Turns out the Oregon Secretary of State's lecture on global warming was AMAZING - he's also one of the most sincere and pleasant people I've met on ships. How anyone in the room could dispute the facts he presented is beyond me - sure enough, the SECOND he finished there was a gaggle of angry conservatives blaming the environmentalists and the ( Read more... )

My foot is KILLING me and I'm feeling very negative, even for me ( Read more... )

It's amazing what a difference knowing what to expect can make ( Read more... )

The first show just ended and I'm pleased to say that none of the problems we had during rehearsal happened with the audience watching ( Read more... )

I'm about twenty minutes from starting a show that had a MAJOR technical/computer foul up that stopped today's rehearsal dead for about twenty minutes. The show control program decided that it liked the song "Dontcha Wish Your Girlfriend Was Hot Like Me" so much that it decided to ignore the lighting in rigging cues that followed it ( Read more... )

I found out tonight that baseball legend HANK AARON will be on board next cruise. I'm not up on the latest baseball goings on, but I'm pretty sure that this man still holds the record for most regular season home runs - 755 (based on my encyclopedia program). He was also the first to beat Babe Ruth's home run record ( Read more... )

I have to admit it - I'm pretty fucking good ( Read more... )

This is NOT the best night to be an introverted and claustrophobic stage manager on a cruise ship.

I hate New Years Eve more than I hate Christmas.

At least I won't be hungover tomorrow - just in full blown House mode.

A few months ago I managed to track down the solo debut albums of Nickel Creek members Chris Thile and Sean Watkins (Sara Watkins is working on her's). I enjoyed them, but I was surprised that given how talented they both are as song writers, that Thile's was ALL instrumentals and Watkin's only had one song with a vocal track - and it wasn't even ( Read more... )

I think I need a translator for myself - from myself.

Next time I say to myself - "I have no expectations," no matter how sincere I may sound, I'm clearly lying.

It needs to stop.