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      • TV
        06/24/06
        I've discovered that there is a limit to the amount of TV I can watch, at least while I'm sober. I'd previously thought that given the right shows and movies I could watch TV for an indefinite period of time. Now I find myself bored to tears. Can't wait until land.

      • Fog and Delays
        06/23/06
        My departure from the ship has been delayed. We anchored off of St. Paul island as planned, however the C-130 that was to pick us up was unable to land due to heavy fog. Our CAPT wanted to stay another 14 hours to try again in the morning (there are five people leaving and 21 attempting to fly in)

      • Hate and Discontent
        06/19/06
        There's been a fair amount of hate and discontent coming from the wardroom, and the engineering section in particular, regarding my impending departure. A surprisingly large number of fellow officers, and no shortage of enlisted, have confessed that they hate me. The first day I found out I w

      • Back To Land
        06/17/06
        I'll be arriving back in the Bay Area on June 21. Can't say that I'm sad to be leaving, but I do feel bad because I'll be leaving the other EOWs with a 1 in 3 rotation. Since that's the top level qual, there's nobody to drop down to dog the rotation. Until someone el

      • Rough Seas
        06/09/06
        We hit some pretty rough seas last night, with rolls in excess of 20 degrees. A cheap microwave fell off the top of someone's locker in one of the other staterooms and is no longer recognizable as a microwave. I'm glad I took my seasick medication other wise I'd right now I'd l

      • In Case Waking Up Didn't Suck Enough
        06/07/06
        Every morning at 0630, instead of simply piping "Now, Revielle, get your *** up," they play an ear splitting whistle that is quite possibly one of the most annoying noises I have ever heard. The Morale Officer would do well to speadhead a drive to get rid of this practice.

      • Burial at Sea
        06/06/06
        Collateral duties are the bane of any junior officer's (JO) existence. The JO passdown generally consists of a dumping a vast quantity of unorganized folders, paperwork, files, and large binders on your relief with the admonishment "good luck." I was browsing through some of the ite

      • Quote
        06/06/06
        This is one of my favorite quotes of all time:
        from bash.org

      • Underway
        06/05/06
        We're underway again, so you should expect entries to become more frequent. I've been absolutely dreading this moment for the past week, but the more I think about it the less worried I am. Now that I'm fully qualified I should step into the underway routine more easily. More than

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