One of the first things I planned on doing today was getting down to Petsmart to get the two white mice I would use in my film. I looked it up and saw that they're only about $2 normally. That's fine.
So I drive down there and head over to the small animal section... no mice. They had 2 rats, but no mice. The first thing that bugged me was the lack of employees. I stood at the small animal section for a good 20 minutes before finally asking one of the front clerks if she could send someone to help me. A girl finally comes along and I ask her about the mice. Her reply, "Oh yeah, we've got those. Just not out here." I asked her how much they were... her reply, "The mice? $9 each." My jaw nearly dropped to the floor. They were charging $9 for a little white mouse that most people buy to feed their snakes?! No way. It seemed idiotic to spend $18 on two animals I'd have to let go of anyway.
2nd thing that really pissed me off. After considering it, I thought it'd be a better idea just to get one of the rats. I've wanted a rat for many years now, but my mom despises them. But, I thought "Hey, she'll think I'm being economical. And she did let me have my hamster a few years back..." So after taking another 20 minutes trying to find an employee, I was hit with another jaw dropper. "Are you 18?" Come on. I'm not trying to buy cigarrettes or porn. It's a RAT. Yeah. So unless I had a parent with me to do the paper work... no rat. UGH!
I was fuming after that. Afterwards, we went to the little petstore down the road from us. I'd never been there before, but it was quite nice. The owner was SO sweet, a cute little old woman. She was very helpful and when I asked about the mice, she showed me a cage of smaller white rats instead. They seemed to be a lot easier to handle (the mice were just so teeny!) and would be a lot better on camera. The rats were only $5, and I figured that that was a lot better than $15 at Petsmart, and I told the lady I'd like one. I'd told her beforehand how much I loved them, but couldn't really keep one because of my mom. She smiled, grabbed a rat from the cage and put him in a carrier, telling me, "Here. He's my gift to you. Tell your mother that I thought he was too cute to feed to the snake.
And if she won't let you keep him, you can bring him back." HECK YES! Not only did I get my rat, he was FREE and I could bring him back, which I knew I'd have to do.
When I was through there, Heather and I spent the next few hours in the woods by the lake filming. My little rat (that I named Scabbers) actually bonded quite quickly with me. He happily sat on my arm and my shoulder. My mom, on the otherhand, nearly kicked me out of the house. Damn. No rat for me yet.
As of now, I've just gotten all the base editing done. Tomorrow, I have to finish up shooting a few scenes that need to be redone, finalize the editing, and burn it to a DVD. Almost done!
Oh yeah. Because of time limits, I ended up changing bits of my story to shave off some time. Also, the title is now "meecy mice.", after my favorite nursery rhyme as a kid.
Goodness. I need to get to bed. Another long day tomorrow.
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