soc_puppet | The Rat in the Hat, or More Pictures of My Darlings ♥ (+ GIP)

Okay, so the picture is a little on the fuzzy side. So's Ford. Eventually I'll make an icon of Arthur, too, and probably one of the two of them, but ~~Arthur's slightly less photogenic~~ this is what I have for now. Yes, I did have to go in and do the redeye fix myself, shut up. It was that or have this awful-looking target thing right in his eye. ...Which is cool in manga, but considerably less cool when I'm sure it's just a photo error. The picture this icon is from was taken, I believe, shortly before Ford got sick (and is even more out of focus in its original size), and I am still wildly happy that he got better and is doing better, even months after the fact.

Quick note for those of you who don't like rats: pet rats (also called fancy rats) are different from wild rats, or just about any rats that you'd imagine living in the wild. They are cute, clean, cuddly, companionable, and lots of other good 'c' words. If it helps, they're almost all bred from rattus norwegicus, the Norwegean brown rat, which is the one that drove out the rats that carried the plague. Another option is to pretend that they're just rather large mice. But do please consider taking a glance at my dears, as they really are adorable.

Anyway, pictures.

There's Arthur; he's eating an off-brand Cheerio, because bribery-with-food is about the only way you can get either of my boys to sit still long enough for their picture to be taken. He's hiding in a winter hat of mine that is getting somewhat too small for me, and sitting next to my backpack.

There's Ford. I actually got this one after the next set of pictures, but it helps to distinguish him from Arthur a little? At least, I think so. You can tell I'd gotten a little more practice with the camera in at this point.
PS: That bit under his tail? Is not a tumor. It's ~~a scrotum~~ how you tell Ford is a boy rat :Db

First of the Ford-and-Arthur together pics, d'awwwwww. That pink thing in the lower left corner is one of my gloves. Also, they are getting crumbs in my hat.

Second Ford-and-Arthur together pic. Arthur says: WTF, stop taking pictures of us, the flash is annoying DD: Ford says: I'mma hide behind my big brother now >:

This one is not actually from last night, but from the same day as my icon. It's Ford again ♥ ...Can't remember if Mom took this picture, or if it was me; who ever did the picture taking, though, that's the other person's hands. If you look between the two sets of pictures, you should be able to get some sort of idea of how much they've grown since I got them.

In other rat-related news, I am so not using soft tofu for their mix again if I can possibly help it. I mean, yes, it does smoosh up a lot easier, but it also looks a lot worse when I scoop it out for them. Plus, it's wetter, so I end up using sandwich baggies as a transportation method; I was able to use napkins with the firm tofu mix, which Arthur would then steal to use for nesting material. SoCute, OMG ♥_♥

In news not related to rats (except how I've asked my mother to look after them while I'm gone), I mailed off my ACen registration stuff this afternoon :Db (Candy? You have any plans re: traveling yet? ...Also, would you forgive me if I decided to drag you along with CFUDers for ~~most~~ part of the con? ♥♥♥?)

In completely un-rat-related news, had a French test today; last one before the final, three weeks from now. I'm feeling fairly good about it; I think I remembered most of the vocab, and I had an amusing time writing the composition at the end. It was supposed to be a conversation between two people, so I made it between Nat(e) and Claire; Nat was going out to get things for a romantic dinner for Simon, since Simon was returning from... a trip of some sort, I'd forgotten that vocabulary bit, and Claire was forced to listen. She had originally been planning to go to the market, but went to the pharmacy afterwards to pick up some aspirin; all that lovey-dovey talk had given her a headache -_-a

...I also feel it vaguely worth mentioning that most of my French test compositions up to this point have been letters, though my most recent one was also a conversation; most of the letters have been addressed to

mistressoffoxes :D (My first French test composition was a conversation between me and Jodie-sensei ^^a Haven't done another fictional person since then until today.)

And that sums up today, I think, with lots of extra cute points for my boys ♥ I'm going to have to give them their own tag now...

Edit:

the_lj_herald now has an off-LJ site, so we can see updates and stuff when LJ's being finicky :3

Edit x 2: ...Well, so much for the next pr0n I write being het. Do trees actually make it hermaphroditic...? *cough* Anyway, CFUD-ish, Seishirou (Tokyo Babylon, X/1999)'s tree/Filif (Young Wizards). Uh. Tree!rape.