so everybody is in St. Petersburg, Russia right now except me. i've gotten very sick and i'm really tired and emotionally drained so i gave my night out to my roomate so he could go see Russia. i know i know, i'm an amazing person. but i don't do it for thanks, i do it because i care.
we had a show tonight. it was a joke.
i had some great weight therapy today in the gym. its become my new favorite place to be because i can just go in there and focus on turning a negative into a positive....myself.
my favorite spot on the entire ship is deck 3 aft. i just sit up on this little box and look out into the ocean as we sail around. its the most enchanting, serine, and turbulent place i've ever found. lots of soul searchin done back there.
thats all for now i think. i really want the new kelly clarkson cd but i won't get it till october.
lesson of the day: you feel better when you're nice
6.30.2007
finally
I haven’t had an internet card for some time now and I won’t get one till the 30th…prolly the day I’m going to post this unless I can borrow a few minutes from someone. A lot of fun stuff and a lot of shitty stuff has happened these last few days but I’m only gonna touch on the good for now.
1. I finally got to see a part of Germany. We were in Warnemunde, Germany and it was about -2442 degrees, 40mph winds, and rainy. We went to a grocery store and bought chocolate and then to a bar to watch one of the musicians on board play a set. I’ll say this; the chocolate in Germany is superior. It just reacts to the heat of your mouth like nothing I’ve experienced. Even the junk chocolate by the register is divine. I’m gonna hopefully bring some home….if I don’t eat it first. Anyways, the bar we went to was called Sweet Home Alabama. Kristin the bass player was playing a bunch of his original music so a lot of us went to support him. His voice is so sweet. It’s very Dave Matthews, Sister Hazel, that decade of music. Great stuff, that and the beer glass as big as my leg made for a great evening. Dad, I decided on a German beer just cause I was there. I hate beer but this wasn’t too bad. I can’t remember the name but it was good. Looked like Rockstar but I know that’s not the name. He ended his set with our friend Scott and him singing sweet home Alabama. The place loved it. Crazy Americans
2. After rehearsing my ass off for the last 4 days, SHOWGIRL finally opened. With all the costumes and lights the show really stands on its own. All the negativity we had towards it was just an outlet for our frustrations. This has been a pain in our ass for the last 3 months. Everything was going against this show from day one. But as soon as that curtain opened and the audience gasped at the costumes we knew it was gonna be a good one. This show is very very stressful. Its one where you spend all your time changing costumes and not enjoying the performance but that makes it go by so much faster. Anyways, I’m gonna try to get a video of it so I can show y’all. Needless to say in the second show my latin suit broke, the lady in the front row started doing latin moves, and between those two happenings I forgot the dance and just kinda salsa’d in place. Haha. Douche. Anyways, I made up for it with my sweet double pirouette into and axle later on. OH YEAH. Doubles…..BORING.
3. We all got really drunk after the show. I’m talking messy drunk. I think what sent us over the edge was the 4th and 5th shots of tequila with triple sec. Or maybe it was the champagne, long islands, or cosmos. Who can tell. This new event corridinator on board is gay and he’s kinky I hear and he was hitting on all us boys all night long and then he goes home with the one cast member who has a boyfriend on the ship.(well, we think, we followed them only so far and then they disappeared. But still. Isn’t that tragic? That’s the lovely, trashy life I get to experience here. So after about 3 room parties, mashawn and I get bored and go running down on B-deck to see our “boyfriends.” They happen to be roommates, work in the pinnacle grill, and are straight. George is MaShawn’s and Ricardo is mine. Both from the Netherlands, George is bald, black, and gorgeous and Ricardo is tall, skinny but muscular and just cute. But whatever. We knocked on the door but they were asleep BUT the door was open. Haha. So about 3 trips later I had left a note and mashawn had videotaped us doing all sorts of stupid sneaky things. I haven’t seen Ricardo yet but I can’t wait. Haha. It’s gonna be awkward maybe. Or he’ll just fall in love and I’ll have a dutch straight boyfriend. Haha. Whatever, it’s all stupid. So after talking with jeff and mashawn about busch gardens people and kings island people, it was 7am and time for bed. Oh yeah.
4. I’ve slept all day and can’t wait to get paid tomorrow so I can get back on the freakin internet. I feel so detached. But in one aspect of my life I think that’s a good thing. I’m usually the first to make some sort of contact so now I can see if what was said was really meant. Guess I’ll see when I check my email.
Other than being tired I’m at a good place and I kinda can’t wait to get back home and get off the ship. I’m not bitter or jaded towards ships I just want to get home and get my life settled again before the next job. This has been the hardest thing I’ve done, this contract, because its pulled me away from the people that mean the most to me. I haven’t been near my sister, my family, matt and its really tested me a lot. I’m sure I’ll do another ship just to get school paid off but its so straining on my psyche and my relationships with others. I’m just so cut off on the other side of the world with no phones and shitty internet and I guess it’s too hard for some to deal with. I think this is the point of the day after drinking where you just get honest so I’m going to stop. I said I was only going to talk about the good things. And in a sense this last little tangent is a good thing cause in the long run it will prove beneficial I hope. Just hope I haven’t added fuel to the fire or utterly confused most of my readers. Haha. That’s the point. But for those who get it…I love you
The end. Tomorrow we’re in St. Petersburg again for an overnight and I think we’re going to a foam party. Yikes.
1. I finally got to see a part of Germany. We were in Warnemunde, Germany and it was about -2442 degrees, 40mph winds, and rainy. We went to a grocery store and bought chocolate and then to a bar to watch one of the musicians on board play a set. I’ll say this; the chocolate in Germany is superior. It just reacts to the heat of your mouth like nothing I’ve experienced. Even the junk chocolate by the register is divine. I’m gonna hopefully bring some home….if I don’t eat it first. Anyways, the bar we went to was called Sweet Home Alabama. Kristin the bass player was playing a bunch of his original music so a lot of us went to support him. His voice is so sweet. It’s very Dave Matthews, Sister Hazel, that decade of music. Great stuff, that and the beer glass as big as my leg made for a great evening. Dad, I decided on a German beer just cause I was there. I hate beer but this wasn’t too bad. I can’t remember the name but it was good. Looked like Rockstar but I know that’s not the name. He ended his set with our friend Scott and him singing sweet home Alabama. The place loved it. Crazy Americans
2. After rehearsing my ass off for the last 4 days, SHOWGIRL finally opened. With all the costumes and lights the show really stands on its own. All the negativity we had towards it was just an outlet for our frustrations. This has been a pain in our ass for the last 3 months. Everything was going against this show from day one. But as soon as that curtain opened and the audience gasped at the costumes we knew it was gonna be a good one. This show is very very stressful. Its one where you spend all your time changing costumes and not enjoying the performance but that makes it go by so much faster. Anyways, I’m gonna try to get a video of it so I can show y’all. Needless to say in the second show my latin suit broke, the lady in the front row started doing latin moves, and between those two happenings I forgot the dance and just kinda salsa’d in place. Haha. Douche. Anyways, I made up for it with my sweet double pirouette into and axle later on. OH YEAH. Doubles…..BORING.
3. We all got really drunk after the show. I’m talking messy drunk. I think what sent us over the edge was the 4th and 5th shots of tequila with triple sec. Or maybe it was the champagne, long islands, or cosmos. Who can tell. This new event corridinator on board is gay and he’s kinky I hear and he was hitting on all us boys all night long and then he goes home with the one cast member who has a boyfriend on the ship.(well, we think, we followed them only so far and then they disappeared. But still. Isn’t that tragic? That’s the lovely, trashy life I get to experience here. So after about 3 room parties, mashawn and I get bored and go running down on B-deck to see our “boyfriends.” They happen to be roommates, work in the pinnacle grill, and are straight. George is MaShawn’s and Ricardo is mine. Both from the Netherlands, George is bald, black, and gorgeous and Ricardo is tall, skinny but muscular and just cute. But whatever. We knocked on the door but they were asleep BUT the door was open. Haha. So about 3 trips later I had left a note and mashawn had videotaped us doing all sorts of stupid sneaky things. I haven’t seen Ricardo yet but I can’t wait. Haha. It’s gonna be awkward maybe. Or he’ll just fall in love and I’ll have a dutch straight boyfriend. Haha. Whatever, it’s all stupid. So after talking with jeff and mashawn about busch gardens people and kings island people, it was 7am and time for bed. Oh yeah.
4. I’ve slept all day and can’t wait to get paid tomorrow so I can get back on the freakin internet. I feel so detached. But in one aspect of my life I think that’s a good thing. I’m usually the first to make some sort of contact so now I can see if what was said was really meant. Guess I’ll see when I check my email.
Other than being tired I’m at a good place and I kinda can’t wait to get back home and get off the ship. I’m not bitter or jaded towards ships I just want to get home and get my life settled again before the next job. This has been the hardest thing I’ve done, this contract, because its pulled me away from the people that mean the most to me. I haven’t been near my sister, my family, matt and its really tested me a lot. I’m sure I’ll do another ship just to get school paid off but its so straining on my psyche and my relationships with others. I’m just so cut off on the other side of the world with no phones and shitty internet and I guess it’s too hard for some to deal with. I think this is the point of the day after drinking where you just get honest so I’m going to stop. I said I was only going to talk about the good things. And in a sense this last little tangent is a good thing cause in the long run it will prove beneficial I hope. Just hope I haven’t added fuel to the fire or utterly confused most of my readers. Haha. That’s the point. But for those who get it…I love you
The end. Tomorrow we’re in St. Petersburg again for an overnight and I think we’re going to a foam party. Yikes.
6.24.2007
1st show breakdown
So tonight, Love Songs From Broadway. We’re in the wings, ready for the show, fully stretched, in full costumes, the overture is playing, Natalie is standing on the set about 10 seconds from the curtain rising…..creak, pop, snap, creak. THE SET HAS JUST CAVED IN ON ITSELF. The set is 4 stairs raised by hydrolics with add ons to make them larger. Turns out something broke underneath and the stairs started to fall down and the set that is attached to them came down with them. Showtime was delayed and it turned into an all singer show with the dancers sitting on the stage singing our parts. No choreo no nothing. Keep in mind that we did all this last minute changes in about 5 minutes with a full house waiting for a show. Luckily the singers are absolutely brilliant and we got a standin ovation at the end. This group has spoiled me in terms of singers. I can’t wait to share them with you. They fixed the set for the second show and we did a full show to a packed house and a standin ovation that lasted for about 5 minutes. WHAT A NIGHT.
p.s. I kicked and my leg didn’t hurt. Not really sure what that means cause it was hurting during my warm-up. This is stressing my shit out.
p.s. I kicked and my leg didn’t hurt. Not really sure what that means cause it was hurting during my warm-up. This is stressing my shit out.
ya'll, its the day we've been waiting for
Showgirl came today. June 23rd. We were in Rotterdam and all I could do was sit at the windows and dream. Actually today wasn’t bad at all. Kai was upstairs with jenn helping her so it was just Carla and us. It went really well. That’s all I can really say.
