Just a quick one as am using the CD's computer! Had my first morning off this morning and wouldn't you know my brain wouldn't let me sleep past 9am, eventhough I's been up 'til 4am chatting!
We went live on Friday so this is our first official week as the Entertainment team aboard thee Thomson Celebration.
Everything is going fantastically well - kinda scary - must be something about being British but I've this underlying feeling of unease due to the fact that everything is going smoothly, the team are ALL incredibly talented and soo nice and I'm having a complete blast!!
Easter Sunday was interesting - got a lie in until 9am and then worked solidly through til 6pm (with 30min for a meal!) then 2 evening shows which went well considering I'd never put the lights to them! I've still got 3 shows that I've not run the lights with but the 2 most complicated (because of big dance numbers) are now out of the way. But have now re-introduced chocolate to my system and spent a good deal of time dancing around my cabin to "The Best Worship Songs Ever".
Am still in my nice cabin but the Dance couple and another kids host arrive soon so we shall see how that goes :S
All in all am loving this job, really hard work at the moment but it's all enjoyable :)))))
Monday, April 17, 2006
Saturday, April 08, 2006
All going to plan...
Well a week has been by - how crazy is that. All the days have sort of meged into one, along with most of the shows!
It´s going well, the new team are great, getting a bit stressed, harassed and tired ´cos of the management being on at the mo. But hopefully once that is over things will settle down to normal!
The shows look great - only one really tricky one from my point of view but should be OK after a few runs through. This ship is lovely. Same kind of atmosphere as the Spirit but with imporved equipment and even better food! (My favourite at the mo being Croissants and Pineapple for breakfast,mmmm!)
Still have my own cabin but think I am being turfed out at the end of the week :(
Gotta go and have a meeting wth the production person who got on today, so will catch up soon - hopefully with some photo´s!
It´s going well, the new team are great, getting a bit stressed, harassed and tired ´cos of the management being on at the mo. But hopefully once that is over things will settle down to normal!
The shows look great - only one really tricky one from my point of view but should be OK after a few runs through. This ship is lovely. Same kind of atmosphere as the Spirit but with imporved equipment and even better food! (My favourite at the mo being Croissants and Pineapple for breakfast,mmmm!)
Still have my own cabin but think I am being turfed out at the end of the week :(
Gotta go and have a meeting wth the production person who got on today, so will catch up soon - hopefully with some photo´s!
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Feel´s like home
Yup, definitely a strange feeling this one! The ship is the same layout as the Spirit with some minor differences but is better furbished (especially Liberties/High Spirits) but does feel like going back to somewhere you feel comfortable!
My plane was delayed an hour but apart from that the journey went wonderfully, God really came through on this one - not a problem anywhere!
I was alloated cabin B14 (crew area) but today they decided me and Anthony (SM) were to switch so have just finished repacking and moving my stuff. I will probably have to move again in a couple of weeks so am not going to get too carried away just yet!
Work wise we went through one of the plays today and sorted out the set and the lights etc. The LX desk is a STRAND 520i - but most importantly it´s a STRAND - a make I know and love. I was trained on STRAND´s (in between other things) so at least if something goes wrong I´ll know what to do!! :) My SM is Anthony (Sound Tech on Spirit) and for the next month and a half our DJ is Christophe - the crazy little frenchman "hoh he hoh he hoh"
All in all it´s going well so far, but who knows whats going to happen tomorrow!
My plane was delayed an hour but apart from that the journey went wonderfully, God really came through on this one - not a problem anywhere!
I was alloated cabin B14 (crew area) but today they decided me and Anthony (SM) were to switch so have just finished repacking and moving my stuff. I will probably have to move again in a couple of weeks so am not going to get too carried away just yet!
Work wise we went through one of the plays today and sorted out the set and the lights etc. The LX desk is a STRAND 520i - but most importantly it´s a STRAND - a make I know and love. I was trained on STRAND´s (in between other things) so at least if something goes wrong I´ll know what to do!! :) My SM is Anthony (Sound Tech on Spirit) and for the next month and a half our DJ is Christophe - the crazy little frenchman "hoh he hoh he hoh"
All in all it´s going well so far, but who knows whats going to happen tomorrow!
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
preparations underway!
