fatvegan

I spent a reasonable swathe of the weekend at Andrew's birthday party, although I'm not sure how old he became. It was at his dad's house in Umina, which is very fancy. We had a good amount of fun. There was always enough food to scrounge for. We had quite a few swims. On Saturday night we went for a midnight swim and saw some amazing phosphorescence. Whenever you moved you'd leave a trail of super-bright shining particles. I found out that they were called dinoflagellates and they light up when something disturbs them. When a something attacks them the light they create attracts predators of the attacker, because other fish have worked out than when they see light they'll find smaller fish feeding on these dinoflagellates. Which is pretty damn cool.

We also dug a hole. But it filled up with sea water. And then some little kids came and jumped in it while we were having lunch and pretty much ruined it. Kids have no appreciation for art and shit.

The band that Andrew was friends with and who came to the party were tops fun. They sung politically incorrect songs out into the innocent suburban evening until well late. Thank goodness for the diminished expectations everyone has of their neighbours on Saturday nights.

Overall it was fun. I would do it again for sure.