things have been insanely busy. i almost said "life has been insanely busy" but this isn't really life. it's just a very strange imitation. and it's been busy ( Read more... )

i've stuck some hawaii photos into my photobucket album, under "more hawaii".  just a few, mind you -- it's frustratingly slow to load photos on the ship.  but in any case, here's a sample of me and my friend jena in maui, in front of some of the bluest ocean we'd ever seen.

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well. here on the ship, when we're in port, those lucky few people with wireless internet can hook themselves up to the network that security uses, and get FREE INTERNET ( Read more... )

the saddest thing ever has happened to me. there i was in honolulu, all excited about being in beautiful hawaii again and getting back to the ship... and someone STOLE MY MP3 PLAYER ( Read more... )

this made me laugh -- from an amazon.com review of the shrek soundtrack.

Reviewer: J. Deighton "J. Deighton" (Inches From My Computer) - See all my reviews ( Read more... )

end of vacation coutdown has begun! my flight leaves for hawaii (via LA, those jerks can't even get me a direct flight) at some ungodly hour on saturday morning. then i have to stay in a hotel and meet the ship on sunday morning. why couldn't they fly me in on sunday? the ship doesn't leave until 8pm -- i'd have plenty of time to get there. oh ( Read more... )

the festival del mar was fabulous ( Read more... )

just saw the preview, for the first time, of the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxythe over-excited announcer guy says something along the lines of "the most ordinary man in the world (dum dum dummmm) is the only one who can save the galaxy ( Read more... )

the earthquake woke me up at 4am, and then i went back to sleep and dreamt about being chased around a ship. or maybe i wasn't actually being chased, i just thought i was. then i had to clean rooms. strange dream ( Read more... )

my mom and i spent loads of money today... yay for decorating a new house!

the first-week-of-vacation boredom is beginning to set in. but it's good, because it's vacation boredom and not real boredom. better than being at work! tee hee ( Read more... )