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Kaylee
August 30, 2005-January 24, 2009

It seems these are the only pictures I ever posted of said fish, so here you be. I'd take a picture of her now, but that's sort of morbid so I won't. It wouldn't be the most flattering picture, anyway. The tumor made her pine-cone and bloat, and it's not how she should be remembered.

Anyway, that's my last fish for a while. I can't really remember the last time I went without having a fish (I guess it was in the beginning of my first semester of college? I got Poki somewhere halfway through that autumn), so it'll be weird. And I'm not sure what to do with all the fish food and medicines and stuff I have. (whimper, do you need any fish foods/medicines/supplies? I don't want it all to go to waste. ^^)

I miss feeling like I matter to other people (and how's that for an angst moment of the day?).

Random memes, moving, and work aside, it's been a rather slow few weeks. I've done little to no writing (because I'm a baaaaaad person), even less rp stuff (which might be a good thing? I'm not sure; I enjoy that sort of thing, after all), and a lot of reading (which I know is a good thing. Yay reading!). I'm suffering a sort of general malaise, and I'm not sure how to feel about it just yet.

In other news, I have the most completely stupid fish ever. But that makes her funny, and I'm all for it. ^__^ The fact that she's suddenly a little bit paranoid probably has something to do with it (Hobbes, K.'s kitten, hasn't learned that Kaylee is not a toy/source of attention/food group, and has made a habit of clawing at her aquarium. I'm not blaming him for it -- it's a cat thing! -- but it'll be nice when he grows out of it). Then again, Kaylee's always been a little paranoid. She's weird like that.

...I need to write something before I go absolutely bonkers, I think. I used to get most of my writing done during class or slow hours at work, but the Real World rarely allows for that sort of thing. The weird thing is, I've had lots of inspiration bursts (but they're mostly all things I want to save for when NaNoWriMo comes around in November) but little drive to actually sit down and write something. That's a problem.

It sounds like all my journal posts lately have been complaining. Argh. I really don't mean for them to sound like that. I'm a happy person, and I'm content with almost every aspect of my life (except for the bits where I've gone weeks without seeing certain people -- you know who you are).

I'm almost a whole month behind in my Word of the Day calendar. Ack! I'd better get cracking. ^^ That means more writing. I should probably get on that.

Ooh, vicious cycle. They're my favorites. >D

This icon is courtesy of domacatrix. Because it rocks.

Zapenath Paneah (Zap)
July 1, 2004-April 20, 2007
A fish of many colours. Gone but never forgotten.

This is apparently not a good year for my pets. In Zap's defense, however, he was very old. And very sick -- he's had what's looked to be the onset of dropsy for months now (although he only started pine-coning this week). Poor fishie.

This is a super quick post because I feel weird taking Joan's internet while she's not here. I'm not even checking my email or f-list or anything... I'm just going to update so I don't forget what's been going on.

1: Bought a new fish on the 30th of August. Her name is Kaylee.

2: Joan and I dyed our hair last night. Bleached it, really. Joan's is v. pretty, despite what she thinks.

3: Classes still okay.

The end.

David came back from Europe today--about twenty minutes ago. Very sad.

...and Photobucket apparently doesn't like me. I made two banner-like things last night/early this morning, because I was having trouble sleeping again (time to whip out that lavender, I guess...), and I don't know what to do with them... They're pictures from both Gravitation (Yuki/Shu). I figured I could post them here (or at least links to them) and ask you all what should be done. Now I guess I'll just have to be patient. *wait wait wait*

I've recently been getting into Prince of Tennis, and let me just say that BitTorrent is a good, good thing. ^_^ I've been downloading like crazy... Slows down my network a little bit, but I can deal with that. I spent years on dial-up, after all, and so I think I can handle a few days with slow cable.

I did the annual cleaning of the fish tanks today, and added a bit of Melafix to Zephaniah's tank--he pin-holed his anal fin, probably because he flares up at most everything. He's stupid, but I love him... Anyway, the Melafix should help fix that up in no time at all, so he'll be as pretty as always. ^_^ Zaphenath-Paneah had some ornaments and a fake plant added to his tank, which made him happy. He's making good use of the little cave thing (he likes the hiding place), and I think he's a little weirded out by the plant. The plant was too tall for the tank, believe it or not, so I had to trim it a little. I didn't mind doing that at all, though, since there were some sharp bits on the ends of the plant, and I got to cut those off while I was trimming. Zap will certainly be much safer with that!

