The life of a "voracious predator"...

fish_face @ 2006-03-06T09:38:00

2006-03-06T15:39:45Z

One fish
Two fish
Blue fish
New fish!

fish_face @ 2006-01-03T13:42:00

2006-01-03T20:43:30Z

fish_face @ 2005-11-27T19:59:00

2005-11-28T01:59:38Z

Amy Lowell - "The Pike" (much preferable to that scary old Elizabeth Bishop poem, in my opinion)

In the brown water,
Thick and silver-sheened in the sunshine,
Liquid and cool in the shade of the reeds,
A pike dozed.
Lost among the shadows of stems
He lay unnoticed.
Suddenly he flicked his tail,
And a green-and-copper brightness
Ran under the water.

Out from under the reeds
Came the olive-green light,
And orange flashed up
Through the sun-thickened water.
So the fish passed across the pool,
Green and copper,
A darkness and a gleam,
And the blurred reflections of the willows on the opposite bank
Received it.

My first phone-post!

2005-09-15T23:38:54Z

Hey, friends. I have a message for y'all; my friend Misti let me use her phone to say this!

Go here to listen to my euphonious voice, recorded online for the first time ^_^

<3

2005-08-12T16:02:30Z

fish_face @ 2005-03-25T13:44:00

2005-03-25T19:44:03Z

Yayyay, check out my vacation photos!

fish_face @ 2005-03-11T15:06:00

2005-03-11T21:04:55Z

Yay, I'll be on my way to Washington soon! :-)

fish_face @ 2005-02-26T10:20:00

2005-02-26T16:20:46Z

It's been a while since I've updated. Here's one of my baby pictures (thankfully they put me back in a tank of water immediately after the photo was taken!):

fish_face @ 2005-02-10T14:02:00

2005-02-10T20:03:20Z

I still have photos from my vacation with Courtney, they're on their way! ;-)

fish_face @ 2005-01-25T10:09:00

2005-01-25T16:08:47Z

Sorry girls, it was ADAM who put me in the upstairs bathroom. I tried to flop across the floor and get out, to leave you in privacy, but the tiled floor hurt my belly. :-(

fish_face @ 2005-01-13T09:32:00

2005-01-13T15:33:58Z

"And if the high-swol'n Medway fail thy dish,
Thou hast thy ponds, that pay thee tribute fish,
Fat agèd carps that run into thy net,
And pikes, now weary their own kind to eat,
As loath the second draught or cast to stay,
Officiously at first themselves betray."

-- Ben Jonson, "To Penshurst"

Merry Christmas!

2004-12-26T16:03:41Z

I've been having a really good break staying with Courtney and Lauren. :-) How's everyone else doing?

Remember to avoid eating sushi and fish sandwishes and lutefisk and swordfish steaks - all the usual things. Thanks.

fish_face @ 2004-12-15T11:13:00

2004-12-15T17:14:04Z

So who wants to take care of me over the Christmas break? ;-)

My vacation pics! :-)

2004-12-03T03:48:51Z

I, fish_face, do my part to refine Tulsa

I plunge through the dense foliage of the magnificent Tulsa Airport :-)

On the airplane on my way to Minnesota, I heed a call of nature

The moving sidewalk was especially helpful on the way to the baggage claim. I stood on the "stand" side.

Don't even think about it.

Almost there!

On my way back to Ashley's house, I took some time out to do a little windsurfing.

I admired some of the mantle decorations.

...and some of Ashley's collectibles.

I took a nice warm shower to unwind from my long day of travel...Ashley refused to join me. :-(

Ashley introduced me to her mother.

I got in the Christmas spirit with a lovely holiday wreath.

I went a little bananas at the grocery store. ;-)

I hung out with the salmon and lutefisk.

I sympathized with my poor, poor frozen friends. :-(

In keeping with local regulations, I indeed had to leave my gun at home when I visited the Mall of America.

I was in a dramatic mood, and contemplated the precipice from the parking garage.

fish_face @ 2004-11-26T10:31:00

2004-11-26T17:31:32Z

Yay, I'm lovin' Minnesota!

More details later. ;-)

fish_face @ 2004-11-10T21:50:00

2004-11-11T03:51:21Z

Is it so much to ask that Edward not continue fondling me? This is getting outrageous. I'm also upset still from the epileptic seizure he inflicted on me yesterday.

fish_face @ 2004-10-30T15:01:00

2004-10-30T20:01:43Z

Thanks to all who expressed their condolences toward me for my...ordeal of yesterday. Mega Red helped me through it.

fish_face @ 2004-10-20T20:58:00

2004-10-21T02:01:56Z

I can't decide whose jacket I like better - bohemienne's or volith's. Just be aware, though, that when I decide on one, I'm going to keep it! ;-)

fish_face @ 2004-10-18T09:42:00

2004-10-18T14:43:42Z

To all: Does anyone mind that I've been hogging the piano in the living room a little? I've just been rehearsing John Cage's 4'33", one of my favorite pieces, and one I play particularly well.

fish_face @ 2004-10-16T12:25:00

2004-10-16T17:27:44Z

Yesterday I was supposed to go to a Writer's Club meeting and recite a poem for everyone (I had to memorize it because I couldn't hold the paper up) but Ashley forgot to bring me. But that's OK, I still love you, geniusash!

In other news, I tried to cuddle and be affectionate with the_codeman last night during the movie. But he was like "What are you doing?!" He seemed really mad at me. That was so mean of him, I was just trying to be nice! Fish have feelings too.

fish_face @ 2004-10-13T06:55:00

2004-10-13T13:57:13Z

Thanks, everyone, for letting me cuddle with you while we watched "Saved!" last night. I really liked that.

Any suggestions for my Halloween costume? I sometimes have trouble dressing up, because of my...unique body shape, which doesn't lend itself to clothes staying put.

fish_face @ 2004-10-09T10:49:00

2004-10-09T17:51:10Z

I think I'm going to stay in and relax this weekend. Or maybe I'll go to the workout center. I need to build up my fins so I'll actually be able to press the video game controllers from now on.

fish_face @ 2004-10-04T01:58:00

2004-10-04T07:02:14Z

I really wish someone had told me about the House mixer. I missed the chance to see all you guys's rooms.

I've only seen Ashley and Katie and P.J.'s rooms upstairs, and I've also seen Jordan's two different rooms downstairs. But I want to see the entire house! I'm a travelling fish, and I'm so friendly! Please invite me into your rooms sometime, everybody, so we can hang out! :-)

fish_face @ 2004-10-02T13:02:00

2004-10-02T18:03:20Z

I appear to have gone missing! If you've seen me around the house, PLEASE respond and tell me where I am.

fish_face @ 2004-09-28T09:23:00

2004-09-28T14:26:57Z

Please, everyone, stop throwing me around so hard! I'm afraid my delicate ~~snout~~ ~~proboscis~~ face's front part will be damaged if I happen to collide with a wall. :-( Pikes have feelings too, you know.

In other news, I really like Bollywood.