Things I Caught and Things I Didn't Catch

Being stuck in the situation I am in now made me realized that I was forced to fish for my food. The problem is that I have to somehow find enough food to feed myself and a full grown bengal tiger. Also I didn't have any bait so I had to cut up my remaining shoe to use as bait. I thought this would work just as something to help attract fish to my boat but I ended up losing all of it to the fish, who ended up avoiding getting snagged on my hook. After this failed attempt at fishing I was in the middle of trying to find somethings to use as bait when my luck suddenly got so much better. As I was getting in the supply kit a school of fish must have swam by my boat because suddenly fish were flying everywhere. There were literally hundreds of fish flying through the air in all different directions. I also experienced getting hit with multiple fish at one time because they were landing on board. It seemed like my bad luck fishing was paid off by what was happening. I felt like the ocean was basically throwing fish at me and Richard Parker. Then using the fish as bait I manage to catch a three-foot dorado, which I then feed to Richard Parker.I had so much bait I had no trouble trying to feed myself and Richard Parker, in fact for a while we had more food than we needed. But now it seems like I'm back to where i started considering all of my bait is gone...

Things That Happened and How I Felt

Yesterday was the day the Tsimtsum sank and I was stranded on this lifeboat. I feel almost hopeless because I don't know who else survived and if I am going to get rescued. I also don't know if anyone is aware of the ship sinking. I feel terrible and scared out of my mind because of the situation that I am stuck in now. I am scared to death of being killed by Richard Parker and the hyena right now so I have to avoid them as much as I can. In a desperate attempt to make me feel better I have started this journal in hope that it will give me something to and keep my mind off of it. I'm attempting to keep my mind occupied so I don't think about how I may never get off of this boat. I think I might be going insane because nothing that happens makes sense any more. This is probably the hardest thing I've ever done in my life, I don't know what to do other than write what seems to be meaningless prices of information in my journal to keep myself busy because all I want is to wake up from what seems to be a terrible dream and be reunited with my family and friends who I know are probably not alive...

About Problems and Solutions

There are many problems and solutions that I have faced just since my ship sank a few long days ago. I have two main problems...the problems are that for me to be able to survive, I must keep myself busy, and my other problem is that I have to do it while I am stuck on a boat with and orangutan, a hyena, a zebra and a Bengal tiger. My strategy is to let nature take its course and try to avoid interaction with all the animals on board.  Today I found that the hyena and Richard Parker are the biggest threats to me because they are the only two left alive. I don't know what is going to happen because I am the only one that is not a predator that is on my boat. Also I can't get off the boat because the waters are shark infested, and if I go in the water then I'm just asking to be killed.To make sure I stay out of harms way I have came up with an idea to make a raft out of anything i can find that floats on the boat. I tied the raft that i made out of spare wood and life vests and I tied that to the main lifeboat just to keep my distance from Richard Parker. I am having a difficult time with keeping my hope alive that I will one day be saved and rescued. But I have made useful tools out of things I catch while I'm fishing such as turtles. A turtle's shell comes in very handy for almost everything I do and need to do in my daily routine such as eating. I use it as a bowl and a cutting board to prepare food for myself and Richard Parker.

Richard Parker

The adult Bengal tiger that I am stuck on this boat with is very interesting. His name is Richard Parker. He doesn't do much other than sleep and try to eat any food that I catch. Even though he doesn't do much I am still fascinated with him but scared at the same time. Today was the first time that Richard Parker and I had our eyes meet one another. One of the fish that I caught today flopped onto the middle of the boat. This caused Richard Parker and I to have a staring contest basically to see who was dominant, and luckily after several minutes he backed off of it and I got to claim the food as mine and eat the fish peacefully knowing that I am dominant over Richard Parker. Many days have passed since the last time Richard Parker and I have had an argument over food. I think Richard Parker finally realized that he is not the alpha an I am the dominant one. Today Richard Parker knocked me off of the boat after a bunch of fish jumped on board. Luckily I had made a shield out of one of the turtle shells I caught or else his paw would have easily broken my ribs. I also thought I was dead when I remembered the sharks in the water underneath me...

About the Seas and the Weather

Today is the first day after the horrific storm that sailed over my boat. This was the first real bad weather I have witnessed since the boat sank. I really wish I would have seen this bad weather coming because I had very little time to react. Once it started raining I started to use my tarp and other supplies as a roof so I could stay warm and dry. The rain turned into a down poor with heavy wind gusts all around me. Thankfully my protection was strong enough to last through the storm. the weather is nice today though and the fish are biting a lot in the calm sea. After a good fishing day yesterday with no bad weather i have enough food to feed both me and Richard Parker. It has been many days now since the last storm which I am very thankful for. But not many fish have been caught lately and I'm starting to worry about my food supply. I woke up this morning with a rude awakening from the storm that passed over. Luckily no major damage was done to the boat or me. Today was also a good fishing day because it seemed like the water was very calm and the fish were what seemed to be literally jumping onto my boat every time I cast a line into the water.