Day 63 – At Sea

I dedicated a lot of time to working on my journal today. My goal was to get up to India before reaching Mauritius, meaning I needed to cover six days at sea over the next two days.

In addition, I watched 3 episodes of In Treatment throughout the day. Damn, that show is addicting. And the fact that episodes are only half an hour makes it so easy to justify. Of course, I then end up watching multiple episodes, and wasting more time than I would have watching a single hour-long episode.

In the afternoon, I thoroughly enjoyed doing expressionist color studies in my painting class. Because I love oil paintings, I tried to use thicker, darker watercolors, as watercolors are the only painting supplies I have. I thought it came out great, though my teacher criticized me for not taking advantage of the transparency of watercolors.

That evening, I hung out with Kenna, and my notes tell me that I appeared to be getting good vibes. But I am filled with self-doubt because she’s so good-looking, and I’m sure she has many, many suitors far-more-handsome than myself. But, and this is real time (just before reaching South Africa), she may come with me on Safari. And if she doesn’t, I’m going to ask to buy her dinner. I had a conversation with her recently and I learned that she, unlike most college girls it seems, is pro-dating.

Before bed, Tolan and I worked on Epiphany. As you may remember, I thought of this song theme in Japan, and we got about halfway through it before I thought of Latin Chick. But since we’d finished Latin Chick, we picked up where we left off. And let me tell you, dear readers, this song is edgy. We touch on racial humor, and we make fun of a bunch of people on the ship. By name. Including faculty. Should be some good family fun.