The best and worst part about research cruises (5/28/09)

Being cramped up in a steel ship, sleeping (or not sleeping) crazy hours, working with a bunch of smelly folks, sea-sickness -- all of this is nothing compared to the sweet bliss of an incredibly well-stocked galley. I love research cruises! Sure the science is fun, but eating on a research cruise is where it's at! We've got a terrific chef, who specializes in Southern cuisine, a freezer full of ice cream, and a mid-rats cabinet full of whatever else you desire. You're hungry you say? Go eat! You're not hungry, you're just bored? Go eat some more! And when you just can't pack anything else in, there's a ton of DVD's right there just waiting to be thrown on the TV (assuming there's nothing on however many hundreds of satellite channels they've got). And the DVD library is just what you'd expect on a ship full of sailors! Sure there's a copy of Sense & Sensibility -- who knows how that got there -- but mostly it's Schwarzenegger DVD Powerpacks, and complete History Channel series on WWII, stuff like that. Good thing I'm only on for a week -- this lifestyle would kill me.