monitoring the effects of mourning – day 71

when we mourn, we mourn as a family.  i realize that elena looks much happier and much prettier, but this is her mourning face nonetheless.

monitoring the effects of mourning – day 64

two more weeks til the beard is gone.  i hope that my face under the beard will match the rest of my face after my 20-25 hours of tanning each week this summer.
*please know that I am sarcastic

monitoring the effects of mourning – day 57

57 days of regret.  21 days until freedom.

monitoring the mourning process – day 50

above is how i look after 50 days.
and here’s the look I was hoping for:   as you can see, i’m way behind schedule

monitoring the effects of mourning – day 43

past halfway now.  i think i may have to start grooming my beard soon.  maybe brushing it a hundred times before bed or something.  i guess i’m naive as far as beard maintenance goes.

monitoring the effects of mourning – day 36

“it’s so hot out. . .milk was a bad choice.”

monitoring the effects of mourning on subject- day 29

i need some help carrying all this mourning.  it’s too much for one person to carry.  look at what it’s done to me, and it’s only day 29!

monitoring the mourning process – day 22

wow!  what a difference a week makes!

monitoring the effects of mourning on subject – day 15

ok, this picture caught me at a particularly vulnerable moment, we were watching bambi and that movie is just not fair.  bambi and his mother were just hanging out in the woods, couldn’t the hunter have left them alone together?
[visual effects, makeup and costumes for these pictures by joe plante]

monitoring effects of mourning on subject – day 8

unfortunately the subject appears to be showing more advanced stages of mourning already after only 8 days of monitoring. even if the experiment was stopped today, some of the damage may be irreversible.