Well, we're back in Tampa today. Ah, free internet and ATM access. A nice feeling after being stuck on the boat for 7 days straight...::O(
But right now, I'm sitting near an Apple Store, where a VERY sexy laptop is looking over my direction...it's half an inch thick, and sexy in every way. It's looking over here as if...as if...as if it wants me to buy it. NO! Must, exercise, self-control....I swear, this is why Steve Jobs is a billionaire. I'd think of having one of his children, if he'd make the alimony payment....
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Sick. Again. Just, great.
Yep, I was sick again guys. This time it SUUUUUUCKED. I had a 101 degree fever for like, 3 days. Then it went up to 103 on the second day. I.C.K. Oh, and playing a show with alot of high notes is a special feeling...Basically my entire body was leaking....Oh, and that special lady time started at the same time. I swear, it happens in 3s people....WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's see, what else....We're in Cozumel today. Weather's nice, a little warm. In the 80s probably. A little balmy too. Lots of old people on the cruises right now, for obvious reasons....:O) Oh and boat drill is ALWAYS fun in warm weather, with your life jacket and full evac regalia on. Ugh.
Other than that, all's pretty boring guys. Sorry to report. Happy recession! Er, I mean, happy Saturday! :O)
Let's see, what else....We're in Cozumel today. Weather's nice, a little warm. In the 80s probably. A little balmy too. Lots of old people on the cruises right now, for obvious reasons....:O) Oh and boat drill is ALWAYS fun in warm weather, with your life jacket and full evac regalia on. Ugh.
Other than that, all's pretty boring guys. Sorry to report. Happy recession! Er, I mean, happy Saturday! :O)
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Blah....
Well, nothing really exciting to report this time. Well, other than the fact we have a sh**load of old people on the cruise this time. Which is fine, except ALOT of them are kinda rude. Well, ok, flat-out rude. Ugh. It's not what you're asking, but how you ask it, grandma!
We're in Grand Cayman today. Weather's nice, just had THE best omelette ever, and having just as fabulous coffee. Oh, and SexyBack just came on. Gotta go. That's my cue to...Heh, yeah NOT!
I'm so boring. Oy.
We're in Grand Cayman today. Weather's nice, just had THE best omelette ever, and having just as fabulous coffee. Oh, and SexyBack just came on. Gotta go. That's my cue to...Heh, yeah NOT!
I'm so boring. Oy.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Happy Birthday, Mom...
Yes, today is that day. She would be 59 today. It's ok--I don't actually feel sad. Maybe a little bummed, but not sad. Had some yummy food, will have some gelato in a bit. Yum! Today's a good day though. We have the night off, so I will have a date with my computer watching some movies I've wanted to watch for a while, courtesy of my roomie.
And speaking of which, my new roomie is awesome! I can't express how nice it is to be in my cabin and not be waiting for the dragon of doom to come through the door...*sigh* SO nice...:O)
Had a chance to be Musical Director for a cruise. And yet again, I found myself in a position that has too much responsibility for too little money...The story of my life...hee hee! I was responsible for 5 people's sign-off information, a new guy signing on only for one cruise who's never been on a boat before, and a drummer who has absolute contempt for Carnival, their management, etc...So, it was a special time, nonetheless...:O) I can't say I'd take that job if it were offered to me though...not for any less than $35,000 a year( I think MD's only make $75 a week more than musicians do!). Heh, and Carnival is a corporation. Corporations are cheap bastards. We all know that now, don't we?....:O)
Otherwise, nothing is new. we're in Cozumel today. Sky has some clouds, but the sun peeks through. Temperature is very pleasant. I think I may go nap when I get back on the boat...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
And speaking of which, my new roomie is awesome! I can't express how nice it is to be in my cabin and not be waiting for the dragon of doom to come through the door...*sigh* SO nice...:O)
Had a chance to be Musical Director for a cruise. And yet again, I found myself in a position that has too much responsibility for too little money...The story of my life...hee hee! I was responsible for 5 people's sign-off information, a new guy signing on only for one cruise who's never been on a boat before, and a drummer who has absolute contempt for Carnival, their management, etc...So, it was a special time, nonetheless...:O) I can't say I'd take that job if it were offered to me though...not for any less than $35,000 a year( I think MD's only make $75 a week more than musicians do!). Heh, and Carnival is a corporation. Corporations are cheap bastards. We all know that now, don't we?....:O)
Otherwise, nothing is new. we're in Cozumel today. Sky has some clouds, but the sun peeks through. Temperature is very pleasant. I think I may go nap when I get back on the boat...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Merry Kissmas! Happy Yew Near! You may vomit now.
