I haven't updated this thing in 3 months, and I think I'm just about ready to shut it down for good. However, for those blessed few who still read Livejournals or use them to keep in touch, here's a quick status update on the state of me ( Read more... )

The only thing better than watching a five way fight over a squid tentacle between a gang of hermit crabs and Pierre the cleaner shrimp is knowing that you started it.

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So I'm back in classes, and it's not so bad... yet. It's always a bit of a shock being free and clear one day, and back at UT the next going "WTF, man?". My first class was actually cancelled, so I went back a day later than everyone else.... one last day of summer, yay! But boo for everyone else being in school, including my boy (with his one ( Read more... )

Reading other people's (i.e. Ariane's) livejournals have inspired me to attempt to write an actual post. Here I go ( Read more... )

My anemone is fickle :( He has wedged himself into a crevice on the bottom and will not move. I brought him a new rock to try and appease him. This is like dating a suicidal drama queen who is impossible to please :(

So yesterday I got my anemone from Michael's mom. Her bubble tip anemones have been reproducing, and she gave me the biggest baby, which is a year old and huge, about the size of the palm of my hand. She also gave me the live rock he/she/it was on, which was really nice because it has some beautiful indigo mushrooms on it. Anyways, I acclimated the ( Read more... )

Spider Pig Lyrics

We caught a baby ring-tailed cat at work today. It was pretty exciting, because we were just going about our business as usual when a customer tapped one of us on the shoulder and said "Hey, something small and furry with a raccoon tail just ran behind that fish tank!". Rhonda caught it in a towel and decided to take it home to bottle feed. It was ( Read more... )

Haribo Fruit Salad gummies are GOOD if you microwave them. Did anyone else know this? Leaving them on the dashboard of a hot car in the summertime will do the trick too, and might indeed be preferable to the microwave, as I always seem to burn my tongue when employing the latter method. So far I haven't found an optimum time yet - 15 seconds is too ( Read more... )

Since I don't have much in the way of motivation to create a complete post, here's a picture of a fish in the reef tank that I've spent the majority of my summer time and money on. His name is Button :)


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