http://bloonlabs.com/bloonaway Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:30:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Vancouver to Singapore… Singapore to Poland… Twenty three thousand miles, under the sun and free.~Excerpt from the Class Afloat SongTo say that this trip is over would be jumping slightly ahead of myself. Instead I prefer to think that it’s slowing down for the summer, hibernating in a way, preparing ... http://bloonlabs.com/bloonaway/2007/06/20/bottle-20-denmark/ May 30 Money is easy to make if it is money you want.  But with few exceptions people don’t want money.  They want comfort and love and admiration. ~John Steinbeck Ah, on the rolling seas once again; our minds relieved from our tiring antics in port.  We realize that in only twelve days ... http://bloonlabs.com/bloonaway/2007/06/12/bottle-19-belgium/ May 22 If a tourist says he’s a traveler, then what’s a traveler? ~myself Wow, we are sailing. This morning, upon awakening, I had the sudden realization that what I considered my wall was now my floor. Its something you have to get used to on a sailing ship. Anyways, since it is ... http://bloonlabs.com/bloonaway/2007/05/26/bottle-18-italy/  May 17 Another sail, another day, another class, another entry: now. I have solved my calamity of computer lacking through the usage of the classroom computer. This makes sense; why didn’t I think of it before? In English today Ms. Harris enlightened us with some travel tips from the author of the ... http://bloonlabs.com/bloonaway/2007/05/26/bottle-17-italy/ Ok, so here is the deal.  Due to the massive amount of pictures that I have put on my Flickr account (my old photo site), they have decided to limit my account to a total of 100 pictures or so.  Because of this I have changed my service to Picasa.  ... http://bloonlabs.com/bloonaway/2007/05/15/new-photo-site/ So this is the post I wrote at sea...  Short I know.  Oh and I fixed those links in the last post so go check out the pics of my cabin and my ship.  :)    May 6 For those who have not yet heard, my computer has suffered greatly in these past few days.  Indeed, ... http://bloonlabs.com/bloonaway/2007/05/15/bottle-16-malta-2/ Eh...  This is mighty unfortunate...  I traveled all this way to this internet cafe and I brought everything EXCEPT my "sail to malta" post.  Dammit.  Ill put it in with my next sail's post due to how short my next sail will be. As for some interesting things, I uploaded some ... http://bloonlabs.com/bloonaway/2007/05/14/bottle-15-malta/ Indeed, tis neat eh? http://bloonlabs.com/bloonaway/2007/04/29/athens-greece/ A story by my brother and my friend; Jason. Gnarled fingers danced a solemn minuet across a dark fingerboard, bounding and pirouetting across strings. The fingers, which looked so old and decrepit that it was a wonder that they could even hold an instrument, much less play it, gracefully kept time ... http://bloonlabs.com/bloonaway/2007/04/29/the-musician/ April 26 Peace begins with a smile. Mother Theresa Greece has passed, and once again we have set to sea.  New conversations, new thoughts, new pictures, same people.  To the black sea we say, as we haul our lines away.  With little to do, apart from classes and ship-work, we read and play.  ... http://bloonlabs.com/bloonaway/2007/04/29/bottle-13-ukraine-er-greece/