Lookin' good just like a snake in the grass

I've been thinking about getting a corn snake for years, now, and I may move on that soon. Nice thin snake-y critters, come in pretty colors, grow to about 4' over the years... I mentioned this aspiration to my sister and was met with an unexpected "Ew! Why would you want to do that?"

It's a critter. I'm kinda sad to be a monoculture, here, when it comes to vertebrates in my house. It's nifty, it's quiet, it's non-smelly. It's undemanding: if I ignore it, it's still perfectly happy. My house plants? Are succulents. And none of your wimpy sorts, either; I've got an aloe plant that I grew from a 2" tip cut off another aloe plant, rooted in water in a plastic cup on a windowsill... A plastic cup that went bone-dry so that the first roots withered away.

But I mean honestly, snakes just feel nice to hold. "They bite!" No they don't! Corn snakes are like garter snakes! "A garter snake bit me." Yeah, wimpy bites... Besides, it's like mice: you move smoothly and inexorably, and they don't bite you. "The mouse bit me, too." Um. Right. I'd forgotten that. Sorry; er. Still.

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In California I haven't seen a single snake in the wild. Damn shame.

Soon, I will have met everyone I see on the internet

Hey, Bay Area people! Like the webcomic Schlock Mercenary? Howard Tayler's going to be eating out with any fans who want to show, this Monday evening in Pleasanton! Oo, I hope this comes together. People are talking about specifics (current indications point to "Little Home" Thai restaurant) in this LJ thread...