Fishy

Ana is moving up and out in the world, leaving the Fed for grad school, which means she is currently frantically trying to give away her possessions. Since I seem pretty "nurturing" out of the AEs, she approached me to ask if I wanted to assume the duties of Goldfish Mommy. I gave it some thought (what if I need to go on vacation? what if there's uncontrollable algae growth? what if I kill it??), then Tian told me to just stop thinking and say yes. Okay, here goes.

It's funny to think that for the first time ever, I have the responsibility of a life on my hands. At the moment, I'm a little concerned because the fish is swimming a bit erratically, and he didn't eat when we tried to feed him. But maybe that's simply due to the stress of the move. At any rate, we jokingly agreed that if he dies within the next month, it's Ana's fault, and if he dies after that, it's my fault. (However, as economists, we aren't sure what kind of lag variables should be included in the survival rate regression...so maybe it's no one's fault.)

I shall call him Fishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Fishy! No really, Ana bequeathed him with the name Fishy, so out of respect for the precedent, I will probably stick with that. The previous AE owner called him "Sashimi," which seems oddly cannibalistic. All told, the fish is about 5 years old, and has been passed down from Fed AE to AE about once every year or two. Let's hope he (or she?) lives a happy life, at least during my tenure.