We did our opening night show tonight and I pulled my quad even more. Its strange, I can lift my leg to 90 degrees but the second I lift it past my hip I want to die. From my knee to the middle of my thigh. And of course its on the right leg, my fierce kicking leg. I feel so useless. It hurts sooooooooooo bad. I’m scared about it.
We had costume fittings tonight for showgirl. Absolutely fucking amazing. I will be taking pictures cause words cannot describe them. So yeah, oh and alex talked to me a little about the noordam. Things are looking up at the moment so maybe I’ll get it. Who knows, its either that or the maazdam. Haven’t decided yet. Itinerary or shows. What to choose.
We did our opening night show tonight and I pulled my quad even more. Its strange, I can lift my leg to 90 degrees but the second I lift it past my hip I want to die. From my knee to the middle of my thigh. And of course its on the right leg, my fierce kicking leg. I feel so useless. It hurts sooooooooooo bad. I’m scared about it.
We had costume fittings tonight for showgirl. Absolutely fucking amazing. I will be taking pictures cause words cannot describe them. So yeah, oh and alex talked to me a little about the noordam. Things are looking up at the moment so maybe I’ll get it. Who knows, its either that or the maazdam. Haven’t decided yet. Itinerary or shows. What to choose.
6.22.2007
take a minute for this one. up close and personal with the rottercat dolls
We were somewhere else in Norway today. I’m talking 3 barns and some waterfalls. Not knocking the waterfalls though they are majestic and I’ve never seen anything like this. The fjords are so amazing. The mountains are right by the side of the ship on both sides. Its almost like you could reach out and touch them. Also, I want a mountain home. The last time I was there I had an amazing time with some amazing people and really I just wanna go back. That’s all. And in case you are wondering, we’re on a cruise of Norway. We’ve only been in Norway for the last 2 weeks. I’m about done with it. 3 barns y’all. Get me to Amsterdam already.
Now, this is something new for all 5 of my readers. I’m going to give the cast members a chance to say hello and to say something. just kinda a free thought kinda thing…lets see how it goes. Remember NOTHING IS PROVOKED OR GUIDED so any comments about me are strictly coincidence. J
Stacy – what up skanks….ok so listen up my name has evolved from stacy to stissy since working on ships but I prefer to be called Anastasia that is the route of my name….so I will say I am one of those people that hated on myspace and internet crap for a long time but then peter made me one for my birthday and I’ve found it’s nice to keep in touch but really a BLOG…that is such a gross name….i write in run on sentences GET OVER IT….so the first time I met Jeb I screamed in his face….seriously I must have scared him…..i get noise violations all the time…we’ve been banned from a bar here partially because some of us crazies were wasted off of H2O and dancing on the couches…whatever whatever I do what I want---it’s a good modo right???....but honestly I hope heaven doesn’t give out noise violations….my friend Jeb and I have had some goods time together….we’re pretty random….we’ve done things like hide and seek on deck 3…but the thing is we were the only two playing….then it turned into lazer tag….if you must know he won….one of my favorite things to do is DIRTY dance….it originated from Shaunacy…but now we’ve all become pros at it…and it’s not what you are thinking….i don’t cuss or drink but I know how to have a good time….i use the word whore a lot but I say it to people that I love…..the word whore has evolved into HELBA…because these gals in Egypt decided they didn’t like us because we weren’t covered from head to toe…and called us that word…we later found out it means THE ULTIMATE WHORE….i friggen love Jebs t shirts and the fact that he can rock Pink…and dance his face off……and do lots of flips….eww all I want out of life is a back walk over but I just don’t have what it takes…yet….oh oh and jeb and I are both really nervous lately because we’ve heard that pretty people have been getting fired and I’m not sure if you know this but we are both in the category of pretty sooooooo we really can relate to eachother….so listen I have to wrap up my random thoughts and tell you about showgirl….well I’m excited because I get to sing and dance in some good numbers…..some of the numbers are kind of provocative---not my style so it’s funny to try and be all sexy….i’m learning from the best here though….mash and jeb know how to work it…apart from being in the best numbers in the show I also hold the title of being in the WORST number in the show…it may be the worst number in ANY of the shows that we have….(I would just like to say in one of the shows I have to sing VOGUE which WAS one of my faves…until I say the red hat society costumes AND the choreo that involves lots of bounces…that not sexy) ok so back to the worst number in the show…it’s called red roses…..and listen these are some lyrics that used to be in it…”my fellers bringing me a posey…how bout a ring around the rosey” ---those are jebs fave…..oh god it’s embarrassing….they are calling me a blog whore so I’m DONE DONE and DONE…but listen this isn’t the last you’ve heard of me I’ll be back in his blogs from time to time…..so in conclusion….jeb is my friend who keeps life fresh here on this ship…he’s not afraid to get out there and be fun and crazy…I highly appreciate that….and showgirl is going to rule because our cast is pretty much reals talented---oh oh and this one if for you jeb….at breakfast tomorrow I’m going to have a doubs muff hahaah he HATES it when I abbrevs stuff..muahahahhaha. sorry this is so long….i don’t blog much but when I do LOOK OUT. Oh and my fave movie is waiting for guffman and that’s all.
Natalie- Hi peeps! I’m Natalie…aka Nitty, Nitalina, Nat, etc; but you can call me Babs. I love the color pink, milk chocolate, black pointy toed high heels, “mean girls,” diet coke, and musicals. Ya, I’m a girly girl. But whatever, Jeb said that I was the girl he always wanted to be, so I’m taking that as a huge compliment. As you know, Jeb will tell you like it is. He doesn’t care who is around; if he has something to say, he’ll say it. I’ll tell you the truth; I was scared of his bluntness at first (is bluntness a word?) But he definitely taught me to be more open about things and to say how I feel. Thanks Jeb! He’s pretty and has great hair. OH and about Showgirl…ok so I was excited when we first started rehearsals for it. I was positive about things for a short time, but times have changed folks. I’m barely in the show. Believe me, I’m not bitter, it’s just kind of pointless for me to sit backstage for 50 minutes twice a night. Eh, that’s show business I guess. Oooooh, but I get to wear really pretty gowns. That’s a plus. Ok, hell week number 2 starts tomorrow. Wish us luck…I’m going to drink some green tea.
Jenn- Well were to begin, I have no idea?? There are so many things that have been happening out here on the good ol’ ms. Rotterdam! I guess I’ll start by saying that I’m Jenn Warren, also known and loved as Grandma! I’m here on the Rott as a replacement dancer and let me tell you that I’m ready to go home! I’ve been on this “dam” boat since October and I’m almost to the point of jumping over board and swimming back to the T-DOT-O! For those of youth at don’t know that means Toronto and that’s where I live! So here’s my story. Every time that I get close to the light at the end of the tunnel something new happens and I end up having to stay longer and longer! I was supposed to be home April 20th…obviously that didn’t happen! I ended up having to stay on as Production Assistant for one cruise. Okay not a bad deal, I mean my fiancé was still on board for that cruise, I got some extra money and had the chance to see a little more of Europe! So then I was scheduled to go home May 2nd…obviously that didn’t happen! That’s when disaster struck and one of the dancers hurt her ankle. So Grandma had to go in and save the day! I had one afternoon to re-learn one of the shows in a different track than what I was used to and then perform it that night. Can we say FRIGGN’ STRESSFUL MUCH!? So then I was supposed to go home May 4th…this kind of happened!!! The doctors on board decided that the injured dancer needed to go home to get proper care and to heal. So I was once again asked to save the day and to stay on until she was better and able to come back to the ship. I couldn’t believe it, apparently the Rotterdam is going to become my retirement home! So I made a deal with StaGHETTO and I was able to go home to visit my fiancé and our families for one cruise. I flew from Istanbul Turkey where I almost missed my flight because they were late picking me up to take me to the airport. Then when I got there they charged me overweight luggage fees because the airline they booked me with only allowed one bad at 20kg…what the %$#&* is that all about?! So because I was so late checking in I just paid the charge on my Visa, which was in Turkish Lira so I had no idea exactly how much I was paying, and I ran to my gate. Later on when I received my Visa bill I had a lovely charge from the airline of $213.00!! Again, what the %$#*&^ is that?! Can you believe it, isn’t that crazy?! And then when I asked about getting a reimbursement from StaGHETTO they originally said it wasn’t in their policy to pay over weight finds! I knew this but this situation is a little different, so I was really pissed off! So then once again I was back on board and back to the crazy life that is ship life! I was then contracted to be done June 23rd …oh and guess what tomorrow is…June 23rd! And am I set with my bags all packed and my plane ticket in hand….NOPE, OBVIOUSLY NOT!!! Because what have I been doing over the last couple days? Learning the new show that we’re putting up starting tomorrow called “Showgirl!” Yeah that’s right, you heard me right, they know want me to learn 5 numbers in 2days….what the ^%%#* is that?! These people over at StaGHETTO are crazy! This poor cast is going to have to do Showgirl as a re-block with me in a few numbers this cruise and then all the shows as a re-block with out me or the other dancer next cruise. Yeah that’s right, apparently I finally get to go home at the end of this cruise!!! WHOO-&^%$*-HOOO! So that’s basically my story, although I must tell you all one more thing! I must say that I love this cast! They are so much fun and are all so warm hearted and genuine. I love them to death and I thank all of them from the bottom of my heart for everything. If I was to have to do this crazy dramatically event again, I would not want to go through it with anyone else other than this cast. They are my new favourite crazy cast, I love you all!
Kim- HI JEB!!! So Jeb and I are future competitors for So You Think You Can Dance aka SYTYCD, clever! They just don’t know it yet. By the way my name is Kimberlee Kidd I’m 20 and Shanance and I have the same birthday. So fetch!!! Let’s talk about this thing called Showgirl that we all can’t wait to perform. In about 10 hours we will be meeting up with Alex and the lovely Kai Chubb to start this freaking shit. By the way we have to bring the 23 boxes with our long lost costumes in them on the ship. Can you say StaGHETTO!!! In all honesty it’s really not that bad but just the fact that they are making Jenn learn the show in 3 days and all the other bull shit that has gone on with this process has made all of us want to basically slit our throats. Right now Jeb and I are watching women’s gymnastics on the crew channels. They have really pretty metallic shiny leo’s on and one girl just fell of the beam….OUCH! I really like this blog thing that Jeb has going on but he’s sitting right next to me and he thinks he’s pressuring me but I’m not pressured Jeb I just had a writers block. My favorite color is Purple and I got some really fierce Purple boots in Italy, OMG they are amazing! I’m kind of over writing for right now but just to let you know the satellite just interrupted our gymnastics program that we were watching. It just came back on, oh wait it’s back off again. MMMMM….the lovely life of living on a ship. Love you Jeb and you’ll probs read this in about 2 seconds.
