The meal
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I've been told what I'll eat
but am I to take the seat?
I'm still quite unsure
when this is supposed to occur

I know I'd eat it whole
down into my soul
If I do take a place
I won't be ready for it's taste

But I think I know what it might be
if it's as big as I foresee
and the taste of that I may foresee
which will very like the sea

at first it'll be hard to chew
then it'll be nice and true
then sourness will then come without ease
burning without cease

Then I quickly move it down inside
so that taste will subside
and a new taste soon comes to be
one with sweetness you cannot see

far greater then any dream
unreal as it may seem
this may come to be
but that I cannot foresee

what is it?

Some are given many
rarely you don't get any
some get only a few
what you do with them is up to you

There are too many to see
they stretch farther then the sea
and though they may sought
they cannot be bought

some are bland
while others are quite grand
some last way too long
but other's so short it's wrong

no two are the same
otherwise it'd be a shame

What is it?
What could it be?
though hidden in a tree.
The answer you may see.
that lies within me.

have fun searching the sea

(which is your mind of course :) )

Sprout

Two images of sprout from Thursday, when he molted (yes another male mantis; I wonder if my tendencies to call Sprout "he/him" influenced that :P)
This might be only the third time that I've seen a mantis shortly after they molted (final molt), while the wings were still drying. Sprout's abdomen problem seems to have corrected itself.


pictures of Sprout from yesterday.



Thursday night mom called the doctor's back and a different doctor, once he learned that I was getting sicker (twice as bad on Thursday, then when I went to the doctor on Wednesday) prescribed a Z-pack (I forget what that is, except it's a medication that starts with the letter Z). The previous doctor said it was a virus. It's gotten rapidly better overnight, my runnynose seems to have vanished, and unlike Thursday I actually have energy (probably twice as much yesterday compared with Thursday). If you would've seen how I act when I say Thursday you would've known something was off (I tend to not be sarcastic when I get sick like that, and less energetic. stuff like that).

Don't forget all those people in NC right now, as Hurrican Irene made landfall a few hours ago, my prayers go out to them, and for the people around the DC, and NYC areas. (especially the ones the decided to wait it out).

apparently Aunt Linda and Uncle Jim are sending a caterpillar they saw make a chrysalis (note: didn't come close to spelling that right, until Spell checker helped out :P). It was a pretty big caterpillar too. Two triops still living. (heh, same as last time).

Jauzi

Jauzi, who molted making him a stage 8 mantis, an adult. So now I know that after being born a mantis will molt seven times. Jauzi has wings, which appear to be in perfect condition. Oh did I mention Jauzi is a he? I haven't seen him attempt to fly yet. Sore throat, and drippage greatttt.... (reason why I didn't attend soccer practice today). Either it's a cold, or it's my allergies... What a wonderful sight to see in the morning, a mantis who successfully molted into an adult. I know I gasped, and I definetely jumped out of bed, quite fast. Faster then if there the fire alarm went off probably :P

A pretty loud gasp as well

Well the triop life cycle has begun again, 1-2 days ago for 3 triops and >1 day ago for two others. and possibly I might have 7 more triops, as I put all the remaining bottle caps (that potentially contained eggs) into three small clear plastic dixie cups. I saw 7 floating eggs, which I'm not sure how many, or if any will hatch. I also bought a bag of adult brine shrimp, a 2.5 gallon tank, and measuring cup (all the others we have would most likely have soap which is toxic to aquatic life), a small breeding trap (small for fish, but bigger then the tank I use for triops (which I plan to use to either raise triops or have them lay eggs in (not sure yet). The eggs will contrast pretty well against the black sand (pale eggs on white sand are hard to see hehe). I also got some tubing (for the air pumps), and two airstones. That was all I got from Aquarium Adventure. I also basically finished cleaning my room other then the closest (which sooner or later will need to be cleaned out; soon in all likelihood). Also a few drawers will need to be cleaned out (some small stuff like pencils, and coins, and various small items got put in there today). Ideal ate a Cricket.

Oh and yesterday (Soccer wise) we went to something called Lancaster Preview (hosted by Lancaster) where we played two twenty minute games (normally games are 80 minutes, divided in 40 minutes halves). We played against Lancaster (1-0 win for us), and then against Bloom-Carrol (2-0 win for us) In both games we had complete control, and could have scored a couple more times in each one. I just got to watch (other then warming up)

I don't see any triops so I'm guessing it wasn't long enough or the fact I used water from an opened bottle (aged water that has bacteria and such things weighs more, and triops won't hatch with them) may have caused them not to hatch, or even possibly I didn't get any eggs which might be possible since the eggs weigh more then sand. so in the future I may just scoop with the bottle cap, instead of using a pipette. fed the baby gups some brine shrimp. I really don't need to worry about the salt because gups can stand quite a bit of it, actually the fact it would decrease the salt to water ratio for the brine would be more worry some. According to the wiki gups can stand 150% salt in water of that of regular sea water. I did know they can live in brackish water (those are the bodies of water where freshwater and saltwater meet). While cleaning my room (mostly putting stuff in the closest, which I plan to go through after I put the stuff that's already boxes elsewhere (downstairs probably)). I learned some time ago it's not wise to do it all at once for someone who has adhd as I do, You'll more likely then not give up (to those who don't have it, it all just starts overwhelming you, putting it out of sight for the moment (like in a closest) helps reduce that quite a bit). This way I don't get that overwhelming feeling, which is quite nice. in the last eight days I've watched TV < 2 hours. Those two hours coming in the last two days. Though during a vacation that's kinda common. Also yesterday I kept thinking it was Tuesday, though it was actually Thursday, heh, lost track of days on vacation. A pretty good sign I had a good time :).

I can't put anything else in the closest without it starting to cramp the hanging shirts (keep them from hanging all the way down (some already can't), I wonder if I can borrow a closet. eh, probably not the best idea since it's probably a good sign I should start taking more stuff elsewhere, whether it be the basement or the convenient trashcan that gets emptied every week.

Also the time I've been watching TV is the early morning, when I ate breakfast, and it was the news. I've noticed also in doing this I tend to go to bed around 10:30, which is around a hour to 2 hours sooner then I was otherwise.

Jauzi arrived and looking like Hatchet

Jauzi, the green mantis from Maryland, arrived today at around 11:53.
seemed a little shocked at first, I mean Jauzi was scared of a cricket -_-
which I took out. let the fly and he ate it later after I left. It's quite easy to get him to look where I want, just move a finger, and he'll turn and look at it.
This is probably due to the fact he's a bit wary of me, don't blame him though.

First I ruffle where he lived, then I chased him, put him in a box, though did feed him, took him out of the box, then put him back, then when we set off a flea bomb in the house, I left him in there for around a minute, "oopies" (best way I can describe how silly it was to forget him in there), then I leave him to these crazy people who stuff him in a box, in which he gets bumped around, and when it's opened, who else is the one he sees.

I think the first time I had him look directly at me, I could just feel what he was saying, "you left me with those Crazy people!!! How could you!" I also think he was giving me an "-_-" as well

Jauzi means jump in another language. If I had not already named him, I probably would've named him Axe or something along those lines (hatchet was already used). He has the "Hatchet Condition"
as I'm calling it. This means his right antennea is noticably shorter then his left, just like Hatchet's was. I think it's harder to get a shot of a green mantis then a brown one. Not sure how I'm going to go forward, with that in mind. we lost the scrimmage we had today.