Ok, that title's covering the happenings of the last couple weeks...
So, Kissmas...on Xmas Eve, we went to an Irish pub in Grand Cayman that served quite a feast. There were probably 25 of us or so. They had turkey, YUMMY mashed taters, veggies, and Yorkshire pudding. For those who haven't had it, it's like a flaky sort of pastry that goes with food. It's not sweet like you think though...Hard to desribe. So one of the dancers saw a chihuahua that was so cute, she had to hold it--the owner said ti was cool, so that was that. Too funny. Then people were stingy, and like 6 of them left without paying the remaining share, so the guy who coordinated shelled out $30 of his own. And of course, one of them was my crazy ex-roommate who's cheap as *insert explative here*...Ugh.
Then, Kissmas Day. We were in Calica. Lots of people went to the beach. Lots of people stayed in and kept it cozy like they were home...I went out, had some food and walked around. Nothing too complicated. Then came back and took a nap. It was a good "me" day, actually. Everything went good on that cruise and the next cruise. Oh, we did do this HOKY Xmas show. Good grief was it cheesy. Oh well. At least we had Santa. And the Entertainment dept. did a Secret Santa thing, which was fun. I got a few presents that I was VERY happy with. I think everyone was happy with everything. It was nice considering we were all away from home for the holidays...
New Year's. Oh boy has THIS cruise been fun. We started out leaving Tampa on the 31st. So when the ball dropped, we were nowhere. Basically on the water. Oh well. People were happy drunk everywhere. Musicians worked alot. The horns in our showband played with the Filipino band that was playing on the main open deck, after the ball went down. All of us (Ent. dept.) were hanging on the open deck and having a great time, drunk or no drunk. It was just fun.
Then yesterday. Holy crap, yesterday. It started out decent. our cruise director got on the horn and told everyone that we needed to be back on the ship by 1:30, instead of 2pm(our normal departure time) due to intense weather on the way. Fine. Dandy. Except the storm got there earlier. Yay. SO we left earlier. a little after 12. Oops. We left 700 people behind. Guess we'll have to turn around...Yeah, that really happened, people. SO we went back around the other side of the island where the winds were calmer. Otherwise, the tender boats were getting blown backward by the wind, or they slammed against the ship. I think one tender's security rope actually snapped, and they hit the ship. I'm sure that was swell. That was after people had been on it for 40 minutes, vomiting, sitting in the cold with all the water flowing overboard. Needless to say I steered clear of the boat entrance after we picked them up. I'll bet they were piiiiiiiiiiiised! Then it got worse. in order to go to Cozumel, we had to head through it. Picture being on a rollercoaster. You know the parts where you feel all the G-force hit you? It felt like that ALL, NIGHT, LONG. We were hitting 25-foot surges. Huge waves hit the boat sending walls of water over the front of the bow, and onto the ship. People were heaving everywhere. And I mean EVERYWHERE. I think housekeeping was VERY busy last night, people!
And today we FINALLY made it to Cozumel, an hour and a half later than our original time. We did get more time in port though. Which would've been great if it wasn't raining, cold, and completely dark and cloudy overhead. Yeah, that's great. I have a feeling we'll have fun going back too...Meclizine, anyone? (That's sea sick medicine) I have 6 packs of it in my room. I will survive. Rock on Donna! I hear ya!
