*sigh* Au Revoir, my good reptilian

I just discovered that Speedy, my house gecko, apparently passed away sometime recently. If you're wondering why I just now discovered this it's because he's a hiding-type gecko, so I literally didn't see him until just now since he blended in with the environment so well. The last time I saw him was Friday, so it must have been sometime since then.

I've had him since I was in elementary school, and he was incredibly long-lived for one of his species. Still, it's sad to see him go, since despite the fact that I was never actually able to pick him up due to his skittish behavior, he was a quiet little companion I always knew was there, and just knowing that got me through some rough times when I was in elementary and middle school.

Right now it's too late to do anything, but tomorrow (or more accurately, later today since it's past midnight) I'll take him to the little pet cemetery we have under our maple tree out front and empty out his terrarium. The crickets that are still in there can go out into the wild. I'll also see if I can move Ryu (the leopard gecko in a separate tank) to the dresser where he was.

Good night, sweet prince. And flights of insects sing thee to thy rest!

(Who else do you know who'd paraphrase Shakespeare in a lament to a pet? Yeah. I'm that weird.)

Moving forward

Just put a deposit down on a 2002 Saturn SL2 down in Hadley, and I'm feeling pretty good about it. Here she is, and up close the body looks even better:

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The only major complaint people seem to have about them is that they're low to the ground, and it was a little awkward to get out of it. But hey, for 40 mpg highway I'm willing to compromise two seconds' worth of comfort. When I asked the guy down there about how much a third party CD player would cost he offered to install one from one of the junk cars they take parts from for free, and that's a couple hundred dollars right there they're throwing in very nicely.

All the people down there were really nice, including a woman mechanic who answered all of my questions. As it turns out Saturns were designed with input from Japanese companies, so it is -- excuse the phrase -- like the wholly-owned bastard child of GM and Honda. Most of the complaints I've found about it have to do with lemon problems and space issues, but I'm not a very large person so I don't think it'll be a problem.

And I just found out that I can hitch a ride with my friend Morgan up to GCC tomorrow, in what will hopefully be the last time I have to do this. We should get the check from the insurance company on either Friday or Monday, and at that point we can see about picking this baby up. In short, looks like we're getting somewhere.

And ironically this was my horoscope:

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I am a lemming too! *ganked from Mom*

( Virgo one )

I'd say that's pretty accurate (especially the "fighter" part).

And just out of curiosity the other one since I'm a cusp baby:

( Libra one )