Update and new pets

I got bored with life so I went and did something wild. Over the course of the past month and a half, I have developed a 15 gallon aquarium with 5 occupants. 2 Pink Kissing Gourami, 2 Black Skirted Tetras and 1 Blue Gourami (a sub-species of the Three-Spot Gourami).
My longest occupant is Hikaru, my female Pink Kissing Gourami, and Kyoki, my male Black Skirted Tetra. I bought them at the WalMart in Eastman, GA whilst Gram and I were being Mom’s drivers because of stress induced whiplash. Then a few weeks later, we went to Warner Robins and Petsmart and I got Yuka, my male Pink Kissing Gourami, and Haruka, my female Black Skirted Tetra. And this past Saturday, we went to Albany and I went into the WalMart there and I bought Horu (or Digger in Japanese, haven’t decided which yet), my male Blue Gourami.
Hikaru is called Hikaru because when I first bought her, I was captivated by how shiny her scales where. It was like someone had spilled glitter all over her. So I called her “Shine, Glitter” in Japanese. Kyoki’s name means “Craziness” in Japanese. And, boy!, is he ever! He headbutts the aquarium walls, and when I put my hand in the water, he swims over and starts rubbing himself on me. Haruka means “far away” in Japanese and she got called it because she reminds me of the character, Haruka, on one of my favourite animes, Tactics. Haruka on Tactics is strong and powerful, but gentle and kind at the same time. And while my Haruka may be the opposite gender, she displays the same characteristics as Tactics’ Haruka. Horu means “Dig” in Japanese, I don’t know what “Digger” is in Japanese, but Mom is finding out for me tomorrow at school from one of her students who is taking a Japanese Language Class. Horu gets the digging related name because at the same time as I bought him, I also got a bubble stone to go with the unused air pump sitting at home. And I turn the pump and stone on at night just before I go to bed, and it’s supposed to be buried in the gravel, but everyday, I come out here, turn the pump off and the light on and, lo and behold!, the bubble stone is floating in the middle of the tank. I stayed out here last night after turning the pump on and watched the tank and I saw him dig it up. As for Yuka? Yuka’s name means “floor” in Japanese. Yuka’s a brat. Seriously. I put all the fish into a dish together so I could put them all into the brand new 15 gallon tank the same night I bought him and I was leaning over the dish and, I admit it, I was wearing one of my low necklined tops and Yuka jumped out and I jumped back because he was aiming right for my neckline if ya know what I mean, and he landed on the floor directly beneath where my chest had been. So the little bugger got called the thing he landed on.
Yuka hates me though. Everytime I open the hood of the aquarium, he spits water at me. Hikaru is obedient, everytime I have to change the water, I have to remove my fish and she swims into the net as neat as you please. Kyoki loves to eat, he’s even tried eating the faux plants I have in the tank. Haruka is willful and stubborn and shows it everyday in various ways. And my new fish, “Horu or Digger” loves to greet me in the morning when I wake up and turn their light on and feed them. He swims with his head out of the water and it’s just so ADORABLE!
Fish Birthdays
¥ March 1st, 2008 :: “UNNAMED”
¥ February 17th, 2008 :: Haruka, Yuka
¥ February 13th, 2008 :: Kyoki, Hikaru
I still haven’t quite figured out the exact amount of food I should feed them each time. I’m still overfeeding them and I can tell by the amount of crappage they’re dangling. I know, kind of crude, but true 100%. I’ve been feeding them using a baby spoon (1/2 tsp), but tomorrow I’ll start trying with a 1/4 teaspoon. Hopefully that works, because I so don’t want to overfeed them. I don’t want a repeat of the Goldie and Skunk.
Steven and I won goldfish at the fair once as kids when I was like in Kindergarten or 1st grade and I had a pure gold goldfish and Stevens had a stripe down it’s side. So mine was Goldie and his was Skunk. Jessie fed them, I fed them, Steven fed them, Mom fed them, and that was just breakfast. Then we repeated it for dinner. None of us checked before feeding them. So they were dead within a week.
So, I’ll start out with the measuring spoon below 1/2 tsp and work my way down the ring. Ya know? I don’t want to kill my fish. They’re fun.
Oh, and Lesli and I have adopted this cat that lives underneath our church. We’re calling her Katjkaka which is Xhisi for Boss Cat. She’s adorable.
Okay, knitting news time, right? Right. I’ve been steadily working on baby gifts. I finished the one for Brittany and Bubba’s Baby, Jayden James, in a week and just in time for the baby shower. I’ve just finished Misty’s baby girl’s jacket last night. Now I’m working on the baby bonnet and then the booties that match. And then it’s time to spoil Amy’s baby boy. And Mandy might be pregnant or is trying. So when we know for sure, we’ve already stock piled the yarn for her baby whichever gender it is.
There really isn’t much to tell yet about my knitting. I’m too busy concentrating on the work I’ve got to do to talk about it. lol
Now I’m off to set up a blog for my fisheezze maybe. Bye!