Today we got up at 11:30am (8:30am ship’s time). We went upstairs and grabbed a quick breakfast at the buffet. Then we walked around the ship for awhile to delay long enough for our purser’s to clean our room.
Back in the room, I wrote two blog updates. That took me a ridiculously long time, because I insisted on writing about random things that probably weren’t important enough to discuss! Davin continued to fine tune his lock hacking system for his RPG.
When I finished writing the updates, Davin and I went to grab lunch. We were both very hungry at this point. It was a little after 4pm our time. We had chicken and rice for lunch. I also had a little stir fry, and Davin added Indian food to his plate. We brought our food back to our room and watched a special two hour long Voyager. It was a borg episode, and that alone made it a good one!
Next, Davin and I went for our walk around the ship. We didn’t run today to give ourselves a little rest, but we walked briskly around the ship 4 or 5 times. I brought my camera and took pictures of us walking. Then I took a picture of Captain Ronnie Borg’s picture. He is Swedish, and anyone who remembers a certain line from Star Trek: First Contact knows why that is funny! Also, what are the odds that our cruise ship would be piloted by a Borg? When we get home, Davin plans to make a STO character whose captain is named Ronnie Borg (and who will be a reclaimed borg) and he will captains the U.S.S. Norwegian Sun!
Back in our room, I set about assassinating people only to find that my Assassin’s Creed install is bugged so the game always crashes at a certain point. Luckily, that point is at the very beginning of the game. So, I had to change my gaming plans again! I went back to Riddick. I realized my previous frustrations were largely due to own idiocy. I totally forgot that you could shoot and destroy wall turrets, as well as the ceiling lights. Of course, once it’s dark Riddick is the one with the advantage. Also, my FPS skills have seriously atrophied. It’s the thanks I get for taking college seriously! (and barely playing computer games for four whole years.) Anyway, my skills are already on the mend, so taking down the guards with a few shots to the head is keeping me alive much longer. I played Riddick for the rest of the evening.
Ronnie Borg came on the speaker to give us an update on our progress. As of today, we have traveled 2644 miles, and have 1228 miles left to go. Our current cruising speed is 21mph.
We went to dinner around 11pm our time. At first we planned to go to the restaurant, but a quick look in the buffet revealed that they were serving the same thing we were planning to eat in the restaurant: Tandoori Chicken. We ate that along with other Chinese meal options. After a few bites, the food really didn’t appeal to me anymore. It didn’t really taste bad, but the thought of eating anymore made me feel sick. So I trashed almost my entire plate, and simply ate some fruit instead. A banana, cantelope, and chilled strawberry soup. The buffet always serves a chilled soup, which is most often fruit based, and they make very good desserts. It’s harder to imagine eating the chilled soups as you would eat a normal hot soup with your main meal. Yesterday we tried a chilled potato soup. It was kind of good, but kind of strange. It certainly tasted like potatoes!
After dinner, we returned to our room. I played Riddick for another hour while Davin showered. Finally, (at 12:30am) we started a Voyager. When it finished, we went to bed at 1:30am. Ship time changed one hour, so it was really 8:30pm.
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