Month: May 2006

Stage Manager’s Log Ms. Prinsendam Sunday, May 21, 2006 Fort Lauderdale, FL Today started very early. Well, I suppose that 0700 is not early, but it felt like it. Anyway, I had to be up then to take care of US Immigration even though I can’t get off the boat until Tuesday on account of…

Stage Manager’s Log Ms. Prinsendam Saturday, May 20, 2006 Half Moon Cay – Bahamas Today was a good day. I got to sleep in, though as I mentioned before, you would never know you slept in unless you look at the clock or go outside. I went up for breakfast, they have great pancakes made…

Stage Manager’s Log Ms. Prinsendam Friday, May 19, 2006 At Sea Today was another whirlwind day. I got up at 0700 hrs after having gone to bed around 0100 hrs after the midnight rehearsal for the show. One of the strangest things about being on the ship is the fact that the light you go…

Stage Manager’s Log Ms. Prinsendam Thursday, May 18, 2006 Road Town, Tortola – B.V.I. First day onboard a ship as staff. It has been one heck of a day. This morning I woke up in a hotel in Road Town, Tortola, whose name I can’t remember. It wasn’t the best of places, but it was…

So there it is, four years of college, a degree in my hand, I tear in my eye, and a job that starts in three days. My nostalgia and sadness at leaving and saying goodbye to my friends, and collegues at Ithaca made me think of the following song from Wicked: FOR GOOD I’ve heard…

This is going to be a heard one to write. I can’t believe that today I am done, today is the first day after the end of my college career. Sure, I haven’t walked in graduation yet, but finals are over, classes are over, this is the end. It has been one hell of a…