So, that's everything thus far. If you've made it, congrats. I don't have any monitary reward for you. Just a big ol' Jersey hug.
So Happy Yew Near to everyone, may 2008 be great! Mine's off to a puky start. Mmmm. Tasty.
So, Kissmas...on Xmas Eve, we went to an Irish pub in Grand Cayman that served quite a feast. There were probably 25 of us or so. They had turkey, YUMMY mashed taters, veggies, and Yorkshire pudding. For those who haven't had it, it's like a flaky sort of pastry that goes with food. It's not sweet like you think though...Hard to desribe. So one of the dancers saw a chihuahua that was so cute, she had to hold it--the owner said ti was cool, so that was that. Too funny. Then people were stingy, and like 6 of them left without paying the remaining share, so the guy who coordinated shelled out $30 of his own. And of course, one of them was my crazy ex-roommate who's cheap as *insert explative here*...Ugh.
Then, Kissmas Day. We were in Calica. Lots of people went to the beach. Lots of people stayed in and kept it cozy like they were home...I went out, had some food and walked around. Nothing too complicated. Then came back and took a nap. It was a good "me" day, actually. Everything went good on that cruise and the next cruise. Oh, we did do this HOKY Xmas show. Good grief was it cheesy. Oh well. At least we had Santa. And the Entertainment dept. did a Secret Santa thing, which was fun. I got a few presents that I was VERY happy with. I think everyone was happy with everything. It was nice considering we were all away from home for the holidays...
New Year's. Oh boy has THIS cruise been fun. We started out leaving Tampa on the 31st. So when the ball dropped, we were nowhere. Basically on the water. Oh well. People were happy drunk everywhere. Musicians worked alot. The horns in our showband played with the Filipino band that was playing on the main open deck, after the ball went down. All of us (Ent. dept.) were hanging on the open deck and having a great time, drunk or no drunk. It was just fun.
Then yesterday. Holy crap, yesterday. It started out decent. our cruise director got on the horn and told everyone that we needed to be back on the ship by 1:30, instead of 2pm(our normal departure time) due to intense weather on the way. Fine. Dandy. Except the storm got there earlier. Yay. SO we left earlier. a little after 12. Oops. We left 700 people behind. Guess we'll have to turn around...Yeah, that really happened, people. SO we went back around the other side of the island where the winds were calmer. Otherwise, the tender boats were getting blown backward by the wind, or they slammed against the ship. I think one tender's security rope actually snapped, and they hit the ship. I'm sure that was swell. That was after people had been on it for 40 minutes, vomiting, sitting in the cold with all the water flowing overboard. Needless to say I steered clear of the boat entrance after we picked them up. I'll bet they were piiiiiiiiiiiised! Then it got worse. in order to go to Cozumel, we had to head through it. Picture being on a rollercoaster. You know the parts where you feel all the G-force hit you? It felt like that ALL, NIGHT, LONG. We were hitting 25-foot surges. Huge waves hit the boat sending walls of water over the front of the bow, and onto the ship. People were heaving everywhere. And I mean EVERYWHERE. I think housekeeping was VERY busy last night, people!
And today we FINALLY made it to Cozumel, an hour and a half later than our original time. We did get more time in port though. Which would've been great if it wasn't raining, cold, and completely dark and cloudy overhead. Yeah, that's great. I have a feeling we'll have fun going back too...Meclizine, anyone? (That's sea sick medicine) I have 6 packs of it in my room. I will survive. Rock on Donna! I hear ya!
So, that's everything thus far. If you've made it, congrats. I don't have any monitary reward for you. Just a big ol' Jersey hug.
So Happy Yew Near to everyone, may 2008 be great! Mine's off to a puky start. Mmmm. Tasty.
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