Friday, January 2, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Jan 1: Anchored off Key West, Florida
Do you have any idea how long it takes for 1000 + people to board a cruise ship cum research vessel? I say 1000 people plus because I'm not exactly sure how many people are on board. There's 1,000 high school grads, and then there's got to be at least a thousand TechnoOcean people as well, scientists who'll be working on this trip, as well as the educators who will be dealing with us.
However many people there are, it took all morning to get on board, mostly because we all had to be bussed from the Academy to the port. We were told to stay in our rooms until we were called, so Shannon Black - she's my roomate - and I just sat and talked. We're both from Minnesota, which I thought was interesting. I wonder if everyone has been grouped with someone from their own state?
She's from Duluth, I'm from Minneapolis. We both hate winters and don't know how to ski (which may be one reason why TechnoOcean, located in sunny Florida, appeals so much! To me, anyway.)
Our room is relatively large...not quite as large as a dorm room (I toured a few colleges before I got TechnoOcean's scholarship offer) with two beds, two dressers, and a small table we're supposed to be able to study at, I guess. The adjacent bathroom is small but servicable. No TV, though, which is no big deal because we both brought our laptop computers.
As a matter of fact, as soon as we got tired of talking, Shannon turned on a portable DVD player she'd brought, and we watched a few episodes of Stingray. That's a TV show that's over 50 years old, but interestingly enough, we both watched it growing up - thanks to our parents. I don't know if seeing that show is what got me introduced in being an oceanographer, but it certainly didn't hurt.
However many people there are, it took all morning to get on board, mostly because we all had to be bussed from the Academy to the port. We were told to stay in our rooms until we were called, so Shannon Black - she's my roomate - and I just sat and talked. We're both from Minnesota, which I thought was interesting. I wonder if everyone has been grouped with someone from their own state?
She's from Duluth, I'm from Minneapolis. We both hate winters and don't know how to ski (which may be one reason why TechnoOcean, located in sunny Florida, appeals so much! To me, anyway.)
Our room is relatively large...not quite as large as a dorm room (I toured a few colleges before I got TechnoOcean's scholarship offer) with two beds, two dressers, and a small table we're supposed to be able to study at, I guess. The adjacent bathroom is small but servicable. No TV, though, which is no big deal because we both brought our laptop computers.
As a matter of fact, as soon as we got tired of talking, Shannon turned on a portable DVD player she'd brought, and we watched a few episodes of Stingray. That's a TV show that's over 50 years old, but interestingly enough, we both watched it growing up - thanks to our parents. I don't know if seeing that show is what got me introduced in being an oceanographer, but it certainly didn't hurt.
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