When my older sister brought a big female ball python home from college. I was like 5 years old, and the snake was 5'. That was so cool, it was huge compared to me. Then about a year later mymom decided to suprise me for my b-day by buying me a corn snake. Originally I was supposed to get a ball python, but I was young and got tricked into a corn. Looking back, it was better that way. I was far too young to deal with humidity, temps, feeding.

But then I just kept wanting a ball python. I wanted one real bad, they were just so exotic and cool. So I got into geckos, which eventually slowly pried open the door to getting a ball python.

Here is a picture, damn this is old, of my corn snake Rocky. I scanned an old photo last year, and was able to locate the digital version: