Last week/It's over!

I am finally home from the Dawn and I can't believe it!  Four months absolutely flew by!  It's great being home, I've gotten to spend time with George, clean my room, etc, but since it's only been like 2 days, I'll fill you in on my last week, that's a little more exciting.  But you might also find that boring, and if you do, just go ahead and look at the pictures.

Last Sunday I met up with a bunch of friends and my bro at Ben's old workplace for brunch, which was really fun, but unfortunately Ben couldn't go because he was told last minute that he had to work all day on the ship.  Lame!  Anyways, I got pretty drunk on huge margaritas and my cast did their best to keep me that way for the rest of the afternoon.  That night we Molly and I had a cocktail party in our room, and I insisted on getting dressed up and wearing heels in our cabin (I actually was sober by that time.) Monday night Ben and I went out to our final all-you-can-eat sushi-dinner-for-15-dollars, it was pretty great.  Tuesday we had a drag party, we were supposed to have a drag show, but apparently some of the higher ups "didn't want to encourage that type of behavior." Yikes.  Anyways, in protest a few of us still dressed in drag and went to the crew bar, I've attached photos- I'm the latino guy.  It was a blast.  Wednesday I spa-ed it up, and that night a bunch of us went into Hamilton to go clubbing again, which was fun despite the fact that I really do hate clubs. Thursday, Ben, Bodie, Matt and I went snorkling at Church Bay.  It was amazing!  We saw tons of parrot fish (they're these really big rainbow-colored fish with sassy iridescent lips and big teeth), and big blue fish and even a jellyfish- that part was actually more scary than cool.  Anyways, it was really awesome. Thursday night we had our last scripted show, which was both really fun and really sad.  Then Friday night our cast took the trainers out to a steak dinner aboard the ship to thank them for giving us free classes and stuff.  Saturday morning Ben took me out to Jazz Brunch for our final mother (me) daughter (Ben) meal and Saturday night, after our adult show, there was a party for the crew who were leaving the ship.

It was a really fun week and I was sad to see it end.  I miss alot of my friends from the ship (Ben!) but I'm also really happy to be able to see my friends at home.  

Anyhoo, in three weeks I will be off to Novi, Michigan to perform in "Jewsical the Musical" and will hopefully continue the blog once that gets going.  In the meantime, I'll leave you with this: If there's anything I've learned from this ship experience, it's that I'm a huge fag hag and that black guys like to hit on me.  Maybe I learned a few other things but I can't think of them right now.

Only one week left!

We only have one week left on the ship and I can't believe it!  It's been an amazing 17 weeks.

Last week was really fun, I explored Hamilton more than I ever have before- it's kind of the downtown of Bermuda.  One day I went to the Zoo and Aquarium, which was great.  Unfortunately my camera ran out of batteries before I could take a bunch of photos there, but you literally walk next to a lot of the animals, and I'll admit I was really scared a peacock was going to attack me.  One night we went into Hamilton as well, and went to a club. I was reminded of how much I hate clubs as soon as we got there, but we ended up having a pretty good time. I did learn that I can't carry a drink without spilling it all over my pants, I need to work on my balance.

The next day I went to Warick Long Bay Beach with my friends Ben, Matt, and Bodie, and that was really fun.  It's such a beautiful beach, and it was really nice out, so I got to take advantage of my SPF 30 sweatsuit.  

Then last Friday the cast went out to dinner and proceeded to get temporary tattoos that they sell on the ship.  I got a big Elvis head on my forearm.  That's just kind of my style.

Okay, one week left.  Crazy!!!

Ben's Sassy Broadway friends visit!

This past week was a blast.  I was sad to see my family go, but my good friend Ben's friends unexpectedly came on the ship for a vacation, and it was so great hanging out with them!  Ben's friend Josh is currently in "Grease" on Broadway!  He's in the ensemble, but he's also and understudy for Danny Zucko and for the Teen Angel, and he's also so sassy and great!  Josh's best friend Anne is also super sassy, and does all kinds of theatrical stuff in New York and other places as well.  She just finished a run of The Fully Monty, and can sing just like Patsy Cline, it's pretty amazing.  

Anyhoo, one day the four of us rented scooters and rode all around Bermuda!  It was a blast, Ann and I rode on the back of Ben and Josh's scooters which was great because we were both too scared to drive them ourselves.  I was actually pretty terrified for the first 20 minutes or so on the scooter, but then I got used to it and it was a blast.  We visited Church Bay and Long Bay, which were two of the most beautiful beaches I've probably ever seen- most of the pictures I'm posting are from that. We finally got to see pink sand!

And as if this week wasn't already fun enough, today I got to see my friend Gabi in New York! Gabi was in Bloomers with me in college, and is just a very sassy friend, we had a fantastic time! I posted a picture of us.

Only two weeks left on the ship.  CRAZY!!!