Archive for February, 2005
Jump Starting the Weblog
February 13th, 2005OK I realized that a weblog is useless if I never update it, so expect frequent additions to this “blog” (puke) from now on…I’m shooting for at least one new entry per week. With that said, look above for this week’s new entry.
Another Dead Damselfish
February 13th, 2005The past few days I’ve noticed that the domino damselfish in my tank has been terrorizing the other fish in my tank. Does this sound familiar? It should, because I went through the exact same thing a few months ago (check out my archives for the Damn Domino Damselfish entry). The damselfish I’m referring to NOW is another one I used to have, one that I had to keep in a separate, smaller tank because if he was in my main tank the big damselfish would bully him.
Well what do you know…the bullied becomes the bully. After the old damselfish died, I brought the smaller, frailer one into the tank, and within a few week he grew to about twice his size. Yada yada yada…the other fish were in trouble, so this damselfish needed to be caught too.
So Ricky and I went out and bought two nets (yes, two for some reason) and started to empty the tank…even though that morning I had FINALLY arranged my corals and rock into a formation I actually liked for once. At one point, I examined a large piece of live rock I took out and noticed the damsel was hidden in a hole! So I yanked the rock out, ran to the bathroom with it, and too soft-hearted to watch what I was about to do, I closed my eyes and shook the rock. Once I heard a splash, I flushed the toilet and left.
A little said, but I didn’t have enough time to take it all in. I just hope I didn’t flush down any other fish…
Rain and LA Traffic
February 16th, 2005So it started raining out of the blue today in the afternoon, a few hours before I had to leave school. And, as usual, this slight bit of rained completely clogged traffic up everywhere in this pathetic city, extending my commute home to over an hour when it should be only 30 minutes.
I can’t believe how every time it rains — or even if the roads are slightly damp — LA drivers freak out and and start driving at like 5mph. This is one of the shittiest things about this city, and I’m disgusted at how frail LA drivers are. So much so that I think it’s perhaps the single best reason for people not to move to LA or even for current residents to leave.
The one silver lining in all of this rain business is that it results in the worst drivers getting into accidents…effectively weeding out bad drivers, if you know what I mean. Not innocent drivers, just the ones responsible for causing the accidents.
Come on Down!
February 23rd, 2005
I made another attempt today to break into the TV world by attending a taping of the Price is Right. Ricky’s friends from work organized a group of about 20 people, and because we contacted the CBS people beforehand, we didn’t need to wake up and stand in line at 5am like the other suckers who want to watch the taping.
So we all met at the CBS Television City studio at 10am. Now you can’t call yourself a Price is Right fan unless you’re wearing a dorky bright-colored T-shirt with a trashy phrase imprinted on it, so when in Rome…that’s right, we produced our very own matching “Bob Rocks” T-shirts:
With the start of the show approaching, someone came around and passed out our nametags…classic Price is Right! We then interviewed as a group with two producers and clearly failed to impress any of them. Word on the street is that if they write down something while talking with you, you’ll be called up as a contestant. Needless to say, none of us witnessed any writing during our interviews.
Bob Barker walked out, all 81 years of him, and hosted the show as efficiently as always. Unfortunately none of us were called down (I guess it did help to wear a “Mother of 6″ shirt afterall), but it was still lots of fun. It wasn’t too much of a loss, though, since the better of the two showcases included only a home gym set and a jacuzzi.
But even though I wasn’t called down to be a contestant and even though I probably had the worst seat in the studio, I did manage to shove my long arms into a couple of scenes. So be prepared: on March 22 at 10am on CBS, Amir is invading TV sets across America…
