Hi all. I'm Natalie. I know my username may be misleading, but I'm not, in fact, a ghost. Shocking, I know. I always pick usernames out of whatever song I happen to be listening to at that exact moment. This time, I was listening to The Mars Volta's Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore. Anyways, I'm 23 and just graduated with a double degree in psychology and music in June. Now I'm looking for work...not so easy... I'm filling my time up with chin related activities while I wait and apply to massive amounts of job postings.
I know I put down that I have two chins, but right now I really only have one. I'm sure there will be a second one added in the next few days though! I'm going to look at a baby chinnie tonight and hopefully pick him up. For now, I have one boy, named Chiquito (Chico for short). His original name was Chiquita Banana, but that was because the chick we got him from thought he was a girl. It quickly became apparent that he was not... so a name change was in order, but he already sort of knew his name, so he's Chico now. He's a standard grey and is somewhere between one and two years old. The girl also said that he was one when we picked him up, but he's grown so much since then that we really doubt her.
Besides chinnies, I love music...good music. Not pop or country or rap... okay some rap lol. I'm also a huuuuuge gamer. Like, as I sit here I'm playing Bioshock and words with friends at the same time heh. Enough non-chin talk though. When I got my chin he was in a cage too small, being fed hamster food, not getting any exercise, and in improper bedding. He didn't even have a name! We rescued him from a terrible owner and, since then, I've noticed that many people are awful chin owners! I doubt they mean to be, but facts are facts. I see little kids with chins, manhandling them and poking them for fun. Youtube videos of chins make me sick. Half of them show clearly abused chins. It makes me so sad. All of this together has driven me to want to start a chin rescue. I wanted to breed and maybe I will someday, but there's already so many chins that need a good home. I feel like I have to do something. When I have the money (i.e., a job...) and a bigger place (i.e., not a studio...) I will probably be starting a rescue with my roommate who's just as moved as I am. So if you know anyone in the Chicago area who is looking to get rid of their chin, please let me know. I have an extra cage and, though it's a little small, it's big enough for a single chin. Plus, I give them lots of playtime everyday, and, honestly, I'd rather see them in a cage that's just a tiny bit too small than in the hands of someone who can't care for it.
It's kind of demoralizing, but my mother told me that it took her a year and a half to find a job after she graduated and she also had two degrees and honors, so that cheered me up a bit. Still, I was insulted by Best Buy. I'm in there all the time. I saw a geek squad guy fixing some dude's computer wrong and I helped him! One guy told my old roommate he couldn't fix his computer. Yeah, I fixed it when he brought it to me. Bah, rant over. It just angers me.