Well, the Personal Survival training was fab! Spent about 4 1/2 hours in the pool dressed in overalls, shoes and of course, a lifejacket. Learned so much, plus it really helps to have done physically what I've learned theoretically. It was great to be able to sit in a life raft - feel the size and space of it, learn where and SEE where all the euqipment would be and also do what we would need to do. Although yes, I do realise that it is cold in the sea, at least I stand a chance if something happens!
At the end we did and exercise, with the wave machine going, the lights of, full on fog machine, explosions and sound efeects, and cold water spraying everywhere. We had to jump from the 5m platform, form 2 carousels get to and in the liferafts and then carry out the procedures and answer questions - very cool! It was a good combination of fun and seriousness and the only down bit was when I jumped in for the execise and the person after didn't check to see if it was clear and someone landed on me! Still only a dead leg so not too bad :)
Have finished at th Red Lion, went to my last church service for a while on Sunday, finished off the bathroom, bought the curtains for my bedroom, made lists of 'to do' and pthings to take, started to pack and went to my last J.A.M club tgis afternoon. It was really sweet - the boys were actually fairly well behaved and they gave me a card and chocolate!
Oh and RD series 8 arrived this morning with a mini skutter :)))
At the end we did and exercise, with the wave machine going, the lights of, full on fog machine, explosions and sound efeects, and cold water spraying everywhere. We had to jump from the 5m platform, form 2 carousels get to and in the liferafts and then carry out the procedures and answer questions - very cool! It was a good combination of fun and seriousness and the only down bit was when I jumped in for the execise and the person after didn't check to see if it was clear and someone landed on me! Still only a dead leg so not too bad :)
Have finished at th Red Lion, went to my last church service for a while on Sunday, finished off the bathroom, bought the curtains for my bedroom, made lists of 'to do' and pthings to take, started to pack and went to my last J.A.M club tgis afternoon. It was really sweet - the boys were actually fairly well behaved and they gave me a card and chocolate!
Oh and RD series 8 arrived this morning with a mini skutter :)))
Friday, March 17, 2006
...the modem cometh
Finally!
We have our shiny new modem (after a bit of straight talking and mild bullying of the BT operator in India) and the wonder of the internet has returned to our abode.
I haven't posted for ages I've just realised, here's an up date:
*I leave for the ship 2 weeks today.
*I leave work next Saturday
*I had to have a full (expensive!) medical for this new contract, I discovered that you have reflexes in the oddest of places - did you know there are 3 on your arm?
*Next Monday I travel up North for the PEEL staff party - oh yeah, and the P.S.T training in Blackpool the next day. It's one of those where they chuck you in a swimming pool, turn the fog machine on full blast, make you jump off the top diving board and then inflate a liferaft - at least, that's what I've heard!
*I've been meeting up with folks as a last catch up before I toddle off. Next week I'm visiting Charly, the girl who travelled around most of America with 5 years ago and have only seen a couple of times since!
*I have plans whizzing around in my head for a change (more like a 180'turn!) in career direction. All depends on various factors which I get to think about whilst on the ship.
*Check out the "Reading" section on my sidebar - I bought some new books which are amazing - I finished one of them the afternoon I bought it! Tory Hayden is an amazing person.
We have our shiny new modem (after a bit of straight talking and mild bullying of the BT operator in India) and the wonder of the internet has returned to our abode.
I haven't posted for ages I've just realised, here's an up date:
*I leave for the ship 2 weeks today.
*I leave work next Saturday
*I had to have a full (expensive!) medical for this new contract, I discovered that you have reflexes in the oddest of places - did you know there are 3 on your arm?
*Next Monday I travel up North for the PEEL staff party - oh yeah, and the P.S.T training in Blackpool the next day. It's one of those where they chuck you in a swimming pool, turn the fog machine on full blast, make you jump off the top diving board and then inflate a liferaft - at least, that's what I've heard!
*I've been meeting up with folks as a last catch up before I toddle off. Next week I'm visiting Charly, the girl who travelled around most of America with 5 years ago and have only seen a couple of times since!
*I have plans whizzing around in my head for a change (more like a 180'turn!) in career direction. All depends on various factors which I get to think about whilst on the ship.
*Check out the "Reading" section on my sidebar - I bought some new books which are amazing - I finished one of them the afternoon I bought it! Tory Hayden is an amazing person.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Ain't it great when a plan comes together!
Sorry about the delay in updates, things went a bit nuts there - well here are the pic's of my (almost) finished room..