Shaunacy- Hey y’all. I’m Shaunacy Betschel and I’m 20. I’m jeb’s long lost sister and I’m really excited about this whole Showgirl thing. Not. That deserves a “you wish”. And to be honest I don’t feel like writing this blog anymore, I changed my mind. So take care and go jeb you rule.
Jeff- First off let me say JEB RULES! And so does his blog! Now about Showgirl…..IT SUCKS! I’m sure Jeb has filled you readers in about the situation but this show is doomed so ill recap….costumes got stolen at gun point, didn’t open the show on time cause of the missing costumes, Jess(dance capt) got hurt and got sent home, Jen stayed and 5 days before we start to put up the show stiletto asks her to learn it! WHAT THE FUCK! How bout NO this is there fault they didn’t plan ahead. And that’s just skimming the surface! This is my 3rd contract on ships and I thought NCL was bad this is the shittiest contract ever! Lets just say I AM DONE WITH SHIPS!!!!!!! Look out land here I come! So I cant wait to be home so I can start my career and move to NYC. OK sorry just had to get that out. Bye-e
MaShawn- So hello readers… this is very exciting! I would like to introduce myself… My name is MaShawn pronounced “May- Shawn”… I’m the other male dancer in the cast and Jeb and I are pretty Fierce! J If you can’t tell from my name, I’m black… and have been labeled the “unfriendly black hottie” circa “Mean Girls” 2004… So tomorrow is the day that has been dreaded for the past 2 months…. Showgirl is coming on board the msRotterdam and I for one am not excited about this. I mean maybe I should have changed my opinion because that’s what apparently caused the last disruption with the crazy bitch (Janelle)… but yea, um, no… I still am NOT excited to do this… maybe I’ll change once I see the costumes… and lights… with the busted ass set…I was given the choice (i.e. forced) to share my room with some random old tech guy that is just going to be loads and tons of awkward! Alex is going to be in the cast hallway, and he sent me a message on Myspace with his words of excitement. From me he got… no response… and will not get one….I’M NOT EXCITED TO HAVE HIM AND KAI DOWN HERE! Just loads of awkward and fakeness happening all around… and I for one am once again…NOT EXCITED! So lets get these next 4days out of the way and get me to my overnight in St. Petersburg. Oh god, Kai is going to be hanging out with us! All the bad memories or belly button lint picking, belly shirts, Ugg boots, gross nasty fluorescent red pig tails… I’m not a big fan! I should probably end here because I don’t sound too friendly…but I am… sometimes… peace out
Peter- Ok… where to begin… oh yes, JEB. Jeb, is fun. However, Jeb, is not subtle. We’ve discussed this at length, that he needs to work on social subterfuge… cause when Jeb hates you… you know. Jeb has hated me for a few moments at a time… and it hurts..
Speaking of hurt, let’s talk about Showgirl. If you’ll permit me some political incorrectness, and a really bad simile/parallel, I think that Showgirl is comparable, to parents or grandparents that need like, convalescent care, or a nursing home. Showgirl is the uncomfortable conversation that siblings have to have when they decide, ok.. who gets stuck with them. Sorry parents, but, it’s got to be in the back of your mind at some point growing up. Showgirl is a vague concept, it’s an idea, and it’s a few sets of 8 counts… and ironically enough, it’s also a multimillion dollar endeavor that is being presented to paying customers in a week’s time.. Joy! I don’t know about the rest of the cast, but Showgirl is driving me to bulimia!!
Welp, there you have it. Suck on that. P.S. that kai bitch gets here tomorrow with all the showgirl crew.(also, kai told us her real name was kai, WELL….we found out her real name is Kathryn chubb. KATHRYN, not KAI. She said kai was given to her cause of its Hawaiian meaning. LIES, SHE IS ALL LIES) She’s been sent back for more. How do we get so lucky. As you can tell we all love the new show….But I bet you haven’t heard it described like this…. Omg its gonna be so freakin amazing and spectacular the next big thing at stiletto studios full of lights glitter and fierce salsa-ing with at least 38 standing ovations guaranteed. We rule!!!
Now, this is something new for all 5 of my readers. I’m going to give the cast members a chance to say hello and to say something. just kinda a free thought kinda thing…lets see how it goes. Remember NOTHING IS PROVOKED OR GUIDED so any comments about me are strictly coincidence. J
Stacy – what up skanks….ok so listen up my name has evolved from stacy to stissy since working on ships but I prefer to be called Anastasia that is the route of my name….so I will say I am one of those people that hated on myspace and internet crap for a long time but then peter made me one for my birthday and I’ve found it’s nice to keep in touch but really a BLOG…that is such a gross name….i write in run on sentences GET OVER IT….so the first time I met Jeb I screamed in his face….seriously I must have scared him…..i get noise violations all the time…we’ve been banned from a bar here partially because some of us crazies were wasted off of H2O and dancing on the couches…whatever whatever I do what I want---it’s a good modo right???....but honestly I hope heaven doesn’t give out noise violations….my friend Jeb and I have had some goods time together….we’re pretty random….we’ve done things like hide and seek on deck 3…but the thing is we were the only two playing….then it turned into lazer tag….if you must know he won….one of my favorite things to do is DIRTY dance….it originated from Shaunacy…but now we’ve all become pros at it…and it’s not what you are thinking….i don’t cuss or drink but I know how to have a good time….i use the word whore a lot but I say it to people that I love…..the word whore has evolved into HELBA…because these gals in Egypt decided they didn’t like us because we weren’t covered from head to toe…and called us that word…we later found out it means THE ULTIMATE WHORE….i friggen love Jebs t shirts and the fact that he can rock Pink…and dance his face off……and do lots of flips….eww all I want out of life is a back walk over but I just don’t have what it takes…yet….oh oh and jeb and I are both really nervous lately because we’ve heard that pretty people have been getting fired and I’m not sure if you know this but we are both in the category of pretty sooooooo we really can relate to eachother….so listen I have to wrap up my random thoughts and tell you about showgirl….well I’m excited because I get to sing and dance in some good numbers…..some of the numbers are kind of provocative---not my style so it’s funny to try and be all sexy….i’m learning from the best here though….mash and jeb know how to work it…apart from being in the best numbers in the show I also hold the title of being in the WORST number in the show…it may be the worst number in ANY of the shows that we have….(I would just like to say in one of the shows I have to sing VOGUE which WAS one of my faves…until I say the red hat society costumes AND the choreo that involves lots of bounces…that not sexy) ok so back to the worst number in the show…it’s called red roses…..and listen these are some lyrics that used to be in it…”my fellers bringing me a posey…how bout a ring around the rosey” ---those are jebs fave…..oh god it’s embarrassing….they are calling me a blog whore so I’m DONE DONE and DONE…but listen this isn’t the last you’ve heard of me I’ll be back in his blogs from time to time…..so in conclusion….jeb is my friend who keeps life fresh here on this ship…he’s not afraid to get out there and be fun and crazy…I highly appreciate that….and showgirl is going to rule because our cast is pretty much reals talented---oh oh and this one if for you jeb….at breakfast tomorrow I’m going to have a doubs muff hahaah he HATES it when I abbrevs stuff..muahahahhaha. sorry this is so long….i don’t blog much but when I do LOOK OUT. Oh and my fave movie is waiting for guffman and that’s all.
Natalie- Hi peeps! I’m Natalie…aka Nitty, Nitalina, Nat, etc; but you can call me Babs. I love the color pink, milk chocolate, black pointy toed high heels, “mean girls,” diet coke, and musicals. Ya, I’m a girly girl. But whatever, Jeb said that I was the girl he always wanted to be, so I’m taking that as a huge compliment. As you know, Jeb will tell you like it is. He doesn’t care who is around; if he has something to say, he’ll say it. I’ll tell you the truth; I was scared of his bluntness at first (is bluntness a word?) But he definitely taught me to be more open about things and to say how I feel. Thanks Jeb! He’s pretty and has great hair. OH and about Showgirl…ok so I was excited when we first started rehearsals for it. I was positive about things for a short time, but times have changed folks. I’m barely in the show. Believe me, I’m not bitter, it’s just kind of pointless for me to sit backstage for 50 minutes twice a night. Eh, that’s show business I guess. Oooooh, but I get to wear really pretty gowns. That’s a plus. Ok, hell week number 2 starts tomorrow. Wish us luck…I’m going to drink some green tea.
Jenn- Well were to begin, I have no idea?? There are so many things that have been happening out here on the good ol’ ms. Rotterdam! I guess I’ll start by saying that I’m Jenn Warren, also known and loved as Grandma! I’m here on the Rott as a replacement dancer and let me tell you that I’m ready to go home! I’ve been on this “dam” boat since October and I’m almost to the point of jumping over board and swimming back to the T-DOT-O! For those of youth at don’t know that means Toronto and that’s where I live! So here’s my story. Every time that I get close to the light at the end of the tunnel something new happens and I end up having to stay longer and longer! I was supposed to be home April 20th…obviously that didn’t happen! I ended up having to stay on as Production Assistant for one cruise. Okay not a bad deal, I mean my fiancé was still on board for that cruise, I got some extra money and had the chance to see a little more of Europe! So then I was scheduled to go home May 2nd…obviously that didn’t happen! That’s when disaster struck and one of the dancers hurt her ankle. So Grandma had to go in and save the day! I had one afternoon to re-learn one of the shows in a different track than what I was used to and then perform it that night. Can we say FRIGGN’ STRESSFUL MUCH!? So then I was supposed to go home May 4th…this kind of happened!!! The doctors on board decided that the injured dancer needed to go home to get proper care and to heal. So I was once again asked to save the day and to stay on until she was better and able to come back to the ship. I couldn’t believe it, apparently the Rotterdam is going to become my retirement home! So I made a deal with StaGHETTO and I was able to go home to visit my fiancé and our families for one cruise. I flew from Istanbul Turkey where I almost missed my flight because they were late picking me up to take me to the airport. Then when I got there they charged me overweight luggage fees because the airline they booked me with only allowed one bad at 20kg…what the %$#&* is that all about?! So because I was so late checking in I just paid the charge on my Visa, which was in Turkish Lira so I had no idea exactly how much I was paying, and I ran to my gate. Later on when I received my Visa bill I had a lovely charge from the airline of $213.00!! Again, what the %$#*&^ is that?! Can you believe it, isn’t that crazy?! And then when I asked about getting a reimbursement from StaGHETTO they originally said it wasn’t in their policy to pay over weight finds! I knew this but this situation is a little different, so I was really pissed off! So then once again I was back on board and back to the crazy life that is ship life! I was then contracted to be done June 23rd …oh and guess what tomorrow is…June 23rd! And am I set with my bags all packed and my plane ticket in hand….NOPE, OBVIOUSLY NOT!!! Because what have I been doing over the last couple days? Learning the new show that we’re putting up starting tomorrow called “Showgirl!” Yeah that’s right, you heard me right, they know want me to learn 5 numbers in 2days….what the ^%%#* is that?! These people over at StaGHETTO are crazy! This poor cast is going to have to do Showgirl as a re-block with me in a few numbers this cruise and then all the shows as a re-block with out me or the other dancer next cruise. Yeah that’s right, apparently I finally get to go home at the end of this cruise!!! WHOO-&^%$*-HOOO! So that’s basically my story, although I must tell you all one more thing! I must say that I love this cast! They are so much fun and are all so warm hearted and genuine. I love them to death and I thank all of them from the bottom of my heart for everything. If I was to have to do this crazy dramatically event again, I would not want to go through it with anyone else other than this cast. They are my new favourite crazy cast, I love you all!
