Now with share-y, taggy, web 2.0 good-ness!
I’ve got about forty photos up so far on my Flickr page, and also a couple of videos on YouTube. The photos are a bit of a work in progress—I’m still adding descriptions and I don’t know the names of some of the other authors at the NALIS reading.
Little help, Ray?
Almost one car per capita makes for a wicked rush hour – the 1 hour drive to the airport took 3 this afternoon!
One thing you may not know about my trip to Trini is that I’ve rented a car. A right hand-drive car. And today Ray and I are going to attempt to drive through morning rush hour traffic all the way from our hotel in St. James to the town of San Fernando, down the coast of the Caribbean Sea.
Oh, and unlike Bermuda where the entire island has a speed limit of 20 km/h, there are lots of accidents here!
Writing this from my hotel balcony, overlooking the rolling hills of St. James. More soon!
A no-brainer or career suicide? Whatever the case may be, I’ve just turned down the chance to spend four months on board this cruise ship performing with The Second City.
I’d be away from November to March of next year, and would miss Christmas with my family and friends. But I’d only have to perform two shows a week, and would have full access to the ship’s many amenities the rest of the time.
The long contract certainly gave me pause, but the deciding factor turned out to be the sleeping arrangements—sharing a tiny cabin with a roommate that I don’t necessarily know is something that this crotchety old SC alum just wasn’t prepared to do. I had no problem sleeping six to a tent in Bosnia, but on a boat-load of American tourists I would absolutely need some kind of guaranteed personal space.
I will, however, get a small taste of the Caribbean when I accompany Ray Deonandan to T&T for his appearance at CARIFESTA at the end of September. We’ll be sharing a room, but for a couple of days I think I can manage…
Be sure to pack your thong, big boy!
Hmmm… So am I gonna be the mommy or daddy?
You can be the daddy. Now get over here and suck your mama’s c*ck.
Hey-o! We’ll be right back, folks…
AC:
When I worked in the restaurant business way back, a few of my fellow grunts took cruiseboat gigs. I don’t know of any who went back a second time after working 6-7 days a week, from breakfast to the end of dinner, with a bunk somewhere near the keel (usually next to loud machinery of some sort). The SC gig sounds a lot better, but you’d still end up in that bunk….
Ed
Actually the SC crew gets either officer’s quarters or the smallest class of passenger cabin—no window, but a closed circuit cam of the bow on TV!
I’d still have to share, though, plus all those hardworking crew members you mention would hate me the moment I stepped on board…
Ray The Wat and 
Ray The Wat 3:18 PM on October 1, 2006 Permalink |
NALIS reading, in order of appearance (I think):
Willi Chen
Lakshmi Persaud
James Aboud
Ita Sadhu
Grandmaster Wat
Austin Clarke
Andrew Currie 4:13 PM on October 1, 2006 Permalink |
That’s the stuff… Thanks man!
John 1:01 PM on October 2, 2006 Permalink |
Joyce Davidson? What an obscure (un)pop-culture reference. Was this song your request? And did the band play the theme to “The Shulman Files” as an encore?