Hello, My Name is Martin. You Took Me from the Wild: Prepare to Die.
Sep
'07
Today I’ll be answering Miranda’s question: What is your favorite comfort food?
Ice cream, hands down. Sometimes it doesn’t even matter what kind of ice cream, though I don’t like coffee flavors and I usually try to stay away from anything that has several small chunks of things; for example, vanilla ice cream with peanuts, chocolate chips, strawberry bits, and hardened caramel. I don’t really do well with lots of things in my mouth at once, and thus it’s not very comforting.
Miranda, what is your favorite comforting activity - something you do to wind down, relax, whatever? And where do you do it?
If you have a question you’ve been dying to ask me, you can ask it here.
Today I have some involved news.
First of all, I think I’ve figured out how to effectively mess around with WordPress comments, which is a huge accomplishment for me. For a long time I just nixed comments on my blog all together in favor of not trying to figure things out. On that note, I’ve made a new layout for my book reviews/thoughts journal, retitled Book Avenue.
Secondly, and most importantly, Richard and I have acquired a turtle. We keep telling people that my brother gave it to us, which is certainly not fictional, but we don’t let on that my brother found it right before he may have driven over it. I like to think of it as a “rescued” turtle who now has a constant food source, reliable shelter, and a considerable amount of warmth, though I know I’m probably delusioning myself away from the fact that we took this thing out of the wild and brought it into captivity.
He hates us, but we love him! He’s also not camera shy, and today while he was eating his fish he posed for some pictures. For a while he lived in our bath tub, but I think he’s much happier now in his 40 gallon tank. He has a log, as you can see, but it isn’t very heavy so it sort of floats around. We’re going to buy him a castle, or perhaps some ancient ruins. I also think we should get him a background so he will stop trying to escape, ramming his head hard into the glass completely bewildered at why he can’t get out.
See him in action! What’s this? What’s going on? It’s shiny… Let me out, my humans are boring… Ohhhh, I think I found me some dinner! CHOMP!… Hello log, I love you. Okay, they’re a little dark, but give me a break - I’m a new pet owner.
What was it like bringing home your pet for the first time? Anyone else have a turtle?
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Ohh he is so cute
I used to have one… you can see a picture of him here http://www.transmagoria.com/?page_id=58 
Sep
'07
No, but this reminds me of the time I took a toad from the wild and tried to keep it in my room. I put him in a box and opened it the next day and you would not BELIEVE the smell. :S
Sep
'07
Wow, that is a really cute turtle! I’ve never had a turtle before, although I remember when I was little my friend had one and it seemed so weird to have a turtle pet. People here leave them in a pond when they grow too much, I think it’s sad
I’ve only had dogs though, I like their furry goodness
Sep
'07
I owned a turtle when I was younger, but he REALLY didn’t like us. He’s cute, though. I love how it looks like he’s actually posing for the camera. Like, for Turtle Vogue or something. Hehe.
Oct
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