Snake charmer

Today was a hoot. Not only did I get to trek out to Lys­ter­field to pick up the lion for Dad, but seedy_girl and thorfinn and I went for lunch in the Danden­ongs and drove around the moun­tain tour­ist drives in the lovely sun­shine and then checked out a prop­erty for sale in Kal­orama and when we finally made it home, I jumped on the new bike and went out to Pride in St Kilda (I missed the March but made it to the party in the park at the end) and met a guy with an awe­some olive python named Prin­cess (click on the thumb­nails for enlargements).
This is her wrapped around my neck. Her muscles are totally incred­ible and she feels warm and fab­ulous to touch. At one point she actu­ally put her head into my pocket. I think she got camera shy!

When she was slither­ing around my neck, it felt superb. I was strok­ing her with my hands and laugh­ing the whole time.
When her tongue darts out, it feels like a but­ter­fly kiss. It’s abso­lutely adorable.
So, the import­ant ques­tion of the day: new icon? We have two options… on the left, this ‘python hug’ option… and on the right, this ‘python kiss’ option…
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Thoughts? 

Plus, on the way home I had lots of fun flirt­ing with a sassy woman riding a Honda Shadow (I didn’t get a very good look) with black fair­ing and bur­gundy trim. We kept over­tak­ing each other and then chat­ting at lights… But she turned off at John­ston and waved me farewell…

Oh, and my review of Walk the Line is now up at the screening_room.

[I don’t usu­ally post per­sonal stuff like this pub­licly but a) I had a request from a non-LJ friend tonight for an update and b) the guy who took these photos may not be LJ-enabled and I’ve poin­ted him here. If this post dis­ap­pears, that’s why. If you want to be added to my friends list for more inane trash like this, respond here and I’ll think about it.]