Kim- HI JEB!!! So Jeb and I are future competitors for So You Think You Can Dance aka SYTYCD, clever! They just don’t know it yet. By the way my name is Kimberlee Kidd I’m 20 and Shanance and I have the same birthday. So fetch!!! Let’s talk about this thing called Showgirl that we all can’t wait to perform. In about 10 hours we will be meeting up with Alex and the lovely Kai Chubb to start this freaking shit. By the way we have to bring the 23 boxes with our long lost costumes in them on the ship. Can you say StaGHETTO!!! In all honesty it’s really not that bad but just the fact that they are making Jenn learn the show in 3 days and all the other bull shit that has gone on with this process has made all of us want to basically slit our throats. Right now Jeb and I are watching women’s gymnastics on the crew channels. They have really pretty metallic shiny leo’s on and one girl just fell of the beam….OUCH! I really like this blog thing that Jeb has going on but he’s sitting right next to me and he thinks he’s pressuring me but I’m not pressured Jeb I just had a writers block. My favorite color is Purple and I got some really fierce Purple boots in Italy, OMG they are amazing! I’m kind of over writing for right now but just to let you know the satellite just interrupted our gymnastics program that we were watching. It just came back on, oh wait it’s back off again. MMMMM….the lovely life of living on a ship. Love you Jeb and you’ll probs read this in about 2 seconds.
Shaunacy- Hey y’all. I’m Shaunacy Betschel and I’m 20. I’m jeb’s long lost sister and I’m really excited about this whole Showgirl thing. Not. That deserves a “you wish”. And to be honest I don’t feel like writing this blog anymore, I changed my mind. So take care and go jeb you rule.
Jeff- First off let me say JEB RULES! And so does his blog! Now about Showgirl…..IT SUCKS! I’m sure Jeb has filled you readers in about the situation but this show is doomed so ill recap….costumes got stolen at gun point, didn’t open the show on time cause of the missing costumes, Jess(dance capt) got hurt and got sent home, Jen stayed and 5 days before we start to put up the show stiletto asks her to learn it! WHAT THE FUCK! How bout NO this is there fault they didn’t plan ahead. And that’s just skimming the surface! This is my 3rd contract on ships and I thought NCL was bad this is the shittiest contract ever! Lets just say I AM DONE WITH SHIPS!!!!!!! Look out land here I come! So I cant wait to be home so I can start my career and move to NYC. OK sorry just had to get that out. Bye-e
MaShawn- So hello readers… this is very exciting! I would like to introduce myself… My name is MaShawn pronounced “May- Shawn”… I’m the other male dancer in the cast and Jeb and I are pretty Fierce! J If you can’t tell from my name, I’m black… and have been labeled the “unfriendly black hottie” circa “Mean Girls” 2004… So tomorrow is the day that has been dreaded for the past 2 months…. Showgirl is coming on board the msRotterdam and I for one am not excited about this. I mean maybe I should have changed my opinion because that’s what apparently caused the last disruption with the crazy bitch (Janelle)… but yea, um, no… I still am NOT excited to do this… maybe I’ll change once I see the costumes… and lights… with the busted ass set…I was given the choice (i.e. forced) to share my room with some random old tech guy that is just going to be loads and tons of awkward! Alex is going to be in the cast hallway, and he sent me a message on Myspace with his words of excitement. From me he got… no response… and will not get one….I’M NOT EXCITED TO HAVE HIM AND KAI DOWN HERE! Just loads of awkward and fakeness happening all around… and I for one am once again…NOT EXCITED! So lets get these next 4days out of the way and get me to my overnight in St. Petersburg. Oh god, Kai is going to be hanging out with us! All the bad memories or belly button lint picking, belly shirts, Ugg boots, gross nasty fluorescent red pig tails… I’m not a big fan! I should probably end here because I don’t sound too friendly…but I am… sometimes… peace out
Peter- Ok… where to begin… oh yes, JEB. Jeb, is fun. However, Jeb, is not subtle. We’ve discussed this at length, that he needs to work on social subterfuge… cause when Jeb hates you… you know. Jeb has hated me for a few moments at a time… and it hurts..
Speaking of hurt, let’s talk about Showgirl. If you’ll permit me some political incorrectness, and a really bad simile/parallel, I think that Showgirl is comparable, to parents or grandparents that need like, convalescent care, or a nursing home. Showgirl is the uncomfortable conversation that siblings have to have when they decide, ok.. who gets stuck with them. Sorry parents, but, it’s got to be in the back of your mind at some point growing up. Showgirl is a vague concept, it’s an idea, and it’s a few sets of 8 counts… and ironically enough, it’s also a multimillion dollar endeavor that is being presented to paying customers in a week’s time.. Joy! I don’t know about the rest of the cast, but Showgirl is driving me to bulimia!!
Welp, there you have it. Suck on that. P.S. that kai bitch gets here tomorrow with all the showgirl crew.(also, kai told us her real name was kai, WELL….we found out her real name is Kathryn chubb. KATHRYN, not KAI. She said kai was given to her cause of its Hawaiian meaning. LIES, SHE IS ALL LIES) She’s been sent back for more. How do we get so lucky. As you can tell we all love the new show….But I bet you haven’t heard it described like this…. Omg its gonna be so freakin amazing and spectacular the next big thing at stiletto studios full of lights glitter and fierce salsa-ing with at least 38 standing ovations guaranteed. We rule!!!
so i'm gonna be a gogo dancer
so we were in bergen norway yesterday and tomorrow this norway cruise is OVER. rotterdamn here we come. but yeah, nothing really eventful. thinking about getting a mac notebook cause this thing pisses me off. any thoughts? so yeah.
last night there was an engineroom party. it was pretty lame but the special edition rum and coke made everything real nice. there was a dj who was spinnin the tracks and a STRIPPER POLE. you know. so i've never been on one before so i figured i'd try. its really really really fun. everything is slow motion and like weeeeeeeee. i even tried some tricks. i was upside down with my legs in the middle splits, i swung around with one leg and one arm hooked. it was fun. by the end of the night is was just me jenn shaunacy jeff and kim and we were all trying new moves. for those of you who are worried nobody was tipping me or touching me or anything. they all thought it was funny. even some of the engineers were up there. bart, shaunacy's boyfriend, who looks like drew, and i were dancin up the storm. haha. crazy.
the only annoying part was a guest entertainer was there who's really gay and.....gay. bleached hair, tan skin, pudgy, the same guy who farted when we were all doing crunches. haha. but yeah, i haven't said a single word to him in my life and he was getting mad last night because i was ignoring him and not showing him any attention. EW. he was pissing me off sending girls to come over to me and ask me why i'm not talking to him. EW. i have no idea where he was getting this from. it was so awkward. so i just went over to the pole and continued with my life.
lesson of the day: strippers must be pretty strong. that shit is hard
last night there was an engineroom party. it was pretty lame but the special edition rum and coke made everything real nice. there was a dj who was spinnin the tracks and a STRIPPER POLE. you know. so i've never been on one before so i figured i'd try. its really really really fun. everything is slow motion and like weeeeeeeee. i even tried some tricks. i was upside down with my legs in the middle splits, i swung around with one leg and one arm hooked. it was fun. by the end of the night is was just me jenn shaunacy jeff and kim and we were all trying new moves. for those of you who are worried nobody was tipping me or touching me or anything. they all thought it was funny. even some of the engineers were up there. bart, shaunacy's boyfriend, who looks like drew, and i were dancin up the storm. haha. crazy.
the only annoying part was a guest entertainer was there who's really gay and.....gay. bleached hair, tan skin, pudgy, the same guy who farted when we were all doing crunches. haha. but yeah, i haven't said a single word to him in my life and he was getting mad last night because i was ignoring him and not showing him any attention. EW. he was pissing me off sending girls to come over to me and ask me why i'm not talking to him. EW. i have no idea where he was getting this from. it was so awkward. so i just went over to the pole and continued with my life.
lesson of the day: strippers must be pretty strong. that shit is hard
6.20.2007
preparing
i'm working on something for the next entry. and this annoying guy is in the hallway. i'm gonna try not to talk too much shit on him cause i hate him and i'm trying to fix that part of me. fucking annoying blonde know-it-all ass. ok done.
6.18.2007
oh yeah, its a sea day
today was a sea day. ate, slept, taught a ballroom class, and then did two shows. the crazy girl went nuts again over a hat that wasn't hers and i dismissed her instantly. i'm normally really good at listening and speaking my mind and engaging in a civilized argument. however, with this bitch i instantly shut her down in one sentence. why is that? maybe its because i really don't value a frienship with her, or maybe thats the best way to deal with a crazy person. i don't know.
also, our new show gets here in 5 days. our original girl isn't ready so they're bringing it in as a reblock. THEY JUST EMAILED jenn(the girl that stayed in jess' spot) asking her to learn part of the new show off a video and be ready to go in in 5 days. NOW, lets keep a few things in mind....(1) we'd have to know the original version with jess, the new version with half of jenn, and then a third version without either one. (2) the crew is only staying for 4 days. two of those days are our other shows and the day after they leave is the new show debut. (3) jess wasn't videotaped doing the dances because she was injured so jenn has no way of learning jess' part because jess DIDN"T DO IT.
now i ask this, WHO THINKS THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. i'm so over this show and all the drama thats surrounded it. me almost getting fired, loosing the costumes and our black bags, jess getting injured, jess not being ready, the crazy girl janelle and all of her craziness and just the fact that nobody wants to do this. sigh. this place.
other than that i'm happy. still losing weight, i have a sweet new hair cut, and i'm in love. so the crazy girl just makes life a little more interesting.
