May 15, 2004

Happy Birthday to meeee...

So, my birthday was last week. Wednesday, to be precise. And, for the 3rd straight year, I celebrated my 30th birthday. Hopefully, I can remain here for a while.

I threw myself a big ol' bash, complete with plenty of pictures. None of me, of course, but of my tight-t-shirt-wearing well-wishers. You'll see those soon.

But, I also got the mother of all presents. Better than cash...better than cars. Even better than DVDs.

I got a betta, 2 dwarf frogs, and a snail.

PAR-TEE!

Here's the deal...Morn and her best friend Angel-ina are both absolute fish fanatics. They've got tanks full of the things. Myself, I have no pets, unless you count the wacky neighbour I've been keeping in cigarettes for the past 2 weeks.

Well, for my birthday, they thought it would be fun to immerse me in the wonderful world of marine biology, so they got me a small tank, some basics, and a betta...also known as the Siamese Fighting Fish. I guess they thought that was more masculine than a guppy or a goldfish.

So after the initial shock of realizing that I was suddenly responsible for the care and feeding of a living creature for the first time in 6 years, I figured, what the hell. I'm game. After all, I'm kind of a hermit. It's not like I'm not here to take care of it, right?

So, off we go to the fish store to buy gravel, ornaments, etc. It was THEN that they told me that I should probably get a couple more things. A snail to help keep the tank clean, etc.

Of course, the frogs were my idea. These things are awesome...they're really spazzy and hyper, so it's like we're kindred spirits.

Of course, now I have a quandary. I have to name these things. I toyed with calling the betta "Little Naked", but since that's what I call my penis, I'm sure he wouldn't appreciate it. I'm leaning toward "Spaz" and "Freak" for the frogs, because, well, they're spazzy and freaky. But that's not quite doing it for me.

The snail is in the front, and one of the spazzy frogs is in the back.

So, if you have any ideas for names, let me know. I'd love to hear some ideas - movie-based - for names.

Oh, one other thing...I'm TALKING to the fucking things now. It's official...I'm a dork.