Mortaine’s Blog

I just cleaned all the fishtanks. It took a couple of hours, I think. I’m going to need to change and maybe shower before heading over the hill this afternoon. Actually, I need to eat lunch, too.

I got the costume half-assembled yesterday with the help of a friend of mine who didn’t flunk geometry (yes, geometry was required for my Halloween costume).

I left the half-assembled pieces outside to dry overnight, and then worked on them more this morning, left them out to dry.

And I should have taken my fish Hansel’s warning seriously. I mean, a betta whose water needs changing who blows a bubble nest is telling you something. He’s saying: mating season is about to start!

Sure enough, I just had to run outside while writing this to take in my costume pieces, because the first raindrops of the season have begun to fall.

First they came for the fourth amendment,
and I did not speak out, because I didn’t deal drugs.
Then they came for the fifth amendment,
and I was silent because I owned no property involved in crimes.
Then they came for the sixth amendment,
and I did not protest because I was innocent.
Then they came for the second amendment,
and I said nothing because I didn’t own a gun.
And then they came for the first amendment,
and I could say nothing at all.
~ Anonymous, found on the internet