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Jesse, I must have fish-consciousness because my politics exactly match that of Braincap, whom I feel I know through your loving description. jd On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 6:28 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Just a note to friends and well-wishers that Braincap, my eight year old > Kyushu goldfish and the partner of my midnight ramblings has shaken off > this mortal coil and has ascended to wherever it is the metaphysical > portion of good fishes go. He (I truly believe it was a he, though > sometimes I wondered), showed me that goldfish could truly be peaceful, > thoughtful, planetary beings. In fact, as Braincap assumed his adult > proportions (about 10 inches in length, four in girth), he reminded me > of a dugong, with that same kind of "easy does it" manner; in addition > he and his friends Biggie and Abc-sama all reminded me of a herd of > little cows grazy on the stones of their near-industrial sized aquarium. > > Braincap was born in Fukuoka prefecture, and came as a group of six tiny > fish that my son won at a temple matsuri (festival) in July of that > long-ago time, just north of the year 2000. We decided to purchase a > small plastic aquarium and introduced a bubble stone to keep the crew > happy. Little did we know that these little fish would thrive and come > with us by plane to our new home near Tokyo, and that they would stick > with us to calm us and cheer us up through good times and through bad. > > Braincap was the most gifted of the crew. He recognized his name, > watched CNN with me and offered passable commentary--at times blazingly > intelligent commentary--on global warming and other subjects of vital > concern. He did a great imitation of George W. Bush (fool me > once...)and predicted that Weapons of Mass Destruction would never be > found. When Hillary began her run he (or was it she?) swam hot and > cold. Braincap was definitely for a woman running for office, but maybe > just not that woman. I'm happy to add that Braincap was an Obama > supporter, a tradition that he began and now I and the whole Ahadada > group maintain. > > Braincap is survived by his spawn-mates Biggie (pushing 11 inches, 4 > inches girth) and Abc-sama, and the Glass family of Shin-Urayasu. > Tributes in experimental, conceptual, and visual poetries would be > greatly appreciated. Post them to this list, or back-channel and we'll > put the best up on the ahadada books website. > > Thanks, > > Jesse > -- Joseph Duemer Professor of Humanities Clarkson University Weblog: sharpsand.net