I never thought I would be
So moved by the dreams I've had of you
Every time I close my eyes
It's so hard to fall asleep
I actually like Chris Daughtry's "So I Lie Awake" better than his "It's Not Over".
I am so frustrated, its gotten to the point where I am wondering how any of this is going to be worth it in the end and how much of this is really going to make a difference.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Fishy therapy
In the past month, I've come home to baby fry guppies in my tank. Unfortunately while I was gone, only 8 have survived and then one died. So now, I've got 7 fry in a breeder tank and I'm contemplating what to do with them (and no, feeding them to other fish is not an option).
In addition to my 20 gallon tank, here are my 2 newest tanks:
This 1 gallon tank was an idea I adopted from Josh. He (and eventually Tiffany) bought these little 1/2 gallon tanks complete with filters and lamps. He bought a little blue Betta for it and put it on his desk. I went to Petco to look around, and they did not have the 1/2 gallon version so I bought the 1 gallon version. I'm glad I did because I think the 1/2 gallon tank would have been too small. I bought dark blue gravel and a red Betta fish.
When I put all this stuff together, my fish was swimming vigorously but staying in one place, and I couldn't figure out why. It turns out this filter is too strong for him (I guess if the environment is not as warm, the Betta has to conserve its energy so it is not as active). I turned the filter off and he stopped, and when I turned it on, his fins started getting sucked into the filter. As a result, this filter in the picture is now in my 5.5 tank instead. To clean up the tank, I'm going to buy a mystery snail. I'll handle cleaning the tank water. After all, it's only a 1 gallon.
I took another baby Sword Plant and replanted it in this tank (after the picture was take of course). I'm kind of miffed because I bought a tiny 1-5 gallon heater which was a few bucks more than a heater for a 5-10 gallon tank. I moved one of my two thermometers into this tank to find that the temp had gone up about 5 degrees.
This picture is pretty outdated because I took out the filter, added the plant, heater, and thermometer. Hopefully I can find a little castle to put in next to the plant:
This 5.5 gallon tank was another spur-of-the-moment thing I decided to do. It has 2 Glass Fish, 4 Long-Tailed Tetra, and a Otocyclus Catfish (did I spell that right?). The large Sword Plant in my 20 gallon sprouted a bunch of baby plants, and I replanted 4 of them in this tank. I also moved the little cave into this tank for bacteria growing purposes. I don't know if I'm going to keep that in this tank though - I sort of want to get a small piece of driftwood for it instead. The front, right corner has a little bush of Java Moss (aka guppy grass). I bought a piece of driftwood from Choice Aquariums and took Stephen's advice: use a little bit of thread to tie the Java Moss to the driftwood and it will grow over the wood. Oh and, the little filter from my Betta tank is now attached to this one.
This picture is from the day I set it up so there are no fish, no filter, no driftwood, and fewer plants:
In addition to my 20 gallon tank, here are my 2 newest tanks:
This 1 gallon tank was an idea I adopted from Josh. He (and eventually Tiffany) bought these little 1/2 gallon tanks complete with filters and lamps. He bought a little blue Betta for it and put it on his desk. I went to Petco to look around, and they did not have the 1/2 gallon version so I bought the 1 gallon version. I'm glad I did because I think the 1/2 gallon tank would have been too small. I bought dark blue gravel and a red Betta fish.
When I put all this stuff together, my fish was swimming vigorously but staying in one place, and I couldn't figure out why. It turns out this filter is too strong for him (I guess if the environment is not as warm, the Betta has to conserve its energy so it is not as active). I turned the filter off and he stopped, and when I turned it on, his fins started getting sucked into the filter. As a result, this filter in the picture is now in my 5.5 tank instead. To clean up the tank, I'm going to buy a mystery snail. I'll handle cleaning the tank water. After all, it's only a 1 gallon.
I took another baby Sword Plant and replanted it in this tank (after the picture was take of course). I'm kind of miffed because I bought a tiny 1-5 gallon heater which was a few bucks more than a heater for a 5-10 gallon tank. I moved one of my two thermometers into this tank to find that the temp had gone up about 5 degrees.
This picture is pretty outdated because I took out the filter, added the plant, heater, and thermometer. Hopefully I can find a little castle to put in next to the plant:
This 5.5 gallon tank was another spur-of-the-moment thing I decided to do. It has 2 Glass Fish, 4 Long-Tailed Tetra, and a Otocyclus Catfish (did I spell that right?). The large Sword Plant in my 20 gallon sprouted a bunch of baby plants, and I replanted 4 of them in this tank. I also moved the little cave into this tank for bacteria growing purposes. I don't know if I'm going to keep that in this tank though - I sort of want to get a small piece of driftwood for it instead. The front, right corner has a little bush of Java Moss (aka guppy grass). I bought a piece of driftwood from Choice Aquariums and took Stephen's advice: use a little bit of thread to tie the Java Moss to the driftwood and it will grow over the wood. Oh and, the little filter from my Betta tank is now attached to this one.
This picture is from the day I set it up so there are no fish, no filter, no driftwood, and fewer plants:
Thursday, February 15, 2007
And it feels like tonight...
My mother and I have gone over 2 weeks straight living under the same roof without saying a word to each other. This is depressing me - something has got to change.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Manicures and such
Something about the fumes of nail polish and remover is... therapeutic? I love that the Vietnamese never fail to ask me what nationality I am because I'm Asian (even if they've asked me 5 times before I remember my name).
Monday, February 05, 2007
Rough week
Last week had to have been one of the hardest weeks I've been through in awhile with the surgery, feuds with my mom, exams, scholarship/internship due dates, a couple papers, D's Polo Club, and a load of things to do at work (since they finally brought me back upstairs).
Hopefully this week will be better.
I spent the day with a bad taste in my mouth (figuratively) from this past week - I felt pretty bad and didn't realize until half way through the day nothing had happened today to make me feel this way. But last week, Ricardo-wise, it was pretty bad. Especially after this monkey of a guy grilled me at work on Friday for something that was not my fault. It was absolutely terrible and embarrassing.
Hopefully this week will be better.
I spent the day with a bad taste in my mouth (figuratively) from this past week - I felt pretty bad and didn't realize until half way through the day nothing had happened today to make me feel this way. But last week, Ricardo-wise, it was pretty bad. Especially after this monkey of a guy grilled me at work on Friday for something that was not my fault. It was absolutely terrible and embarrassing.
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