i should not accumulate any more pets.  3 cats, a turtle, and 2 goldfish--that's plenty of animal life in a 1 bedroom apartment.  a dog or two would be fun, though.  i do have an imaginary SON named mr kenneth.  his skin is green, his eyes are red, and he is inclined to oversaturate himself with gin--in fact i killed him off a few years ago by having him drown in a vat of gin.  he was not discovered until he thawed out in the spring.  it was pretty gruesome, especially when he came back to life.