Location: Falmouth, Antuiga
28 days. It’s been 28 days since my discovery of the fascinating oat. 28 days since that whole debacle took place. We have eaten our oats. So what now? Well, if you wish to delve into my brain, I can and will share. But first, I must state something. Something spectacular.
Aboard Argo are 28 Souls, 21 of whom are your sons, daughters, grandkids, friends, siblings, and so on. The remainder of us, well, we are all those things too, but I suppose we do not count.
I’m not sure what you have been told, if anything at all. But here before my eyes and soon yours is a collection of human beings that just sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE WHOLE DANG THING. If you were not impressed previously, surely you will be when I am done. What your sons, daughters, grandkids, friends, siblings, and so on have just accomplished is truly remarkable, outstanding, and nothing short of wonderful. This accomplishment will mark a time in their lives that they will remember for the remainder of their existence. This has been the moment, maybe 1, maybe 2, maybe all have realized they are capable of conquering the world!
Now you are impressed! For 21 days. That’s three whole weeks. Argo has set out to conquer the Atlantic Ocean with your sons, daughters, grandkids, friends, siblings, and so on, as her handlers. Her life. A boat can not sail without a crew to hoist a sail and stand a watch. So there you have it. Argo has graciously transported us across an entire ocean. 112 feet of deck, across rolling waves and smashing winds. Even I am impressed!
Now I bet you are wondering what else I have for you today. If that wasn’t enough for you, then I will let you pick my brain, for I have a tremendous thought. If you have had enough, well, that’s fine, you may stop.
Here is a thought that has concerned me since 1 pm today. As you assume, maybe, we do not throw trash in the ocean(although there has been a large garbage patch that was discovered in 1997, for as far as we are concerned, that was not Argos’ doing). So what happens with the trash? Well, we crush it and jam it and turn it this way and that until it’s as small as it can be. This saves us room. Then, in an effort to remove the trash from our habitat, we shove the full bags into such a thing as the anchor locker. That’s the locker where the anchor lives. So after 4 weeks, we have now removed it to land, where someone will crush it and jam it and turn it this way and that until it’s as small as it can be. As I mentioned before, there are 28 souls aboard Argo, each soul consumes three meals a day for 26 days(21 plus Les saintes).
In an effort to conserve my energy, I’ll let you do that math. However, this has to happen, for if our bellies weren’t being filled, we would not have made it across the ocean, all 28 souls standing. So, as the trash was shipped away, I thought to myself (I have many of these): How did we make this much trash? Well, we bought food and consumed it. Now here is the thought that has concerned me since 1 pm. If everyone on earth eats even just one meal a day for a full year, how much trash do we create just by eating? In an effort to conserve my energy, I’ll let you do that math. I’ve labeled this phenomenon as (too much trash phenomenon), which I feel encapsulates my thoughts exactly. So, is there anything we can do to stop this? If we must eat, mustn’t we produce trash?
I have thought (more of these thoughts I am having) of many different ways trash is produced, and in a conventional lifestyle, quite literally the only way to produce no trash may potentially be to cease to exist. That wouldn’t be any fun, though. I’ve searched high and low for alternatives to this cease in existence(since 1 pm), and all I’ve come up with is a world in which we evolve into Sea lions. What trash do sea lions produce? I’ve met a few, and none seem to have produced any trash; in fact, the trash we create as human souls disrupts their way of living. So, isn’t it better if we are all sea lions?
If you are familiar with literature, then you may have understood that I am referring to a certain book by Kurt Vonnegut. You may have also realized that in no current time frame will humans evolve into sea lions. That is crazy. So what is there to do? And since I’ve now made you aware of the too much trash phenomenon, I’m sure you can come up with some answer on your own, for I do not have it.
Among the things that have occurred on Argo today are
Rescue dives with Rachel and Meg
Advanced open water boat dives with Nacho and me
Nick went around the island getting all the things necessary for Argo
The students are enjoying some afternoon time ashore!
And of course a delicious dinner and squeeze.
What did you think about today?