Adam II is repulsive and vile. Over a month ago, I stopped adding new material to Adam II because of the smell. It's really astonishing how such a small volume of a substance (less than 35 ml) can have such a pungent, overpowering odor. I always hold my breath before I remove the cover from the jar but that isn't enough. Even after I replace the cover, the smell lingers in the air and has already filled a significant portion of the room.
The smell is one of rot and decay and is extremely unpleasant, to say the least. When compared with Adam, the strength and foulness of the odor becomes even more curious. Adam has a smell, but it isn't even 1% as heinous as Adam II's and isn't powerful at all. In order to smell Adam, one would have to place their nose practically in the container. There are many factors that can be attributed to this difference, I just don't know which one is having the greatest affect. Adam's container is ventilated, Adam II's is not. Adam is comprised of substances that are closer to being alive or "fresh" than what I've put into Adam II. I suppose 
that in order to really figure out what's causing the smell, I'd have to create two more specimens; one made up of blood and semen kept in a sealed container and one made up of bacteria-laden saliva in a ventilated container. While I do think that this would be worthwhile, currently, I haven't got the necessary materials to house all of these specimens, so I'll make their creation my next priority.For the last couple of months I've more or less just let Adam and his repugnant counterpart take care of themselves. Not much has changed about either of them and I don't know how to interpret this anymore. It doesn't require any effort from me to keep the project going, so I don't think I'll ever really be able to say when a conclusion has been reached. A lack of changes may be indicative of the end of the experiment or it could just as easily be one step in a process that is leading up to something conclusive. As I've said before, the time line for something like this is unknown.
I've been conducting a similar but unrelated experiment alongside this one. I won't go into details because they aren't necessary, I just wanted to mention this experiment because of what it could tell me about Adam and Adam II. I've been following the progress of various substances in a sealed jar kept in the dark for less than a month and mold has already taken the surface over completely. I'm not sure if I can attribute this growth to the composure of the substance or the substance's exposure to/deprivation of light. In addition to the sealed and unsealed versions of Adam and Adam II, I'll need to recreate the contents of each specimen and place them in the dark to see how that affects them. When I get the necessary materials and feel that the original subjects of this experiment have stopped making progress, I'll start introducing new specimens to the project, to lend it a bit more balance and thoroughness to the whole thing. In the meantime, I'm just going to let things continue as they have been, whether or not any immediately visible results are being yielded. With any luck, my patience will be rewarded.
8 comments:
Well I'm glad you didn't die.
All I can do is send my hope and gladness that you'll continue.
Neither myself nor the Adams have died, worry not, I was just busy for a month or so. Granted, I'm no longer as busy and I still might not write updates very frequently but that's just because there isn't much about which I can write. Had I not nearly passed out from Adam II's smell while taking pictures, I wouldn't have been inspired to write anything and you'd still be waiting for an update. There's no longer enough going on to make for substantial regular posts, I can only update when something new or interesting makes itself apparent to me.
Awesome to hear that you're still doing this project.
Not so awesome to hear that not much has been happening with Adam D:
Adam II did change a bit i guess... but not for the best as it seems.
Also, it'd be nice if there was some more background on that other experiment of yours that you've been keeping in the darkness.
Well, there isn't much to say about the other experiment I'm conducting, it's pretty simple and just something that I did to supplement what I'm doing with the Adams.
It's just a sealed jar of fruit juice, fruit, bread and sugar all mixed together that I've been keeping in the dark since mid April. My original intention was to make some kind of alcoholic beverage from the mixture and ferment it, but I had no idea how to go about that so I'm sure it's not going to work.
Cheap booze made out of fruit juice, fruit, bread and sugar? In a jar? On your fridge since April?
Sounds like a wonderful idea!
I don't think it's actually going to turn into anything that you could call booze, but even if it did, I don't think I'd drink it. Also, i don't know where you got the idea that I've been keeping it on my fridge.
I'm guessing with the lack of updates, nothing particularly interesting has occurred. Is my assumption correct?
Really nothing has happened and if I were to update this blog, I'd just be doing it out of a sense of obligation and I'd rather keep this as a hobby than a chore.
I'll probably write a conclusion/introduction to the next phase of this experiment withing the next two weeks though, so don't feel like I've run out of enthusiasm for the project.
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