{"id":1626,"date":"2018-03-14T15:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T20:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsallmalarkey.com\/staging\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2020-03-16T11:28:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T16:28:15","slug":"a-fish-called-wanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsallmalarkey.com\/staging\/2018\/03\/14\/a-fish-called-wanda\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fish Called Wanda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Given my interests of late, it should come to no surprise to anyone that my current crush is a gardening entomologist in possession of a sneaky sense of humor and a collection of dead things–both of which he is willing to share. A small selection of those dead things ride around with him in his car (which sounds really funny when typed out!). Among them, Wanda.<\/p>\n

This, m’dears, is Wanda.<\/p>\n

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Isn’t she glorious?<\/p>\n

Wanda is yet another lesson in how many things one can be oblivious to if they don’t concern a person directly. Despite eating fish, and knowing one must be aware of the occasional bone, despite a father-in-law who is an avid fisherman who regularly provides for us, despite having a friend who was recently excavating a dead fish fossil, it had still never once<\/em> occurred to me until I met Wanda that goldfish have skeletons!<\/em><\/p>\n

Not once.<\/p>\n

Although, in my defense, most dead goldfish are referenced with toilet related funerals, so I feel I was somewhat mislead by society. *cough*<\/p>\n

However absurd, this revelation was very exciting for me, and many photos were taken from many different angles, and after several mutterings I finally produced this:<\/p>\n

\"Pisces.<\/a>
Gouache on paper
14 x 18<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You might see Wanda again in the future, but for now I am fairly content.<\/p>\n