E.americanus biting off more than he can chew?
...it's been known to happen. i've seriously lagged behind in updating this blog, but rest assured more regular updates will be coming up in the near future. today was a pretty good example of the subject line of this entry; here we go in bulletted form:
- we decided to do brunch at Northside Grill (great place in A2 for breakfast...if you want to get up that early; or brunch if you are more like me and don't acknowledge the morning hours under any circumstances). this also marked the return of egg's benedict to the list of foods to eat...
- damon and i met up with double and gwen for a fish-store run planned out the previous night (at ashleys...that was fun too, but another story). we dropped off a green sunfish in his 210g tank trying to get it eaten by one of its various & sundry predatory inhabitants, but were somewhat disappointed as the little fish was nailed by an african pike but then released and disappeared. rest assured i realize that only a few of you know what any of that means. that being said, we took off for the fish stores.
-without getting into too much detail, we hit up four fish stores and managed to get fishes from 3 of them. double needed more fishes (although he will deny this), and i did NOT. i was good to a point, resisting the purchase of the following:
--Arapaima gigas (south american primitive fish which reaches around 14' long in the wild); they were also being sold at the outrageous price of $200 each. i've gotten the previous two i owned (which i inadvertently fed to a lungfish) for much less.
--electric eel (these would be dangerous at parties at The Tank as they could just about kill you via shock).
--African tiger fish (i have always wanted one of these, but they are quite expensive, very skittish, and i really don't have room for one right now).
--anaconda (yes, i said anaconda). i found one of these at a new store that we happened upon on this run. do i really need to explain why getting an ANACONDA was not a wise decision? for starters there are several females i know (my mom first and foremost) that don't even like cobra commander, which is the indian wood-carved cobra figurine currently residing at The Tank...i think owning an ANACONDA (or any live snake for that matter) would mark the end of her visits, and therefore my genuine Indian food supply. i think, however, that andrea would be quite fascinated should i decide to take on this animal in the future.
-however, i failed eventually:
--i got to a store where they had an ATF (African tiger fish, Hydrocynus vittatus) for a reasonable price; and with some coercion from double and ignoring of damon, i picked it up. so i guess i could scratch that off from the previous list.
--we found a juvenile African arowana; the juveniles are nearly impossible to keep, but since i would like to get info/pics for a project of mine i went ahead and picked up the little guy as well. we'll see if he's alive by morning.
--i also failed in that i scarfed down a DELICIOUS cinnamon roll from IKEA.
-yes, we went to IKEA. i had previously vowed not to visit this store since i was annoyed with all the hype...but since damon wanted to check out coffee table options for the tank, we all made a visit. i must say it was quite entertaining...maybe it was my extremely low blood sugar (hence the cinnamon roll consumption) but i was very fascinated with just about everything there. pics to come soon. i picked out a future kitchen, bar, bedroom, and living room...you know, should i ever become fortunate enough to MAKE money instead of spend it on school and associated ridiculousness. the money i would save by going straight IKEA with everything (provided i was making a reasonable amount...hahaha) would be spent on fish. yeah, i don't see any of that happening realistically either. they had an awesome bar though, and those things (kind of like a wooden bar) that go across the bed and roll from midway to the foot of the bed -quite possibly the worst description of this object possible- were VERY fascinating to me...and seem to propagate extreme laziness. i want one).
again, bloodsugar was low. upon being asked (by double i think) where a certain type of pillow was located, i specifically remember responding with:
"i don't know, i don't speak swedish"
right.
speaking of swedish, does anyone remember that (seriously old-school) swedish chef (from the muppets you fools who don't know!) cereal? it was awesome! i think it was just miniature cinnamon-roll star puffs..which i'm sure were very healthy and didn't contribute to my hyperactivity, loudness, or volatile sugar-levels at all.
- all this time at IKEA we had the fishes in the plastic bags (with water) in the car...i was worried about them making it, but luckily they all made the trip.
-we hit up PF Chang's restaurant (got the lettuce wraps for an appetizer of course...and this is the ONLY time i purposely order ANYTHING with lettuce) afterwards. we were all seriously hungry, and once again i was taunted by all in attendance by the fact that the livonia PANCHEROS was right down the street.
-even after all this i managed to get the fishes settled and also made a successful airport pick-up run (rashmi has now been warned about the upcoming onslaught from double...which should prove quite entertaining to yours truly...especially since i kind of instigated it).
-all of this and i didnt even mention the rest of the weekend: seeing the movie Beerfest (which any broken lizard comedy fan should definitely check out. or just anyone with a relatively immature or beer-centric sense of humor/preference), 2 of the worst mojitos i have ever had, a pseudo-trip to the d-school party, moving sarah into her new place in ypsi (along with the rest of the family...including constructing a computer desk. -don't worry sarah, there will be payback-)...
-which brings me to now. 3:13am. i wanted to go into work early tomorrow, but who knows if that will happen. guess it's going to be a late day at the office! good night and good luck <:><
music:
"Good" - Better Than Ezra
"A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'" - Fall Out Boy
pic:
this pic was taken this morning...so yes, E.americanus can bite off more than it can chew...in this case, a mottled sculpin (C. bairdi).
