Odds and ends

So this cruise wasn’t that bad. Last Hawai’i. Hawai’i will be missed. I wont miss those sea days though that’s for sure. I will miss sleeping in. lol

Alaska is coming.

Every since the new manager came on my life on board has become increasingly more 7th layer of hell-ish. I say that because when I first met him I introduced myself to him, because video didn’t really meet him. We missed out on the lil meeting they had cause of tour stuff. He asked me about me job, and if I liked it. I told him I loved to be honest. So we had a lil convo about that, but his words to me were “well if you love your job so much you must not be working hard enough.” HOW FUCKED UP IS THAT?!! I mean seriously I am a rare breed where someone actually likes the work they do, and you shit all over it!! ugh. So I kinda brushed that off. Than I saw him in every port, with him saying you’re not working enough. You’re not working enough. Than he tries to get me to some how tell him dirt on my senior. Like he’s searching for something. Now the funny thing is my senior and him never have had the same conversation that me and him have had. He’s much more hostile towards me. My senior is boggled by this.

With everyday that has gone by I have heard just about all I could take from him. But here’s the kicker. I was working in the gallery, and he touched me. For some reason he touched my hair! I looked him straight in the face and said as nice and as polite and sweet as possible ”please don’t touch me again” he def didn’t like that. So he preceded to play 20 question about my senior’s knowledge in the gallery. Dude I don’t keep tabs on my boss, isn’t it the other way around? Again he was waiting for me to be like “oh marek never does gallery hours” which is not the case. And than he was trying to get me to say “ marek doesn’t know what he’s doing in the gallery” ok even if he didn’t do you think I would tell his boss that??!! He was again looking for dirt. I wasn’t going to rat out my boss to his boss if marek didn’t know what he was doing in the gallery. Since he didn’t get what he wanted from me he walked about really pissed and with an attitude. I have to say I was amused about this. Lol

We’ve been doing the new promos for the new itinerary. I got to do the casino and Art Auction promo. I was a little intimidated with the assignment, but marek helps me with the feeling. He gives me the info I need, and lets me do what I do. ☺ he’s good about that. I got to make these cool commercials. Now Marek tells me most Videographers don’t really care for doing them. Its takes more time to shoot it than to edit it. so I don’t mind it. after I did both I was like hmm not too bad. ☺ I thought they came out good too.


Three weeks left. ☺ I’m gonna miss Marek man. Seriously. He’s a good senior. I’m learning a lot form him. I would love to work with him again. My photo manager, if I find out he’ll be on the same ship as me I will deny that contract for sure! Alaska is coming and me and marek and stacked up with stuff to shoot. The re-po cruise we each shoot 3 things in a day a couple of days in a row. Crazy. Once we get to Alaska I’ll be doing tour everyday. Which if I have to do whale watching there I wont mind cause the waters are calmer, and I’ll see Orca whales!! ☺ **hopefully** My photo manager is thinking about putting me on double tours... which is insanity. Thank god its only two weeks of that. I feel sorry for the girl that replaces me. She’s a 1st contract and American which means in Alaska she will be over worked!! Alaska has that law where you cant work on Alaskan soil unless you are American. It gives us a bit of job security, but everyone of the crew members is like HAHA.

I’ll let you know how that goes.