October 8th, 2006

Current Music: Atrevete-te-te by Calle 13 Subject: Work.ER.Milwaukee Art Museum Time: 11:40 pm Current Mood: drained

Today was one crazy fucking day! I was scheduled to work from 7:30am-3:30pm...but it's Whole Foods and that's just not how we roll. So instead I worked from 7:30am-7:30pm. Yeah, 12 mother fucking hours. I do love the work and super heart my coworkers, but damn homie, I am supposed to be PT20-25. I'm pretty much working full time + 15 credits (I am totally going to have to drop one though). Oh, and then after work today I had a full on panic attack. Apparently 7 shots of espresso in 2 Iced Mochas is a bad idea. Plus I only slept 3 hours last night because I was at Bashir's wayyyyyyyyy too late. Anyway, I ended up in the ER with a blood pressure reading of 151/101. Which is pretty high considering normally I run a pretty even 120/70. It was really scary but they gave me Rx and monitored me for a few hours and ran some tests, so aside from being freaked out and a bit wired...I'm better. Here's to tomorrow being better... Oh, but wait. I do have some good/exciting news. I have been given the opportunity to intern at the Milwaukee Art Museum. I'll be sorting through all the books and artist catalogs and whatnot so that MAM can open their research library to the public. It's not for credit or pay but it's just such an awesome opportunity, I couldn't be happier about it. I'm going to get to read and touch rare books (that won't make it to public access) and get the feel of MAM from the inside. Woot! This semester pretty much rocks. It would rock more if I even once got more than 5 consecutive hours of sleep though!! So yeah, bye.

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August 11th, 2006

Current Music: Breathe Me by Sia Current Location: Livingroom Floor Subject: Damn you, Six Feet Under. Time: 04:09 pm Current Mood: honestly sorrowful

Damn you for drawing me in. Damn you for ending. Damn you for being so true and Beautiful. Damn you for being a TV series. Damn you for making me cry through most of the last 4 episodes. Especially Damn you for episode 10 of season 5 and the last 5 or so minutes of the series finale. Damn you for using Breathe Me by Sia in the final scene. Just damn you.

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July 17th, 2006

Current Music: Celine Dion's Christmas Album, Bitches. Current Location: tucked in bed while visions of sugarplums dance in my head Subject: Out-of-Season Rant! Time: 05:56 am Current Mood: snowflakey

I am so mad at all you motherfuckers and your disrespect/disinterest in Christmas. Christmas is the shit and I am sooooooooooooo sick of hearing about how much everyone else feels otherwise. I especially hate it around Christmas, cuz the whole holiday is practically-fucking-married to the concept of joy! Guh. I love everything about Christmas. Even being around family that doesn't exactly make me feel welcomed and receiving all those fucking useless gifts. Why? Because, even if the gifts suck, at least they were wrapped in something glittery, motherfucker. And the family, they suck, but if you stay close to the punch it's all good either way. That, and at least I have a family to hate. It could be worse, ya know? Also, I am by no means your typical Christian. Hell, I don't even believe the Bible is factual, more a really great guide to life with lots of vivid stories about an inspirational man. But that's just the thing, Jesus was fucking inspired. He is everything we should want to be and more. If only his people followed him more closely, eh? I just believe he demonstrates for us the tools to being a GREAT PERSON! The man is all about LOVE, FORGIVENESS, HOPE, COMPASSION!!! All those things and without the fire-and-brimstone of the old testament. That's what ya'll should be celebrating folks, Christ's love, whether you believe in him or not. And actually, you should celebrate him for more than just the day after Thanksgiving until December 26th, he should be your guide to decency year round. It's only bonus that we get to uber- appreciate him at Christmas because that's when we get the first, pure snow of the season, we get to put up holiday lights, spend time with those we do care about, have parties at work, cover everything with glitter, consume an insane amount of baked goods and liquored -up punch, spend money on gifts without thinking about the ramifications, spread love, listening to cheery music, and most of all reflect on everything we do have and all the love we do receive. Fuck all you haters.

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June 26th, 2006

Current Music: Proud by Heather Small Current Location: la masion Subject: This is so homosexual. Time: 11:49 am Current Mood: awake

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060626/ap_on_he_me/sexual_orientation Men with older brothers more likely to be gay By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 42 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Having several older brothers increases the likelihood of a man being gay, a finding researchers say adds weight to the idea that there is a biological basis for sexual orientation. "It's likely to be a prenatal effect," said Anthony F. Bogaert of Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada, "This and other studies suggest that there is probably a biological basis for" homosexuality. S. Marc Breedlove of Michigan State University said the finding "absolutely" confirms a physical basis....

