planet earth

i love watching planet earth. each episode features a habitat on earth in high definition and shows some close ups of wildlife.

sometime i feel like i can make a little planet earth video here.

woke up and there was a giant red, fat centipede crawling slowly by my bed (and my bed is less than a foot away from the floor), and i'm pretty sure that thing can jump... i think.

and then that night i was in the kitchen and then a rat, bigger than a pregnant guinea pig was leaping across the floor.

i really do like nature, but outside.

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besos.

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  1. patty dyckMay 21, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    comment! :)

    I think I would absolutely flip out.

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  2. sdyermanMay 21, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    The rat is just a little too much. Did you scream?

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