One Flew Over the Crows Nest

My friend Chris N. (left: in Honduras at the Monkey Santuary) once told me that wearing two pairs of sunglasses is always better then wearing one. As you can imagine, Chris N. no longer works for the Cruise line, however it wasn't because his insistance on wearing two pairs of sunglasses whilst stage managing the "multi million" dollar las vegas style shows would consistently result in a deflated cake dress during the finale. He no longer works on the ships becuase he has different goals for himself.

This situation albeit not new, brings up questions about my own career. I love working on the cruise ships, my motivation ten years ago when I was schnockered and dancing with old ladies in the Crows Nest is much different then it is now. Now I want to become A Cruise Director, and I have to say,  that it is extremely hard to do.

Doing the morning show with Jen B. my good friend and Cruise Director just confirmed that this is what I want. Being away from my family for so long is a definate unnattractive side effect of my career path, but having friends like Jen B. helps to make up for it.

Last night Jen B. and I were sipping on some wine, well she was drinking Perrier with lemon and I, a Michelob Ultra Light. We were preparing the morning show in her cabin, Dexter on the TV in the back ground when Budi her cabin steward came in. Budi wanted to let us know that there would be a cabin inspection in the morning. Being well rehearsed in this senario Jen and Budi raced around getting rid of all the contraban: Kettle, Hot plate, Unapproved duvet, unapproved rugs. lit cigarettes (she doesn't smoke, she uses them as incense) and before I knew it, I was waking up in the morning in Jen's bed five minute before the Live Morning Show, we threw back the covers and we both ran up the two decks to the recording room her fire red hair in my face. Nothing Prepared, nothing rehearsed. Frankly it is how I like to do the shows anyway, and knowing how Jen and I feed off each other I was not to worried. What did worry me though was that five minutes into the show I caught my self in the monitor and realized that my self bronzer which was over applied in the firstplace must now be partly on my pillow. I looked like an extremely tanned zebra! Leave it to Jen, the only british Muary Povich fan in the world, to bring it to the attention of all 3500 guests, or atleast the ten that were watching.

"Your Face is Ridiculous!"

"Well your face is ridiculous to" - alright not the best rebuttle, I was not on my game.

As the show went on, and laughter was shared, I realized how fortunate I am to be on this career path and although I lose good friends such as Chris N. (don't worry, we still talk on Facebook), I am hoping that one day, it will all be worth it.