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well, i had been having a lot of trouble for the past month and a half finding a place to move to that would allow me to have my dog and a couple pet snakes. finally, last night i found the place. rent is well-priced, the place is really nice, and it's right where i need to be. I WILL BE LIVING IN CIVILIZATION AGAIN! just ask the gilpins, i have been living about as rural as it gets the past 18 months.

so last night, obviously i got to see the place, locked it in, and i start...

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well, i got to looking at the calendar to realize several things. most imminent is the fact that i'll soon be heading to charlotte for thanksgiving for good friends and good food. that will be done and over with all too soon.

next in line is perhaps the main reason my heart bounces off the walls of my rib cage: florida. the dangling part of the nation beckons us forth once more as we make our yearly migration southward [not to be taken out of context]. it is that time of year...

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well, i posted about it months ago, and it finally happened last week. i'm officially back into keeping geckos. it was a weird twist of fate that made it happen rather suddenly, but i now have something like 3.10 leopard geckos of various morphs, and 1.0 amel fat tail.

it was basically a friend who had them for his kids, he used to be pretty big into geckos and once bumped shoulders with some of the big guys, but his kids lost interest and he didnt want them to suffer. there are...

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well, my 18 months in an incredible herp-filled corner of the state of south carolina will soon be coming to an end...or will it?

the past few months, ive been trying to figure out what's going to happen for me next. this job started out as a 6 month temporary tech position, but here i am a year after i was originally scheduled to leave. yea, i've had some gripes this year, mostly stemming from financial issues. but looking at what i would do after this job, i considered a few...

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theres an upside and a down side to this one.

but yea, i have been busting my hump this year, more so than i did last year. and my boss knows it; he definitely thanks me for it.

but today, during his bi-weekly visit, he blurts out a mistake he's made...

well, im only employed under temporary status through the SCDNR, even though i have gotten a job that's a bit more like a permanent one. ends up, the state of south carolina has this rule where their...

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