an introduction

once upon a time, a very pretty girl got a very sweet hamster from a pet store for her very beautiful son. the beautiful son was playing a lot of Tom and Jerry on the ps2, hence, the very sweet hamster was named Tom. it didn't take long for the realization of Tom's apparent lack of testicles and apparent presence of nipples to set in. after that, it took even less time to notice a suspicious bulge around her midsection.
on january 31st, a litter of five wee hamsters was born, naked and pink. they grew so very fast, and homes had to be found pronto. the pretty girl decided she would take one, and for a time, the gadfli thought she would two. but upon reading up on hamster care and caging, and realizing that there is apparently a very real difference between syrian and dwarf hamsters, the gadfli got realistic with herself and decided to take one wee baby. she decided that, no matter what, this baby hamster's name was to be Poo. simple names work best for animals, in her experience - they always live the longest and fullest lives, and nothing weird happens to them. so Poo it was.
Poo has yet to be chosen from the litter of five, but when he/she gets here, he/she's going to be the most over-documented hamster around. this is because the gadfli AND the prettiest girl are OBSESSED with blogging and with hamsters, so what better way than to waste your rec time by recording for posterity the intimate lives and details of small fluffy rodents via blog?

so there you have it. the birth of Poo and her/his adventures in the grand world. please enjoy.