I'm rethinking the rat idea. Lewis hates them (not that such a thing should even really factor into my thought process, because ew. But! I'm looking at it from a different perspective, one in which I am accounting for the tastes of another person, which is something somewhat different than that to which I am accustomed. Also, another reason I shouldn't factor it is that Lewis knows of my literal and somewhat visceral contempt for canines and is still going to get one. Apparently I will have to pretend to like it. Wish me luck! [Sometimes they seriously make me gag. Reflex gag. It's bad.])
While I DO want a rat, I also think the rat would be juuust smart enough to judge me. As in, we'd be having sex and it would look at me with judging, beady eyes when we're done. Which just goes to exemplify the various things which I take into consideration because I'm just that odd.
In essence, I was on wikipedia being a somewhat entomology nerd and had the random thought of 'ohmigosh! Since I won't be getting a rat, I could get a scorpion! OHMIGOSH. NEEEEAAAAAT.'
The only issues I foresee are pretty simple and somewhat compelling: I would be living in a constant state of mild dread. To be quite honest, this is nothing new for me as I am an accomplished semi-former-mysophobe with OCD tendencies.
This?
MILDLY TERRIFYING IN A VERY AWESOME WAY.
THIIIIIIS?
EVEN MORE MILDLY TERRIFYING.
So yeah. AWESOME. TERRIFYING. DON'T KNOW IF WANT. But they're sooooo cooooool! 9_9