Went on the fishing trip today. It was a total junket, but that’s okay. I’ll post pictures at some point. We retained 8 “stripers” of legal size, and released a heck of a lot more. I felt sort of bad about the whole “killing sentient beings” aspect of it … but if I’m going to eat fish, I need to be okay with killing fish. The funniest part was when our captain “made an example” of a seagull. The gulls would steal our bait, including attacking the ones with hooks in them. When they became pests he would cast out, a gull grabbed the bait (not hooking itself, just hanging on), and he would reel the bird in. If it took to the air, he called it a “kite.” On land, they were the “beach chicken.” Anyway, he would reel the bird in, with it glaring at him the whole time. When it was close enough, he would grab it by the neck and hold it up for the others to see.
“Look! Look at what happens! Do you see? See what happens! Get out of here!”
He would then rap the bird on the head with his fingers, saying “bad bird! Go!” and toss it back in the water.
Birds did not mess with us.
Ate one half of one of the striper fillets this evening. 20 minutes on the grill (skin side down) with a light crust of grey salt, rosemary, and basil. It was, no kidding, some of the best fish I’ve ever had in my entire life. Another fillet was rendered into seveche, and a third went to the neighbors. We’ve got a fourth … whose fate is uncertain.
I’m sitting next to my new laptop. It’s a Dual core Intel “MacBook Pro”. Naturally, I have to repartition the hard drive so I can dual boot it with windows and tweak everything to my liking. I am *so* geeked out about this machine.
Tomorrow: Georgia.
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