Welcome to the Space Jam.

It's probably easier to just update one day at a time, so I don't run around like a crazy person trying to remember every single thing that happens. So here's the rest of today!

Sam came over a bit earlier than expected, and we went to dinner to meet up with Ionna, Ali, Liz, Leanne, and a few other people. I wasn't super hungry, and I was actually feeling a bit sick, probably form being so incredibly tired. We wound up sitting out for a long time talking about our trips we're going to do, dinosaurs, naked skydiving, and other such things. I'm still having a hard time believing that I'm really here, that these people are real people and not just mega pixels on a facebook page. I love it.

After dinner I headed on yet another room tour with Nick, Nick, Ionna, and Ali (there's so many multiple names on this ship, I wish you all could know who I was talking about) I showed my room to the Nicks and Ionna and Ali, who are room mates, showed theres, which is really similar to mine in the whole "we live in the ghetto of the ship" thing. After, we went to Nicks room, which is AWESOME. He has this like, massive nook near his window, big enough to fit another mattress. I sat in there with Ionna and Ali, and the five of us watched old school music videos like "Air Force One" and "Youth of the Nation". We were thinking of movies that we could/should watch, and realized that Nick had Space Jam, which meant that we really, really needed to watch it. We all broke to do homework, which lasted all of 10 minutes. Ali and I went back to Nicks room and watched Space Jam, which by the way is STILL wonderful. I forgot how many great quotes are in that, like "spit shine!" and other such things. Also, the acting was terrible and Michael Jordan smiled all of twice throughout the entire film.

After, we decided to play a rousing game of Farkel, which I'm a bit of a pro at. It actually took a while for Ali or us to score, but I did win eventually. Also, the word Farkel is really funny. Sam came over for a bit and we all listened to some music and just basically hung out, cracked our backs, and gave/received massages. After Sam left, Ali and I hung out for a while and watched some of Nicks snowboarding videos as well as read his resume, which included relevant skills such as "multi functional employee at a sub shop" and "physically sit". We laughed for quite some time. I came back and showered, and now I'm getting ready for bed.

Currently playing on my TV is a map. We have a channel on our TV which shows our Latitude, Longitude, Speed, Course, Time, and Date. It also shows a map of where we are (which as we learned from my earlier post, is likely distorted). We're crossing over the North Atlantic Ocean at a speed of 21.1 knots (which means...?) Latitude 45 degrees 49.75N Longitude 049 degrees 52.47, and constantly in motion. Even today as I was sitting in class, watching the world go by, I had a hard time believing I was actually here. It still feels like a dream, and I feel like it won't feel truly real until we've actually hit Morocco. I'm sure I've said it before, but I feel so lucky to actually be here, experiencing the world first hand. So far, it's been truly beautiful. It's awesome because I've never really hung out with people who are studying physics or environmental science or marine biology, or anything really outside of something artistic. Frankly, I think I had some bias against those people, because I didn't think we would have a lot in common. So far, everyone has been amazingly open and willing to meet new people and talk to everyone, and I don't think that's an opportunity that every campus has readily accessible to them, so I feel so, so lucky.

"Even if you're making a small difference, you're still making a difference"