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I'm Andrea, and this is my personal blog. Thanks for being here! I usually post on Fridays and Sundays, when I share something that makes me happy or a spiritual thought for the week. Sometimes I manage to squeeze in another post or two.

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Presidents and Goldfish

I don't have much to say about the inauguration that hasn't already been said (over and over and over...), but I do have two things:

1) I'm uncomfortable with how much people are focusing on Obama's African-American-ness. Isn't it just as racist, in a way, to make a huge positive deal about his race as it would be to make a huge negative deal about it? I thought the idea was looking past the color of people's skin.

2) Bush should get a little more respect. You may not have agreed with anything he did, and you may think his breath stinks, but he was still the President of the United States of America for eight years. That said, I support President Obama, and I am very happy for him and his family.



And now, back to the navel-gazing. That is why you're here, isn't it? You want to know all about me! ;) 

So Isaac called me from Wal-Mart the other day to say that he had spent the rest of his Christmas money, and it was going to be a big surprise. Ooookay. 

He came home with goldfish.  Not the kind that taste so delicious--nope, the kind that swim in a tank. 

Do you want to meet them?


(There are only two fish. One of the orange ones is a reflection.)



Isaac named the orange one Pudge, after this dialogue from Lilo & Stitch:

Hula Teacher: Lilo, why are you all wet?
Lilo: It's sandwich day. Every Thursday I take Pudge the fish a peanut butter sandwich.
Hula Teacher: "Pudge" is a fish?
Lilo: And today we were out of peanut butter. So I asked my sister what to give him, and she said "a tuna sandwich". I can't give Pudge tuna! [whispering] Do you know what tuna *is*?
Hula Teacher: Fish?
Lilo: [hysterical] It's fish! If I give Pudge tuna, I'd be an abomination! I'm late because I had to go to the store and get peanut butter 'cause all we have is... is... stinkin' tuna!
Hula Teacher: Lilo, Lilo, why is this so important to you?
Lilo: [calm] Pudge controls the weather.



I named this one Ron Weasley, because, well....you can see why. It's been five days, and the fish are both still alive. I'd say that's pretty good, wouldn't you?

14 comments:

  1. You rotten sister! Your butt is crushing me! Why do you have to act so weird!

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  2. why must he be the black president. I like "the president"

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  3. I totally agree with you on the president stuff. It makes me really aggravated!

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  4. Belen is calling your fish "E-O" a.k.a Nemo.

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  5. Visiting from SITS, stopping by to say hi!

    I don't have kids so I've never heard that Lilo and Stitch dialogue - hilarious!

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  6. 1st-regarding Preidents...I couldn't have said it any better. I agree with your thoughts 100%.
    The fish are so fun and the way they think...awesome. By the Way I heart the goldfish you eat too.

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  7. very cool fish. okay, thanks for reading me and for all the kind comments. you have no idea how much i have needed you people out here. in such a great way. so i have three awards and i want you to have all three. thanks for being such a kind support of the fun of blogging, on my good days and on my bad. thanks.

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  8. THANKS FOR COMMENTING ON MY BLOG. IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO SEE OTHER'S WORDS. WE HAD FISH ONCE TOO. THEY DIDN'T LAST LONG. AND THEY SMELLED YUCKY. XOXO JAYNE

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  9. I think you have set a new world record for keeping gold fish alive! You should call guiness. That should be in the record books! I'll look into that!

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  10. I tend to agree with your comments.
    Thanks for cluing me in on the extra fish, I would never have known.
    Andrea - I've got something for you over at my blog. Please come and see.

    Kat

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  11. I found your blog through my mom's (pineapple hill) and just wanted to say I totally agree with your thoughts...well said!

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  12. Ah! I quote that part of Lilo & Stitch all the time! Pudge is such a cute name for a fish. :-)

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  13. Good post and I agree with you. We actually had one of those fighting fish for about 3 years. We were amazed how long it lived. Didn't like cleaning the tank though.

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  14. hahahahaha...that movie is the REASON I'm called LoLo!

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