That Big Fishbowl in the Sky
By: Pete Phillips
May 28, 2003
6:14 PM

take that drunkard!

Last Saturday I got to spend a good portion of the functional day with Miss Karen Petrosky. During our time together we made a trip to the pet store and picked up two fish to help make my room a little more exciting for the time being. One would think that my presence would be enough to excite the pants off of anybody, but one would be wrong, unless I count--I'm the only person that I know of who has had their pants of in my room. Well things went well starting off. The two fish seemed to be a tough fit, but they got along for the most part. At around 11:30 PM on Tuesday, my fish (the silver one) took a turn for the worse. 

At the pet store, (Half-Dead) Pets-n-You on Kidder Street in Wilkes-Barre, Karen made the partial selection of the speckled goldfish seen above, and I made the sole choice of the Redeye Tetra. While they went for a long time without names, my fish got one right in time, the two seemed to get along swimingly (HA!). Still, at that eleventh hour on the 27th day of May, Henderson took a dive. His health seemed to fail him and his fins shook no more. Panic-stricken I turned to assistance from anyone I could find. Kyle Mazza was a comfort with his assurance that the incident was neither mine nor Henderson's fault. He was given the name by Alexa, when I called her to see what to do about the whole situation. And Bracken came off of a long hiatus to confirm that Henderson most likely kicked the bucket completely.

Well Pete, aren't you afraid this is some sort of sign about a relationship with you and Karen? Yes--thanks for reminding me--ass.

Henderson was a good fishy. Who knows how long he may have lived in the pets store before he came to a loving home to pass away? I'm just glad that I got to take care of him for a small time. I'll miss Henderson. Karen's fish is very aggressive and adventurous, but Henderson was a passive and easy-going kind of fish. He never wanted to cause waves or rock the boat and that's why he was so well-liked. Karen's fishy looks lonely, despite the few fall outs they had among themselves. You will be missed by all who knew you Henderson--Godspeed sweet fishy.