Reduction to the Body by Heatherlynn
January 17th, 2008 10:52 PM / Location: 34.149082,-118.2613
So I decided to study a single part of my body. I mean, in the grand scheme of things, half an hour isn't much time to study your entire body. We've got a lot of nooks and crannies. Therefore, I chose to study The Tongue.
There were some difficulties in staring at my tongue for half an hour. I had to keep taking it inside to swallow. That or I drooled on myself, and that got old, quick. The other thing I discovered is that the tongue doesn't stay still. It moves a lot. **Warning, there's a lot of icky tongue noise in this.
If that's not working (Youtube is not my friend right now) try
this
I did find that I could do tricks with my tongue. I can flip it to the right.
I can flip it to the left. 
And I can roll it. 
I also can do this weird folding thing, but I don't know if it can be seen. **Another icky tongue noise warning. Once again, to circumvent the pissy Youtube embed, click here
However, the thing that I discovered that I never knew about my tongue is just how ugly it is. I mean, it's just not an attractive organ. Especially the underside.
Overall, I discovered that the tongue can take on a lot of strange shapes. 
I certainly have a new respect for my tongue. And know that the noises that we hear from our mouth are REALLY gross taken out of context.
The tongue
The object of the study.
Just tongue.
This is a more basic picture of the overall tongue.
Trick #1
Flipping my tongue to the right.
Trick #2
Flipping my tongue to the left. Yes, I go both ways.
Trick #3
The ridges look odd. Slightly vaginal.
Taste Buds
Notice the distinct and uniform pattern of the buds.
Side view
The human tongue is a bit disgusting.
Umm
A slimy, ridged, pink pillow coming out of a slightly puckered orifice.
Underside.
Ick. Nuff said.
And again.
Gross enough, I had to post two.
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Wow. I personally boggle at the idea of spending 30 minutes focused on my body, so focusing on only one part of the body for that period is an amazing feat. At least if you've got the short attention span that I've got.
I fixed the videos. They're working now... I think.
Wow, it's still here the next morning.
Vote for the first picture, that is an interesting tongue texture.
Mine is more like a lizard's tongue. All rough and gross.
Okay, now the video issues have REALLY been fixed.
Yeah, make sure you're not wearing headphones.
(She can't stand listening to them either, I think it's kinda neat.)
What an inspection! Your quite the athlete.
Is the tongue hokey-pokey, and that´s what is all about. Great pictures. The videos can´t be seen but I´ll check back tomorrow.