Transfer or Die… End of Contract Blues

Oh ship life... A humorous part of this life is not actually what happens during your contract but what happens once you leave. Yes, you leave the ship with your bags, your passport (Which you actually have grown an attachment to after it has been held captive for so long), and of course your plane …

The Trans-Atlantic: The Good, The Old, The Ugly

Oh the transatlantic... A journey brave explorers took when embarking on journeys to the new world, traders returning back home to Europe, even slaves in the cargo holds of ships. The transatlantic crossing is not a thing of the past. Like the Panama Canal, this journey is a cruise line staple. A clever way for …

Not Jaded Yet

And here it is... I am officially underway with my second contract on ships. I was put on a bigger ship with a much more erratic itinerary. Finally, I was on a ship that I could actually travel the world on. Italy, Greece Croatia, Spain, Portugal, Bermuda, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, the list goes on. My …

Bilateral Confusion

I’ve been overthinking a lot lately... I know. I know. Such surprise. Such new. But here’s the thing so I recently came out at bi to my immediate family and friends. When I told my sister and my girlfriend I was going to come out to my parents they hit the pause button on me. …

Mental Retreat: My Self Hiding in My Shadow

I'm sure that this has happened to everyone else but since it is happening to shy ole me I can't overthink the situation and further complicate my relative sanity. Here it is: I have trouble being myself. There I said it. Or rather cowardly typed it out for a million bored strangers to read. I …

Life on a Ship: The Essential Non-Essentials

So one question that is posed, or rather that plagued my mind before I left for my first contract was, What in the world should I pack? This can be a relatively complicated question, especially when specking in regard to contracts that last 6 months or more. You may be assigned to one ship in …

Excursions: A Slow Itinerary’s Necessity for Crew Survival

So if you have ever been on a cruise ship before you probably have seen or heard about all of the excursions ashore that they offer. You may go on a few: swim with the dolphins in the Caribbean, go on a walking tour of some famous landmarks, or immerse yourself in the local culture. …

Life on the Sky: The 3 C’s

To summarize cruise ship life would actually be pretty simple in what I will now dub the three C's: corporations, culture, and coitus. These three words are the root of all happenings on a cruise ship. Now it may seem very cliche and ridiculous and I guess you can't truly actually understand it unless you …

Ship Lyfe: Meet the Mafias

So if you've ever been on a cruise ship before you probably have noticed the lack of Americans working on board. (There is a reason for that since the pay isn't that great). But the pay when converted into other currencies can be a lot. For example, the most prominent group on board all vessels …

My Typical Day in the Sky

So as I said, I am Broadcast Tech on board a cruise ship. Basically how I explain what I do is that I control the content of all of the TVs. All of the activities and shows on board are shot by myself and my partner. There are only two of us on board any …