Duke's Excellent Adventure!: Crossing the Atlantic Ocean

Friday, September 20, 2012
About to cross the Atlantic Ocean

This is a pretty big deal to me because up until now I had only flown over oceans. I know that I have been living on this ship for almost three months now, but we have never been more than half a days journey away from land. And now, we're about to sail off the continental shelf and be in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean for four straight days.

So yeah, this is a big deal to me. Remember, I'm a guy who doesn't really like water. The vast openness of it all kind of freaks me out. I'm a little better now than I used to be, but it's still tough to stare off the side of a ship, especially at night time. I'm quite content to hang out inside, and pretend that the rocking is a result of the drink in my hand.

So here we are saying goodbye to Europe:

The sun was really pretty that day. This calmed me down and relieved some anxiety.

It's going to be a long crossing (okay, so it's only four days. I know that's way faster than all the other journeys I've read about in history books, but it's still my longest streak at sea), so I head up to the Panorama lounge on deck 8 to pass some time with my friends the Silver Whisper Quartet.

These guys are great. Usually, when I'd walk into a room, they'd play a song that I like. This time it was the Pink Panther.

One time Charlie started playing the Mission Impossible theme song, so I started ducking behind corner, and couches, and when I made it all the way to the band, I did a forward somersault and pointed my handgun at him when none of the bar staff was looking. After that he took to calling me "Mr. Impossible" and every time I walked into the room, he would play the MI lick, and I would pretend to talk to him on my radio sleeves. Yes, I'm aware of how incredibly cool that is. That's why I did it. I'm a really cool guy.