Last Wednesday my friends here at Keene State college invited me along for something they called "Scorpion Bowl Wednesdays". If you know what a scorpion bowl is, then you know drinking one in the afternoon isn't something you usually do. It was an uncharacteristically warm day too, so my mind was a swirling mess afterward. We stumbled around for a while and happened upon a pet shop where i made a fateful purchase.
I had decided a long time ago I wanted a pet rat but would only get one after graduation, when I would have time to look after it. In the shop they had a cage full of rats, and a white one with a black stripe on his back caught my eye. I still had an old aquarium kicking around my apartment (a friend gave it to me after getting busted for having a snake in his dorm), so there was a place for me to put him. But then my plan popped into my head, telling me off for thinking of getting the rat before graduation. Then the scorpion bowl juice in my system kicked my old plan in the head, curb stomped it and told it I wanted a rat NOW!
Sooooo...I've got a rat now. Maybe I can take a picture of him later and tag it to this post. I'm writing this because I can't decide on a name. I'm thinking Sparkster or Remmy or Roadkill would be cool. Anyone who reads this, tell me what you think would be good.