tic toc

welcome to this message,

i began the cruise reading. it was very comforting and relaxing. i do not get to
read much, too busy, too much oging on. i soon fell to the needs of the cruise
and stopped reading. i look forward to returning to this book once the cruise is
over.

the winds today were up to 20 knots, so the waves have answered the call and are
smaking the boat pretty heavily. the core deployment the afternoon was pretty
wet. the sunset tonight was wonderful. the one last night was aboslutely
spectacular. there was a squall moving between the ship and the sunset. really
awesome. i have taken about 4 GB of pictures and about 15 GB of video. i am
still reeling them in. gotta get the moments, it has already been fun looking
back at times from early in the cruise. we left a few people in padang and it
seems like so long ago (not sure how long it really was). miss those guys.

one of the guys we left in padang is a filmaker for cbc (canada). they are
making a film about the cascadia subduction zone. since there are many parallels
to oru study here, they decide to send him along. a week before we left cv, a
whole slew of calls came in from different companies (natl geo, etc.), but there
was not enough time for the paperwork for int'l clearance (was that a pain, took
about 6 months for most of it to go through). i am not really photogenic (long
hari and all), so i do not expect to be in it. it may take a couple years till
we see it. look forward to it.

gotta go get the bridge set up or our next plans... then perhaps a nap before an
all night survey and site selection again. yippee. i hope this cruise never
ends. i have my seventh wind!

reggae rising is just 54 days away. i can't wait! check the lineup i am most
excited about (the best yet, as always: reggae reggae reggae):
anthony b
abyssinians
queen omega
sly and robbie
ziggy marley
cherine anderson
morgan heritage family
tanya stephens
damien marley
stephen marley
steel pulse
freddie mcgreggor
ishi dube.
I CAN'T WAIT
i hope lee scratch perry makes it also (he was on the lineup for reggae on the
river, probably due to the 2B1 production connection) (for those less informed
of the political issues between reggae ont he river and reggae rising, go to
reggaeontheriver.com for a quick summary, or go to reggaerising.com for the
lineup that is going to happen) as he was on the 2B1 lineup and there were
rumors some acts would be transfered...

luv one, j-sun