Transmissions from Earth
Sunday, February 26, 2006
argh!
Whoops. Late update...means I'm slipping. Current excuse: I headed home this weekend, so was too busy to post. More like I remembered in the early afternoon and then got distracted playing mario. It could happen to anyone, really.
New fish is still alive, can only be good news...it's a record, and it looks perfectly healthy. I think this one's a winner.
Other news...I sort of feel like I'm junior high again. I don't really want to write much more about that because I'm really not too sure what I want to say, which only lends itself further to feeling like I'm in some shitty drama. Hurray.
Have I written about my fish? It's lovely. I can't stop watching it. And it likes the tank, unlike it's predecessors. It could be the start of a truly beautiful friendship.
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New fish is still alive, can only be good news...it's a record, and it looks perfectly healthy. I think this one's a winner.
Other news...I sort of feel like I'm junior high again. I don't really want to write much more about that because I'm really not too sure what I want to say, which only lends itself further to feeling like I'm in some shitty drama. Hurray.
Have I written about my fish? It's lovely. I can't stop watching it. And it likes the tank, unlike it's predecessors. It could be the start of a truly beautiful friendship.
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Friday, February 17, 2006
Cycle of Life and All That
The goldfish have passed on, but today I picked up a betta...they're supposed to be pretty durable, so hopefully I won't immediately kill it off like the others.
Other news...started shooting the movie this week...I'm really thinking it's something I want to actually get involved with for my career. I had my doubts before (derf derf it's easy to get a job in Hollywood amirite?) , but I think I'm gonna commit to it and disregard the (probable) other outcomes, such as homelessness and unsatisfying employment. Good thing I am incredibly skilled and Hollywood desperately needs someone like me.
Yeah, this isn't gonna be an enormous update, even though I have lots on my mind that I probably ought to put to paper (sort of) to try and sort out...I think I'm just gonna go ponder it on my own. But at least I'm being consistent with the whole Friday Updates thing.
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Other news...started shooting the movie this week...I'm really thinking it's something I want to actually get involved with for my career. I had my doubts before (derf derf it's easy to get a job in Hollywood amirite?) , but I think I'm gonna commit to it and disregard the (probable) other outcomes, such as homelessness and unsatisfying employment. Good thing I am incredibly skilled and Hollywood desperately needs someone like me.
Yeah, this isn't gonna be an enormous update, even though I have lots on my mind that I probably ought to put to paper (sort of) to try and sort out...I think I'm just gonna go ponder it on my own. But at least I'm being consistent with the whole Friday Updates thing.
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Friday, February 10, 2006
Frightening
My fish isn't doing so well.
It's sitting on the bottom of it's tank, and it's not moving much...I keep changing as much of the water as I can but it doesn't look like it's helping. The people at the pet store said that this first week is the hardest, because the ammonia level is spiking and it's normal to lose fish at this time...but it's still hard.
It's just a fish, right? Because I keep looking at it, and telling myself that. I can't get past the fact that it is a life in my hands and I'm responsible for it's suffering. Sure, the whole point of it's existence is to ensure the health and stability of the tank for fish to come, and there's nothing I can really do for it...but damn it I don't want it to have to live like this.
It's weird how you learn the big things in life through the smallest things.
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It's sitting on the bottom of it's tank, and it's not moving much...I keep changing as much of the water as I can but it doesn't look like it's helping. The people at the pet store said that this first week is the hardest, because the ammonia level is spiking and it's normal to lose fish at this time...but it's still hard.
It's just a fish, right? Because I keep looking at it, and telling myself that. I can't get past the fact that it is a life in my hands and I'm responsible for it's suffering. Sure, the whole point of it's existence is to ensure the health and stability of the tank for fish to come, and there's nothing I can really do for it...but damn it I don't want it to have to live like this.
It's weird how you learn the big things in life through the smallest things.
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Friday, February 03, 2006
Friday Posting!
So, Friday is here and I'm updating, just as promised.
The only thing on my mind right now is how mindblowingly awesome my fish are...I got them yesterday and waaaay too much of my free time has been spent staring at their fishy glory. So far they have been alive for 27 hours in my care, which is a personal record for goldfish. I totally have an excuse for my previous track record...record...record...
(screen ripples)
See, I was about 5 or 6 years old...and I was at the Del Mar fair in San Diego. You know the game with the glass cups and fishes? I totally pimped that shit. My little ping pong ball got one with TWO FISH in it. I WAS AMAZING. The fish were amazing, too. I don't remember their names, but if I were to hazard a guess I'm thinking one was Goldy. The other might have been Fish or something. I happily watched them swim about in their little bag as my parents somewhat grudgingly swung by a pet store on the way home to get a bowl.
They were dead when I woke up the next morning. I was traumatized.
That afternoon, we went and got two new fish...those too died the next morning. This continued for a week straight, until my parents convinced me to give it up...either that or the pet store refused to sell them any more fish. I'm not clear on the matter.
(screen ripples back to me)
What I eventually figured out was that the water was probably chlorinated...fish don't like that too much. Anyway, I've wanted an aquarium for a really long time and now my dreams have come true. It has been a good week.
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The only thing on my mind right now is how mindblowingly awesome my fish are...I got them yesterday and waaaay too much of my free time has been spent staring at their fishy glory. So far they have been alive for 27 hours in my care, which is a personal record for goldfish. I totally have an excuse for my previous track record...record...record...
(screen ripples)
See, I was about 5 or 6 years old...and I was at the Del Mar fair in San Diego. You know the game with the glass cups and fishes? I totally pimped that shit. My little ping pong ball got one with TWO FISH in it. I WAS AMAZING. The fish were amazing, too. I don't remember their names, but if I were to hazard a guess I'm thinking one was Goldy. The other might have been Fish or something. I happily watched them swim about in their little bag as my parents somewhat grudgingly swung by a pet store on the way home to get a bowl.
They were dead when I woke up the next morning. I was traumatized.
That afternoon, we went and got two new fish...those too died the next morning. This continued for a week straight, until my parents convinced me to give it up...either that or the pet store refused to sell them any more fish. I'm not clear on the matter.
(screen ripples back to me)
What I eventually figured out was that the water was probably chlorinated...fish don't like that too much. Anyway, I've wanted an aquarium for a really long time and now my dreams have come true. It has been a good week.
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