AWESOMENESSS

So just found out how to publish post from my email and my email is free on the ship so I do not have to use any internet time chica chica ow ow. SO yeah prolly gonna hear more from me too.

6-17-09 Day UNO

From last night. But woke up at 6 am which is actually 1 am Arizona time, woke my roommate up for breakfest, only to find out it was actually 5am. Wow what a day we ran into some rough waters and if it was not or Katie I woulda been hating life, but luckily she gave me some sea-sickness pills. We spent a good deal of time in the U today, ohh and U is the Union, which sucks cause we were in rough waters and like it is at like foreward of the ship, that means front of the boat. But there were a ton of people who had a rough time. Found out that they will be playing Harry Potter and Slumdog Millionaire tonight and I am super stoked for that. Also with the medication I really felt like I was high or something because they make you super drowsy and they also make you really tired and slow down your reaction time. There was also a meeting on which clubs you could join and I applied for the book making club where we actually are going to produce an almost coffee like book for the rest of the S@S’ers Also I tried out the snack place on the Aft (the back) of the boat today and not only were the hot dogs splendid they were also the cheapest item on the menu priced at $1.50. Today was a bit boring maybe some more exciting things will happen tomorrow. And we also add an hour on to the clocks tonight because in the morning we will be on a new time zone.

6-16-09 Disembarkment

So today we set sail, a lot of news to write about, I got into my room it is beautiful, meet my roommate, was chilling out in the hall saying hello to everyone person who walked by, got a group of 15 kids to go get lunch, convienced all of them to buy a Britana water filtration system for the boat, played UNO, played Mafia, met some professors, met a kid who has a green and blue eye, met this girl Erica who was hysterical, toured the ship, almost feel asleep at our little speaker thingy, found out rumors travel fast on the ship/news, found out a secret that I can only describe as utter awesomeness, became tired, feel asleep. Love you all, and Abby I am going to listen to the second CD =)

6-15-09 (I Knew I forgot Something Important)

So last night I was running around we went to different taverns and I had some local Canadian Beer which was not too great but it was an experience. When I woke up this morning I knew that I had forgotten something and sure enough it was something important. Possibly one of the most essential items in order for you all to view my pictures from this amazing journey. Indeed I had forgotten that my laptop does not have the software for my camera and I did not install it before I left. Therefore I now have to truck around Canada trying to find a place that will sell me the software. Or if I cannot find the software I am going to have to buy a crappy little camera. Man I so bummed, I knew I would forget something really important. Well that is all for right now. I am bummed 

** Good News I found a camera shop and Canadians are sooo amazingly nice well except for Asian ones but the camera people helped me out and now I can upload pictures, so now I am going to upload some new ones of my room.

FinaLLY the day of S@S 6/14/09

So today has been awesome been flying all day, and my flight to New Walk or whatever this place is called was extremely long and of course on the flight there was the infamous crying baby next to me, therefore I could not sleep, we went by a thunder storm, and I had a weird guy sitting next to me. Sounds like the typical flight right? To make it better once I got in the airport for the transfer over to a smaller gate, I saw a group of asian tourist all wearing the same hats it was this dorky red hat ohh man it was great made my day. Then we had to take this shuttle to Terminal A where I swear the shuttle bus smelt like sea world and it felt sorta like one of those miniture rides at Disneyland. So far my travels have been something straight out of a movie but it has been really fun. Hopefully my mom is doing a little better she started tearing up and so did my little brother it almost got me going but I am pretty good at keeping my composure. Before I left Abby made me these 2 cds and I started listening to one of the cd’s and it is awesome, seriously the coolest thing. Abby thank you I really appreciate them and I am gonna miss your face hahaha. Also the plane that we are going onto is this little rinky dink of a plane and I am uber excited to get on it cause I do not remember the last time I got to fly on a small plane. Ohh and before I forget and before I board there were these two amish guys and I swear Amish people just make my day, like they are ridiculously funny and if I could see one every day I would be a happy man anyway peace out Homie G’s. WOW what an awesome ride it was splendid got my own front seat talk to the stewardist nad that was a blast learned soo much about her and got her to welcome all the S@Sers on my flight, made a ton of friends on the ride over I was amazed by every single building and these people sitting on their porch and then I get to my room and I feel like IM at the ritz carlton man life is good right now. Well that is all for now gotta go out with everyone =)

Getting DOwn to the Wire

So I am choosing green cause it is my favorite color and I am writing on everything I am thinking before I leave. Currently I am down at my dads house in San Diego, I woke up at 7am. Prior to writing this wonderful entry I was reading up on the Voyagers Handbook provided by the Semester at Sea. Not only was the reading educational it helped me dream up some thoughts on what ship life would be like. Traditionally I would be very relaxed and super excited about a trip; but this trip is becoming more of a lifelong dream. Honestly I am begging to think that I am super super super duper lucky to be getting such an amazing experience. IN all sincerity I am a little nervous, 67 days at sea, away from family, tough classes, and of course no In and Out; that all can be very daunting. However, I understand that this is a super  unique opportunity and I have to remain calm and keep telling myself that I am going to make the absolute most of this whole thing. By far the packing list and making sure that I have absolutely everything that I could possibly need is paramount to this adventure and possibly the most stressful of all concerns. None the less there is precisely 11 days till I leave. Prior to that there is a few things I would like to accomplish while still at home; go to the river on Monday with some buddies, Bon Voyage party this Saturday, Hanging out with Friends (eatting Hamburgers, playing pool basketball, and watching a super cool Movie, And not to forget Sugarbowl), Hangout with MOM and get her all the copies of documents necessary, and of course run for mayor of a small city in Miami Arizona ahhahahha. Well I guess all that is left for this post is a subtle Bon Voayge to yall.

