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Aug. 30th, 2007 08:35 amYesterday, Marie's boyfriend Scott came over, and the two of them went to some pancake house that Scott likes to go to. Upon coming back home, they noticed a brown preying mantis the size of a tennis ball on the front door's threshold. Marie was scared to go through the front door because she thought it would bite her, so she went in through the back door instead.
Later on, I went outside and noticed a garter snake underneath Scott's car, and I had to reach under the car to pick it up. It kept fleeing from me, but it couldn't get out into the sunlight, and even tried to bite me while I was trying to catch it. When I got it, I showed it to Marie and Scott, and it bit me on my left hand, on the joint where my pointer finger is connected. It didn't hurt the least bit, although the bite marks did bleed slightly, and Marie was amazed that I didn't even flinch, let alone drop it. In fact, I took the time to walk over to Mom's garden and gently place it on the ground, but Marie meanwhile called Mom at work to tell her about it. I understand that these snakes are non-venomous, but Mom did tell me to wash the bite marks and put some antibiotic ointment over it, which I did.
I downloaded a screenshot of Kendo Rage off of this website called MobyGames, so that I could modify Josephine (Hikari in the Japanese version) to look as she would in SMW2: Yoshi's Island rewritten (i.e. enlarging her nose and making it cone-shaped). I still have a little bit of work left to do with it before posting it onto DeviantArt, but this was a good opportunity to save myself a great deal of editing work that I took.
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Mom came home from work while I was talking to Jake, and she and I had to go to the Dowling campus for an appointment. Before we left the house, though, she had a look at my snakebite, and Marie also showed her that preying mantis on the doorframe. We tried to pick the mantis up to put into the garden, but it escaped into the bush near our front steps instead.
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After finishing the appointment, we had a tour of the Racanelli building to see where all my classes will be. They're all conveniently located on the third floor, not even more than a block away from one another. Then, we went to the bookstore to see what books I need for my classes. We were able to order most of them at the Longwood Public Library, but a handful of them had to be bought on campus. As a bonus, we even got a bumper sticker with the name "DOWLING" written across it. Upon leaving campus, Mom decided to place it on the back window, right above Brian's Cornell sticker.
On the way home, we stopped at the grocery store. Not much happened while we were shopping, but while we were checking our stuff out, Dad's friend Bill Spadiero walked by and spotted us. He said hi to me, and Mom responded back with a hi. He said that he's buying "dinner," and when Mom later on was talking to Dad, Dad told her that his wife works during those hours, and he has to buy and cook his own meals instead.
Later on, I went outside and noticed a garter snake underneath Scott's car, and I had to reach under the car to pick it up. It kept fleeing from me, but it couldn't get out into the sunlight, and even tried to bite me while I was trying to catch it. When I got it, I showed it to Marie and Scott, and it bit me on my left hand, on the joint where my pointer finger is connected. It didn't hurt the least bit, although the bite marks did bleed slightly, and Marie was amazed that I didn't even flinch, let alone drop it. In fact, I took the time to walk over to Mom's garden and gently place it on the ground, but Marie meanwhile called Mom at work to tell her about it. I understand that these snakes are non-venomous, but Mom did tell me to wash the bite marks and put some antibiotic ointment over it, which I did.
I downloaded a screenshot of Kendo Rage off of this website called MobyGames, so that I could modify Josephine (Hikari in the Japanese version) to look as she would in SMW2: Yoshi's Island rewritten (i.e. enlarging her nose and making it cone-shaped). I still have a little bit of work left to do with it before posting it onto DeviantArt, but this was a good opportunity to save myself a great deal of editing work that I took.
( Read more... )
Mom came home from work while I was talking to Jake, and she and I had to go to the Dowling campus for an appointment. Before we left the house, though, she had a look at my snakebite, and Marie also showed her that preying mantis on the doorframe. We tried to pick the mantis up to put into the garden, but it escaped into the bush near our front steps instead.
( Read more... )
After finishing the appointment, we had a tour of the Racanelli building to see where all my classes will be. They're all conveniently located on the third floor, not even more than a block away from one another. Then, we went to the bookstore to see what books I need for my classes. We were able to order most of them at the Longwood Public Library, but a handful of them had to be bought on campus. As a bonus, we even got a bumper sticker with the name "DOWLING" written across it. Upon leaving campus, Mom decided to place it on the back window, right above Brian's Cornell sticker.
On the way home, we stopped at the grocery store. Not much happened while we were shopping, but while we were checking our stuff out, Dad's friend Bill Spadiero walked by and spotted us. He said hi to me, and Mom responded back with a hi. He said that he's buying "dinner," and when Mom later on was talking to Dad, Dad told her that his wife works during those hours, and he has to buy and cook his own meals instead.