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Sunday, July 9th, afternoon

We had breakfast at 8AM, with oatmeal with flax seeds, walnuts, cranberries
and apricots. It was very clear to me that I'd be eating better over
the next two weeks than I eat at home.

I rooted through the ships supply of "funny clothes" aka "funnies" until I found some stuff that sort of fit.
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On board the Lady Washington in Port Angeles, Washington.


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On Friday, the day before my birthday, I went to Spearfish Lake with three of my friends--people special to me. I went to fly my kite, the boy went to fish, the woman went to swim, and the girl went to be with the rest of us ( Read more... )

Got my Lady Washington trip scheduled. I'll be spending two weeks before the mast from the 9th to the 23rd of July. We'll start out on the Olympic Peninsula and end up at La Conner. Perfect! I wanted to spend some time in open water, but wasn't sure I was ready for the Pacific Ocean, so the Strait of Juan de Fuca is excellent.

Arrrr, matey!

Spring is here, and I am ecstatic. Every day, I am overexcited. I've made a couple of new friends, and relationships with existing friends have never been better. For the first time in my life, I can call myself a musician. I am having fun with Life. I finally feel like myself, and I finally like myself. I am almost afraid. I feel so high ( Read more... )

There once was an orchardist here in Wasco County whose well broke down. He investigated and discovered that his well was allowing water to escape from the aquifer into other geologic layers, from which he knew not where it went. Responsibly, he decided to seal the well up with concrete. He knew the diameter and depth of the shaft, so he ( Read more... )

Just did the Landmark Forum in Seattle (landmarkeducation.com). I'm going to take the advanced course in December. I want to use this as my self-assessment and action plan method. What I was starting on without Landmark Education was pretty much just autobiography without any objectivity. This way, I get objective coaches and a framework aimed ( Read more... )

Have you ever read any Dungeons and Dragons? One of the coolest things, in my opinion, is the system of alignments. This is something that actually applies really well to Real Life. Alignment refers to how you will behave in a given circumstance. It is a 3x3 matrix with the rows being chaotic-neutral-lawful and columns being evil-neutral-good ( Read more... )