Speaking of the fishies, Mrs. Kinnison from down the road agreed to watch my babies when I go on vacation with the family next Saturday. She and her family are away right now, and the wormbaby has been taking care of their new kitten (who, by the way, is friggin' adorable), and they'll be getting back the Sunday after we leave. So Mrs. Kinnison told me I could leave my tanks in their laundry room on Saturday and she'll make sure to take good care of them when she gets back. She also promised to keep the kitten away from them, which is good. ^_^

That reminds me... I need to write up some instructions for her. I gave her a run-through of basic fish care when I went over there on Thursday, but she is going on vacation, so... (Besides, now that I'm medicating Zep for the pin-hole, I want to make sure she's careful with that.) Let's see... I'll need to put feeding, medicating, and entertaining (yes, fish do need to be entertained, especially when they are in a tank all by their lonesome) bits on there... I'll definitely clean the tanks before I leave, though, since I don't want to risk having her do that! Yikes. I shiver at the thought.

Note to me: leave some water conditioner and a jug of water there, just in case.

I worked with Jennie today, since it was a car show. We had fun... But the ice chest is seriously emptying out! We didn't get a delivery at all this week, which was unusual, so we're down to our about seven bags of ice (a package and a half). That may last me the morning shift, tomorrow, but I don't know if there will still be any ice when Andi takes over at 4... If worse comes to worse, I'll call the store, grab some money from the cash register, and get a package or two from the Liquor Store down the hill. Jimmy won't like it, but we all do a lot of things Jimmy wouldn't like. (Speaking of which, Jennie and I decided to put a tip jar out, which Jimmy Does Not Allow. Which is dumb. Made about eight dollars more than normal.)

Aaaaanyway, Jennie and I got a little bored around seven-thirty, so we locked up, put up the sign, and then went to Jimmy Cone for ice cream (and to check out some of the cars. Great stuff!). We both got small ice creams... And Jennie decided that she wanted to try one of their sno-cones, because we've heard that they are really bad. So she bought a small rootbeer cone, and she said we could split it when we got back to the shack. There was no need for it; the cone was AWFUL, so I had a bite, she had a bite, and we dumped it in the sink. Which looked really nasty... I'd say what it looked like, but I won't, just in case anyone needs their appetite for anything.

I found out that both Jennie and Beth have on-line journals. Whether they're at livejournal or otherwise, I don't know (forgot to ask). I also don't know their usernames... I may ask Beth for hers some other time, but maybe not. I'm not sure I'm really that interested, to be honest. ^^ As much as I love to keep track of the people I know, stalking my co-workers could get a bit weird for all of us. If I get bored later, I may do a google search to see if anything comes up. Probably nothing will; I have no idea what would be the search criteria...

Want new icons. Will look into making some.

I should be writing. I promised myself I would try to write for at least an hour every day this month, but I didn't get any done at work today, since I wasn't by myself. -_- I guess I should do that... *le whine*

Shower first. Then write. Yes. ^_^

So, um, my mother had to pick me up from work today (4 people at work, 3 cars... you do the math), and then decided she wanted to go to Walmart. Of course, I went with. And I immediately went to the fish section. Because that's what I do. I found six dead bettas just on the first shelf, and I put them on one of the lower shelves, where they would be noticed and... disposed of. One had obviously died of velvet. Do you know how hard it is for velvet to kill a fish? Pretty damn hard. Anyway, one of the other ones--a live one--had a really bad case of S.B.D. I estimated he had another day or so to live, if he was lucky. Poor guy.

Anyway, I started moving all the bettas in the back closer to the front, so they'd be seen, and one guy caught my eye... He was gorgeous. A kaleidoscope of colours, and he was flaring at me besides. He lurved me. ^_^

Of course, I already have Zep, so I knew I had no reason to get a new fishie, no matter how pretty he was. So I pouted over it for a while. And when I met my mother up front, I told her about the cute I'd found on the back shelf, and she shrugged and told me to buy him if I wanted him.

I really love my mother. ^_^

Anyway, I spent a LOT of time deliberating over whether or not to buy him, and then even more as to what tank to buy. I considered getting a B. Kit like the one Zep lives in, but Mum pointed out that the 2 gallon, filtered tank cost only two dollars more... AND IT'S FILTERED. Meaning that I can get other fish, too. ^_^ So I bought that one.

