New baby Darwin carpet Brought home my new baby Darwin Carpet (NorthWestern Carpet - Morelia spilota variegata) today! I brough my girl out to have her sexed again to be 100% sure and she is definitely a girl, and this little one is definitely a boy. Not sure if I'll be breeding a few years down the road, all I care about is having them.
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---MGM is ready to reboot its "RoboCop" franchise. Darren Aronofsky has signed on to direct and David Self is penning a new installment about the hero whose tagline is "part man, part machine and all cop." "RoboCop," which is being fast-tracked for a 2010 release, becomes the first potential tentpole to come together since Mary Parent took the reins of MGM in March. Aronofsky's involvement has been one of the worst kept secrets, with rumors rampant in the blogosphere that "The Fountain" helmer was eyeing the project. MGM is keeping the logline under wraps, but insiders say it will take the sci-fi vigilante classic in more of a noir direction. Phoenix Pictures' Mike Medavoy, who produced the original film for Orion 21 years ago, is producing the new "RoboCop" alongside Arnold Messer, Brad Fischer and David Thwaites. Original films centered on a fatally wounded cop who returns to the police force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories. After 1987's "RoboCop" and its two sequels hit the bigscreen, they have become solid earners for MGM's film library, with 4.1 million DVDs sold. Franchise is particularly popular in Japan, Germany and the U.K. Aronofsky ("Pi," "Requiem for a Dream") is finishing the feature "The Wrestler," which stars Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood.
---Umm...okay. Let's see where this train wreck goes?
How can anyone not adore this man? Joss Whedon, while talking about what the Dr. Horrible DVD will include in an interview: "We're not sure that we can accomplish it, but we want to have languages: French, Spanish, Japanese translated back very badly into English, classical Latin, and panther noises. That's what we're hoping for. We'll definitely be doing an original musical commentary."
I got my first deposit today from Pizza Hut. So, now I have monies! I want to spend it on something. Not ALL of it, but some of it. I'm thinking clothes, since most of my wardrobe consists of t-shirts with writing on them. :P
Tomorrow I am going to go to Coventry with some friends.. Or whoever shows up. It should be fun, I think.
New Snake Enclosures... Finished one of my new enclosures. The other one just needs electrical stuff wired in, and silicon sealing on the inside. I'm quite pleased with the final results, I think. =)
Enclosures, rant at self, and dream reptiles... I'm mostly posting because I've been working on two snake enclosures for the last 5 days and I'm starting to go a bit crazy. I'm bringing home my newest snake tomorrow so I NEED to get them done and wired up tonight. Annoyingly, the thermostats wont arrive until next week, so I'll just have to keep a close eye with thermometers for now, and then wire them in next week when they arrive. It's cold right now anyways so I'm sure they're not going to get too hot....
Anyways, this whole project has gotten to be about 21362374 times more annoying than it should have been. First I measure wrong, go back to the hardware store and get new backs for the enclosures cut, then I buy 5mm runners for the glass doors. Go to order the glass for the doors and they only have 6mm. Okay, fine, go buy 6mm aluminium runners. Get the glass, and it doesn't 'slide' in the metal runners....OKAY FINE. I've spend $50 on runners that don't work so far, so I sucked it up, went to a glass/door runner supply warehouse and spend $125 on 6mm aluminium ball bearing glass door running strips. ASGFJSAD, at least it works now. *twitch*
Past that, it's just mismeasurements here and there, horrible quality jigsaws, etc. At least I'm so so close to being done, and I'll post pictures when they're done, yay! And, the second point of the post! I want to know what your 'dream' reptile is. Basically, if money, legality, geography, etc weren't an issue, what is the one reptile you would KILL to have??
Mine is a simple one, and I've promised myself one for my birthday next year (just over a year):
Queensland Black-headed Python: Aspidites Melanocephalus The picture above is one that is for sale right now (male) from a breeder in my city. I think I'll be going with this breeder for the snake when I get one. He sells them for around $750+, which is a good deal, and they'll probably be cheaper again next season. *glee*
Mechanical Difficulties Bleu and friends have found a Land Rover Defender, a Britsh SUV, and it looks like Bleu's got his work cut out for him in this week's update of Animal Pens!
So, know whats really sad? Dropping a bunch of $$ that you probably shouldn't of spent on a rare snake you really wanted and have wanted for your whole herp hobby-career, and have it show up dead from a stupid shipping mistake. An '05 CBB Hamper line Timor Python, Python timoriensis.
As soon as I saw the box when I got home from work, I knew it looked too small for a supposed 8-9ft snake, but I just figured the guy had exaggerated the snakes size... Which would of been cool with me, I don't mind, esp for the price I payed(much less then the snake is really worth)... But when I did open the box, I was amazed by how stuffed in it was. With only 1 air hole stabbed in the styrofoam... And the bag was wet from the snake passing liquids during shipping, which further inhibits airflow through the material of the bag.
Luckily the guy is going to refund my money, and was extremely apologetic. So here's to hoping the money does indeed show back up in my paypal account. I'm figuring it will, the guy is fairly well known and sells alot of animals online. Just all in all.. Shitty. I've never had this happen in all my years in the hobby, but it has to happen sometime I guess, statistically speaking. But I am frickin' devastated here. Just had to vent.
“Ok. So I'm testing this phone posting thing cause I'm gonna be going to Yellowstone next week. I'm not sure what my internet access is going to be. I'm out here on the porch I don't know if you can hear the rain or the traffic going by or if you can just hear my voice in any case it's novel and that makes it fun. Starting Saturday I guess I'll be trying to use this thing for real but I guess I'll go and see what this thing sounds like. Now you all what my voice is. How's that.”
I've been looking around for an odd looking snake to have as a pet and to dink around with as a breeding project. After some searching around I finally found a triple het (albino, lavender, hypo) cal king snake who isn't black or brown but in fact he is purple & yellow. He is 1 of 3 other known snakes to have this odd genetic coloration. He's 3 years old and under 3 feet long, both his parents are very small and so are his siblings, he's a "dwarf".
He's got an appetite of a lion and is docile as a baby lamb. He's such a cool little snake. I plan on getting him a lavender king girlfriend in the up coming months.
---MTV is doing the time warp on a remake of 1975 cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Lou Adler, exec producer of the original film, is partnering with BermanBraun and Fox Television Studios on the new rendition. Two-hour remake will use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien but may also include music not featured in the original. Helmer and casting decisions have yet to be announced. Fox is sin discussions with BSkyB and Sky Movies to co-finance and distribute the telepic abroad. Timetable for the start of production hasn't been established yet but the partners aim to move forward quickly once the final elements are in place. "I'd like to see it shown a year from this coming Halloween, but that's up to MTV," Adler said. BermanBraun principal Gail Berman will exec produce the project along with partner Lloyd Braun. Berman has been attached to a "Rocky Horror" remake dating back to her tenure as Fox programming chief (Daily Variety, July 1, 2002). The original "Rocky Horror," starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick and Meatloaf, has grossed $140 million in domestic box office over the years, primarily from the wallets of youthful audience members who have shown up for midnight screenings over the past three decades.
---I nominate Johnny Depp for the role of Dr. Frankenfurter!
PSA: Like Weather? Get a Dog. Unusual weather, even for New England. Right at the time that we normally walk the dogs (6:00 a.m.) there was a thunderstorm complete with heavy downpours. The dogs weren't having any of it, but we gave it the old college try (in two separate installments) and Alexis had to walk the 3/4 of a mile to where she parks her car anyway, so we're soaked. At least it's not cold!
Charlie told me that since the river is flooding, perhaps I'd let him swim in it. Poor guy, I wish we could spend a week doing whatever he wanted. Swimming and sleep mostly. Beats work any day.
Hopefully the dogs got done what they needed to, cause that's their only chance until lunch.
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