MOTW - Sept 2 - Sept 8 2012 - KingCam

[KingCam]

Sounds like you got your hands full, Cam.

Centipedes give me the willies.. you ever been bit by one? It hurts quite a bit.. and that's only the little ones. They're still cool in their own little way I suppose.

So far *fingers crossed* I haven't been bitten by one.

The tiger centipede I keep got away in my house once. Was gone for well over a month, I assumed he crawled into a corner and dried up somewhere. Turns out, he made his way to the basement and had been living around the leaky water heater. One day Kristin is doing the laundry, and that centipede came running out of the clothes right over the top of her hand. She freaked out! Weird thing was, where it ran over her hand she got a rash. I guess they even have venom on their feet?! I dunno how else to explain the rash.

[Pluke]

I bet she was just thrilled when that happened, haha. I just read on wiki that they do have some type of paralytic venom that runs through their front appendages.. so maybe that's what gave her the rash? I'm not too clear though if it's part of where they bite or not though. Regardless, it barely touched her and she got a rash. That's enough for me to avoid them.

[Jenste]

Am running very late so this is all you will see of me for the next few days -

Wednesday, show and tell. Wow us with your pictures/videos/sound clips.

[KingCam]

Wednesday, show and tell. Wow us with your pictures/videos/sound clips.

So first, some photos to go with my Bio from Monday's post:

This is me at (what I believe is) my 13th birthday party in October 2001:


Me in 2004 after my knee surgery. I was in this room for a month playing "Legends of Legia" on PlayStation 1 (Think cheap Final Fantasy VII knockoff game)


November 2005, at age 17 is when I started deer hunting with my dad. This was my very first deer:


Here I am the next year (2006, age 18) with the only buck I've ever shot that was worth taking pictures of :P


...and of course the mandatory bloody post-butcher photo.


Here is what my kitchen typically looks like in the fall


mmm venison hot off the grill!






Here I am, feeling and looking rather miserable September 2009 (approx 245lbs):


Here I am in May 2010 looking and feeling much better (approx 175lbs)!


Kristin (my gf) holding her first ever snake, the snake that started it all XD


Here are a few pictures of me, my little brother, and my girlfriend in 2011.













And finally, some before/after pictures to go with my ever fluctuating weight battle:
(Did I mention how AWESOME the paleo diet is?!)


Now some photos to go with Tuesday's post about my animals:

The Grey Tree Frogs



































The Baby Amazon Milk Frogs













My tiger salamanders!

























My Axolotls!























Hercules, the Prairie Kingsnake!






The above photos were of Hercules in 2011 in his old tank. He now resides here:



















My young cane toad















My Centipede & Wolf Spider







My Lobster Roach Colony












Two of my female Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches





And here is the whole animal room, zoomed out:



Okay, and now just some random photos I've taken! yay!





































Well, I guess that's all for now! I could post photos all day, so I'll just stop now XD

I hope you enjoyed I am honored to have been chosen as member of the week, thanks again to those of you who nominated me

[Pluke]

That was quite the photo dump, haha. All your animals have a real nice setup, I'm still jealous of you finding those Milk Frogs. I check craigslist quite consitantly since I started getting into frogs and never find anything worth while in my area. One of these days...

Seeing all of these pictures of your hikes make me feel like going out and doing some searching, I think I will wait for fall though.. this time of year doesn't seem to be so great. Good job on the weight loss, that paleo diet actually sounds like it wouldn't be a complete nightmare, lol. Good post man. Oh and venison is delicious.. I love me some venison Jerky, haven't had it in years, but it's usually really good.

[KingCam]

That was quite the photo dump, haha.

What did you expect? You saw the walls of text I typed up for Monday & Tuesday didn't you? haha XD

All your animals have a real nice setup, I'm still jealous of you finding those Milk Frogs. I check craigslist quite consitantly since I started getting into frogs and never find anything worth while in my area. One of these days...

Thank you I put a lot of effort into those enclosures. I don't know how I got so lucky with the milk frogs. Definitely the find of the year!

Seeing all of these pictures of your hikes make me feel like going out and doing some searching, I think I will wait for fall though.. this time of year doesn't seem to be so great.

Yeah, this time of year isn't great for field herping.

Good job on the weight loss, that paleo diet actually sounds like it wouldn't be a complete nightmare, lol.

Thank you I seriously do love this diet. I don't need to lose weight anymore, but I stick with the diet because I feel better on it.

Good post man. Oh and venison is delicious.. I love me some venison Jerky, haven't had it in years, but it's usually really good.

Appreciate it, thanks Yeah, venison is awesome! I eat it at least once a week, if not more. I rely heavily on fall deer season for food for the year.

[Faith]

I don't know how I missed this but congrats Cam! You definitely deserved it. I thoroughly enjoyed reading everything here and all the pics (yes, I read it all and looked at it all ) So many things you've said that hit home with me, it's great to learn more about everyone and realize we have so many things in common. Congrats on all the weight loss, that is beyond awesome. I've been battling it all my life (and sadly losing right now) but you're definitely an inspiration that it can be done!