Lesson of the Day: sometimes its better to just not care
also, our new show gets here in 5 days. our original girl isn't ready so they're bringing it in as a reblock. THEY JUST EMAILED jenn(the girl that stayed in jess' spot) asking her to learn part of the new show off a video and be ready to go in in 5 days. NOW, lets keep a few things in mind....(1) we'd have to know the original version with jess, the new version with half of jenn, and then a third version without either one. (2) the crew is only staying for 4 days. two of those days are our other shows and the day after they leave is the new show debut. (3) jess wasn't videotaped doing the dances because she was injured so jenn has no way of learning jess' part because jess DIDN"T DO IT.
now i ask this, WHO THINKS THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. i'm so over this show and all the drama thats surrounded it. me almost getting fired, loosing the costumes and our black bags, jess getting injured, jess not being ready, the crazy girl janelle and all of her craziness and just the fact that nobody wants to do this. sigh. this place.
other than that i'm happy. still losing weight, i have a sweet new hair cut, and i'm in love. so the crazy girl just makes life a little more interesting.
Lesson of the Day: sometimes its better to just not care
june 17
Honningsvag, Norway.
So listen, we’re at the top of Norway. The northernmost part of Norway. And that’s like right by the north pole. I’m talking like a swim away. Trolls and elves and moose. That’s right. Its cold.
Well, today started off rather ho-hum. We had a tech of showgirl…pointless. Janelle flipped a bitch are got psycho crazy getting mad that she was the only one excited to do showgirl. I stood there and listened and then I couldn’t take it any more so I flipped on the bitch in 2 seconds with 1 sentence. Something along the lines of...”I don’t appreciate you grouping me in with everybody else cause I fuckin almost lost my job over this stupid ass show so you better believe I’m excited to put it up.” She went crying off the stage yelling “why don’t you guys just do it without me, DO IT WITHOUT ME!!!!” people tried to calm her down but then she just screamed NO and hit the wall. She’s f-ing crazy y’all. I tried to tell you. Anyways, she apologized to me later. The end.
Me stacy and scott walked around for a few hours today. We took pictures with a fisherman statue, walked to a hotel, climbed a small cliff to a lighthouse, and then came back. We took a 30 minute break, got jenn and went back out. We went to an ice bar. THE WHOLE THING WAS MADE OF ICE. The walls, the stools, the bar. They had an igloo, some sleds, an ice tv, ice booths. It was freakin cool. We took so many pictures. We even had a photo shoot. Dolce & Gabbana does igloo is what we called it. Haha. We had to put on these giant red parkas just to go inside. I’ve never had that much fun in below freezing air. It was just the four of us. I freakin love stacy lynn zappia. We trade music, talk about life, and have our special spots on the back of deck three looking out into the ocean. This girl is really special, super positive, and just a little “spicy” as the Indonesians call her. I’m so thankful I have her in my life. She’s prolly one of the few people I’ll keep in touch with. She’s such a positive influence in my life. Anyways, I digress. This ice bar was freakin sweet. It’s the northernmost ice bar in the world.
Um yeah, also today, kim, one of the dancers, she gave me this book comma “The Purpose Driven Life.” It uses God’s teachings to inspire and help you lead a better life. She told me to read chapter 20 about mending relationships. It made me realize what I do wrong in arguments and showed how I should just be nice. Nothing is accomplished by being sarcastic and cutting. She was like this chapter reminded me of you and I want you to read it. I don’t normally get into stuff like that but I kept reading and reading. This past week has been really amazing on a personal level and I need to appreciate that instead of acting crazy and taking life so seriously. Guess I just need to chill.
If that doesn’t make sense then I’m sorry but maybe it will make sense to some.
So listen, we’re at the top of Norway. The northernmost part of Norway. And that’s like right by the north pole. I’m talking like a swim away. Trolls and elves and moose. That’s right. Its cold.
Well, today started off rather ho-hum. We had a tech of showgirl…pointless. Janelle flipped a bitch are got psycho crazy getting mad that she was the only one excited to do showgirl. I stood there and listened and then I couldn’t take it any more so I flipped on the bitch in 2 seconds with 1 sentence. Something along the lines of...”I don’t appreciate you grouping me in with everybody else cause I fuckin almost lost my job over this stupid ass show so you better believe I’m excited to put it up.” She went crying off the stage yelling “why don’t you guys just do it without me, DO IT WITHOUT ME!!!!” people tried to calm her down but then she just screamed NO and hit the wall. She’s f-ing crazy y’all. I tried to tell you. Anyways, she apologized to me later. The end.
Me stacy and scott walked around for a few hours today. We took pictures with a fisherman statue, walked to a hotel, climbed a small cliff to a lighthouse, and then came back. We took a 30 minute break, got jenn and went back out. We went to an ice bar. THE WHOLE THING WAS MADE OF ICE. The walls, the stools, the bar. They had an igloo, some sleds, an ice tv, ice booths. It was freakin cool. We took so many pictures. We even had a photo shoot. Dolce & Gabbana does igloo is what we called it. Haha. We had to put on these giant red parkas just to go inside. I’ve never had that much fun in below freezing air. It was just the four of us. I freakin love stacy lynn zappia. We trade music, talk about life, and have our special spots on the back of deck three looking out into the ocean. This girl is really special, super positive, and just a little “spicy” as the Indonesians call her. I’m so thankful I have her in my life. She’s prolly one of the few people I’ll keep in touch with. She’s such a positive influence in my life. Anyways, I digress. This ice bar was freakin sweet. It’s the northernmost ice bar in the world.
Um yeah, also today, kim, one of the dancers, she gave me this book comma “The Purpose Driven Life.” It uses God’s teachings to inspire and help you lead a better life. She told me to read chapter 20 about mending relationships. It made me realize what I do wrong in arguments and showed how I should just be nice. Nothing is accomplished by being sarcastic and cutting. She was like this chapter reminded me of you and I want you to read it. I don’t normally get into stuff like that but I kept reading and reading. This past week has been really amazing on a personal level and I need to appreciate that instead of acting crazy and taking life so seriously. Guess I just need to chill.
If that doesn’t make sense then I’m sorry but maybe it will make sense to some.
6.16.2007
just a little bit of everything
So we’re in the north part of the world. I’m talking north. We get no internet or phone up here. We’ll be here for a few days. It’s the 16th of june as I’m writing this.
Last night we all huddled in Jenn’s room, I brought my mattress in, and we all watched the exorcism of Emily rose. Kinda a messed up movie. I’ve seen it before but it still made me uneasy. We also had a dance class yesterday. Mashawn taught a combo and it was so amazing to actually dance again. We video taped it and I really want it on my computer so I can watch myself everyday. Haha. But seriously, I have no video of me dancing so it would be kinda nice. Only thing is, is that his camera is really old and we’d have to find a dvd burner cause it doesn’t have the capabilities to attach to a computer…I don’t think.
Also, remember how when I first got on the ship the cabin steward took my pillow cause he thought it was the ships. It was my pillow from home, my binki if you will. Its been with me through a lot. WELL, today Made(the steward) cleaned our room and I came in and notice that one of my pillows was a darker blue than the other. I felt the case and it was t-shirt material. IT WAS MY CASE. Then I felt the pillow itself and it was really squishy. IT WAS MY PILLOW. Omg I’m so excited to have my pillow back. I can’t wait to sleep on it again. Yay
Also, I’m getting my hair cut later today. Its cold and rainy outside and I have IPM(in port manning) so I’m bored.
Also, I’ve lost about 10 pounds in the last month so that’s cool and all the staff is coming back on the ship on the 23rd to put up Showgirl….even though Jess won’t be back. Irritated I am. I haven’t heard back about another ship which is ok but everybody else has been offered something else. Don’t know if I should take it personally or just let it go. Who knows maybe they’re waiting to put me on the ship I wanted and are just waiting to see who extends. Or maybe it’s a good thing and I shouldn’t work for the company again. Or maybe I’m thinking too much and should get a life. Whatever, I’m going to workout. Ha.
Also, I just want to clarify why I’m talking in the deeper voice all of a sudden. At first it was easier to say that I did it to get jobs and well, that’s shallow. I’m doing it for more personal reasons that I don’t find necessary to divulge to just anybody. People in the cast, and matt, thought I was doing it all for the wrong reasons, just because somebody told me I should…to get more ass and more jobs. But here’s the thing. Going through life being known for your voice, “that’s the guy with the high voice”, always hearing “yes ma’am” on the phone or in the drive-thru, it kinda wears on you after a while. Yes this stranger told me to talk in the deep voice from now on and I did, but he touched on things that I thought only I was thinking. Something about the conversations we had about my voice clicked and that’s all I really want to say. Its like I’m finally me and finally normal. I found out last night when I was telling my cast all this(they thought I was being fake) that when I first got hired at Stiletto that they came back to the studios and described me as this “amazing dancer and he has this really high voice.” That only furthers the reason why I would want to talk in the deeper voice. Its not necessary to describe me as the boy with the high voice. I mean sure, later in life I’ll be able to use the voice to my advantage but come on. I don’t see a good singer with a huge nose and say “she was really good but her nose was massive” they’re not related or relevant. And also, the more I talk in it the stronger it gets, the more emotion I can put into it and the higher it gets so its not so BOOMING bass robot. Anyways, that was a long rant and I’m sorry but yeah. It will take some getting used to I know. The kids on the ship are already used to it and they don’t’ like the high voice anymore. Its funny. So to y’all back home I’m sorry if you don’t like it at first but its here to stay.
Lesson of the Day: I can still sound like everybody else but be myself and be happy about who I am without thinking I’ve sold out or changed myself.
Last night we all huddled in Jenn’s room, I brought my mattress in, and we all watched the exorcism of Emily rose. Kinda a messed up movie. I’ve seen it before but it still made me uneasy. We also had a dance class yesterday. Mashawn taught a combo and it was so amazing to actually dance again. We video taped it and I really want it on my computer so I can watch myself everyday. Haha. But seriously, I have no video of me dancing so it would be kinda nice. Only thing is, is that his camera is really old and we’d have to find a dvd burner cause it doesn’t have the capabilities to attach to a computer…I don’t think.
Also, remember how when I first got on the ship the cabin steward took my pillow cause he thought it was the ships. It was my pillow from home, my binki if you will. Its been with me through a lot. WELL, today Made(the steward) cleaned our room and I came in and notice that one of my pillows was a darker blue than the other. I felt the case and it was t-shirt material. IT WAS MY CASE. Then I felt the pillow itself and it was really squishy. IT WAS MY PILLOW. Omg I’m so excited to have my pillow back. I can’t wait to sleep on it again. Yay
Also, I’m getting my hair cut later today. Its cold and rainy outside and I have IPM(in port manning) so I’m bored.
