Named teh fish!
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kageotogiThe fish is named Zephaniah. (Pronunciation: zeh-fuh-NAI-uh. Difficulty? Here's a sound bite. Click to download.)
Zephaniah was a Biblical prophet who foretold the Judgement Day and the second coming of the Lord. Given that I'm not really a religious person at all, I suppose I should explain my reasoning for having named my fish after this prophet... All right, given that I was raised in a strict Catholic home, it's really not that big a deal that I would know the prophets or be able to spout off certain passages from the Big Book from memory, right? Zephaniah's book is an extremely easy one for me to remember, simply because it's (a) short and (b) kind of funny. Zephaniah, after all, did not believe that God really had a hand in any human affairs--I remember him once being called a "practical atheist", and I guess that phrase stuck with me. Zephaniah was not really all that good at following the teachings of God, and at times it almost seems as though he's trying to make up his own rules because he just plain Doesn't Get It. Or at least, that's my take on it. ^^
So no, this isn't blashphemy (especially not for me!), it's my idea of humor. Get over it.
Besides, my fish's nickname is Zep, which could be from a lot of things. I'm not a big Led Zeppelin fan myself, but I was perusing one of the Aerosmith sites (and, of course, Aerosmith is my favorite-ist band in the world) and was reminded that both Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer (guitar and drums, respectively) were inspired by Zeppelin, once upon a time. Kramer, however, always seems to refer to Zeppelin as 'Zep', and that made me think back to Zephaniah. Funny how that works. ^^ Anyway, I plugged 'Zep' into google and came back with four main things... Zeppelin and Zephaniah were the first two, of course. The other two were about an old comic strip and something to do with French education, which I couldn't read because I don't remember any useful French.
In any case, the fish's name is Zephaniah--Zep for short. It seems to suit him. ^_^ I'll post pictures of him as soon as I can find my digi-camera.
Zephaniah was a Biblical prophet who foretold the Judgement Day and the second coming of the Lord. Given that I'm not really a religious person at all, I suppose I should explain my reasoning for having named my fish after this prophet... All right, given that I was raised in a strict Catholic home, it's really not that big a deal that I would know the prophets or be able to spout off certain passages from the Big Book from memory, right? Zephaniah's book is an extremely easy one for me to remember, simply because it's (a) short and (b) kind of funny. Zephaniah, after all, did not believe that God really had a hand in any human affairs--I remember him once being called a "practical atheist", and I guess that phrase stuck with me. Zephaniah was not really all that good at following the teachings of God, and at times it almost seems as though he's trying to make up his own rules because he just plain Doesn't Get It. Or at least, that's my take on it. ^^
So no, this isn't blashphemy (especially not for me!), it's my idea of humor. Get over it.
Besides, my fish's nickname is Zep, which could be from a lot of things. I'm not a big Led Zeppelin fan myself, but I was perusing one of the Aerosmith sites (and, of course, Aerosmith is my favorite-ist band in the world) and was reminded that both Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer (guitar and drums, respectively) were inspired by Zeppelin, once upon a time. Kramer, however, always seems to refer to Zeppelin as 'Zep', and that made me think back to Zephaniah. Funny how that works. ^^ Anyway, I plugged 'Zep' into google and came back with four main things... Zeppelin and Zephaniah were the first two, of course. The other two were about an old comic strip and something to do with French education, which I couldn't read because I don't remember any useful French.
In any case, the fish's name is Zephaniah--Zep for short. It seems to suit him. ^_^ I'll post pictures of him as soon as I can find my digi-camera.
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Date: 2004-06-08 08:32 am (UTC)He also flared up this morning...at my knuckle as I brushed it past his tank. Silly fish.
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Date: 2004-06-08 08:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-08 08:42 am (UTC)By the way, did you ever find an answer to your colored bubble-nest problem?
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Date: 2004-06-08 08:47 am (UTC)