Cozumel, Mexico at night

seafarer's poem

Last night as I lay sleeping
I died or so it seemed,
Then I went to heaven
But only in my dream
Up there St. Peter met me
Standing at the pearly gates,
He said "I must check your record
Please stand here and wait."
He turned and said "Your record
Is covered with terrible flaws,
On earth I see you rallied
for every losing cause,"
I see that you drank alcohol
And smoked and used drugs too,
Fact is, you've done everything
A good person should never do.
We can't have people like you up here
Your life was full of sin,
Then he read the last of my record
Took my hand and said "Come in."
He led me up to the big boss and said
"Take her in and treat her well,"
She used to work on cruise ships.
She's done his time in hell"

some good quotes

Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.
-- Howard Aiken

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made.
-- Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
-- Mark Twain

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
-- Donald H. Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense

He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have.
-- Don Juan Manuel

Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

Carnaval in Cozumel, Mexico

Paradise Point, St. Thomas with Olga and Kalyn

Management lunch in Ocho Rios, Jamaica and San Juan at night

Dancing with the Stars

Random Triumph pics

My Fine is $355.60

Smoked pot -- $10
Did acid -- $5
Ever had sex at church -- $25
Woke up in the morning and did not know the person who was next to you -- $40
Had sex with someone on MySpace -- $25
Had sex for money -- $100
Ever had sex with the a Puerto Rican -- $20
Vandalized something -- $20
Had sex on your parents' bed -- $10
Beat up someone -- $20
Been jumped -- $10
Crossed dressed -- $10
Given money to stripper -- $25
Been in love with a stripper -- $20
Kissed some one who's name you didn't know -- $0.10
Hit on some one of the same sex while at work -- $15
Ever drive drunk -- $20
Ever got drunk at work, or went to work while still drunk -- $50
Used toys while having sex -- $30
Got drunk, passed and don't remember the night before -- $20
Went skinny dipping -- $5
Had sex in a pool -- $20
Kissed someone of the same sex -- $10
Had sex with someone of the same sex -- $20
Masturbated -- $10
Done oral -- $5
Got oral -- $5
Done / got oral in a car while it was moving -- $25
Stole something -- $10
Had sex with someone in jail -- $25
Made a nasty home video -- $15
Had a threesome -- $50
Had sex in the wild -- $20
Been in the same room while someone was having sex -- $25
Stole something worth over more than a hundred dollars -- $20
Had sex with someone 10 years older -- $20
Had sex with someone under 21 and you are over 27 -- $25
Been in love with two people or more at the same time -- $50
Said you love someone but didn't mean it -- $25
Went streaking -- $5
Went streaking in broad daylight -- $15
Been arrested -- $5
Spent time in jail -- $15
Peed in the pool -- $0.50
Played spin the bottle -- $5
Done something you regret -- $20
Had sex with your best friend -- $20
Had sex with someone you work with at work -- $25
Had anal sex -- $80
Lied to your mate -- $5
Lied to your mate about the sex being good -- $25

Tally it up and Re-Post it as..."My Fine Is..."

The Pasta Diet and Your Health

ITALIAN PASTA DIET -- IT REALLY WORKS !!

1. You walka pasta da bakery.
2. You walka pasta da candy store.
3. You walka pasta da Ice Cream shop.
4. You walka pasta da table and fridge.

You will lose weight!

AND......

CONCERNED ABOUT TOO MANY CARBS IN YOUR DIET?

For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.

1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

CONCLUSION

Eat and drink what you like.

Speaking English is apparently what kills you!!

Caribbean Adventures

St. Martin

New Years on Carnival Triumph

Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more,
it is willing to see less.
-- Rabbi Julius Gordon

Triumph Adventures

St. Martin Road Trip

Caribbean Christmas

first month on M/S Triumph

back at sea

So I’ve made it to the Triumph all in one piece. Because I am a retard, of course I went out the night before I was suppose to go to Miami, I got home at 3 am and left for the airport at 4 am. Yeah so I was dead tired and on a half an hour of sleep with club makeup and club stamps on my hand by the time I got to the ship. The ship itself is effen incredible and effen huge. Its got 14 regular decks and 3 more decks below sea level with engine stuff that I know nothing about. The layout is completely different then any of the other ships that I have been on so I am completely lost. This class of ships is 102,000 tonnes. Quite a difference from the 42,000 tonne Holiday and 72,000 tonne Sensation. The ship is also newer then any other ship that I have been on so its pretty amazing. I live on deck 4 with others staff and officers. Now, the door right next to my cabin is the exit to the open deck and the crew bar. The open deck is really nice cause I get fresh air whenever I want it and you can get away from everyone. Crew bar is not so good cause $2 packs of smokes (not that I am even thinking of starting up smoking again) and $1.25 drinks are bad news for me. I am right above the mooring deck, which is the deck where all of those huge ass ropes are to type up the ship to the pier. So I hear crazy machinery noises all the time which makes me kind of paro that the ship is falling apart. I’m also right at the forward of the ship so I can hear all the waves hit the ship. We’re on our way to Puerto Rico right now, apparently its really rough seas from Miami to San Juan cause we’re rocking tropical storm styles. Its so effen rough that it jolts and shakes the bed so bad that I can’t stand in the shower without hanging to the safety bad and if I didn’t have a protective bar on my bed, my ass would be rolling off the top bunk. The noise is so great when we hit waves that it literally sounds and feels like we’ve hit another ship (which I hope to god is never the case). My roommate is a photographer from croatia. She’s quiet and introverted so I don’[t know why the hell they put me with her but I’ll bring her out of her shell and she’ll be dancing drunk on tables in cozumel in no time! She snores like a boar, so between her and the mooring noises and the waves, it takes me about 12 hours to get 8 hours of sleep. Anyways, the other trainer that I am working with is awesome. Shes Canadian too and is a lot like me. Another trainer that’s hiding piercings and tattoos from the bosses! Hehe! She took one look at my club stamped hand and she was like YOU CAME STRAIGHT FROM THE CLUB DIDN’T YOU I was like OH SHIT, YEAH I DID so she gave me the day off to sleep. BOOYAH! We do 2 different itineraries. One to Puerto rico, st. martin and st, Thomas. Then we return to Miami and head back out to Jamaica, grand cayman and mexico. Between the itineraries we have to change our clock back one week and forward another week. So you dun know my lazy confused ass is going to be either showing up to work too early or too late! Anywho, I’m excited about this ship, its really nice, the itinerary is wicked, the other trainer is wicked cool so everything looks good. Its funny though cause coming back to the ship to me felt like I was coming back home to Oakville. Guess the seafarer blood does run in me after all (thanks dad). Anyways, I gotta go and review some new programs that came out when I was on vacation so imma jet.

zuzana comes to toronto

zuzana, who i worked with on the holiday and who was basically my coach throughout my first contract with carnival, came to visit toronto on her way to the spirit in san diego.