Also, I’ve lost about 10 pounds in the last month so that’s cool and all the staff is coming back on the ship on the 23rd to put up Showgirl….even though Jess won’t be back. Irritated I am. I haven’t heard back about another ship which is ok but everybody else has been offered something else. Don’t know if I should take it personally or just let it go. Who knows maybe they’re waiting to put me on the ship I wanted and are just waiting to see who extends. Or maybe it’s a good thing and I shouldn’t work for the company again. Or maybe I’m thinking too much and should get a life. Whatever, I’m going to workout. Ha.
Also, I just want to clarify why I’m talking in the deeper voice all of a sudden. At first it was easier to say that I did it to get jobs and well, that’s shallow. I’m doing it for more personal reasons that I don’t find necessary to divulge to just anybody. People in the cast, and matt, thought I was doing it all for the wrong reasons, just because somebody told me I should…to get more ass and more jobs. But here’s the thing. Going through life being known for your voice, “that’s the guy with the high voice”, always hearing “yes ma’am” on the phone or in the drive-thru, it kinda wears on you after a while. Yes this stranger told me to talk in the deep voice from now on and I did, but he touched on things that I thought only I was thinking. Something about the conversations we had about my voice clicked and that’s all I really want to say. Its like I’m finally me and finally normal. I found out last night when I was telling my cast all this(they thought I was being fake) that when I first got hired at Stiletto that they came back to the studios and described me as this “amazing dancer and he has this really high voice.” That only furthers the reason why I would want to talk in the deeper voice. Its not necessary to describe me as the boy with the high voice. I mean sure, later in life I’ll be able to use the voice to my advantage but come on. I don’t see a good singer with a huge nose and say “she was really good but her nose was massive” they’re not related or relevant. And also, the more I talk in it the stronger it gets, the more emotion I can put into it and the higher it gets so its not so BOOMING bass robot. Anyways, that was a long rant and I’m sorry but yeah. It will take some getting used to I know. The kids on the ship are already used to it and they don’t’ like the high voice anymore. Its funny. So to y’all back home I’m sorry if you don’t like it at first but its here to stay.
Lesson of the Day: I can still sound like everybody else but be myself and be happy about who I am without thinking I’ve sold out or changed myself.
6.15.2007
well....part2
More things that irritate me….
Our new show Showgirl coming in as a re-block because this fucking company HAS to have a new show. Jess’ foot needs another cruise to fully heal and the choreographers and set people are coming at the end of this cruise to put up the show. So instead of a shitty 10 person show it will be a 9 person shitty show. The show isn’t shitty its just we’ve been doing it for so long the same way which is now going to be the wrong way. Whatever, we’re all just over this show
Protein powder….
People forcing their opinions on me and then arguing my opinion when I NEVER ASKED FOR IT IN THE FIRST DAMN PLACE
Calories and the constant battle with them and frankly hearing about other peoples battles with them. again, i didn't ask.
Always drinking water that tastes like chlorine, thast right ya’ll. I’m drinking pool water. my poor throat is dying
People snoring in the restaurant and at the shows. Its rude y’all
….
More to come as I get more and more bitter. haha
Our new show Showgirl coming in as a re-block because this fucking company HAS to have a new show. Jess’ foot needs another cruise to fully heal and the choreographers and set people are coming at the end of this cruise to put up the show. So instead of a shitty 10 person show it will be a 9 person shitty show. The show isn’t shitty its just we’ve been doing it for so long the same way which is now going to be the wrong way. Whatever, we’re all just over this show
Protein powder….
People forcing their opinions on me and then arguing my opinion when I NEVER ASKED FOR IT IN THE FIRST DAMN PLACE
Calories and the constant battle with them and frankly hearing about other peoples battles with them. again, i didn't ask.
Always drinking water that tastes like chlorine, thast right ya’ll. I’m drinking pool water. my poor throat is dying
People snoring in the restaurant and at the shows. Its rude y’all
….
More to come as I get more and more bitter. haha
Vik/Flam
Today I spent my time on the ship. We were in Flam and Vik, Norway today so we didn’t have much time to get off the ship. I spent my time sleeping, having a really good workout, getting my eyebrows waxed, hangin out in the spa with the spa girls, eating, takin pictures of Norway, buying a Skagen watch(its real pretty, and well my others got stolen), and having my sinus’ stopped up.
Also, matt and I are talking again more regularly so that feels good. Its really hard to be away from the one(s) you love for such a long time, but as long as you communicate and be honest things work out.
I don’t really have the energy to be more descriptive but I’ll say that Norway looks like a story book. It doesn’t even look real. Super high mountains, snow-capped peaks, waterfalls EVERYWHERE, blue/green water, boulders, everything. Its gorgeous
Lesson of the Day: I NEED MORE BRITNEY. Crossroads was on tv today and I miss her. Grow your hair out, quit the crack, and come back to us. We need you
Also, matt and I are talking again more regularly so that feels good. Its really hard to be away from the one(s) you love for such a long time, but as long as you communicate and be honest things work out.
I don’t really have the energy to be more descriptive but I’ll say that Norway looks like a story book. It doesn’t even look real. Super high mountains, snow-capped peaks, waterfalls EVERYWHERE, blue/green water, boulders, everything. Its gorgeous
Lesson of the Day: I NEED MORE BRITNEY. Crossroads was on tv today and I miss her. Grow your hair out, quit the crack, and come back to us. We need you
6.12.2007
well
things that might cause me to commit a homicide....
my roomate slamming the toilet seat EVERY TIME
my roomate waking up from nap #whatever and eating a candybar EVERY TIME
the lead singer always talking about calories and thinking his body is getting better
having Kai and the team back on the ship next week to put up our new show
...
more to come
my roomate slamming the toilet seat EVERY TIME
my roomate waking up from nap #whatever and eating a candybar EVERY TIME
the lead singer always talking about calories and thinking his body is getting better
having Kai and the team back on the ship next week to put up our new show
...
more to come
6.11.2007
Copenhagen...not the snuff
so another day with the beautiful Danes. i really don't know what else to say. the shopping was amazing, the sites gorgeous. damn
this is supposed to be the gay capitol of the world. i saw none. well there was one but he looked like a woman so he doesn't count. also, none of the stores had air conditioning. what the hell man. how can this be the gay capitol with no air. everybody knows gays can't sweat. they might melt. i toughed it out cause i'm using the deep voice now so i'm pretty tough.
i tried to dress euro today. it worked. i blended right in, accept for my camera. definately can't wait to come back for our overnight. i love denmark.
talked to matt, it feels better at least making contact.
this is supposed to be the gay capitol of the world. i saw none. well there was one but he looked like a woman so he doesn't count. also, none of the stores had air conditioning. what the hell man. how can this be the gay capitol with no air. everybody knows gays can't sweat. they might melt. i toughed it out cause i'm using the deep voice now so i'm pretty tough.
i tried to dress euro today. it worked. i blended right in, accept for my camera. definately can't wait to come back for our overnight. i love denmark.
talked to matt, it feels better at least making contact.
6.10.2007
god bless the sweds! p.s. how do you spell sweds? sweeds? swuids? the hell man
Stockholm, Sweden
Alright, I’m getting tired of typing this but I’m conviced there’s something in the water up here. Sweden is gorgeous. I think its like a law that people have to work out. The men were stunning, tan, fashionable and lean. The women are long, blonde, simple and currently Miss Sweden is Miss World. Its just crazy, my neck is sore from looking at people right and left. I’m surprised I didn’t die from a car or something. anyways.
This place is amazing. There was a marathon going on so we watched that for a while, all the streets were closed. We went shopping and we did it up right. Zara(my new favorite store) was everywhere, H&M was literally on every corner. Its like the gap of Europe, nuts. The malls were gorgeous and packed with everything. Just overwhelming. It was 80 degrees and sunny and like I’ve said before, we were told how lucky we are to see these placed up here with sun. its normally cool and rainy. Lucky us.
So last night me and mashawn hung out with the guest entertainer on board and his boyfriend of 6 years. Must be nice. The boyfriend’s name is Shimi short for Shimon and he’s gorgeous. He’s from Israel and is a dancer in London. Light skin, long dark hair, perfect body, gorgeous smile. I was smitten. Haha. Enough of that. They ended up being really cool, I learned a lot of stuff about the West End in London(their broadway), and they got me talking in my deep voice. In fact I’ve talked in it all day today and its really not that bad. Its funny how people come in your life for whatever reasons and I guess that was theirs. Something about hearing a total stranger tell me how my entire face changed when I spoke in the deep voice and how it just matches ME. It just clicked. I’m really gonna try to continue the deeper voice because I feel it will be more accepted when I move and start trying to be a professional super star. Part of me feels like I’m changing who I am but the other part feels like I’m letting myself out. Like I’ve been hiding behind the voice. I don’t know. Its deep up here inside my brain. I’m a little overwhelmed
Oh yeah, and the 10th is Stacy’s birthday. She’s our singer dancer girl. We were walking around the halls tonight and this Indonesian guy ((he was in the ms. Rotterdam pageant last night(a bunch of Indonesians and philepeanos dressing in drag)) gave us 10 empanadas. This is like a sweet bread with cheese and sugar. Its heaven. So we go to our room and start eating. THEN he comes back with a giant metal bin of CHICKEN. Its like bbq’d with some Indonesian sauce and we just start grubbing. I mean we are messy and gross. I’ll try to attach a picture. THEN this other guy Chandra brings MORE empanadas and then the cook troy brings a freakin cake for stacy. So much for my sweet body tonight. But whatever, we did two shoes and they damn near killed me. My legs and feet are cramping and I can’t stand up. This life of a rockstar is catchin up with me. St. Petersburg and last night with Chris and Shimi till 5am might just be too much. Guess I’ll have to start scheduling my events.
But yeah if you talk to me soon try to make me talk in the deep voice if I’m not.
Lesson of the Day: I can live in Sweden, be ripped, and have a little tummy and still be hotter than anybody in the west. And I’m moving to London as of today. And I miss matt but I guess that’s out of my hands right now…not trying to make anyone feel guilty, just sayin. I don’t really have an outlet here.
Alright, I’m getting tired of typing this but I’m conviced there’s something in the water up here. Sweden is gorgeous. I think its like a law that people have to work out. The men were stunning, tan, fashionable and lean. The women are long, blonde, simple and currently Miss Sweden is Miss World. Its just crazy, my neck is sore from looking at people right and left. I’m surprised I didn’t die from a car or something. anyways.
This place is amazing. There was a marathon going on so we watched that for a while, all the streets were closed. We went shopping and we did it up right. Zara(my new favorite store) was everywhere, H&M was literally on every corner. Its like the gap of Europe, nuts. The malls were gorgeous and packed with everything. Just overwhelming. It was 80 degrees and sunny and like I’ve said before, we were told how lucky we are to see these placed up here with sun. its normally cool and rainy. Lucky us.