June 2nd, 2006

Current Music: Nebraska by moe. Current Location: giant crater Subject: meteors are the shit. Time: 05:38 pm Current Mood: jubilant

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060602/sc_afp/ussciencemeteor_060602155617 Meteor mega-hit spawned Australian continent: researchers Fri Jun 2, 1:54 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - A meteor's roaring crash into Antarctica -- larger and earlier than the impact that killed the dinosaurs -- caused the biggest mass extinction in Earth's history and likely spawned the Australian continent, scientists said. Ohio State University scientists said the 483-kilometer-wide (300-mile-wide) crater is now hidden more than 1.6 kilometers (one mile) beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. "Gravity measurements that reveal its existence suggest that it could date back about 250 million years -- the time of the Permian-Triassic extinction, when almost all animal life on Earth died out," the university said in a statement Thursday. "Its size and location -- in the Wilkes Land region of East Antarctica, south of Australia -- also suggest that it could have begun the breakup of the Gondwana supercontinent by creating the tectonic rift that pushed Australia northward," they added. Scientists believe that the Permian-Triassic extinction paved the way for the dinosaurs to rise to prominence. The Wilkes Land crater is more than twice the size of the Chicxulub crater in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, which marks the impact that may have ultimately killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. The Chicxulub meteor is thought to have been 9.6 kilometers (six miles) wide, while the Wilkes Land meteor could have been up to 48.3 kilometers (30 miles) wide -- four or five times wider... Also, (for the 95023405943059430502438570485080 time) I fucking love NASA!

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May 19th, 2006

Current Music: This Is How We Do It by Montell Jordan Current Location: Batcave Subject: I'll never understand why some minorities actually vote for Republicans. Time: 12:27 am Current Mood: disappointed

They only like their kind, people. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060518/ap_on_re_us/naacp_irs Thu May 18, 6:02 PM ET BALTIMORE - Several Republican members of Congress forwarded constituents' letters to the Internal Revenue Service claiming the NAACP had veered into political advocacy, a potential violation of the civil rights group's tax-exempt status, according to documents released by the NAACP. The IRS began looking into the Baltimore-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People about a month before the 2004 presidential election after a speech by NAACP Chairman Julian Bond that was largely critical of President Bush's policies... While I DO NOT believe that non-profit groups should campaign for specific political leaders, I do maintain that it is important that they stand against leaders who do not work for they believe is the greater good of all. I believe it is fundamentally critical that non-profits voice their struggle/concerns, in ways that affect/encourage change, and I do believe criticism has the power to do just that. Non-profit groups clearly stand as some of the greatest political lobbyists that this nation has to offer. Fuck this probe. Why does everybody always have to hate on the black man? What! love, G. Also, on an unrelated note, but certainly a funny one in the context of this post, I want to share a little Montell Jordan with ya'll... "You see the hoods been good to me Ever since I was a lower-case g" ~This Is How We Do It, a song performed by Montell Jordan.love.of.my.life.

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April 20th, 2006

Current Music: Paper Thin Walls by Modest Mouse Current Location: Bedroom Subject: They are among us. Time: 08:42 pm Current Mood: curious

I don't even know why I am posting this. I guess it's kinda interesting... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060420/ap_on_go_ot/intelligence_chief Intel Chief Says Personnel Number 100,000 By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 12 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Nearly 100,000 Americans are working in intelligence in the U.S. and around the world, the nation's spy chief says, revealing the number for the first time. In a speech at the National Press Club marking his first year on the job, National Intelligence Director John Negroponte indicated his willingness to make some normally classified information public. "The United States intelligence community comprises almost 100,000 patriotic, talented and hardworking Americans in 16 federal departments and agencies," he said...

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April 14th, 2006

Current Music: Black Water by The Doobie Brothers Current Location: at the desk of tainted waters Subject: I think I just drank spoiled water?!?! Time: 03:27 pm Current Mood: gag me!

No, seriously, I think my water went bad. I haven't used my desk in a few weeks cuz its messy and hell and it was just easier to bring my ibook into the livingroom or to another surface. Well today I decided to use my desk again and I was sitting her casually drinking my water when I realized that my water from today was sitting on my nightstand and the water I was currently drinking tasted funny because it was old and not because I'm crazy. Or maybe both. But, whatever, either way I drank old ass water and now I feel sick. Though, the feeling sick part might just be because I know my water was old as hell and not really because it went bad. But still...ewww. Also, I'd like everyone to know that the music I am currently listening to (Dixieland) reminds Alex of lynching. But I still think it's pretty, even though when I hear it now it reminds me of how it reminds Alex of lynching, thus reminding me of lynching. Okay. So I guess it's beauty is kinda tainted by the mental image of a person hanging from a tree. God damn!

