The best thing about misanthropy is...

I think it's curious and adorable that everyone wanted to know my Blue Lobster's name... I didn't have one, but I [think I]'ve decided on Rosita.

You might remember Bigote, my catfish... here he is as a little bitty baby:


He's about thrice as big now (6" from nose to tail), so he's been relocated to the new 10 gallon tank, which he shares with a baby shark.
He is not the most photogenic fish because he's extremely shy...
Since I last wrote about him, he's been responsible for nearly a dozen in-tank fish disappearances. He ate everyone except Molly...
(6 neons, a handful of guppies, 2 algae eaters).

These are from today:



Anyway, the story is that I put Rosita in that tank yesterday and saw that they kept fighting over the same hiding spots... or so I thought.
I woke up to Rosita clinging to Bigote's whiskers. Yesterday she kept pinching his tail or anywhere she could, and I thought he just wanted her spot, but after some thinking, I think he was actually trying to eat her.
So I moved her to the old tank with everybody else where she seems pretty chill.



Watching her eat is totally cute.



Especially when Molly tries to eat from the same food pellet.
Please notice the >:[ expression.





ROSITA SAYS BACK THE FUCK UP.

Jon and I went back to Teske's last night for the festival they were having. We ate some delicious sauerbraten with spätzle and red cabbage. It was served with aspargus soup, salad and apple strudel for dessert. Jon also ordered a beer, which ended up being more like two beers, haha. It wasn't necessarily the most exciting event, but it was still fun; a lot of people were dressed up in traditional German clothing and a live folk band was playing. A few waiters were um, a bit too drunk to be serving. Oooh, Germans...
Jon is awesome. I'm not entirely comfortable around that many people, but the way we talk to each other, it's as if we've known each other longer than just one semester. It's really nice talking to someone who's just a bit more grown-up (and well, he's 24) than that majority of my peers. I'm also glad that we're both on the same page as far as relationships go: we both don't want one anytime soon. That just increases the comfort level tremendously since I don't have to worry about leading him on or anything unintentionally. By the way, the subject was brought up when we realized that people always assume we are dating, LOL. I suppose that's not completely strange for people to suspect since we've gone one-on-one to the movies and now a pretty nice restaurant, haha.
Sooo, I guess two friends of the opposite sex just don't do that?! o.O

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• 21:31 iPhone is working as it should. #
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• 02:28 Robert J. Flaherty - Nanook of the North (1922) bit.ly/10pREI #
• 02:38 Weebly www.weebly.com/ the new Geocities. #
• 04:12 Fixed the iPhone. Just had to write over the old corrupted contact data on an iTunes sync. #
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• 13:24 I'll be directing "Rhythm" today. I'll also be doing sound and/or camera for Rick and Alyssa's doc projects. Can't wait. #
• 21:36 I'm having problems with my Rogers wireless cell service in Vancouver. Anyone else? #
• 22:57 I can only receive calls. What a pain in the ass. Not sure if its the iPhone or the service. Rogers and Apple - I hate you both. #
• 23:01 Filming went very well today for the mini docs. Who is up for a beer at Two Parrots? www.twoparrots.ca/Site/Welcome.html #

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"Damn girl ur so hot, are you really single??"
"Omg pix pix!"
"You should post more pictures soon".

All of these comments have been made this week from various Livejournal "friends" via AIM or private message. Are you @#%&-ing kidding me?! Yes, I'm really single; I wouldn't want someone to date me just because they think I'm "hot" anyways. What a stupid thing to say. No, I will not send you pictures of myself - I'm much more dignified than that. Don't tell me what I "should do"...I'll do what I want with my own journal, thank you very little. You're not cute AT ALL, and you certainly don't flatter me. Ugh, humanity disgusts me so much sometimes...I just want to sock stupid boys [because they certainly aren't men] that talk to women like this right in their damn faces. "Think I'm sexy now?!" *CRACK*

My mom bought me a 10 gallon fishtank as an early Christmas present... which means I can now adopt more pretty underwater friends!

Like her:

This evening, I hung out with Heidi and Jessica, who were on campus and decided to see what I was up to. So happy they did, since I was beginning to think that I was going to have to go on a run by myself or something just to keep from becoming insanely bored! Heidi showed me this video, and I nearly cried. It's so beautifully done, so easy to relate to...



Todd also sent me a few texts and is trying to make it to the Modins' on Sunday for meeting. I thought that was awfully sweet of him; I never see him anymore since Trevor and I broke up [note: the two of them are roommates]. I hope to see him again - that would be nice.

