Entries this day: Day Hitomi State_of_My_Life

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1:22pm AST Monday 20 June 2005

I am in Topaz Dining with Cheerful Dancing Fellows, and Eminem's "Mosh" is being played over the intercom. Hilarious!

I'm physically okay, but not doing great emotionally. Fuckin' issue again with Hitomi. I think I am ready to be done with her, but apparently I am not. I dunno what is the deal. Wah wah wah wah. I miss my men's group. I know that. I miss talking to janette. I know that. I'm 90% not doing more than flirting with women on the boat. The 10% is not doing more, but thinking more. What is the deal with my brain? I know I feel sad. Sometimes it's hard for me to feel sad on PB because there are very few safe places or people on board.

1:45am AST Tuesday 21 June 2005

I know I'm tired, but I'm more than 1/2 considering not "going anywhere" tomorrow in Greece, but just hanging out and walking around the port area, taking time for myself.

Basically two reasons for this: 1) I want to feel a bit more settled about being ready for classes this next term, and 2) I had a bit of an issue with Hitomi tonight.

Silent Football was fun (about 8 players at one point) and Hitomi helped explain the rules and I was really happy and thankful for that. Then she told me she had been unable to find information about scuba diving in Greece. She suggested that it would be better if we could make a reservation and not waste time looking for a shop. I was like, "so how about we go in Acapulco?" cause that was one of the options she suggested.

I suggested that if we go in Acapulco, we wouldn't go in Jamaica, and I'd still be able to do the tour. She said I was a liar (having not already cancelled my Jamaica tour) and we didn't finish the conversation before she walked away.

(yes, this is my version of the story, and it's biased toward me.)

Tonight I was happy to help Petra, Angie, and Kim laminate their schedules at the laminating party. We also did Kim's roommate's book. I was a bit sad that more people didn't come, but those who did really seemed to appreciate the lamination and the idea in the first place.

Hitomi

1:57am AST Tuesday 21 June 2005

I swear after Jamaica I am done with Hitomi. Sick of doing things with her.

State of My Life

1:56am AST Monday 20 June 2005

State Of My Life Address

1. I'm on PB's 49th Global Voyage as a GET teacher. GET stands for Global English/Espanol Training, and basically means I teach English to 12 students 35 days of the voyage in exchange for a trip around the world!

   Other teachers are: 13 Adriana 12 Angie 1 Brandt 4 Carissa 2 Dave 10 Greg 3 Katt 7 Kim 5 Kris 9 Maryann 6 Natalie 14 Nicole 15 Pat 8 Petra 11 Shawn

2. Oh man I am falling asleep; I couldn't think of all the teachers' names just now! Eeek!

3. 3:22am

   Most nights I stay up late slowly taking a shower and flossing and brushing my teeth and clearing a spot on my bed to sleep.

   But tonight is the night I crawled down my ladder head first to retrieve my watch which I had left in the bathroom cabinet during my shower.

4. We've (I've) been to Hong Kong, Vietnam (DaNang and _____), Singapore, Sri Lanka (Colombo), Jordan (Aqaba, Wadi Rum and Petra) and Egypt (Port Said and Cairo).

5. I'm not getting a lot of sleep these days, but having a blast... I'll catch up on sleep and journaling when I get back. I've been wondering where I want to do my catching up. janette's house keeps coming to mind, but I don't want anything to be weird since she's been dating Ira. I'd choose Fred's place next.

9:07am AST Tuesday 21 June 2005

6. We have crossed the Meditteranean Sea and are headed into Greece today. I'm likely to just do a 45 minute walking tour of the area and then just chill out. I'm a bit tired of going going going going.

7. Plus there's a bit of a let down as we have to rush through everything to get back to the ship on time. I understand the reason, but I just don't particularly like the result: I want to stay longer in most places that we visit.

   My logic above doesn't make the right sense, I believe. I just don't like having to rush off when I'm happily exploring an area. But I enjoy getting a sense of what areas I'd like to explore for a longer period of time and which places I could forgo.

8. Last night was a Greek Dinner buffet with traditional Greek dances performed by the Greek crew. A lot of the GET teachers danced as well. At one point I saw Slavena and Kremena outside the circle so I beckoned them in and enjoyed a moment of just happy happy joy joy dancing dancing with them both.

9. The bottom half or more of the screen on my computer doesn't always come on immediately upon wake from sleep.

10. On quick count, I have 30 white whiskers on my chin. The rest (huge majority) are dark brown.