It feels like my space now and is a lot more chilled to be in! Not a bad transformation huh?
On the work front, things are going well at the Red Lion, only 4 weeks left there now.
I took the job with PEEL after they took out having to do DJ/Tech, made me DSM/Lighting Tech which means I am in the main lounge all the time and I still get to do the lectures and talks etc which should be interesting. I leave on the 31st of March. During my time onboard (if I am there for the entire contract 'til Nov 8) then I will visit the Canaries, Scandanavia and Russia, The Med and then down to the Red Sea with a few weeks in Egypt - I am sooo chuffed - especially about the Egypt bit! :))
The down bit in the last 2 weeks is that Vix has broken up with her fiance. Feel's a bit odd; at least it wasn't really a shouty/screamy break-up.
It feels like my space now and is a lot more chilled to be in! Not a bad transformation huh?
On the work front, things are going well at the Red Lion, only 4 weeks left there now.
I took the job with PEEL after they took out having to do DJ/Tech, made me DSM/Lighting Tech which means I am in the main lounge all the time and I still get to do the lectures and talks etc which should be interesting. I leave on the 31st of March. During my time onboard (if I am there for the entire contract 'til Nov 8) then I will visit the Canaries, Scandanavia and Russia, The Med and then down to the Red Sea with a few weeks in Egypt - I am sooo chuffed - especially about the Egypt bit! :))
The down bit in the last 2 weeks is that Vix has broken up with her fiance. Feel's a bit odd; at least it wasn't really a shouty/screamy break-up.
Monday, February 06, 2006
Frasier for the working girl!
Well, Over the last few days I've made good progress, and my viewing (in the background!) of choice has been series 1 - 4 of Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond S1 and 1-3 of Red Dwarf. I find it much more effective than music for some reason!
Old Bathroom:
I papered the window area. and finished painting everywhere. Now just have a few finishing touches.
My Room:
Have papered the window area and the painting is almost done (just the woodwork to neaten up. I decided to paint the window area, and it paid off. The room looks a lot brighter. My colours finally went on (I LOVE the blue - although I pity the poor sod who tries to paint over it!) and now there's just the shelves to put up and the desk area to build!
Painting progress:
Old Bathroom:
I papered the window area. and finished painting everywhere. Now just have a few finishing touches.
My Room:
Have papered the window area and the painting is almost done (just the woodwork to neaten up. I decided to paint the window area, and it paid off. The room looks a lot brighter. My colours finally went on (I LOVE the blue - although I pity the poor sod who tries to paint over it!) and now there's just the shelves to put up and the desk area to build!
Painting progress:
Thursday, February 02, 2006
One of those days..
Have now felt vaguely depressed for about 2 days.. I hate it when I get I like this, I start obsessing about things and getting all het up over nothing - sometimes it sucks being female!
Managed to take my Jujitsu trousers to work instead of my apron tonight, thought I'd lost my key but then found it in the pocket I'd already checked 5 times, got stopped from using the food till - "until I've been shown how" Exactly how does he think I managed on Saturday when there was only me on.....? Ah well, it was still a good night and I do enjoy working there.
On the work front I am currently considering the P.E.E.L offer of DSM again. Spoke to M today, a guy I trust and get on with, who explained things well and did a good job of boosting my self esteem. He said they had created the role for me because they wanted to invest in me and help me with my career - wow, now I feel pretty humble!
Have progressed well with the decorating, paper now over the polestyrene in the bathroom and the final layer of paint on the oerh walls. Progress pic's soon.
Update:
Old Bathroom: Put Polestyrene on the outside wall, painted the other walls (I did not choose this colour! - we wanted something lighter but there wasn't - not in Kitchen & Bathroom, anyway!)
My Room: Polestyrened the window wall, hung my first piece of wallpaper (well lining paper) EVER!
"Look It's straight and everything!"
And then I did the rest of the room except the window area.
Managed to take my Jujitsu trousers to work instead of my apron tonight, thought I'd lost my key but then found it in the pocket I'd already checked 5 times, got stopped from using the food till - "until I've been shown how" Exactly how does he think I managed on Saturday when there was only me on.....? Ah well, it was still a good night and I do enjoy working there.
On the work front I am currently considering the P.E.E.L offer of DSM again. Spoke to M today, a guy I trust and get on with, who explained things well and did a good job of boosting my self esteem. He said they had created the role for me because they wanted to invest in me and help me with my career - wow, now I feel pretty humble!
