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Musical Chairs, Rodent Style
I'm making Jason watch Cowboy Bebop. We watched the first two episodes tonight. He's also reading The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. Yay for conversion! I win.
Spring needs to arrive soon. I received a catalog in the mail with pictures of gorgeous plants and flowers of all sorts. I came so close to dropping fifty bucks on bulbs and seeds. I should just wait another month. They don't ship until the spring anyway.
I finally decided to split the two hamsters up. Their fighting hasn't been as bad since I moved them to the larger cage, but every now and then they get into squabbles. Neither one has been very active, and they seem to spend their days worrying about the other. The smaller one (who happens to be the more aggressive one) seems to enjoy smaller, confined spaces. So, I moved her over to a small Habitrail sort of cage. The larger one was moved into the ten-gallon aquarium I was housing the two gerbils in. And the gerbils were moved into the twenty-gallon aquarium both of the hamsters had been in. Musical chairs with rodents. Everyone seems happy. The gerbils are thrilled with their new space, and both hamsters are acting normal and happy. So, mission accomplished, I suppose. I wish someone at the pet store had warned me about the dangers of housing two of those little hamsters together. I had no idea they prefer to be alone and would turn into fighting demons when they hit hamster adolescence.
This news article makes me sick. The area where this poor woman was mugged is just a couple miles from my place. A co-worker of mine used to live on the corner there. It's a nice neighborhood, even slightly better than where I live. I suppose I'm relatively safe when I walk Ferguson because I never bring my purse, but still... It's disconcerting to the max. It makes me want to buy that Walther PPK that I've been lusting over. Despite being a subcompact, my Glock is just too big to carry in an ankle holster or IWB holster. Maybe it is just me being paranoid, but I think it would look super obvious that I was packing.
Spring needs to arrive soon. I received a catalog in the mail with pictures of gorgeous plants and flowers of all sorts. I came so close to dropping fifty bucks on bulbs and seeds. I should just wait another month. They don't ship until the spring anyway.
I finally decided to split the two hamsters up. Their fighting hasn't been as bad since I moved them to the larger cage, but every now and then they get into squabbles. Neither one has been very active, and they seem to spend their days worrying about the other. The smaller one (who happens to be the more aggressive one) seems to enjoy smaller, confined spaces. So, I moved her over to a small Habitrail sort of cage. The larger one was moved into the ten-gallon aquarium I was housing the two gerbils in. And the gerbils were moved into the twenty-gallon aquarium both of the hamsters had been in. Musical chairs with rodents. Everyone seems happy. The gerbils are thrilled with their new space, and both hamsters are acting normal and happy. So, mission accomplished, I suppose. I wish someone at the pet store had warned me about the dangers of housing two of those little hamsters together. I had no idea they prefer to be alone and would turn into fighting demons when they hit hamster adolescence.
This news article makes me sick. The area where this poor woman was mugged is just a couple miles from my place. A co-worker of mine used to live on the corner there. It's a nice neighborhood, even slightly better than where I live. I suppose I'm relatively safe when I walk Ferguson because I never bring my purse, but still... It's disconcerting to the max. It makes me want to buy that Walther PPK that I've been lusting over. Despite being a subcompact, my Glock is just too big to carry in an ankle holster or IWB holster. Maybe it is just me being paranoid, but I think it would look super obvious that I was packing.
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I almost think I'd want people to know I had a gun, it might make them think twice about bothering you. Be careful!
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I'm glad the small-n-fuzzies are happy with their new digs. Better safe than sorry, says the ever-original me.
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My pet store guy didn't tell me anything about hamsters either. I only found out when one of them ATE the other. *shudders* No more hamsters for me. *trauma!*
The mugging reminds me of another story I read a while back, someone trying to mug this 80 something year old woman. Makes me sick. In regards to walking your dog, you still live in New Mexico, right? I think it's illegal regardless to carry concealed, but you can lawfully carry it (visible, I think) if it's unloaded. I doubt muggers care about gun laws, so they probably won't know it's unloaded. I don't know if it's up to date or not, you'd have to contact your local police, but this is what I got (http://www.nmhomes.com/nmlaws.html) for the gun laws.
You'd probably get stopped if a cop saw you or someone called them, but if it's legal all you'd have to do is show them it's unloaded- and if the cops are around you'd be safer anyway, right? I don't know if this is accurate or helps at all, it's just what was rolling around in my head.
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I actually have a license to carry concealed in New Mexico (and about 20 other states). I went through some crazy background checks and an 18 hour class last summer. After the class, it took another three months to actually receive the license. So, as of October, I've been carrying a Glock 26 in my purse. Anyone and their mother can carry in the open around here, but you do have to go through a looooong class, prove your ability to shoot accurately, and submit info for some extensive FBI background checks before they let you carry concealed. So, legally, I can conceal a 9mm semi-auto (or a .38 special revolver) or anything below that. The only way I'd get in trouble is if I carried something with a higher caliber (like a .40 or .45). In 2009, I'm going to have to go for a requal at the shooting range, and I'm planning on bringing a .40 caliber to qualify. I don't really think I need to carry something so powerful, but it would be nice to have the option, even if I still carry my 9mm.