Babble - 3-9-04

I can't believe I forgot!

I totally forgot about Bandit's birthday! He was born on March 3rd, last year. So he's now a year old! He's a year old butthead. I also forgot about Harvey's birthday! It's the same day as mine, which was arbitrarily chosen by the vet and my brothers, since they could only guess at his birthdate since he was adopted. Harvey's also a year old now!

For Bandit's belated birthday celebration, I had bought this frozen treat I'd found in the supermarket called Frosty Paws. We gave him one last night to celebrate. It looked like those little ice cream cups that you buy at the store, you know, the ones that come with those small wooden spoons. He licked it for a while, but then I think he got bored of it. Or maybe he was just humoring us, all the while thinking, "Mom and Dad, you're so silly."

Marc and I also commented last night on how we talk in our pets' "voices" way too much.

Sick Fish

It looks like the puffer has managed to come down with ich again, and this time it looks like the angel also has it. The tang seems to have something as well, but I'm not sure what. After unsuccessfully trying to catch the angel and the tang (the puffer is easy since he swims right up to me), I decided to hell with it, and to just treat the entire tank.

So yesterday I went and picked up some medication that's supposed to be safe for live rocks and invertebrates, and dosed it to the main tank. It turned the water an interesting blue color. I also started soaking the fish food in garlic and vitamins.

Today there seems to be slightly fewer spots on the fish (the puffer had the most), and hopefully the medication will kill the free-floating parasites so that there won't be a reoccurrance. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Scary Movie

Last night I watched the director's cut of Alien. I realized as I was watching it that I'd never seen the original version before. I've seen all the sequels like umpteen times, and I thought I'd seen this one before, but no, it was a totally new movie to me! It was pretty good, and pretty freaky. While I was watching, Marc was reading Ellen Degeneres' new book, which I'd picked up for myself the other day. Somehow, it seems we should've been doing the other person's activity. ;) The book is pretty funny so far.

I also ate a big ice cream sandwich last night. I really hope this metabolism thing doesn't start to become a problem.

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