Journal 12/31/04

It is the night of New Year's Eve; I'm invited to hang out with a
beautiful girl and her girl friend and I don't think I'm going to do
it. Why? Because I don't want to deal with traffic, noise and highly
potential rejection. My documentary on volcanoes won't reject me and it
might even make me happy, especially considering that I'm already in a
good mood. My Mom took us out to Sushi tonight.
Now I've wanted to try quality sushi for a long time now. And I wasn't
disappointed. After a bit of conversation with the chef, I decided to
have Niri sushi, which is large sections of the fish on type of rice. I
ordered two octopus pieces and two tuna. I ate them with ginger and
liberal amounts of Wasabi and washed it all down with a Coke. The
Octopus was firm and tasted like the sea in a pleasant way. The Tuna
was bright red and obviously of high quality. I was chatting with this
Korean Sushi Chef and so he slid me a piece of Yellow-Tail Tuna, which
had a unique and delightful flavor to it. He also slid me a piece of
eel, which I also highly recommend.
And I felt so healthy after I ate it all. I am a definite believer in
taking the best from every culture. In the end, I am a Western man but
not one that doesn't appreciate the sometime beauty of all world
traditions. But even though I feel good, I don't think I'll do anything
at midnight. Why I should celebrate the New Year? Should I celebrate
another year of pariahdom in this conformist society, that makes Gods
out of local highschool who can move a pigskin and drives brilliant
minds to the streets? Should I celebrate my new book with
"PublishAmerica," who would probably accept about any hack who can put
out a hundred pages of text? I don't mean that I'm feeling negative. I
just mean that I don't intend to participate in this society's
holiday.