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April 9th, 2006

Current Music: Anne of Green Gables Current Location: say what? when did this get here? Subject: I really feel like my biological clock hates me and thus it is running double-time. Time: 12:34 pm Current Mood: drained

Why? Why? Why, God? Why do you give me such a crazy desire like motherhood? Shouldn't you be sending me rays of desire for school or work? Or maybe, idk, anything relevant to being an unmarried 19 year old with no way of supporting another human being? Like partying? I could deal with a strong desire to get drunk as fuck. But babies? Why babies? Childbirth doesn't even scare me anymore. In fact, it sounds downright spiritual and amazing. Dubya-Tee-Eff? Last night I dreamt that Alex and I had this gorgeous baby boy. I mean, he was amazing. Soooo beautiful and soft, and smart. He was a very alert baby. I'm a lil bias because he was mine and all, but I think he was perfect. I could cry right now I want to hold him again so badly. He was just sooo perfect. And he did that cute lil baby smile thing, even though in my dream he was only a few hours old. My dream started with me being brought from the prep-room into the delivery room. (This is only odd because I don't really believe in traditional hospital births, as I believe they disconnect you from the experience of childbirth and, ultimately, are not near as natural as childbirth should be. I'll rant more on this later. Or maybe I won't because Alex and Brad seem to be the only ones who read this and they know exactly how I feel.) Anyway, so I am moved into the delivery room, but it is like a old-school military base style post-delivery room, and I am next to a mother who just had her baby. And I am putting things in order and decide to go on a walk to ease myself and the baby. Then delivery actually starts and skips ahead to the baby in my arms. And I don't feel any pain, just tired and emotional. And he is perfect (and naked!). And he is soooo pink and looks just like a newborn should. And he doesn't cry very much and gah! I want my baby back! Anyway, as the dream continues Alex and I have to go to class for some reason, like 5 hours after I had the baby. So we take the baby with us in his carry-all. Anyway, we are sitting in class and the teacher is a bitch. And the people next to us are talking to me about the baby when the teacher starts to attack me for being disruptive and because I went against God for having a baby in my circumstance. (I was still not married to Alex and only 17.) And this really pissed me off and I went on a rant about how she had no idea what God intended. And did she think marriage today is anything like in biblical times? And did she think that God intended for us to wait til we were in out 30's, 40's? Maybe even 60's before having kids? Because I am at the height of my fertility, so how dare she condemn me for going through with having a baby. (I think I dreamt this part cuz yesterday Bashir and I passed a sign that read, "Teen Pregnancy: A Crying Shame. Practice Absence." And Bashir and I agreed it was highly offensive for someone to try to shame those who have made a mistake and gotten pregnant, especially those who had the courage to go through with a teen pregnancy and have the baby. These people deserve some credit. And though, due to the shape of our society and how mature we raise teens to be, it's not an ideal situation, it's still isn't something to be ashamed of. No one should ever feel shame over having a baby! And if anything I feel we should be ashamed that we live in a society that asks us to betray our physical and emotional instincts and abstain from sex and childbearing. Not that I think everyone should go around doing it, cuz like I said before, we aren't raised to be ready for children at 12, but it is our physical make-up to desire and be prepared for it.) Anyway, so after the ranting Alex and I took our beautiful baby boy home, and he was still perfect. And in the van, as we pulled up to the house, Alex feed him a skittle. And I was furious. Because, he was like 7 hours old, didn't have teeth, and has this tiny lil throat! DO NOT FEED MY NEWBORN SKITTLES OR I'LL BEAT YOU! And that's about when I woke up. Gah, I want my little boy back. I always thought I would find it most important to have a girl but, wow, he is my little boy! How could I not want him?!?! He was/will be soooo perfect, so cute, and mine/ours. And I can hardly wait to have him!

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March 28th, 2006

Current Music: Ain't That a Kick in the Head by Dean Martin Subject: Effing Crazy! Time: 05:34 pm Current Mood: amazed!

You know how your mom jokes often develop into I fucked your mom jokes? And taking it even future, from time to time these jokes lead to pregnancy from the womb jokes? (Don't even pretend you haven't heard of it...) Well, my God, it's true! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060328/ap_on_he_me/pakistan_fetus_in_baby Surgeons Remove Two Fetuses From Infant By PAUL GARWOOD, Associated Press Writer 28 minutes ago ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Surgeons operated on a 2-month-old Pakistani girl Tuesday to remove two fetuses that had grown inside her while she was still in her mother's womb, a doctor said. The infant, who was identified only as Nazia, was in critical condition following the two-hour operation at The Children's Hospital at Pakistan Institute of Medical Science in the capital, Islamabad, said Zaheer Abbasi, head of pediatric surgery at the hospital. ... Other fetus-in-fetu cases have been reported elsewhere in the world. A report in a June 2000 issue of the U.S. journal Pediatrics called such occurrences rare and estimated their rate at about 1 per 500,000 births. Just wow!

