Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Tuesday, July 05, 2005 Farewell Oscar: an "Ofishuary"



This is hereby the official obituary, rather “ofishuary,” dedicated to a selfless companion, enduring trooper, keen-eyed predator, and powerful pest destroyer: Oscar, the Oscar.

Living the once happy life as a husky and large fish in an all too tiny a tank, Oscar was hardy in his prime, a local celebrity, a General in survival tactics amongst even the worst living conditions, extraordinarily intelligent, and capable of devouring almost any trespasser in his environment. With a hearty appetite, he enjoyed eating roaches, meal worms, and Cichlid pellets. Outliving many other species of fish who had shared his tank at different times in his life and a spectrum of pH disturbances in his environment, Oscar was not a fish that was easily taken down by obstacles beyond his control. He was a soldier and fought for his life with the stamina of a hundred fish to the very hour of his death.

On the fifth day of the month of July of the year two-thousand and five,  at approximately 14:00 pacific standard time, the four year old fish- survived by his owner, Jovi, sponsor, Kathleen, numerous Planaria worms, and harmonious as well as destructive bacteria that shared his world- died after an arduous fight with Hole-in-the-Head Syndrome.  One last water change was done to stop the inevitable to no avail.
We bid farewell to Oscar this day, and send him off with love, heavy hearts, and best wishes, to whatever watery depths that honored fishes from this world pass on.

Oscar Olivas : Born sometime in 2001-July 5th, 2005 R.I.P.

Edit:That day, Mac and I tossed him into the icey depths of Lake Murray.  He was hard to sling shot into the lake, so he landed merely 6 feet from shore...but he's in his final resting place nonetheless.

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