Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Day 6 – Misadventures

Sept 3rd

Stuck with some glue
Since class finished at noon, I found myself with an awful lot of time to kill on a boat in the sea. While lounging on the top deck, I noticed a white speck come flying off my face mid sentence. After scrounging around for a bit, I found the nosepiece to my sunglasses under a lounge chair. Thus, my quest: find super glue! My objective: repair my sunglasses! After mingling about the ship for a few minuets, I even discovered someone who carried a tiny tube of ultra super glue on them! Weird? Despite ripping some skin off my index finger, it was a great success! Now my sunglasses are personalized with my finger print on the left nose piece—forever to be covered with my DNA. Still with some time to kill, I found another bored friend who had the brilliant idea of super gluing a quarter to the floor. With a little coaching and my suggestion of the Union, Becca glued a quarter face up in the right aisle of the Union. It didn’t stick well, but it will be fun to look out for tomorrow.

Julie’s Discovery
After dinner, I finally told Julie the note was from me! We had a good laugh. Thankfully, she was very good-humored about it and thought it was hilarious. The best part was that she never once accused me of doing it. Her friend Faith got most of the blame. (Sorry, Faith!)

Anomalies
After finishing a group project about the Brazilian Agro-Fuel Movement, I headed outside to catch the last possible glimpse of the North Star. After we cross the equator tomorrow, it will below the horizon. It’s also the last day toilets swirl to the left, since once we pass the equator gravity pulls toilet water to the right. Who knew? Tomorrow is the much anticipated “Neptune Day.” Can’t wait to see who shaves their heads…

Highs and Lows
My “high” was seeing flying fish fly a few feet out of the wake of the ship. My “low” was realizing my neon colored pee meant I was dehydrated.

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