And Then The Rains Came....

Bonjour a Tous! I am writing today without much of anything new happening. The rain has taken a break but I am sure it will return as I step into the street. It is kind of nice sometimes, the rain is like a metaphor, bringing the Spring to life and such. That is as literary as I am going to get after 1 cup of coffee, 30 minutes after getting up today. So, I am sitting here online again and thinking about what to say. Seeing as how my mother has just told me that a lot of people have been fired for what they posted on they're blogs. It has been deemed that it is a public forum and that it is open to your boss to fire you for anything that you post online. I can see some of the difficulties in this argument. Was the boss relayed the website by the employee, does the company search out these people? I think that this leaves some serious loopholes, all for the big-business to push there "Iron Curtain" around as they want to. Now, my mother is telling me to be careful with what I say because it could cause problems. So, if I say that I think G.W. has a little penis and the war in Iraq is like his Ferrari, is the Secret Service coming to check me out? I guess I am going to find out!!!
I have also been looking into getting a crew position on a vessel somewhere in the World. I am not sure if I will try and hit the seas this summer or when I have finished up my degree. I think that I would like both if it's feasible. I would like to sail around the World when I have finished my studies, before I settle into a 9-5, or in the case of a restaurant 8am-11:30pm position. I have been doing some online searched trying to find a novice/trainee position for the summer. There is also this thing happening next year in Genoa Italy called the Atlantic Challenge that I am interested in. Plus, it is in Italy and I would love to learn some Italian as well, not to mention the food! I have been checking into celestial navigation and trying to get a certificate while I am here. I may have to wait on that because the online course is about $115 and I am not in a position to pay that. Perhaps this summer when I get home I will be able to invest a little more into the thought of it. For now, I will just keep reading and trying the auto-didact route I wreckon. I am not sure if it the mystery, ports of call, solitude, or challenge that is pulling me this way at the moment. For sure it scares me to think about the possibilities of being out to sea, thousands of miles from home, but it's very alluring as well. It may go nowhere, but it may just take me around the world as well.
Well, I am having some family crisis's right now that need my attention so I will wrap this up. Love and miss you all.