blood spatter, nikes and fingerprints

alright, i think i officially heard this phrase about 50 times today: "look, that CSI show is just crap, don't pay any attention to it."

who knew david caruso was causing such a stir in the scientific community.

so here's what i learned today:

1) turns out superglue is pretty awesome at lifting the prints off hennesy and snapple bottles.

2) apparently people are drinking hennesy and snapple...together. (wtf?)

3) fingerprints are now matched using ridgology or some shit like that. its all about grooves and bumps and more adjectives that seem like awful 90's dance moves.

4) don't stop for a beer when your in the middle of a burglary and are not wearing gloves. (no, seriously).

5) careful what STDs you get, that can be an identifying mark later on (ie: "we knew that this woman was obviously not the victim because she had genital warts" ewwwwww)

6) all manner of hair style and facial hair is acceptable at the crime lab including handle bar moustaches and mullets. in fact, the "m & m" is encouraged.

7) rows upon rows upon fucking rows of guns are in the crime lab. so if the aliens come, i know where i'm fucking going. (i mean, there were more bullets there than in that crazy guy's basement in "tremors," and that's fucking saying something).

8) DNA from blood co-mingels and even masks "touch" DNA marks. heavy....

9) even five year old crime scenes can yield results. (creepy).

10) gun powder can mark someone even four feet away. but conveniently can be washed away with a quick shower. (yay for criminals!)

needless to say, the three hour tour was, um..instructional if not anything else (i'm still freaked out about the warts thing)...