in light of the situation, i suppose that everything is fine. i will admit that it is not completely "dandy" but one cannot expect everything to go perfectly well allthe tine. this is not the fault of anyone but fate. messy said that she felt like drowning today, just for the effect of having her body bob on the water's surface while her (chocolate brown and cherry red) hair spread out like a chinese fan (this is verbatim). "of course, after either you or bri take picutres, you'll have to droag meout of whatever body of water i'm in and do CPR." i promptly responded "well can't you just hold your breath and make it look like you're drowning?" and she said (quite matter-of-factly) "no. it won't look authentic. it won't have the eerie dead stillness and i want the eerie dead stillness. and the chinese fan effect of course." and once again i responded, "well i'm not drowning you and you can't drown yourself without putting rocks in your pocket, so i guess you'll have to figure it out and let me know." of course she faked it.