April 22 – first show ever on a cruise ship.
We have two shows tonight. Awesome. Hats off. Awesomer….nope. anways, MATT…
Matt, so I’m borrowing jess’s email card right now and I get paid on the 30th so at that time I can get a phone card and an internet card and then I can call you and shower you with love and attention and ask about your day and listen to your problems and resume regular boyfriend activities. I’m so sorry its been this long since we’ve talked but its been really hectic since we’ve boarded and all we’ve done is rehearse, take a few hour nap, eat, then rehearse again. Some peoples cell phones work on the ship but mine doesn’t, plus its turned off to save money. Anyways, I love you and I miss you terribly and everybody is worried we haven’t talked, they can tell I’m down cause I haven’t heard or talked to you so they’re here for us. Hehe. I love you and will talk to you soon, I promise. Until then, and until I get my own card this will be my only way of contact. I love you
Hi mom and dad. I’m alive, I’m in Barcelona right now but we can’t get off the ship cause of rehearsals. Dad, its kinda ugly but then again, its just a port so its lots of cranes and Spanish. But that is all. Love you all, tell Dude’r I said hi
Its 5 oclock here and I’m gonna take a nap before my 7:30 call. Dancing on a rocky ship takes a lot of focus and so doesn’t dancing a show that’s still not in my muscle memory. I’ll speak to you all in person as soon as I get paid on the 30th. Also, to all my friends. HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII, I miss you all, I can’t wait to come back and hang out again, I miss dry land.
April 21, 2007 day of rehearsals and meetings
Really all we’ve done is rehearse and go to safety meetings. The safety officer is really hot for an older man he’s from Australia and says that my name is about as American as they get, I was like yeah, me and the 8 other jeb’s in the world. Whatever, he’s married so no worries matty. Like I said we haven’t done much so that was about the excitement of the day.
The food here is good we just eat so often I’m feeling heavy, once hell weeks are over I’ll be just fine with the gym and food and the views. Its been really really rocky and wavey today and my head is feeling not so hot. I’m not nautious just really lightheaded and lost. We have a full dress rehearsal tonight at midnight so I can just imagine how fun that will be. NOPE. Anyways, I’ve found a way to maybe get online or make a phone call without it being in 2 months. We get paid on the 30th so only 8 more days. Hopefully though I’ll borrow somebody’s internet before then and then you can all read this and I can talk to my parents and matt. I miss them and need their voices right now. Ok. I’m gonna go to bed and then go to rehearsal and then go to bed again. Later
April 20, 2007. it’s the day of the ship y’all
Bus ride through Lisbon, seeing ancient buildings and statues, saw a giant cross by the ocean (christo de reos or something like that), got on board the ship.
They say this ship is small but its freakin huge to me man. Its soooooooo pretty and so regal and boy does it rock and roll on the ocean. I wish I could say more but we’ve been in rehearsals since we boarded the ship at 8 and no its 4 in the morning. I’m done y’all. We’ve had meetings, quick dinners in the Lido(its like a fancy buffet of sorts). The next few weeks will be like this so I won’t have time to post or call or anything. For that matter, I don’t even have the money to buy an internet card or phone card. Won’t get that money till direct deposit starts in two months. I’m gonna try to find a way to get money early. I hate being broke.
I’m also gonna work on getting some pictures so I don’t have to type out all of the descriptions of the places on board. I’ll say this, my room is tiny(about the size of your bedroom matt, including my bathroom and the theatre is gold and maroon. Its really pretty. Back stage is non-existant and I fit into the costumes JUST FINE. So suck on that stiletto. Anyways, its late I’m tired and I love you matt. I will call you soon, I’m gonna have to borrow somebody’s phone card and pay them back later. I adore you and miss you terribly.
p.s. if you’re reading this I flirted my way onto the internet so all I could do was post this and maybe check my email. These next few weeks are gonna be chaotic. Change over ends may 6…that means all my shows will have been blocked and rehearsed and my daily schedule will consist of laying out, working out (in the massive gym that overlooks the ocean) and eating in the lido, and sending emails and phone calls. Love you all. G’night
p.s.s. I can hear the waves crashing outside against the ship as I sleep. I have no windows but I bet its pretty. The ship is constantly rocking so imagine laying in bed and slightly rolling from side to side, or thinking you’re about to roll from side to side. And dancing on a ship sucks, I kinda hate it. I just like for the floor to be there when I land, tonight we started to list or tilt to one side and it made dancing kinda fun. Haha. Sucked
April 18/19 2007…..held at gunpoint burning in tihijuana
Turns out stiletto knew what happened to our costumes and luggage all along. The fed-ex truck was hijacked in LA, held at gunpoint, stripped, and then the truck was burned. Shitty part is is that we had to find out from another cast on accident. Stiletto couldn’t even tell us upfront what happened to our things. Estimated losses are at about 500,000 dollars. All I can say is I better get my share. This bitch needs some money. 23 cents isn’t gonna get me very far in Europe. Anways, I’ll do what we do when Janelle starts talking. NEXT
Traveling to Lisbon portugul
Left LA at noon got to germany, Frankfort germany by 10 the next day…hence the slash in the title. A 10.5 hour flight with two infant twins, a 3 year old, and a man that kept staring at me and having to watch the latest Rocky movie. Prolly not my ideal experience but non the less eventful.
We got to germany and well yeah, had a lay over. The animal crackers are really good there, so is the diet coke. Its called cocacola light however. Lots of cool guys with sweet hairstyles. I was slightly jealous.
We get on the plane to head to portugul and whats the first thing I see…..THE FREAKIN SWISS/FRENCH ALPS.. they were so gorgeous. They took me breath away, all the way from the plane. Being up that high and seeing something that big was just cool. Right now I’m typing this while we fly over spain and the rest of france. Kinda cool. Definatley a moment.
We get to our hotel around 4 and have all night to just chill. We board our ship tomorrow at 8 in the morning, have a meeting, then go straight into rehearsals till the wee hours of the morning. I’m really excited but kinda sad at the same time because I really want to be experiencing this wilth the ones I love. Yeah sure my cast is sweet and hella fun and that one annoying girl proved to be the worst traveler ever (bags too heavy to load on the plain and then had metal tipped darts in her carry-on. I mean SERISOULY. Everything has been an ordeal with her. Over it). But my point is that I wish matt was here to see these things with me. Him and I want my dad here so he can tell me all about what I’m seeing. I don’t wanna get all mushy but I kinda had a mini moment on the flight to germany when I had no phone, no internet, and no money to contact matt or my family. I’m not sure how I’m gonna handle not talking or hearing them every day. Guess I’ll just have to find out. I guess it doesn’t help that the books I’ve read have all involved some kind of great love story (not even the main theme) but the author has one and it makes me miss the one I have.
I’m sure most of you could have gone your whole life without every knowing that but that’s what you get for reading my blog. Sucka
More to come after I land. I’m stoked
So the area of Lisbon we were stayin in was very industrial looking. Lots of concrete buildings that all looked the same, apartment buildings. Kinda what you would imagine soviet Russia or Germany to look like back in the day. We stayed at a Hilton and the hotel was is very very modern with hardwood floors and platform beds. Pretty sweet. You turn the lights on by putting your room key in the wall. They had that in japan too. Catch up America, catch up.
Blah blah blah we had dinner and walked around but things were closed.
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