Sleeping with The Fishes
I am not a fish person for some very good reasons. Think about it; fish don’t interact with you, they’re slippery, you can’t take them out of their tank or they’ll die on you, and they’re really stupid. No such thing as a good reason to like fish, unless they’re cooked.
I went to the New York Aquarium in Coney Island two days ago and got to see all sorts of fishes and sea creatures swimming around. The lighting was often poor so my attempts at taking pictures were thwarted repeatedly. So there, another reason not to appreciate fish — they can’t pose for the life of them!
Some pictures survived though:
To get to the aquarium, I passed through Brooklyn. The part of Brooklyn leading to the aquarium/beach boasted of many Jewish buildings. It was the Sabbath so there were Jewish people all over the place, dressed in a distinctive way and usually in groups. It was interesting to look out of the window and see how Muslims and Jews were sitting on benches next to each other being perfectly civil. But only in America yeah?
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July 9th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
I like fish but I find them boring! observing them gives you a sense of tranquility, but then what? so it’s nice to have them at home as long as you don’t have to look after them, feed them, change the aquarium’s water (that’s really gross by the way) etc…
July 9th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Great shark photo!
July 10th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Jews and Muslims sit on benches together and get along civily (and better) in Israel all the time. Don’t believe the hype.