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• 00:14 Live in Vancouver? Play an instrument? Want to be in a short VFS documentary film about "Rhythm"? Yes? Please contact me! Filming Saturday. #
• 03:05 I forgot how much I hate studying. Taking a break to watch a true classic "Nanook Of The North" bit.ly/10pREI #
• 05:05 Lunenburg County finally has a tourism site online: lunenburgregion.ca/ Its about time people were able to find it before they visit. #
• 05:29 How to Make Custom iPhone Ringtones for Free: bit.ly/4i0364 (It works!) #
• 11:50 Friday the 13th. bit.ly/22WRHS #
• 12:14 YouTube is going HD 1080p next week. bit.ly/23A54m #
• 13:26 My iPhone just crashed and I lost all of my contacts. A sync will fix it but still a pain in the ass. #
• 14:17 It's official my iPhone is f*cked. #
• 14:45 Mini doc filming tomorrow. Can't wait. #

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Sometimes, I just wish I had the ability to never sleep.
I'm so tired to seeing the same thing over and over and over again.
I seriously doubt whether this is ever going to end or not...

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• 05:03 Hair is fixed. Clippers go back tomorrow. I hope to exchange for a working set. #
• 05:08 Got some great video shots of the wildlife at Stanley Park today with Erica twitpic.com/p7mw7 #
• 16:18 In the Avid lab with my new Sony headphones. Great buy. twitpic.com/p9ehe #
• 21:35 NEW song "Powershifter" by Fear Factory bit.ly/E7pPX Kicks some ass. Thanks @escaperr Can't wait for the new album. #
• 21:40 Had this song playing in my head all day. bit.ly/4ohIPd Its "Bad Medicine" by Die Mannequin. They opened for MM in Halifax. So good. #

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'What meaneth this sad, this fearful change,
That withers my heart with woe?
The house of my father all joyless and lone,
Its halls and its gardens with weeds overgrown,
A dreadful and strange overthrow!

No conquering heroes, no hounds for the chase,
No shields in array on its walls,
No bright silver goblets, no gay cavalcades,
No youthful assemblies, no high-born maids,
To brighten its desolate halls!

An omen of sadness--the home of our youth
All ruined, deserted and bare.
Alas for the chieftain, the gentle and brave;
His glories and sorrows are stilled in the grave,
And we left to live in despair!

From ocean to ocean, from age unto age,
We have lived to the fulness of time;
Through a life such as men never heard of we've passed
In suffering and sorrow our doom has been cast,
By our stepmother's pitiless crime!'

--The Children of Lir, from 'Irish Sagas and Folk Tales' by Eileen O'Faolain


(katlyn) we will never see the davies brothers (the kinks) together, ever, i don't think, since dave had the stroke. damn it all, we will have to make our own way, prince of the punks style.

okay, i'm gonna get down to the point. is pot really legal in the netherlands? if so, how legal is it?

Happy Veterans Day!
Jon, Diogo and I went to Teske's Germania for lunch [CLICK HERE] today. It was superb!
We are going back on Saturday night für die Festivus from 7:00 to 11:30pm. If I remember to, I'll be sure to take pictures. Eep, I'm excited; ich liebe deutsche Kultur, hehe! :D Today I also hung out with Craig and Sara and then went to meeting. Oh yeah, and since I haven't mentioned this in quite a long time, and since I've been so freakin' positive lately, I am 126 days sober today. That's unbelievable to me. Leben ist gut...

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заведение не тестировал - просто заглянул на минуту, проходя мимо, так что впечатления крайне поверхностные.
на улице вывеска "бистро", унутрях - совершенно крошечная забегаловка, на 4 или 5 столиков, все были заняты... 
закусь представлена на витрине - салатики, нарезки ("алё, нарезик!"(С)с.довлатов )). горячее тоже есть. все дешевое, салатики в р-не 50 рублей, горячее в р-не 150-180.
и синька тоже дешевая. ермак 25 руб, кристаловские (путенга и т.п.) - 40. есть и немного подороже.
цены на пиво не смотрел, но вряд ли они выбиваются из общего тренда.
обстановка вроде спокойная.
резюмируя: малюсенькое хач-кафе, ассортиментом сильно напоминающее почивший в бозе незабвенный "вепрь" на пятницкой (мля, какое было заведение, а!.. ))
если удастся занять свободный столик - посещение полностью вписывается в концепцию сообщества.

кстати. рядом, дома через два или три в сторону покровки - некая "шашлычная". если судить по выставленному на входе меню - синька от 40 рублей, салатеги по 100-150, горячее - 250-300. но внутри - сильно накурено, громко играет блатняк.
короче - курский вокзал, хер ли тут желать...

Вот, свежеоткрытое заведение замечено у кинотеатра Прага. Зайти пока не довелось, но из телефонной фотки видно, что стопка водки стоит 20 рублей, а кружка пива — 45. Цены на бутерброды и прочую закуску, к сожалению, смазались.

A man should be as strong in the mind as he is in the body; For the adaptation to concepts is just as taxing as the elements of our natural world.

A man is judged by two things; the changes he's made in himself, for the betterment of his life, and how many friends he has surrounding him.

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• 02:39 "The Taking of Pelham 123" posters on the SkyTrain made me feel very safe today. twitpic.com/oz06o #
• 04:08 Angela I mean @renom tells me I need to try Pocky. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocky #
• 05:50 Loser "The First Time" with John 5 on guitar. bit.ly/4y663y #
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