fishie: part i

i have completely lost patience with dial-up... my laptop officially crashed today, so i just went ahead and reformatted it completely hoping that i didn't lose anything too important. of course, that was with the assumption that i'd be able to re-download a good portion of it... obviously, i was pretty fucking retarded to think that i'd be able to download shit with this godforsaken connection. my connection is so slow, even the internet doesn't have patience for it. it almost always times out before the last half of the page can load... i'm actually composing this post in wordpad. maybe blogger will let me sign in and publish this before 5 a.m., but it's not looking likely :(

however, turning back to the light, i'd like to announce that i have purchased a fiesty fishie that will hopefully live for a few years or at least until the sun rises. i'm fairly certain he will though. he's a betta fish--definitely a fighter. i handpicked him, of course, based on his color (irridescent maroon), and on his liveliness (compared to his fellow bettas). the deciding factor, however, was his reaction when i picked him up to examine him. after throwing an indignant fit, he came right up to my face and stared back at me with as much hatred a fish could possibly muster and i loved it. so i bought him. i will probably post some pictures all over the place soon enough so you can share my enthusiasm and taste his loathing. his home is actually rather nice, if i do say so myself. you'll see :) i haven't named him yet. i figured i'd better wait for a few days... just in case...