IT’S MOLDY! EW! BERRY IS MOLDY! This is devastating, I knew it would happen but I thought I’d have more time. I was looking forward to eating it, I love red peppers. Berry is covered in circular spots of mold. I think I’m gonna throw him away, right now… I did it. Berry is wasting away in Cafeteria Trash Can #1. I’ll be honest, I’m not as sad as I thought I’d be. I usually get attached to inanimate objects quite easily, but I had no problem throwing Berry away. The tip of Berry was way darker, going from a bright firetruck red to a deep burgundy. The mold was white, green, and fuzzy; I  squished it on accident which was incredibly disgusting. I was too afraid to open the bag Barry lived in, but I have a feeling that he smelled bad. Poor Berry, that’s an unfortunate demise. Being tossed into a high school cafeterias trash can instead of being turned into a delicious snack is a little upsetting. RIP Berry, 8/31/2022-9/6/22

As I was walking through the isles of Harris Teeter looking for an “odd organic object”, I found myself looking at an assorted bag of peppers. I was initially drawn to the peppers because of their ridiculously small size and their bright colors. I noticed form within the bag, a small red bepper that somewhat resembled a tongue. I have now named tongue pepper “Berry”, which is an odd name considering it is a pepper and not a berry. If you tilt Berry a certain way it almost looks like a beluga whale. I drew a beluga whale once and I was quite proud of it. I named the whale I drew “Barry”. So when I noticed my pepper looked like a beluga whale Barry came to mind. I thought “Berry” was funnier though as it’s an organic object pun…kinda. The fact that it looked like a tongue was what initially drew me t o it, but now I see many shapes such as: a whale, a hummingbird, a narwhal, someone with really bad posture, a shrimp… additionally it fits on my finger like a ring. I’m afraid I’m going to get emotionally attached to Berry.