FISH.

That's right, Janna caught a fishie. A HUGE fishie. A nine and a half inch long sunfish. I'm pretty proud of it. I'm especially excited to eat it. Mmm, fish. I do love me some fish.

The trip is still going fairly well. The weather's cleared up a little so I can go on my cousin's borrowed jet skis this afternoon. It should be a good time. I've been wanting to try a jet ski since I played that one jet ski race game for the Nintendo 64. I'm a geek, I know it.

This afternoon we had a fascinating conversation about religion. Somehow my aunt got on the topic of Islam. That spurred the talk of how the Muslim Somali immigrants here get "special treatment" (which, yeah, they do a little, but it's not that big of a deal) and how Islam is a "false religion". When they talked about extremism, I defended Islam by mentioning the Westboro Baptist Church, who are those people protesting at soldiers' funerals. There is extremism in any religion, whether one is Christian, Muslim, atheist, Buddhist, or whatever. Moderation is key with anything. People just haven't figured that out yet. If you want to talk about extremist Christians, my aunt and uncle are perfect examples. They are fundamentalist evangelicals to the core. This is why they irk me sometimes. Sure, I love them. They're my family. It doesn't mean I can agree with them, though.

Time to relax before the jet ski-age. Have fun, kids.


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