JoCo Cruise Crazy 3: Day 6

The cruise is winding down now.  Just two sea days until we would be back in Florida.  :^(

We tried to keep thoughts of reality and the return thereto at bay and enjoy the last couple of days on the boat. 

First with some free hot chocolate on the Promenade.  

Jay is showing off the many features of his NOT MY D90.

Then with some swimming.

I'm holding Jay's camera above a giant bucket of water.
He may or may not be really nervous right now.

Before the concert, I decided that it was imperative that I go over to Analog Yelp to  review the onboard ice cream establishment "Sprinkles," which is named a bunch of LIES.

It gets one star, but I gave it the second star because it is,
after all, still ice cream. 

That afternoon's concert featured Randall Munroe of the web comic XKCD, the Doubleclicks, and Wil Wheaton. 

Randall Munroe treated us to a presentation based on a story from earlier that week of John Roderick stealing and crashing his father's plane when he was a teenager in Alaska. Randall calculated what Roderick's fate would have been on the other celestial bodies in our solar system. SPOILERS: Roderick dies a lot. 

John Roderick does not fare well on Venus. 

I'd not seen the Doubleclicks before.  They're a talented duo of sisters who play the guitar and cello and make delightfully geeky music.  They have a song that makes fun of people who yell "Freebird" at musicians.  And I was of course sitting next to the smart-ass who thought he should yell "Freebird" during this song.  Oh, the shame. 


Wil did his typical routine that is a combination of heart-warming and hysterical.  And now I know what would have happened if Robocop were a 1980s sitcom. Oh, that Robocop!

We were able to catch a nice sunset from our room before dinner, now that we were heading northward.  And thanks to Jay being super awesome (Freebird-ing aside) and/or insane, I took photos of it using his Nikon D5100, which he let me use for the rest of the trip, perhaps in an effort to see what sort of fancy replacement camera I would buy him when I no doubt dropped his overboard. 

I miss you most of all!

That evening was the second and final formal night for dinner, so we got all gussied up minus the fezzes this time. 

After dinner, there was Super Sekrit Movie Night by the pool, the one time that I will give a pass to the giant annoying screen on the pool deck.  Fun was had, geeky cinema was watched, and I even managed to spot Randall Munroe and got him to sign my poster.  A super end to a super day.  :^)