I have never had a filtered tank before. Figuring it out was... interesting. ^^ Anyway, it has to run for 48 hours before I can put any fish in it, so The New Guy is sitting on my desk, in the bucket he came in (I changed the water. I'm not stupid). He's kind of skittish, but still adorable. I love him just as much as I love Zep.

Speaking of Zep, that little guy is a spaz. He rocks. ^_^

ANYWHO, I now have two fishies to call my own! Zep and The New Guy. I'm thinking I'll continue along in the biblical trend and give The New Guy another name from the bible. Suggestions are more than welcome, of course. ^_^

(x-posted in fsubetta)

Oh, and while I'm thinking about it? Philophobia. Coolest word ever.

*cough*

fsubetta

Becuase I got bored. ^^ It's really just a forum for all the people at FSU who own (or just plain love) betta fish. Well, any kind of fish, really, but specifically bettas. ^^ slyfox78, ladynight, and idontcare03, I will be disappointed in you guys if you don't join. ^_~ (Just teasing!)

So, um, the new fish? Yeah. He's not eating. I'm not too worried about that, to tell the truth, because betta fish are picky eaters. He'll eat when he's hungry. I've been offering him three different kinds of food--wardley betta food (the cheapo pellets you get from Walmart), the Nutrafin Betta Flakes (not so cheapo food that has dried blood worms in it and enhance the colour of the fish), and the Bio-Gold pellets (best in the market right now. Fantastic for bettas!), and he won't touch any of them.

He also still needs a name. Does anyone have ideas? I sort of want to go into a more literary perspective... I'm not going to name him something silly, though, so I was thinking of maybe naming him after an author...? Whatever. I also thought about naming him Cooper, but he really doesn't seem like a Cooper. *shrug*

Speaking of the fish, he blew his first bubble nest today, which is good. Bubble nests imply that the fish is healthy, after all. Unless they're large bubbles, in which case you have a sick fish on your hands, but whatever. These are pretty normal bubbles, which means he's finally starting to like his new home. ^_^ The problem? They're a kind of light-copper colour. Bubble nests are, so far as I know, always white in colour, but this is a yellow-orange nest, and that's just plain weird. I've been asking around at a few fish forums to see if anyone knows what's up with it, but I haven't gotten any useful answers yet. *shrug* I'm sure someone will have seen it before and they can tell me about it...

I NEED FISH NAMES! Last time I asked for names, I got: Soku, Bosie, Duchovny, Kassian, Nicolai, Hikaru, Kazuki, Touya, Tsuzuki, Ginji, Soho, and Kyu. Does anyone have any new names, or do they have one from this list that they really like?

Yeah. So I left for dinner at five and I left the desk light on while I was away so the water would heat up. I returned about ten before six and discovered Phish a lá Bruce the Fish dead. I'm not sure if the water got too hot for him or if his earlier near-death experience took its toll, but both seem probable.

Anyway, I called my parents soon after. My dad was all sympathetic and such and advised me not to get a new fish until after I came home from school (I'll consider it). I could deal with that.

My mother laughed at it. She fucking laughed.

slyfox78 is one of the only people in the world who knows just how clumsy I really am. *points at Joan's latest entry*

Phish a lá Bruce the Fish is doing... okay. Not good, not bad, not really much of anything. Just okay. I couldn't get the medicine stuff today (everything was close because of Easter! Even Walmart!), but Joan said she'd run to the store and get some Copper Safe for me on Monday. I heart the Joan.

I'm really wanting some chinese food right now for some reason.

I have a report due tomorrow (an oral report, and I don't want to hear any comments from the Peanut Gallery, understand?) that I've only barely started. It's about Moyna, from The Rooftop Dwellers. I've decided that I'm going to write about how her potential is limited by her fear of going against the rules and mores of the Indian society. Could be fun.

Mister E (my high school band teacher) was in the newspaper on April 2. Again. ^_^ This time the article was about Maynard Ferguson, however, who will be playing at the high school on the fourteenth.

My mum just called... I've been on the phone with her for almost a full hour now and my eart hurts. Rawr. So if you IM'ed me and I didn't respond, that's probably why. My bad.

Leilla, I got your letter and I loved it! I laughed SO hard! Thank you. I'll be writing back soon. ^_^