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March 27th, 2006

Current Music: grrr Subject: I fucking hate everything that comes out of Antonin Scalia's mouth. Time: 03:16 pm Current Mood: aggravated

First, he suggests that a tolerance of homosexuality will lead to the acceptance of bestiality. And now this... Supreme Court judge says civil rights for Guantanamo inmates 'crazy' Mon Mar 27, 10:15 AM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US Supreme Court judge has said it would be "crazy" to give war on terror detainees rights in civil courts, and has castigated Europeans for criticizing the Guantanamo detention camp, media reports said. The comments attributed to Justice Antonin Scalia were published a day before the Supreme Court starts hearing a key challenge to special military tribunals for "war on terror" suspects at the US naval base in Cuba. "War is war, and it has never been the case that when you captured a combatant you have to give them a jury trial in your civil courts," Scalia said during a talk on March 8 at the University of Freiburg in Switzerland, Newsweek magazine reported. "Foreigners, in foreign countries, have no rights under the American Constitution," Scalia said, according to the www.scotusblog legal website, adding that "nobody has ever thought otherwise." "If he was captured by my army on a battlefield, that is where he belongs," Scalia told the audience. "I had a son on that battlefield and they were shooting at my son, and I'm not about to give this man who was captured in a war a full jury trial. I mean it's crazy." Ummm. I understand that they aren't American citizens, and yes, are constitution does not protect them...but they are human and therefore should have some rights. It's our responsibility to treat them with at least some dignity...esp when we entered their countries due to the human rights abuses of their leaders. And aside from the fact that it's hypocritical to deny these people rights...it also conflicts with our agreements at The Geneva Convention. http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm Guh.

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March 25th, 2006

Current Music: It's not german! Subject: Ahah. VH1. Time: 12:00 pm Current Mood: calm

http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/31033858 '99 Red Balloons' Video to Air for an Hour 03/24/2006 11:10 AM, AP They're kidding, right? VH1 Classic will present a full hour of the English and German music videos for the 1984 hit "99 Luftballons," aka "99 Red Balloons," by German rock group Nena. The music video presentation, to air Sunday (2 p.m. EST), caps off the cable channel's "Pay to Play for Hurricane Katrina Relief," which raised over $200,000 for Mercy Corps, a humanitarian relief organization. Viewers could request one video to be played on VH1 Classic for every $25 donation. For a $35,000 donation, they could select an hour's worth of music videos from the 1960s through the early 1990s. However, one viewer chose something different for his allotted hour, requesting continuous playing of "99 Luftballons," said VH1 spokeswoman Maura Wozniak. "99 Luftballons" is a Cold-War era protest song that tells the story of 99 red balloons floating into the air, triggering an apocalypse when the military sends planes to intercept them.

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March 23rd, 2006

Current Music: Psycho Killer by The Talking Heads Subject: Why the hell did Reebok give lead braclets to children?!?! Time: 01:12 pm Current Mood: annoyed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060323/us_nm/textiles_reebok_recall_dc Reebok recalls bracelets over lead poisoning 1 hour, 44 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reebok International is recalling about 300,000 promotional bracelets after a child reportedly died of lead poisoning after swallowing one, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The eight-inch-long metal bracelets, with a heart-shaped charm with the name "Reebok" engraved on one side, were distributed as gifts with the purchase of various styles of children's footwear. The recalled jewelry contains high levels of lead, posing a risk of lead poisoning and adverse health effects to young children, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a statement.

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March 22nd, 2006

Current Music: Winning a Battle, Losing the War by Kings of Convenience Subject: I freaking hate tap water! Time: 11:46 pm Current Mood: water makes me feel unclean

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060322/hl_nm/fluoride_dc Too much fluoride in water endangers bones By Deborah Zabarenko Wed Mar 22, 3:24 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fluoride in drinking water -- long controversial in the United States when it is deliberately added to strengthen teeth -- can damage bones and teeth, and federal standards fail to guard against this, the National Academy of Sciences reported on Wednesday. The vast majority of Americans -- including those whose water supply has fluoride added -- drink water that is well below the limit for fluoride levels set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). But the academy's expert panel said some 200,000 people in the United States may consume water that is at or above the government's standard because of naturally occurring fluoride. Children exposed to the government's current maximum fluoride limit "risk developing severe tooth enamel fluorosis, a condition characterized by discoloration, enamel loss and pitting of the teeth," the academy said in a statement...