- we decided to do brunch at Northside Grill (great place in A2 for breakfast...if you want to get up that early; or brunch if you are more like me and don't acknowledge the morning hours under any circumstances). this also marked the return of egg's benedict to the list of foods to eat...
- damon and i met up with double and gwen for a fish-store run planned out the previous night (at ashleys...that was fun too, but another story). we dropped off a green sunfish in his 210g tank trying to get it eaten by one of its various & sundry predatory inhabitants, but were somewhat disappointed as the little fish was nailed by an african pike but then released and disappeared. rest assured i realize that only a few of you know what any of that means. that being said, we took off for the fish stores.
-without getting into too much detail, we hit up four fish stores and managed to get fishes from 3 of them. double needed more fishes (although he will deny this), and i did NOT. i was good to a point, resisting the purchase of the following:
--Arapaima gigas (south american primitive fish which reaches around 14' long in the wild); they were also being sold at the outrageous price of $200 each. i've gotten the previous two i owned (which i inadvertently fed to a lungfish) for much less.
--electric eel (these would be dangerous at parties at The Tank as they could just about kill you via shock).
--African tiger fish (i have always wanted one of these, but they are quite expensive, very skittish, and i really don't have room for one right now).
--anaconda (yes, i said anaconda). i found one of these at a new store that we happened upon on this run. do i really need to explain why getting an ANACONDA was not a wise decision? for starters there are several females i know (my mom first and foremost) that don't even like cobra commander, which is the indian wood-carved cobra figurine currently residing at The Tank...i think owning an ANACONDA (or any live snake for that matter) would mark the end of her visits, and therefore my genuine Indian food supply. i think, however, that andrea would be quite fascinated should i decide to take on this animal in the future.
-however, i failed eventually:
--i got to a store where they had an ATF (African tiger fish, Hydrocynus vittatus) for a reasonable price; and with some coercion from double and ignoring of damon, i picked it up. so i guess i could scratch that off from the previous list.
--we found a juvenile African arowana; the juveniles are nearly impossible to keep, but since i would like to get info/pics for a project of mine i went ahead and picked up the little guy as well. we'll see if he's alive by morning.
--i also failed in that i scarfed down a DELICIOUS cinnamon roll from IKEA.
-yes, we went to IKEA. i had previously vowed not to visit this store since i was annoyed with all the hype...but since damon wanted to check out coffee table options for the tank, we all made a visit. i must say it was quite entertaining...maybe it was my extremely low blood sugar (hence the cinnamon roll consumption) but i was very fascinated with just about everything there. pics to come soon. i picked out a future kitchen, bar, bedroom, and living room...you know, should i ever become fortunate enough to MAKE money instead of spend it on school and associated ridiculousness. the money i would save by going straight IKEA with everything (provided i was making a reasonable amount...hahaha) would be spent on fish. yeah, i don't see any of that happening realistically either. they had an awesome bar though, and those things (kind of like a wooden bar) that go across the bed and roll from midway to the foot of the bed -quite possibly the worst description of this object possible- were VERY fascinating to me...and seem to propagate extreme laziness. i want one).
again, bloodsugar was low. upon being asked (by double i think) where a certain type of pillow was located, i specifically remember responding with:
"i don't know, i don't speak swedish"
right.
speaking of swedish, does anyone remember that (seriously old-school) swedish chef (from the muppets you fools who don't know!) cereal? it was awesome! i think it was just miniature cinnamon-roll star puffs..which i'm sure were very healthy and didn't contribute to my hyperactivity, loudness, or volatile sugar-levels at all.
- all this time at IKEA we had the fishes in the plastic bags (with water) in the car...i was worried about them making it, but luckily they all made the trip.
-we hit up PF Chang's restaurant (got the lettuce wraps for an appetizer of course...and this is the ONLY time i purposely order ANYTHING with lettuce) afterwards. we were all seriously hungry, and once again i was taunted by all in attendance by the fact that the livonia PANCHEROS was right down the street.
-even after all this i managed to get the fishes settled and also made a successful airport pick-up run (rashmi has now been warned about the upcoming onslaught from double...which should prove quite entertaining to yours truly...especially since i kind of instigated it).
-all of this and i didnt even mention the rest of the weekend: seeing the movie Beerfest (which any broken lizard comedy fan should definitely check out. or just anyone with a relatively immature or beer-centric sense of humor/preference), 2 of the worst mojitos i have ever had, a pseudo-trip to the d-school party, moving sarah into her new place in ypsi (along with the rest of the family...including constructing a computer desk. -don't worry sarah, there will be payback-)...
-which brings me to now. 3:13am. i wanted to go into work early tomorrow, but who knows if that will happen. guess it's going to be a late day at the office! good night and good luck <:><
music:
"Good" - Better Than Ezra
"A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'" - Fall Out Boy
pic:
this pic was taken this morning...so yes, E.americanus can bite off more than it can chew...in this case, a mottled sculpin (C. bairdi).
posted by Solomon at 2:51 AM
1 Comments:
Solomon:
You're on! All I have to say is that one time this weekend the letter was "K" and the prompt was "A Type of Fish." Not a single soul came up with something and I thought of you. I almost wrote "kelp" thinking it's close enough considering it's in the ocean too. Hmmm, on second thought...maybe I should practice a little before we face-off again! ;)
xoxox
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