what is wrong with me....

i just got asked how old i was, and i aged myself a year. i mean 27 is bad enough, but i'm thinking i'm 28? what the heck? of course that came out of a conversation on when i was going to have children. oh well, i got avon and good genes in the aging department on my side, so maybe my plan not to age past 29 will work. (jill, if you read this, i know you're thinking, i'm already 28 you nerd! haha)

happy birthday gandhi....

"the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

"i hold that the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man."

i wish more people had that mentality.

taking what they're giving....

so i finally got to see one of my favorite bands since i was 5 years old this past saturday... huey lewis and the news!!! yay! they were at the beau rivage in biloxi, and they put on a great show. we were in the front row, i mean, front row! leaning on the barricade. it was awesome. huey looked right at me and smiled. and i got a hand touch... haha. i think bill, the drummer for all you non-fans, looked at me too. i'm such a dork, i know, but it was great. wish i would have broken the rules like half the ppl there and took a camera. i would definitely say to anyone, go see them in concert!!

on my soapbox....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-freston/a-cure-for-cancer-eating_b_298282.html

i got that article off a tweet from peta. it's very interesting. most who know me know i'm a vegetarian. i don't shove it on other people, but occasionally i feel the need to encourage ppl to give it a try.

finally friday...

for this to be a short week, it sure has felt long. i've been so tired this week. i think it's just my allergies acting crazy, but all i've done is lay around and sleep. the house is a mess, so i better get off my tush and get it cleaned up today.

finney looks much better thanks to the salt treatment. her fins have grown back so much in only about 2 weeks time. that makes me happy. david thinks i'm a little off my rocker for worrying about a fish so much, but they're such pleasant little creatures.

ugh....

i need to rant for a second. stupid people really bother me. i'm sure they do you too. but ugh! sometimes i just want to strangle some ppl. and the "have to have it right now" mentality, ARGH! i can't name names, but i'm just really frustrated right now. good thing i'm gonna have the sand between my toes in just about 53 hours.

poor finney....

my beautiful calico fantail goldfish has been suffering from this persistent case of fin rot over the last two months. to be honest, i'm not even sure if it is fin rot. the only symptom she has is jagged fins. no redness, black/white edges, etc. she's got two dips, i'd call them, on her dorsal fin, two on one ventral fin, and three on the other. they just started one day and slowly got worse. good news is they've been pretty stable for the last month, month and a half. bad news is there's been no visible healing. one day it looks a little better, another, it looks a little worse, but for the most part stable. i tried melafix at the first sign of it, but that didn't really do anything. so, i've been trying to keep the tank as clean as i can, still no progress. i started a salt treatment yesterday, which will hopefully work. i'm upping the salinity today a little since she's not acting stressed from it so far. just needed to rant a little bit, i love this little fish and i want her to grow her long pretty fins back.