So last night me and mashawn hung out with the guest entertainer on board and his boyfriend of 6 years. Must be nice. The boyfriend’s name is Shimi short for Shimon and he’s gorgeous. He’s from Israel and is a dancer in London. Light skin, long dark hair, perfect body, gorgeous smile. I was smitten. Haha. Enough of that. They ended up being really cool, I learned a lot of stuff about the West End in London(their broadway), and they got me talking in my deep voice. In fact I’ve talked in it all day today and its really not that bad. Its funny how people come in your life for whatever reasons and I guess that was theirs. Something about hearing a total stranger tell me how my entire face changed when I spoke in the deep voice and how it just matches ME. It just clicked. I’m really gonna try to continue the deeper voice because I feel it will be more accepted when I move and start trying to be a professional super star. Part of me feels like I’m changing who I am but the other part feels like I’m letting myself out. Like I’ve been hiding behind the voice. I don’t know. Its deep up here inside my brain. I’m a little overwhelmed
Oh yeah, and the 10th is Stacy’s birthday. She’s our singer dancer girl. We were walking around the halls tonight and this Indonesian guy ((he was in the ms. Rotterdam pageant last night(a bunch of Indonesians and philepeanos dressing in drag)) gave us 10 empanadas. This is like a sweet bread with cheese and sugar. Its heaven. So we go to our room and start eating. THEN he comes back with a giant metal bin of CHICKEN. Its like bbq’d with some Indonesian sauce and we just start grubbing. I mean we are messy and gross. I’ll try to attach a picture. THEN this other guy Chandra brings MORE empanadas and then the cook troy brings a freakin cake for stacy. So much for my sweet body tonight. But whatever, we did two shoes and they damn near killed me. My legs and feet are cramping and I can’t stand up. This life of a rockstar is catchin up with me. St. Petersburg and last night with Chris and Shimi till 5am might just be too much. Guess I’ll have to start scheduling my events.
But yeah if you talk to me soon try to make me talk in the deep voice if I’m not.
Lesson of the Day: I can live in Sweden, be ripped, and have a little tummy and still be hotter than anybody in the west. And I’m moving to London as of today. And I miss matt but I guess that’s out of my hands right now…not trying to make anyone feel guilty, just sayin. I don’t really have an outlet here.
russia
June 6-7, 2007
So lets talk about the vodka in St. Petersburg, Russia. Y’all don’t know vodka. Its so smooth and creamy and doesn’t burn and is tasteless and MESSES YOU UP. This ain’t no burnetts or mccormick 5 dollar stuff, this is straight from the USSR with love.
Now about the land of Russia. I found its still very cold to American anything. Its slowly starting to open up to the rest of the world but St. Petersburg is a very prideful city and is proud of their past and honors it immensely. Back in the day of the cold war if you spoke English you were either a spy or training to be one so I noticed they still treated us very differently. Russians are very friendly people…once you are in and they know you. The youth, mainly the men are much more direct and open. Makes for an interesting evening.
We got off the ship at 11pm. Went straight to this club called Metro Club. It was three stories with each floor being a different theme. The bottom was a big huge open bar for the younger kids and normal music dance floor. Full of lasers and fog. The second floor was for your Russian gangsta’s. it was all rap music. The third floor was where we stayed ALL NIGHT LONG. Three side by side rectangular rooms the dance floor was 2 stories and stuck between two bars. On the second floor was a balcony that ran around the perimeter where men were dancing. They were sailors, then military, then they were just in thongs and oil. They were simply gogo dancers and nobody could get up there but them. I made for a really really cool environment. Teenagers and early 20’s all dancing to the latest in dance music lights and fog and screaming and sweat. It was AMAZING. No cameras were allowed but you best believe I have video and stills of the dancers and the crowds. It was so cool. Turns out tonight was student night and the drinkin age is 16 in Russia. I felt like I could go to jail as a pedophile at any moment. But a couple of vodkas and life was amazing.
Then me and mashawn want to go to a gay bar so we leave and get a taxi to this club called Sinners. Its 4:00am at this point. We get there, it’s a dungeon looking place and they gave us a card upon entering. As we left we gave this card back to him and it had what we drank or any dues we had. Pay as you leave. Cool idea. Anyways, there were 6 people there cause it was a weeknight so it was kinda lame. We ran into some of the gay philipeanos on the ship and we hung out with them for a while. It was tragic. The bartender was straight and should be a model and needs to get out of Russia and go to the states and be famous. It was ridiculous. I’m talking Abercrombie&Fitch/shaggy brown hair perfect body and a smile/gorgeous face and spoke English. He’s ready to be famous on some WB tv show for teen girls. Anyways, I go dance with myself for a bit, found I had some new moves, mashawn started talking to this guy who fell in love with him and got jealous if anybody else talked to him but him and his friends ended up giving us a free ride back to the ship.(not too smart getting in a car with strangers but hell, how often are you in st. Petersburg at a gay club leaving at 6:00 in the morning with people you just met who’s car keeps breaking down) you only live once I say. I digress. Back at the bar I’m sitting up with the crew and this guy comes to me, says I’m beautiful and doesn’t speak a lick of English. I don’t speak Russian so its really awkward. He puts his hand around my hand and kisses me. I WAS LIKE WHAT THE HELL???JUST CAUSE I’M BEAUTIFUL DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE LICENED TO KISS ME BITCH. I turned around and look at my friend jo and he turned into the bitchy gay I was too stunned to be. The guy went up to some other guy to translate for him and basically he said that if I bought him a beer he would sleep with me. It was at that time that I said goodbye to the pretty bartender, wished him luck with his girlfriend, found mashawn and said we were leaving.
We got back to the ship at 6:30, went to breakfast and now its 8:00am. Russia was fun.
Keep in mind this whole time it’s been sunny outside. The sun doesn’t set till 2 or so in the morning and then its twilight for an hour and then it’s sunny again. It’s easy to lose yourself in all this sun. And apparently we were here for one of the 6 sunny days in Russia. How cool is that. Its about 70 degrees
Lesson of the day: things happen for a reason and because of that I was able to not buy a drink for somebody. Also, I told some Russians they need to smile more. You feel better when you smile
We go to Helsinki, Finland tomorrow but I have IPM. Sorry dad. Hope you can check this while you’re in Australia. Be safe. Hi mom. Hi…
So lets talk about the vodka in St. Petersburg, Russia. Y’all don’t know vodka. Its so smooth and creamy and doesn’t burn and is tasteless and MESSES YOU UP. This ain’t no burnetts or mccormick 5 dollar stuff, this is straight from the USSR with love.
Now about the land of Russia. I found its still very cold to American anything. Its slowly starting to open up to the rest of the world but St. Petersburg is a very prideful city and is proud of their past and honors it immensely. Back in the day of the cold war if you spoke English you were either a spy or training to be one so I noticed they still treated us very differently. Russians are very friendly people…once you are in and they know you. The youth, mainly the men are much more direct and open. Makes for an interesting evening.
We got off the ship at 11pm. Went straight to this club called Metro Club. It was three stories with each floor being a different theme. The bottom was a big huge open bar for the younger kids and normal music dance floor. Full of lasers and fog. The second floor was for your Russian gangsta’s. it was all rap music. The third floor was where we stayed ALL NIGHT LONG. Three side by side rectangular rooms the dance floor was 2 stories and stuck between two bars. On the second floor was a balcony that ran around the perimeter where men were dancing. They were sailors, then military, then they were just in thongs and oil. They were simply gogo dancers and nobody could get up there but them. I made for a really really cool environment. Teenagers and early 20’s all dancing to the latest in dance music lights and fog and screaming and sweat. It was AMAZING. No cameras were allowed but you best believe I have video and stills of the dancers and the crowds. It was so cool. Turns out tonight was student night and the drinkin age is 16 in Russia. I felt like I could go to jail as a pedophile at any moment. But a couple of vodkas and life was amazing.
Then me and mashawn want to go to a gay bar so we leave and get a taxi to this club called Sinners. Its 4:00am at this point. We get there, it’s a dungeon looking place and they gave us a card upon entering. As we left we gave this card back to him and it had what we drank or any dues we had. Pay as you leave. Cool idea. Anyways, there were 6 people there cause it was a weeknight so it was kinda lame. We ran into some of the gay philipeanos on the ship and we hung out with them for a while. It was tragic. The bartender was straight and should be a model and needs to get out of Russia and go to the states and be famous. It was ridiculous. I’m talking Abercrombie&Fitch/shaggy brown hair perfect body and a smile/gorgeous face and spoke English. He’s ready to be famous on some WB tv show for teen girls. Anyways, I go dance with myself for a bit, found I had some new moves, mashawn started talking to this guy who fell in love with him and got jealous if anybody else talked to him but him and his friends ended up giving us a free ride back to the ship.(not too smart getting in a car with strangers but hell, how often are you in st. Petersburg at a gay club leaving at 6:00 in the morning with people you just met who’s car keeps breaking down) you only live once I say. I digress. Back at the bar I’m sitting up with the crew and this guy comes to me, says I’m beautiful and doesn’t speak a lick of English. I don’t speak Russian so its really awkward. He puts his hand around my hand and kisses me. I WAS LIKE WHAT THE HELL???JUST CAUSE I’M BEAUTIFUL DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE LICENED TO KISS ME BITCH. I turned around and look at my friend jo and he turned into the bitchy gay I was too stunned to be. The guy went up to some other guy to translate for him and basically he said that if I bought him a beer he would sleep with me. It was at that time that I said goodbye to the pretty bartender, wished him luck with his girlfriend, found mashawn and said we were leaving.
We got back to the ship at 6:30, went to breakfast and now its 8:00am. Russia was fun.
Keep in mind this whole time it’s been sunny outside. The sun doesn’t set till 2 or so in the morning and then its twilight for an hour and then it’s sunny again. It’s easy to lose yourself in all this sun. And apparently we were here for one of the 6 sunny days in Russia. How cool is that. Its about 70 degrees
Lesson of the day: things happen for a reason and because of that I was able to not buy a drink for somebody. Also, I told some Russians they need to smile more. You feel better when you smile
We go to Helsinki, Finland tomorrow but I have IPM. Sorry dad. Hope you can check this while you’re in Australia. Be safe. Hi mom. Hi…
6.04.2007
count down to russia
i have ipm tomorrow in Estonia BUT the next day we're in st. petersburg, russia for two days straight. thats right, i have an overnight in russia. HOLY SHIT I"M SO EXCITED. everybody is going out to this amazing club called metro. its apparently all the rage in st. petersburg. what a great great great time to be going out in russia. its been too long of a break from a good dance club. i'll try and get some good stories for you in a few days. start praying. love ya
6.03.2007
the ships i'm germany, i'm still in the water
i have IPM. we're in germany. i gave up sweets and alcohol for one week. everybody is eating candy. we were supposed to do it as a cast but they are all losers and have no will power. mashawn is doing it with me. he's cool. peter doesn't eat sweets cause he thinks he's healthy. he's annoying and has ruined going to the bar and dancing for me because he says its a great way to burn calories. he has a problem. the end. still haven't talked to matt in a while. not likin that.
