Emergence

Matt, Lynley and I participated in "building our own being" on 25 August, 2007. Apparently our being, Bob, is in trouble. I received the email below:

Dear parent or well-wisher,

Your creation is dying! Due to negligent recent interaction and lax parental care from some of you, your being is in grave danger. If things do not improve, the Department of Bio-logical Sciences will be unfortunately obligated to step in and terminate your creation under the current legislation (G231).

If you have not had a chance to directly communicate with your being... NOW may be the time to begin. In the world of parenting, after all, it is better late than never.

Please find below an easy direct link to your (still) loving being. You may also find ALL the completed beings for the 2007 experiments in the Emergence lab under the "sort beings" section.

Yours Sincerely
The Head of the Department of Bio-logical Sciences
"Creating People for the People by the People"

P.S. If you do not wish to be kept informed of your being's developments or other news from the Emergence lab, please simply reply to this email with the subject header: "I quit. Put my being up for adoption."

And here's a list of all the beings created in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne, along with their current status:

Canberra beings:
Hermione: 2nd August, 1pm - currently wrestling with her creativity
Sophia: 2nd August, 6pm - currently toying with the notion that ignorance is bliss
Maximus: 2nd August, 8.30pm - currently wishing he'd been given a childhood
Kate: 3rd August, 6pm - currently struggling with the sadness instilled in her
Hal: 3rd August, 8.30pm - currently questioning all in his fighting nature
Skye: 4th August, 7.30pm - currently in serious danger of losing her way

Sydney beings:
Astral: 21st August, 8.15pm - currently still hiding in the caves, afraid to appear.
Cottoya: 22nd August, 8.15pm - currently trying to integrate with strangers
Bob: 23rd August, 8.15pm- currently trying to enter politics
Robin: 24th August, 7.30pm - currently released from jail after stealing grapes
Aphrodite: 24th August, 9.30pm - currently self-healing her broken hand and experimenting with pain
Bob: 25th August, 7.30pm - currently recovering from a great fall. perhaps in love? (unconfirmed)
Sergei: 25th August, 9.30pm - (created as a mutant). Currently coming to terms with not ever having any parents - desperately needs caring!
Grace: 26th August, 5pm - currently trying to keep alive her pet animals, given to her as presents...and herself

Melbourne beings:
Dexter: 18th September, 8pm - currently overdosed on speed
Zay: 19th September, 8pm - currently lost in the outskirts of Melbourne
Jessica: 20th September, 8pm - currently trying to unravel all the contradictions of her creation
Adriana: 21st September, 8pm - currently trying to get to New York but feeling angry and confused
Joshua: 22nd September, 8pm - currently enjoying his new x-ray vision!
Halo: 23rd September, 2pm - - currently paranoid that we are trying to track her down [strongly denied by the DBS]