the past is a ghost, the future a dream;

all we ever have is now.
-bill cosby 

15 april 2009
2142 (9:42p)

another day on the pacific ocean has come and gone.

classes as usual; english as a global language, global studies and languages of the world. the lecture in global studies consisted of a world update: north korea & their nuclear weapons program, the rescue of the maersk alabama captain, an update on the political unrest in thailand and phil spector's guilty verdict. being the news-obsessed girl that i am, i had heard of all these stories via cnn.com and nytimes.com. the remainder of the class period was a lecture by a lifelong learner, alex kyserlink. he has worked in the financial business for over 30 years and discussed the world bank. the presentation was very interesting and he offered advice to those of us concerned with the slumping economy.

following classes, lunch and a movie (sex & the city) with mckendree. i'm going to miss lazy days at sea!

with the semester winding down, its time to start thinking about the end of the semester. we will have an ambassador's ball; essentially prom on the ship. dates are not required, but dressing up is. all the girls on the ship are getting excited, i know i like any chance to put on party clothes! in order to sign up for tables,  we had to wait in a big, long and slow-moving line. i'm signed up for the 1730 sitting along with the usual suspects: kelsey, ren, mckendree, caitlin & teresa. it should be a great time.. now we have to pick out something to wear!

i am now in bed, in preparation for losing another hour of sleep. there are two good movies on tonight: high school musical and south pacific. it's hard to choose! we are close to midway, so i think i'll watch south pacific. i can watch hsm anytime at home :)

tomorrow is classes, as usual. the sun is shining and its beginning to get warm out. the plan is to get some long-awaited rays tomorrow after global studies. i can't wait - we haven't had warm weather since vietnam, a whole three weeks!