Today was our first full day on the boat. We slept on the cruise ship overnight even though we had not set sail yet. Once Rich woke up, I watched a bit of The Incredible Hulk until the ship was off. The breakfasts here were not too impressive this morning.

After breakfast we got off the boat just east of Yichang to tour the three gorges dam. This dam was started in the early 1990's and will be completed in 2009; after which the landscape East of it will be forever changed. The main purpose of it is to prevent flooding of the Yangtze West of the dam and another benefit of it is the power source. It will be the largest dam in the world. The rising of the river caused 1.1 million people to have to relocate; many of the older generations not liking this idea.

Docking the boat there was a huge frenzy of people trying to sell very crappy products and poorly made junk souvenirs. They horded all of the people on the cruise and were super aggressive. I just smiled and made . . . Read More..

i have flying dreams all the time, and i dont mind one bit :)

well last night i had the ultimate one. the best dream ive ever had! and THE MC MAN HIMSELF was in it.

combine flying, space, stars, galaxies, crazy warp speeds, completely wack worlds (each galaxy) and you have my dream.

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I remember sitting in my cube, wondering what the hell i was even doing there and i hear someone talking in the background, over where paul is sitting now.. and a kid with an afro comes walking over while im reading an oracle book and we start talking about how hes the other hire and how we are the same age and i even remember talking about how we both still lived with our parents.. LOL.

well dave and i were complete and utter noobs. i remember john trying to explain variable variables to us, and it just wouldnt click..