Have progressed well with the decorating, paper now over the polestyrene in the bathroom and the final layer of paint on the oerh walls. Progress pic's soon.
Update:
Old Bathroom: Put Polestyrene on the outside wall, painted the other walls (I did not choose this colour! - we wanted something lighter but there wasn't - not in Kitchen & Bathroom, anyway!)
My Room: Polestyrened the window wall, hung my first piece of wallpaper (well lining paper) EVER!
"Look It's straight and everything!"
And then I did the rest of the room except the window area.
Friday, January 27, 2006
Decorating patience!
Well here are the progress reports:
Old Bathroom:
Stripped all the wallpaper and Polystyrene (what was the obsession with that in the 70's?) and found 2 messages - one from the owner in 1974
which reads:
"If you think this paper is bad you should see what we had to remove"
and one from 1984 written by my Dad:
which reads something like...
"Well, It really lasted. Hope this does as well"
But unfortunately due to the damp and the state of the walls:
the messages had to be plastered over (masterfully done by one Rob Thompson) but I'm going to start my own one to keep with the tradition!
This evening I cleaned and then painted the half of the bathroom ceiling that is prone to damp with special paint. The paint is thick, it has to go on with a brush - and for some reason the ceiling has this SHARP pointy texture thing going on so IMAGINE how much fun that was!
My Room:
Started off like this - lovely Forever Friends wallpaper (remember that?) from Vix's era in here (about 10 years ago), One wall of corkboard, clouds on the ceiling and a textured wallpaper everywhere in between!
Stripped the wallpaper (and of course the Polystyrene) off and it resembles this...
Chunk of plaster fell out of the window recess in the process....
but Rob fixed it - and some other holes that had mysteriously appeared!
So this evening I have been doing this....
My colour scheme is victorian based. I spent ages looking through various paint catalogues, sorted out a scheme
and then had to get the two colours for the walls mixed by then nice man in B&Q
SO full steam ahead tomorrow with polystyrening (how do you even say that?!?) the walls back up....now....I wonder how that's done......
Old Bathroom:
Stripped all the wallpaper and Polystyrene (what was the obsession with that in the 70's?) and found 2 messages - one from the owner in 1974
which reads:
"If you think this paper is bad you should see what we had to remove"
and one from 1984 written by my Dad:
which reads something like...
"Well, It really lasted. Hope this does as well"
But unfortunately due to the damp and the state of the walls:
the messages had to be plastered over (masterfully done by one Rob Thompson) but I'm going to start my own one to keep with the tradition!
This evening I cleaned and then painted the half of the bathroom ceiling that is prone to damp with special paint. The paint is thick, it has to go on with a brush - and for some reason the ceiling has this SHARP pointy texture thing going on so IMAGINE how much fun that was!
My Room:
Started off like this - lovely Forever Friends wallpaper (remember that?) from Vix's era in here (about 10 years ago), One wall of corkboard, clouds on the ceiling and a textured wallpaper everywhere in between!
Stripped the wallpaper (and of course the Polystyrene) off and it resembles this...
Chunk of plaster fell out of the window recess in the process....
but Rob fixed it - and some other holes that had mysteriously appeared!
So this evening I have been doing this....
My colour scheme is victorian based. I spent ages looking through various paint catalogues, sorted out a scheme
and then had to get the two colours for the walls mixed by then nice man in B&Q
SO full steam ahead tomorrow with polystyrening (how do you even say that?!?) the walls back up....now....I wonder how that's done......
ELR Overload
That's "Everybody Loves Raymond" my show of the moment. If you want a great laugh then follow this link to the video outtakes/seconds section of Ray Romano's Website. The "Regrets, he has a few....." clip is fantastic!
Seconds (as you will soon discover!) are where the cast get to do some different one-liners in response to scrtipted line - a few of the clips in the gallery are outtakes i.e what happens when the second is just too good! :) Also check out the one in the bottom left hand corner 'Ray and Debra, doing "more stuff" together':)
Seconds (as you will soon discover!) are where the cast get to do some different one-liners in response to scrtipted line - a few of the clips in the gallery are outtakes i.e what happens when the second is just too good! :) Also check out the one in the bottom left hand corner 'Ray and Debra, doing "more stuff" together':)
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