6.02.2007
i wanna be blonder
Looking back and reading through my previous posts I’ve noticed some common threads between the cities I’ve traveled too.
First and formost I noticed that I refer to the people as gorgeous often. I’m not going to go against that at all with this post. There have been some ugly countries like Romania, Ukraine, Turkey, France but the ones that have been amazing have been just that. Oh, and when I say ugly I’m just talking about my opinion and I’m just judging based on the small selection of people I’ve seen and I don’t mean ugly, I mean not striking or attractive. Ha. I digress.
Second, I’ve notice I talk about how nice or mean the people are. For the most part the countries I’ve seen have all been very friendly and open. My favorites have been Greece, Spain, Norway, and today, Denmark(this place is amazing). Greece will always have a special place in my heart but these Nordic countries I’m going to on the next few cruises are proving to be a formidable match.
Maybe its because I look like the nords or maybe its because they all speak amazing English on top of their own language. Whatever the case may be I have never felt so at home or comfortable somewhere than I did today in Aarhus, Denmark. (we go to Copenhagen, Sweden, and finland soon so that might change but…) yeah. The people here have surpassed the other countries which is sayin something cause I don’t even like blondes. But the purity of the blonde hair and the creaminess of their skin, it was amazing. They look like how you would imagine an angel to appear. I know that sounds cheesy as all hell but its true. There is such a simple beauty in the gene pool up here its fascinating. I have never seen more beautiful women. I’ll leave it at that.
All we did today was walk up and down a street, window shop, and people watch. The fashion here is just how I want to dress. Very clean but has a nice urban edge. Low slung pants, straight leg, suits suits and more suits, fat knotted ties(like over exaggerated), the sailor look is in full force here. Everything is classy but relaxed. I don’t know how to explain it. V-necks and stripes are all over Europe. I don’t know. Its just really nice. The people here, as I’ve said, are so laid back and cool. Everything shuts down early in the day, everything is relaxed. I haven’t heard sirens, horns, thousands of cars, people yelling. Any of that. Its all just clean and chill. Maybe it’s the near arctic air. In both Norway and Denmark the air has smelled clean and its been overcast and cool. If this is just a trend then so be it but if its how it is all the time then I’m moving. I could definatley see myself getting a morning coffee on my way to work in my sweet business suit and slammin trainers (tennis shoes). Haha.
I’m just really impressed with how the rest of the world operates compared to America. There’s just something very rough and brutish about the states. I never got that until I left and looked back. It makes me want to be more aware of things and maybe even find a way to continue learning. Getting schooled I guess. Oh well.
I don’t know, maybe I just needed the romance of these cities and that’s why I’m so drawn to them. The old cottage looking buildings with the patinad copper roofs and giant medieval cathedrals. I’m not too happy personally so maybe the simply joys of this part of the world really spoke out to me. I’m sounding really gay, I’m gonna stop.
p.s. I saw a blonde gay couple today walking around with their adopted son. Not one second look, not one foul remark, just people acting as if nothing was strange. Must be nice to live in a place like that.
First and formost I noticed that I refer to the people as gorgeous often. I’m not going to go against that at all with this post. There have been some ugly countries like Romania, Ukraine, Turkey, France but the ones that have been amazing have been just that. Oh, and when I say ugly I’m just talking about my opinion and I’m just judging based on the small selection of people I’ve seen and I don’t mean ugly, I mean not striking or attractive. Ha. I digress.
Second, I’ve notice I talk about how nice or mean the people are. For the most part the countries I’ve seen have all been very friendly and open. My favorites have been Greece, Spain, Norway, and today, Denmark(this place is amazing). Greece will always have a special place in my heart but these Nordic countries I’m going to on the next few cruises are proving to be a formidable match.
Maybe its because I look like the nords or maybe its because they all speak amazing English on top of their own language. Whatever the case may be I have never felt so at home or comfortable somewhere than I did today in Aarhus, Denmark. (we go to Copenhagen, Sweden, and finland soon so that might change but…) yeah. The people here have surpassed the other countries which is sayin something cause I don’t even like blondes. But the purity of the blonde hair and the creaminess of their skin, it was amazing. They look like how you would imagine an angel to appear. I know that sounds cheesy as all hell but its true. There is such a simple beauty in the gene pool up here its fascinating. I have never seen more beautiful women. I’ll leave it at that.
All we did today was walk up and down a street, window shop, and people watch. The fashion here is just how I want to dress. Very clean but has a nice urban edge. Low slung pants, straight leg, suits suits and more suits, fat knotted ties(like over exaggerated), the sailor look is in full force here. Everything is classy but relaxed. I don’t know how to explain it. V-necks and stripes are all over Europe. I don’t know. Its just really nice. The people here, as I’ve said, are so laid back and cool. Everything shuts down early in the day, everything is relaxed. I haven’t heard sirens, horns, thousands of cars, people yelling. Any of that. Its all just clean and chill. Maybe it’s the near arctic air. In both Norway and Denmark the air has smelled clean and its been overcast and cool. If this is just a trend then so be it but if its how it is all the time then I’m moving. I could definatley see myself getting a morning coffee on my way to work in my sweet business suit and slammin trainers (tennis shoes). Haha.
I’m just really impressed with how the rest of the world operates compared to America. There’s just something very rough and brutish about the states. I never got that until I left and looked back. It makes me want to be more aware of things and maybe even find a way to continue learning. Getting schooled I guess. Oh well.
I don’t know, maybe I just needed the romance of these cities and that’s why I’m so drawn to them. The old cottage looking buildings with the patinad copper roofs and giant medieval cathedrals. I’m not too happy personally so maybe the simply joys of this part of the world really spoke out to me. I’m sounding really gay, I’m gonna stop.
p.s. I saw a blonde gay couple today walking around with their adopted son. Not one second look, not one foul remark, just people acting as if nothing was strange. Must be nice to live in a place like that.
6.01.2007
side note
so i'm just gonna get this off my chest. in order to visit certain countries by water you have to have seamans book. we ordered ours in march and they usually take a few weeks to get back to us. well guess what, we still don't have ours. normally the only port we need our books for is st. petersburg. we already accepted the fact that we won't get to see russia, although we're still not happy. well today we just found out that NOW we need our seamans books for GERMANY, ESTONIA, and the kicker...THE NETHERLANDS. that means no rotterdam or amsterdam. that also means we're gonna be on the ship for over a month. I"M SO PISSED. somebody dropped the ball back at holland america and now we're paying for it again. first our costumes, then our black bags, then all the packages that haven't made it to us and now our seamans books. i'm over it. i've just learned to be upset and that way when more things happen it doesn't get worse, i just get complacent? is that the word? i don't know, i'm just kinda numb to it all. whatever.
also, i'm kinda tired of gay guys. i was reading an article today and this guy was saying he cant imagine a first date that doesn't end in sex. i'm sorry, but that is trash. and here on the ship its gross too. one of the cast members who claims to be superior to us all was openly talking shit on this crew member who works in the day care because he thinks that someone in day care has no life ambition and thus is not intellectual. so what happens last night...they hook-up. that is just gross and so hypocritical. i'm so irritated.
i think i'm about to start my cycle. ha
also, i'm kinda tired of gay guys. i was reading an article today and this guy was saying he cant imagine a first date that doesn't end in sex. i'm sorry, but that is trash. and here on the ship its gross too. one of the cast members who claims to be superior to us all was openly talking shit on this crew member who works in the day care because he thinks that someone in day care has no life ambition and thus is not intellectual. so what happens last night...they hook-up. that is just gross and so hypocritical. i'm so irritated.
i think i'm about to start my cycle. ha
Trolls and Sweaters
So I finally make it to Norway…..and I look like everybody there. I’m a little thicker, more german, but everybody was talking to me and jeff like we were from there(he’s blonde too). I learned how to say thank you. Phonetically it sounds like tuzan tuk and is spelled in english as Tusen Takk and means a thousand thanks. Its cool. They said I sounded native. But I’ll tell you this….when anybody realized we didn’t speak their language they would flip to perfect, non-accented, English. It was crazy.
Anyways, I love Norway, olso so far. It was cold and rainy so I was in heaven. The women are STUNNING with the perfect color of blonde hair and the men, although somewhat more slight, are very masculine. I can’t wait to come back and see the Viking museums and all the art museums Olso has to offer. The one negative side to Norway as a whole is that it is SO EXPENSIVE. The nation is independently wealthy from oil and I’ll be damned if nothing was under 20 dollars. 1 dollar is 6 krones and the price tags were all 99 or 149(that’s how much a cd cost) or 358 for watch at h&m that I really really really want. Oh well.
One thing I’m learning about traveling about is that America is rather behind when it comes to mens fashion and society. Even our currency is busted compared to the rest of the world. I’m all ready for coin currency. The bills didn’t start till 50 here. Everything else was a coin, and cool looking coins at that. This is random, sorry
Lesson of the day: just because a huge bottle of water has no bubbles in it and costs 5 dollars doesn’t mean its not carbonated.
Lesson number two: you can trade an umbrella for a troll doll in the shops on the pier. This troll is doing my pose, the senior pic pose with the hand on the chin. You’re supposed to get trolls when you come to Norway. cool
Anyways, I love Norway, olso so far. It was cold and rainy so I was in heaven. The women are STUNNING with the perfect color of blonde hair and the men, although somewhat more slight, are very masculine. I can’t wait to come back and see the Viking museums and all the art museums Olso has to offer. The one negative side to Norway as a whole is that it is SO EXPENSIVE. The nation is independently wealthy from oil and I’ll be damned if nothing was under 20 dollars. 1 dollar is 6 krones and the price tags were all 99 or 149(that’s how much a cd cost) or 358 for watch at h&m that I really really really want. Oh well.
One thing I’m learning about traveling about is that America is rather behind when it comes to mens fashion and society. Even our currency is busted compared to the rest of the world. I’m all ready for coin currency. The bills didn’t start till 50 here. Everything else was a coin, and cool looking coins at that. This is random, sorry
Lesson of the day: just because a huge bottle of water has no bubbles in it and costs 5 dollars doesn’t mean its not carbonated.
Lesson number two: you can trade an umbrella for a troll doll in the shops on the pier. This troll is doing my pose, the senior pic pose with the hand on the chin. You’re supposed to get trolls when you come to Norway. cool
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