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March 3rd, 2006

Current Music: Daughters by John Mayer Subject: Aww, babies are sooo cute!! Time: 01:20 pm Current Mood: calm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060302/ap_on_re_us/helpful_babieshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060302/ap_on_re_us/helpful_babies Study Shows Babies Try to Help By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer Thu Mar 2, 4:16 PM ET WASHINGTON - Oops, the scientist dropped his clothespin. Not to worry — a wobbly toddler raced to help, eagerly handing it back. The simple experiment shows the capacity for altruism emerges as early as 18 months of age. Toddlers' endearing desire to help out actually signals fairly sophisticated brain development, and is a trait of interest to anthropologists trying to tease out the evolutionary roots of altruism and cooperation. Psychology researcher Felix Warneken performed a series of ordinary tasks in front of toddlers, such as hanging towels with clothespins or stacking books. Sometimes he "struggled" with the tasks; sometimes he deliberately messed up. Over and over, whether Warneken dropped clothespins or knocked over his books, each of 24 toddlers offered help within seconds — but only if he appeared to need it. Video shows how one overall-clad baby glanced between Warneken's face and the dropped clothespin before quickly crawling over, grabbing the object, pushing up to his feet and eagerly handing back the pin. Warneken never asked for the help and didn't even say "thank you," so as not to taint the research by training youngsters to expect praise if they helped. After all, altruism means helping with no expectation of anything in return. And — this is key — the toddlers didn't bother to offer help when he deliberately pulled a book off the stack or threw a pin to the floor, Warneken, of Germany's Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, reports Thursday in the journal Science.... Wow. Babies are neat.

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February 20th, 2006

Subject: Where does all the time go?!?! Time: 08:17 am Current Mood: loved

I'd just like to say Happy Anniversary to a very special, compassionate, loving, strong, beautiful, and intelligent man! I can't imagine my life without you. Thanks for everything and here *toasts* is to all that is to come! I love you, Alexander! All My Love, Gabrielle

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February 17th, 2006

Current Music: Outta Control (Remix) by 50 Cent Feat. Mobb Deep Subject: Dear Russia, You're Crazy! Time: 08:47 am Current Mood: confused

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060217/wl_nm/mideast_russia_dc Russia to sell Palestinians arms if Israel agrees By Oleg Shchedrov 48 minutes ago MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Friday Moscow would supply military hardware to the Palestinian Authority only if Israel agreed. But why would Israel agree?

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February 16th, 2006

Current Music: We Were Made for Each Other by Jack's Mannequin Subject: Oh hey! Time: 09:38 pm Current Mood: pleased

I just wanted to post a lil congrats to John and Cat for making it happen! You guys are so lucky and I wish you the best of luck and all the happiness you could hope for in your new situation! Yay for March, Yay for you! Aww...you are just too cute! love.

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January 26th, 2006

Current Music: Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground Subject: Oh, how I love Alex! Time: 01:09 am Current Mood: content

Me: Are you trying to seduce me, Mr. M-------? Alex: No, if I wanted to seduce you I would slip you a Roofie. Me: There is a difference between seduction and sedation. Alex: No, they're synonymous.

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January 19th, 2006

Current Music: I Came As a Rat by Modest Mouse Subject: some things are just too cute... Time: 05:52 am Current Mood: awww

Hamster, Snake Best Friends at Tokyo Zoo Wed Jan 18, 3:58 PM ET TOKYO - Gohan and Aochan make strange bedfellows: one's a 3.5-inch dwarf hamster; the other is a four-foot rat snake. Zookeepers at Tokyo's Mutsugoro Okoku zoo presented the hamster — whose name means "meal" in Japanese — to Aochan as a tasty morsel in October, after the snake refused to eat frozen mice. But instead of indulging, Aochan decided to make friends with the furry rodent, according to keeper Kazuya Yamamoto. The pair have shared a cage since. "I've never seen anything like it. Gohan sometimes even climbs onto Aochan to take a nap on his back," Yamamoto said. Aochan, a 2-year-old male Japanese rat snake, eventually developed an appetite for frozen rodents but has so far shown no signs of gobbling up Gohan — despite her name. "We named her Gohan as a joke," Yamamoto chuckled. "But I don't think there's any danger. Aochan seems to enjoy Gohan's company very much." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060118/ap_on_fe_st/japan_hamster_and_snake

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