Soooo I have been busting my chops to try and get my rep and SP up on steemit!!! This has been one of my top priorities for the past 2 months now, right up there with balancing running a business, running my life and keeping fit!
The road to Minnowhood has gotten me bad, but in reality, I'm nowhere close, I actually just got off delegation let alone and nowhere close to even hitting triple digits yet!!! But I push through, I wake up each d day, and I keep on steeming on!! Just keep swimming, I tell myself you will get!
I Keep Swimming
I enter contests, engage with users, find some cool like-minded people to connect all while keeping in mind not to become a circle jerk!! I say: "Hey mimismartypants you got this!!!, you'll be a Minnow soon enough!!"
Then 2 days ago a thought occurred to me, I actually don't know what does a Minnow really looks like! In fact, I have never heard of a Minnow fish before my encounter with steemit!! In fact in my initial encounters with Minnows on Steemit, in the days before I realised that all the levels were fish related, I thought Minnow was a cute name for Minotaur! You know the scary badass bull-like creature from greek mythology, let me show you a pic!
But I digress, so I figure if Planktons, Dolphins, Orcas and Whales are all real sea life! Minnows have to be too, maybe I'm just living under a rock here, but these were my thoughts.
So, I turned to my old trusty pal Google and look what I found!! And you can imagine my disappointment!
You Have Got To Be Kidding Me!!!
I'm working my butt off to become what looks like a Sardine!! You cant even fit a pair of pants on that thing!! 500SP is not easy to come by, and the next stop to glory would be Dolphinhood, a very majestic creature! So from thinking I'm gonna represent something badass (such as above minotaur, to actually aiming to be a sardine is somewhat disappointing!! And magically with even more hard work I, or rather we, will get to finally gain some respect in this ocean we call a blockchain by turning into a dolphin!!
Alternatives To Replace The Minnow Icon
Naturally, I know that reaching Minnow status will give me some street cred on the block(chain)! Hence, i thought i would make some suggestions to alternative sea life taht could better represent our blood sweat and tears, so we can represent more than just a sardine!!
1. Batoids a.k.a. Rays
According to Wikipedia "Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays. THere are over 600 species of these rays! Sting, Manta, Skate, Electric, take your pick, any one of them would have been better than a Minnow! Look how awesome they are:
1. Bright and Colourful Tropical Fish
We are all familiar with these beautiful creatures, they might be small in size, but they got game!! Anyone of these would do too! Just look at that!
Before This Rant Goes On forever!
Let me just stop here, before I continue and go down a rabbit hole that will only be lost on the blockchain! You get what I'm trying to say, I'm disappointed, what a cruel joke steemit founders!! All I'm asking for is just a little respect! Justa little bit! Just a little bit!
But I shall get over it! This is also my entry to 
Rant Over
