So I'm compiling a list of things I want to do during semester @ sea. The yet to be completed list goes as follows:
+Get real Mehndi in India
+Get one of the cool quilts that Jennifer got Jaipur
+See the Third Sex Beuaty Contest in Chennai, if it happens while we're there
+See Kathakali/Kerali theatre
+Eat genuine Japanese sushi
+Go to a Buddhist Temple
+Get a tattoo in Japan (Geisha?...)
+See Noh and Kabuki Theatre
+Spend a small portion in every country intoxicated. (But only like one night per country and not shwasted face, because I want to be able to remember things)Just for the experience.
+Learn a new dance in one or more countries
+Go to a vietnam war museum in Ho Chi Mihn City
That's it for now, but there's definitely more to come.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Royal Jelly
Itinerary:
Nassau, Bahamas
Cadiz, Spain
Naples, Italy
Istanbul, Turkey
Alexandria (Cairo), Egypt
Chennai, India
Laem Chabang (Bangkok), Thailand
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Hong Kong / Shanghai, China
Kobe / Yokohama, Japan
Honolulu, Hawaii
Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala (Antigua, Guatemala City)
Transiting of Panama Canal
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
So I got medical forms and shit to fill out still but I'm kind of anxious about transferrable credits. Wise has let me and others down before, but I have no plans of being like a 6th year senior (I could live with being a 5th year, but I'd have to graduate in December) And I've taken a lot of the theatre classes offered on the ship already.
I'm also wondering what the fuck to pack. I don't want to bring everything but the kitchen sink(which is normally what I do) but appearently we have a laundary service that only runs every two weeks, and I forsee a lot of sweating in my future. But then, I need room in my luggage for souveniers and shit.
I'm really glad that I have semeseter at sea to look forward to, so I'm not dwelling as much on the things that inspire anxiety in me now. Which can be both a blessing and a curse, because already in this first week of being accepted I've missed a class and two thirds and one or two work study sessions and I've yet to build any costumes for the production. And then there's MCA, and I want to be really active with them, but am really afraid I'm going to let them down. And while I have no regrets about being involved with SAS and I know it will be the experience of a lifetime, I am sad about leaving some people, especially because some of them are burgeoning relationships, and I'm especially gonna miss Tyger. She was the one person I wasn't excited about telling that I got accepted.
Oh, another super posh (to me any way) attribute of SAS: they have vegetarian meal preferences. Fuck Yeah.
Nassau, Bahamas
Cadiz, Spain
Naples, Italy
Istanbul, Turkey
Alexandria (Cairo), Egypt
Chennai, India
Laem Chabang (Bangkok), Thailand
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Hong Kong / Shanghai, China
Kobe / Yokohama, Japan
Honolulu, Hawaii
Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala (Antigua, Guatemala City)
Transiting of Panama Canal
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
So I got medical forms and shit to fill out still but I'm kind of anxious about transferrable credits. Wise has let me and others down before, but I have no plans of being like a 6th year senior (I could live with being a 5th year, but I'd have to graduate in December) And I've taken a lot of the theatre classes offered on the ship already.
I'm also wondering what the fuck to pack. I don't want to bring everything but the kitchen sink(which is normally what I do) but appearently we have a laundary service that only runs every two weeks, and I forsee a lot of sweating in my future. But then, I need room in my luggage for souveniers and shit.
I'm really glad that I have semeseter at sea to look forward to, so I'm not dwelling as much on the things that inspire anxiety in me now. Which can be both a blessing and a curse, because already in this first week of being accepted I've missed a class and two thirds and one or two work study sessions and I've yet to build any costumes for the production. And then there's MCA, and I want to be really active with them, but am really afraid I'm going to let them down. And while I have no regrets about being involved with SAS and I know it will be the experience of a lifetime, I am sad about leaving some people, especially because some of them are burgeoning relationships, and I'm especially gonna miss Tyger. She was the one person I wasn't excited about telling that I got accepted.
Oh, another super posh (to me any way) attribute of SAS: they have vegetarian meal preferences. Fuck Yeah.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Ahoy matey
So, I got accepted to semester at sea September 16th, two days after my birthday. And then I find out that I must mail (by no means fax) my finacial aid forms and pull a thousand dollars out of my ass by Friday. I was really close to pissing on myself. However, my saintly Grandfather was wonderful enough to resolve both of these problems...God bless you Grandpa, I love you.
It's really surreal that I'm doing this, because while I love the travel channel, am in love with other cultures, and nearly all of my friends are either from, or have visited other countries, I;ve never thought I'd be able to go these places. I feel like I'm not smart or cultured enough. I'm still in disbelief that I got in. I don't wanna blow my own horn, but from what I hear, admission has been super competitive recently and I was accepted the day after SAS got my disciplinary form. So I'm pretty much fucking amazing. Just kidding. I really don't want to say something that will end up biting me in the ass. It just feels so unreal, and I'm trying to imagine that plane ride to Nassau and it's overwhelming...
So aside from post acceptance shock, I've come up with a goal for semester at sea. I've decided I want to kiss a different guy in every country I go to. I'm a little concerned about when we get to asia, because I've only been attracted to a (very very) small handful of asian guys, because it feels like incest to me. I think it's a good challenge for myself, because not only am I totally socially awkward, and not particularly good looking already, but I'll have a huge language barrier as an obstacle as well. This will definetley happen during clubhopping/ night life deal (even though I plan on going to the places that make all these countries, their country) and I plan on getting pictures.
I have more to write but I've gotta go to sleep soon so I can get up at the ass crack of dawn to overnight deliver financial aid forms.
It's really surreal that I'm doing this, because while I love the travel channel, am in love with other cultures, and nearly all of my friends are either from, or have visited other countries, I;ve never thought I'd be able to go these places. I feel like I'm not smart or cultured enough. I'm still in disbelief that I got in. I don't wanna blow my own horn, but from what I hear, admission has been super competitive recently and I was accepted the day after SAS got my disciplinary form. So I'm pretty much fucking amazing. Just kidding. I really don't want to say something that will end up biting me in the ass. It just feels so unreal, and I'm trying to imagine that plane ride to Nassau and it's overwhelming...
So aside from post acceptance shock, I've come up with a goal for semester at sea. I've decided I want to kiss a different guy in every country I go to. I'm a little concerned about when we get to asia, because I've only been attracted to a (very very) small handful of asian guys, because it feels like incest to me. I think it's a good challenge for myself, because not only am I totally socially awkward, and not particularly good looking already, but I'll have a huge language barrier as an obstacle as well. This will definetley happen during clubhopping/ night life deal (even though I plan on going to the places that make all these countries, their country) and I plan on getting pictures.
I have more to write but I've gotta go to sleep soon so I can get up at the ass crack of dawn to overnight deliver financial aid forms.
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