the following entry may or may not contain this material: the death of a fish, a weekend spent with boys, a moose, an empty apartment, a humorous story, maybe some pictures, mind blowing informatics (yes, it's a word), and other mumbojumbo. i can't guarantee it will be spectacular spectacular...but something pretty close i imagine.
first: last monday one of tara and i's fish kicked the proverbial bucket. yes, Ingrid has passed on into goldfish heaven. here is her obituary:
we regret to announce that Ingrid M Fish has passed away this morining (or sometime during the night) at Overseas Chinese College. She is survived by Marlyn S Fish and Fran and Oliver Succulent all from Beijing, China as well as Alissa Van Dam and Tara Rehrig, two foreigners. Ingrid enjoyed swimming around in circles all day and eating. Memorial services were held for about 2 seconds. There was a funeral by flushing, as was her request in her last will and testament.
heart wrenching, i know. but we'll survive
somehow.
second: on saturday i went to chaoyang park with a few of my students (three boys) to hang out. apart from the constant stereotype-laden questions (ie: do you own a gun? does everyone in america own a new car? do you think i could live in a big house like all american's do?) i have to say that i much prefer chilling with the men folk here than the women folk. perhaps it's just because those particular lads understand my humor and i understand theirs and the day didn't end with us having to go window shopping. who knows. here's some pics:
 carnival game
 if you can't tell, one side of me is really wet. we just got off a water ride before taking this pic. i made the dude to your left sit in front so he was drenched. HAHA.
 all of us. and i think i can categorically say that by the looks of things, my head is crazy small.
 don't be alarmed. this cat is just napping.
 me and the prize i won at a carni game (a dog dressed as a strawberry...sha)
third: i had the apartment to myself this weekend. and i definitly did not do any of the dishes.
fourth: this morning, tara and i found that our remaining fish, Marlyn who is supposed to be a man, laid eggs over the weekend. after extensive on-line research, we concluded that Marlyn was infact not a man, but a woman fish, as men fish cannot lay eggs, but only fertalize. so that aside, we also concluded that since the death of Ingrid (whom we always suspected was a little on the manlier side), the eggs were not fertalized so tara cleaned out the bowl and that was the end of that. Marlyn would have eaten them anyways.
happy monday.
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