Hello My Name is Dave, and I am a nerd

I just recently did the nerdiest thing I have ever done in my life. Wait, wait a little back story is needed.

I just started a new book called "Demons" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I've read a few of Dostoevsky books before and I really enjoy his ideas. This particular book by him is quite long. It's like 650 pages of character development and about 100 pages of story. I love his style of writing, and the way he describe the mind of men. He was a Russian author so all of his names are completely Russian with nick names for each character. Each character has two or three nicknames and if I was Russian I would immediately know which nick name is for each name. Since I am not Russian I have decided to take affirimtive action in remembering all these names and the parts they play in the novel. Here comes the nerdiest thing ever......

I went into our back room and took a poster off the wall. (My planet of the apes poster. [tim burton's version]). With the white backside of the poster showing, I carefully mapped out all the characters, their personalities, the part they play, and who they are connected with. I started with the main character and drew line away from his name and to other characters. I even wrote everything in pencil so I can change the map if I need to, AND I even hung the poster up on the wall again. That is the nerdiest thing I have ever done. Well, I need to go add some names to the poster. I did a bunch of reading this weekend....

10 Gallon Gang Wars

I have heard the cries and I promise I will try and update more! So here's a quick story before I head to bed!

The picture on the right are the kind of fish that I have finally put in my fish tank. (The fish tank I talked about setting up a couple of posts ago). I bought 8 fish. 4 are striped liked the ones in the pictures and 4 that are the same type, but just a different color. I call the striped ones the "sharks" and the solid colored ones the "jets". (The two gangs from Westside Story). I first put the "sharks" in the tank probably about a month ago, and just last week I introduced the "jets" into the tank. They all looked like they were getting along just fine. So I gladly fed them, smiled, a small fatherly smile, and turned the lights off. I went to bed a happy man. It seemed as if the "Sharks" and the "Jets" were going to get along just fine. Boy was I wrong. I woke up the next morning to a herendous sight. One of the "jets", we will call him Billy, was stuck to the filter and barely breathing. Right away I knew exactly what had happened. The "Sharks" were showing who was the real boss in that 10 gallon tank, and they decided they would just kill off one of the "jets" in the first night. Actually now that I think about it, they might have killed him during the day when I was at work. Well whatever time of the day it was, the killing was brutal. Who would have thought that these two gangs would really just take each other out. I just thought I was giving them playful names. This afternoon I took Billy to the pet store and returned his dead fish body for a much more lively (Bigger) fish. I decided that I would bring a ringer into the gang wars. So as of now I think the "jets" will dominate the tank for a little while, but who knows. All I know is that there are plenty of fish in the sea........ and plenty of battles to be fought. I will keep you posted.