We then went to PetSmart to get some fish food and a companion fish for the one I won. Today, I made a trip to Target and Goodwill, found a new, larger vase and some decorative stones to put in it. I also found some fairly unattractive accouterments to complete the aquatic landscape for my two new friends, a semi-creepy ceramic bear holding a watering can, and a small dish reading "MAN'S BEST FRIEND" on its side. Each cost about 35 cents. Here is a picture of the two fish:
The orange one is from the fair. The dark one is from the store. They are both female, we think. I have not named them yet, so if you have suggestions, please leave them in the comments. My ideas so far are Sasha and Malia and Franny and Zooey, but I don't love either of those.
I had planned on keeping them in my office at work, but that's probably not a good idea as they would be in the dark basically everyday after 5 p.m., and I would have to go in on weekends to feed them. Probably too much effort. So guess they'll live here, for now anyway.
So far they seem ok. I think I fouled the original water with too much fish food, so I bought a gallon of purified water and changed it out. They appear to be enjoying the new toys, too. I believe they are using the toy dog dish as a swimming pool. Here's the entire landscape:
UPDATE: The gold fish est muerto. She must have been diseased and/or mishandled by the carneys. :(
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How about Gill-bert and School-ivan?
P.S. I am hilarious.
You could go with Charlotte and Jane...or Emily... :)
And P.S. Jeff, you are hilarious. (or not.)
Oh, you should totally name them Sarah #1 and Sarah #2.
Not getting a job, having a fish die, it really sounds like somebody needs to write a country song. I'm already working on it.
Yes, and Edward Kennedy just died last night - the last lion of the Senate (not counting Byrd).
It's the end of an era...
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