-comb-over, in a sort of Donald Trump way. Wow- the commercials were right- it IS endless fun. In a dull, boring sort of way. Further Chia Watch 2007 reports to come! Right now, I’ve got to go get more water for the darn thing…