constructive self-loathing

[dragonlady7]

Man, I hate jogging. I hate jogging more than anything. It's awesome. I can go do it and hate it so much that there's no room to hate anything else. So that improved my morning.

But now I'm ravenously hungry, so there's that. Hm.

Alexander tried to eat this morning. He's very skinny, his scales are hardly poking out at all, and he's acting normal. I stuck my finger in the bowl and he flared at it, and then went on to mouth some of the odd bits of food floating around the surface. So I quick threw the pellets he likes in there, and he mouthed and spit it out. I threw some easier-to-chew food in there, and he mouthed that and spit it out. He lost interest, but only after chewing on the pellet several times. So he actually attempted to eat, which is more than he's done in a week. I'm hopeful.
I shoved his bowl up against the big tank and he actually had a flaring match with Gibson, which is more like his old self.

I dunno-- might he survive? I'd be psyched.

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[sirielle.livejournal.com]

Thank you for befriending me, I didn't notice it before :)

Who is Alexander and Gibson? I thought you've got a child, but it looks it is someone else.

Ah I am drawing for last few days, hope to have something to SSP soon ;)
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And I didn't answer you - Wolin is in Poland, yup you wouldn't make it in one day to get there. Too long way for 2 and half day festival.

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

Oh, Alexander and Gibson (and Shirley) are my three betta fish. (Betta fish are little tropical fish, the kind that can live in tiny bowls and are also called Siamese fighting fish.) I've posted pictures of them here: http://pics.livejournal.com/dragonlady7/pic/0000wf5q/g3 (click "up", there are more in the gallery.)
I think I'd probably be more upset if Alexander, who is sick and possibly dying and hasn't eaten in eight days now, were my child!! :D As it is, he's a $3 fish I've had for eight or nine months now and I am quite fond of.

Yes, Poland is not a day trip for me. :)

[silverwerecat.livejournal.com]

I too hate jogging.

I'm sorry about your fish - how long do they live, anyway?

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

I am dealing today with the consequences of said jogging, i.e. my hips hate me and I'm shuffling around like an old arthritic woman. Bike riding lulled me into a false sense of security. Now I'm going to have to exercise more to alleviate the stiffness. So stupid! Now I see how these fitness freaks get sucked in!

Betta fish apparently only live two or three years, and Al was an adult when we got him the better part of a year ago, so I don't know how old he is or how much time is left in his normal lifespan. He tried to eat again this morning, and crunched on the pellet for a while, but spat it out again-- I'm a bit worried now, because he doesn't like the soft food and doesn't seem to be able to chew the hard food. The pellets get soft floating in his tank but then he's not interested in them anymore. It's really pretty impossible-- it seems what he objects to in the soft food is the very texture that makes it possible for him to eat it.
Sigh.
Time will tell.

[silverwerecat.livejournal.com]

How's your poor fishy today?

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

He looks healthy, acts healthy, seems healthy, but still, STILL isn't eating. So we really don't know if he's going to make it, and it's exceedingly annoying. Poor little bastard.