So I wake up. It oddly feels the same as yesterday…I mean it REALLY feels the same as yesterday.
Crap! It’s 9:17…Global Studies begins in 3 minutes. My roommate’s still asleep, so at least I won’t be the only one late.
I get dressed, find my notebook, brush my teeth, ignore my contacts and just make do with glasses for the day, and leave the vicinity of my room. I pass my cabin steward in the hallway and he says “good morning Rick” as he always does.
“Good morning Kenton. How are you today?”
“Ohhh…alright.” He always has a sad tone to his voice in the morning.
I walk up two floors and scramble into the union…it’s the same speaker as yesterday. Everybody’s sitting in the same exact spot. It’s also the SAME EXACT LESSON! Seriously, what’s going on?
I failed to notice a few minutes ago, but when I reach into my pockets to find a pencil to take notes, I notice that it’s the same pair of pants I wore yesterday. Well, that’s not a big deal, especially when you’re living on a ship and only have a limited amount of clothes. What IS a big deal is the fact that I’m also wearing the same shirt, socks, underwear, and shoes as yesterday. Hmm…I’m never THAT dirty while onboard.
I want to run back to my room to figure out what’s going on, but when I get down to the 4th floor, my cabin steward’s cleaning my room. Damn, I hate it when that happens.
I’m wondering why I’m so tired. Did I sleep last night? I honestly can’t remember. I need fresh air.
I dash out to the 7th deck and lean over the rail while viewing the beautiful water. It’s surprisingly cold out…aren’t we traveling south? Why’s it so cold? It feels exactly the same as it did yesterday.
It becomes too cold for me, but before I walk inside, I spot some activity in the water. Dolphins! Nice! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve seen dolphins in the water, but these weren’t regular dolphins. These dolphins were the most freakish beasts I’ve ever seen. They LOOKED normal, but they were jumping out of the water backwards. Literally..backwards. Rather than leaping out with their heads first, they jumped in reverse, with their tails leading the way back into the water.
My watch beeps. It’s 10:00 now. I turn the sound off, but while doing that, I notice something very peculiar. The date is the same as yesterday’s date. May 2nd. It’s May 2nd again?! What the hell? Is my watch broke?
No. It’s not broke at all. I’m simply in a time warp (cue Rocky Horror Picture Show song). This is what happens when you cross the international dateline. You repeat the same day…the same exact day. At least I knew what to expect for lunch.
In conclusion…time warps suck. I hope we’ll make it out alive…
Umm, yeah that was my journal entry for today for my writing class. It IS May 2nd…again. It’s very odd, but definitely much more subtle than my story.
Here’s some pictures of yours truly from China and Japan. The next two weeks are going to be spent getting TONS of pictures from friends on the ship before we leave. It’ll be fun.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Ohhhh yes. Cue the awesome English overdubs.
It's the end of the game at the Kobe Home Stadium (a World Cup stadium by the way). That's why there's so few people in the stands behind me. Kobe vs. Tokyo. They tied by the way. I still have to get my baseball game picture from James.By the way, Global Studies has become much better. They started doing things completely differently and they honestly should have been doing it this way all along. We’d definitely learn a lot more and think much more critically about things.
Ok, I have some more journal entries to get caught up on. Hawaii in a few days, but after Japan, it’ll definitely be underwhelming. I’m still excited though.