JUST BOOREDD 5/9/09

School is almost out for the summer and the semester is coming to a sudden halt. I am often in utter disparity to see that another year has once again scrambled on by, the moment only seems to gain with time. With this momentum comes new experiences, new people, new places, new thoughts, and new wisdom. New wisdom is always sought out but how many of us have too often fallen to the wayside and merely taken the short path to finding out the information instead of truly diving in deep into the subject matter. The road we travel is a windy one, and there are many paths which we can follow. Who has the say so in which path we do decide to travel and what makes a free choice an actual free choice? Because were you not impact in some way to act on that decision that you have made? Whether that be from the media, a peer group, or perhaps even the government; it can be noted that none of us truly make our own decisions. The decision was already made before we even decide to acquire the thought into action. The thought was secretly in our subconscious minds and yet we had no ideal it was even there. What makes any of us different from one another, because when you break life down to its simplest elements we are all living the same life. We all need the same basic requirements; food, water, shelter, and companionship. With these same elements how is it that we are so vastly different from one another, our ability to provide or obtain these resources varies our social standings. And our social standings often times decides on what our new wisdom will be. 

Thanks to whoever reads this, its a viewpoint on life might be a little out there but I like to challenge my way of thinking and express what I am thinking openly. 

Also how about I just now talk about the day, it was a Friday. (TGIF) And well I did not have to go into work today, well I did. However, I thought I just had to pick up these auxillary signs and mail them out to Autocrib in Santa Ana California. This is where my first delay came into play, I did not have a box to ship the signs in and thus I traveled to Ace Hardware. Once inside the Ace Hardware I proceeded to check around the store and all throughout the isles for a shipping box, after several of minutes of searching for this material I asked an available store helper where the boxes were located. He showed me and the only box that could fit the length o these signs was a box that was huge, being that it was Friday and I still needed to go Mothers Day shopping I decided to just get it. Outside in the 102 degree weather I proceeded to construct this monstrous box and put the 6 signs inside the box and travel to the UPS store. I truly despise the UPS store because there is always like an hour long line. While I am in line I am preying that they will ship this huge box, every inch of the way up the line I can feel my confidence lunging down and down. To make matters worse a Navajo Indian lady in front of me just out and farts and I think she thought it was a subtle one because she did not even look hesitant or look back. Finally I get to the window of the mail lady, I put my ginormous box on the scale and she says it will be $16.98 and I am thinking to myself woo hoo the box made it through. Just until she breaks out the measuring tape and measure the length and width of the package and transcends into telling me that there will be a surcharge and the total is now $68.32, but she says that I can step to the side and cut it down if possible. Using my quick intuition I decide this is a novel decision and start cutting away I took about 7 inches off the length of this package. Now I have to tape the top back on and I run out of tape. Now I am at the UPS mercy and I have to purchase the packing tape which is an additional $3, and tape my box very secure. The box gets taped and I go to the window, the total is now $20, I pay and leave. Now you can see I have reasons why the UPS is a bad place to be at during a Friday afternoon. 

Later in the day I decided to go Mothers Day shopping and where do you think the place of destination was for such an event? The mall, I can hardly stand the mall it is just filled with a bunch of useless stuff we don't really need in the first place. Traveling through the mall I am trying to ponder a good present for my mother, when I come across Hallmark and realize I don't even have a card for starters. Since I have no obligations I browse through their endless amounts of cards displaying mothers day greetings. After roughly 20 to 30 minutes I find the absolute best card, I think she is going to be impressed. and I also purchase one for my step mom. For my mother I get a woodwick candle that smelled delicious, it was like an orchid field of fresh blossoms of oranges right when they decide to open up. 

After the time spent at the the mall (The Circus) I decide to surprise Jessica and go to her Starbucks, well the one she told me that she works at. The first night we met at Laurens party she told me she worked off Val Vista and Baseline. I get to the Starbucks and go to the counter and to my surprise Jessica is no where to be seen and I am thinking crap was I not listening to Jessica when she told me the location of her store. Since I am already at Starbucks it is the perfect opportunity to get a high quality H2O product and also a giftcard for my mother. When I am waiting for my water I am trying to put the giftcard inside its package and it was tough. Right as soon as I look up Jessica is walking towards  me and a huge swoop of relief came across me. Jessica and I walk outside and decide that we should go get some food, since Jessica was on break. We go over to Paradise Bakery, where the service was a little slower than usual, and we order the same sandwich. Two great minds must have identical stomachs. I remember that I have a free meal card and so does Jessica so we totally scored and got our meals for free tonight. I was super happy and yeah just a good day.

Until Next Time I am Cameron Rutherig, You stay Sunny Arizona