He Finally Has A Name

When I started writing this post my poor little fish was still nameless. There were far fewer comments left on my post in which I solicited ideas for names for my fish than I had hoped there would be. The two that I have liked the best so far were Indy and Samson but when I started writing I still hadn't been able to commit as I kept thinking I might find something better. Up until now I have just been referring to him as fish but I've already had a fish in my past who was named Fish. I ran across this website yesterday morning. It's a list of names for male fish. There was also a list of female names here, and a list of "gender free" names here. Some of the names listed made me laugh because I know people by those names, my brother for example. There's also a number of Brazilian names listed there but I still found nothing that I really liked. I've thought more than once about naming him Peixe or Peixinho, the Portuguese words for fish and little fish but it still didn't seem right. I think it's time to finally settle on something and so my poor nameless little fish shall remain nameless no more!

Thank you Heather Smith for your contribution of INDY. When I first read Heather's comment I thought she came up with it because of his colour, like a play on indigo but after talking to her one Sunday morning at church I learned the real reasons. Her idea was because I'm about to leave for India. Also she was reminded of Indiana (Indy) Jones and all of his adventures. I liked the name even more after hearing how she came up with it so Indy it is!

Oh and by the way, there are 21 days left until I leave for India.

He Needs a Name

Before you continue reading you need to be made aware that is going to be an interactive post. That means that you, the reader, are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED to leave a comment. I know that most of you struggle with the whole leave a comment thing and would rather just lurk but I need your help.

Two weeks ago Michelle, my sister, was in town for the weekend. Before she headed home she came by my workplace to drop off an early birthday present for me. It was a fish that we had seen in a pet store earlier in the weekend. It was love at first sight. He is the most beautiful Betta (commonly known as a Siamese Fighting Fish) that I have ever seen. The pictures posted below really don't do him justice. In most light he looks purple and pink but in the pictures he looks more blue and red. The pictures weren't exactly easy to get either, I think the little guy is camera shy. At the pet store I jokingly told Michelle that she should get me the fish for my birthday. I then went on to comment that I couldn't have a fish because I will be leaving for India very shortly and won't be able to care for it. Apparently she decided that I needed to have the fish despite my travel plans.

When I transfered the fish from his travel baggy to his much more spacious fish bowl condo I made a discovery. My beautiful little Betta has only one eye! He has a left eyeball but no right eyeball. I'm not sure if he was born that way or if he suffered some kind of injury.

My birthday Betta pictured from his good side.

See what I mean, no right eye!

As I tried to think of a name for my little fish I decided that I didn't really want his name to be related to the fact that he is disfigured. The first name that I thought of was Phantom, for The Phantom of the Opera, but like I said I'm not so sure that I want his name to be derived from his disfigurement. So this is where you come in. I need help naming my pretty little one eyed fish. The poor little guy has been living with me now for two weeks and he's still nameless. Please leave a comment with your name ideas, consider it your birthday gift to me. Once a name has been decided on I'll post again letting you all know the little guy's new name and who gets the credit for thinking it up.