Friday five

[kyrielle]

fridayfiver: Here Fishy Fishy

1. Have you ever gone fishing?

Yes, but not since I was a child. I found it interesting, until I caught a fish. That might have been interesting, but it was too small and had to be thrown back. I would not have felt guilty, I don't think, if it had been big enough and we had kept it cooked it. But I felt horrid for hurting it and then tossing it back to live with having been hooked, the poor thing. I think that was the beginning of my changing from a girl who could cheerfully thank the steer that provided the meat for dinner, by name, and then eat it, to the girl I am now. I do still eat meat and acknowledge where it came from, but...if I had to kill my own, I think I'd wind up a vegetarian.

2. Do you have an aquarium?

No. We had one at work for a while. I took care of it for a while after asking a friend for information on how to do so, because I felt so bad for the fish that kept dying. I found it an exercise in frustration. Fish are fragile, and hard to take care of well.

3. Do you eat fish?

Yes, sometimes. There are few fish-based foods I like, so not often, but I do. (Salmon, salmon patties, salmon or clam chowder without milk, shrimp cocktail, prawns, rainbow trout jerky. That's about the extent of what I'll normally eat, that's fish-ish.)

4. Have you ever seen Finding Nemo?

Yes. I enjoyed it. I own a plush Nemo. I once put my plush Cthulhu on top, riding him, and took a photograph and posted it. I've lost the photograph, or I'd link it here. Ohwell!

5. What do you think of Sushi?

I find the concept so disgusting I cannot bring myself to try it. I realize plenty of people eat it and like it, but I have the "raw - ick - something would make me ill!" reaction to start, and logical or not, add to it that I don't love most fish and ... yeah. Really, not my thing. I used to be disgusted that anyone would eat sushi. I've gotten over that. Now I just don't want to eat it myself.

And now I'm tired and I go to bed.