MOTW - artes - Monday & Tuesday!

[LilyPad]

Congratulations artes!!! We'll do Monday and Tuesday together since it was such a long poll this time!

I need you to tell us about yourself Anything you'd like.

Other members, go ahead and ask artes any questions you like!

[artes]

Such pressure, making me do two days at once! I might explodes!

My name is Laurel. I'm married to a wonderfully patient husband named Sam. I have a BS in Geography, and am about two classes off also having one in Sociology. My concentration in Geography was Soils, and in Sociology it was Social Psychology. I am currently unemployed, but a couple of pet shops in the area will be hiring soon, so I'm hopeful I can work at one of those. Most of my time is spent playing Rift, reading random books, and tending to my very large zoo.

My zoo consists of 5 cats, 1 dog, 4 guinea pigs, 3 rats, 1 gerbil, 4 leopard geckos, 1 bearded dragon, 1 african house snake, 2 white's tree frogs, 5 firebelly toads, 1 cuban tree frog, 1 pacman frog, 3 green tree frogs, 2 tarantulas, a 75 gallon CA/SA cichlid tank, a 55 gallon CA/SA cichlid tank, a 40 gallon with a Firemouth cichlid, a 30 gallon CA/SA cichlid tank, a 20 gallon black skirted tetra/African clawed frog tank, and six betta tanks. Whew. I get tired just writing about my pets some days. I love all of them though, and yes, all are named (including the fish). I even remember their names some days. -_-

I'm a pretty boring person, so that's pretty much about it. If anybody has questions, I'll answer!

[LilyPad]

What made you decide to study dirt

[artes]

An impulse decision. I've always liked geology, and I literally woke up one morning, said "I want to study dirt!" and I drove up to the school, changed my major, and asked the main professor what classes I should take for it.

I do everything off impulse for the most part. Which should explain my animals. >_>

[DonLisk]

I would say you can't be too Boring will all those pets to discuss and keep you buy.

I try to BS my wife a lot and she usually catches me so .... oh wait wrong BS.

Anyway, I'll start with a question...... What got you into having these pets and did you grow up having pets?

[artes]

When I was born, my parents had 3 or 4 dogs, 5 cats, 1 guinea pig, 2 birds, and 8 fish tanks, all above 30 gallons, and 5 were salt water. I've never lived in a house that had fewer than 10 animals at any point in time. My entire family is like that actually. My aunt and uncle had three kids in college, he had a stroke and had to quit working, and they still kept care of 20 feral cats and their 5 dogs.

However, we pretty much always kept just mammals and fish. My first frog(s) were two firebelly toads I thought were cute at the store, and I had just found one of my old fish tanks, so I picked them up. I realized how much fun non-mammal pets were to have, and my collection kind of exploded. I never went out thinking "I'm going to get x animal today", I would just tend to see one and fall in love. I also never turn away a stray or an animal that someone needs to dump off somewhere, so... yeah. Kablooie. Lol.

[LilyPad]

Seriously, you are sooo not a boring person!!

[artes]

You clearly haven't heard me speak. I have a monotone that would make Ben Stein jealous.