"Cannonballs! I Am Flamboyant!"
Sunday:
Well, Saturday included. I guess I didn’t realize how much I missed these guys, ‘cause I did. Although I have to say, my heart did a little pitter-patter when the first thing Lonie did when he saw me was finger-guns. On the other hand, he’s turning 20 during this trip, on the 17th, so I really don’t have an excuse to fool myself anymore. He’s too old for me. XD
So I pretty much realized pretty early on that Tommy and I are going to be dueling to the sarcastic death over here, because we’ve been going back and forth and I don’t think he’s going to stop anytime soon. Also I think I have to insult him because I’m my father’s daughter.
Hey guess whose boat is docked behind Aphrodite? Eric Clapton’s. It called Vesper. But Aphrodite is prettier.
Andrew’s been pretty well-behaved, even if he’s been playing video games most of the day. I said to Bala, “Man, and you thought my reading was bad.” Because she doesn’t always approve of me reading so much and “missing out on fun stuff.” But I mean, she doesn’t give me hard time about it, obviously. Either way, I finished about a quarter of The Fountainhead, and I really like it. The characters are just so incredibly bizarre that it’s just fascinating. Although, it doesn’t help that I know almost nothing about architecture.
Also, since Beth and Matt are having a baby, they’re back in New Zealand. To replace Beth we have Claire, who’s pretty shy, but really really pretty. I think she’s from Oregon, she said, so her accent is interesting. To replace Matt we have Lorrie (not to be confused with Lonie), and she seems pretty cool. I haven’t really talked to her yet.
The adventures of Dane and Lonie? I think so. Well, this morning I caught them quacking at each other, like they were having a conversation. They didn’t know I was there. Also Lonie had some buoy things for the side of the boat and he was dancing around with them on his head. Again, I was inside and the windows are tinted, so…
Briana and I were just hanging out, and so Dane came over to entertain us. “So we’re going to Nevers next,” he says. “The last time I was there, a monkey bit me. And I don’t mean my brother.” I said he should have done that foaming-at-the-mouth-toothpaste thing a la Shoebox, and he thought that was funny. It also precluded much Lonie-bashing. When he showed up, I said to him, “Oh, Lonie! We were just talking about how smelly and dumb you are.” But of course it took several tries to get that out because I was laughing too hard.
We also went for a walk around these old buildings and gardens that were built in the 1700s, and the whole thing was just one big artistic photo. That being the case, I took many. (THEY’RE ON FACEBOOK, HINT HINT.)
Dinner was delicious. (And I got to dress up, too.) Chicken parmesan and homemade pasta and yummm~ Then for dessert Dane came out and gave all the girls chocolate roses, and we had red velvet cake. HOLY CRAP SO GOOD. It had cream cheese frosting, too. ^____^
I got out of the shower and found my dad playing his guitar in the upper deck lounge, with Lonie sitting on the floor like, “woooooooow…” Cute. But Dad and I are planning on showing him some of the Dayjoborchestra stuff at some point. (There are too many penguins eating lunch- shit.)
Monday:
It was a bit of a rough start, actually, since we moved ports and I woke up at five and couldn’t fall back to sleep. Also, I wasn’t seasick, but I had “lady cramps” to stop a truck. Yaaaay for good timing. But I got some Midol from Bala and that’s been working pretty well. Debbie’s been really seasick, though; this is not a good trip for her. Usually she and dad just stay in their room and watch movies, so Andrew and I are like whatever. At least I don’t have to ask if I want to go out somewhere; he doesn’t really care.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS GREAT. I read a little today, and sunbathed a lot, and I think I actually have a tan this trip. Last trip I came back white as a polar bear. But we hung out, and I went out with Briana and Tommy and Marybeth, and Briana got a bottle of rum for Emily lol. I’m probably going to go back out and get a dress or two, because they were pretty nice and not expensive at all. I’d have to go early though, because tomorrow afternoon this cruise ship is coming in and ten to one everyone’s going to jack up their prices.
Also while we were out, but found a store that specialized in fake eyeballs. Lonie thought it was pretty funny after we told him, so now I’m going to draw Big Boss in front of the eyeball store for his birthday, which is on Wednesday. Dane is buying Bioshock 2 off of Andrew for him.
You know what’s great? You come back from a long walk in the sun and they have cold towels ready for you when you get back. Dane says they’re scented with eucalyptus, but I say they smell like lemon pez. Seriously they do.
It was interesting, because Briana and I were talking about one of our cousins and how the last vacation she came with a tan already, and how she must tan in a booth or something. “It must be a rich girl thing,” I said. Then we stopped and thought about that, before realizing that we’re rich girls too, technically.
I thought I was going to kill Andrew, though, or dad, because they came back just in time for lunch and Andrew plopped down this big thing of KFC just as Lorrie was coming out with all these nice sandwiches. Actually, I think she was going to kill one of them.
Later Briana and I went out with Lonie on the Intrepid, and I went tubing a little but we mostly just cruised around while waiting for the sunset. He stole Briana’s glasses and told us a bunch of stories.
One time Lonie had this gorilla suit and he went diving in it. I guess he and Dane took some awesome pictures, but it weighed five hundred pounds when he got out of the water. So, hoping it would dry, he put it at the front of the boat where the wind would catch it. In the morning, the whole deck was covered in black fur.
Also for one Christmas his parents did that thing where you get a huge box and put something small in it. But it was still awesome, because they got a special Power Rangers action figure set or something. They loved it. Dane was twenty-two.
After we got back, Briana and I went in the hot tub and hung out and talked about stuff. It was dark and the town was all lit up and it was very pretty, really, and very calming. Afterward we looked at silly websites, you know, mylifeisaverage, awkwardfamilyphotos, failbooking, myfirstfail, lolplants, passiveaggressivenotes, unrelatedcaptions, you know. Although, she said that she likes FML better than MLIA. Awww.
Apparently Lonie went up to Andrew and said, “Hey, your sister said she would give me twenty bucks if I sprayed you with the hose. Want me to put sand in her bed?” I did no such thing, and I don’t want sand in my bed, thank you.
Tuesday:
I went scuba diving today with Briana, Tommy, and the three guys (Lonie, Dane, and Luke.) Totally awesome, and much better than the last time I went. Not only was I more comfortable with it, but this time there were all kinds of cool things to see down there.
Lonie found a big starfish that he stuck on my hand, and it actually took a minute to get it off again since it had gripped on so tight. Then there was this giant sea slug that looked like a bright pink Jabba the Hut, and was as long as my forearm. There was this dead lobster that Lonie took the antennae off of and stuck in his mask, and a bunch of shells that he dug up and such. There was a little one that had a hole in it already, so I got back and stuck it on a chain that I had. (Most of the time Dane was with Tommy and Briana, so I pretty much got Lonie to myself. He’s sooooooo cool, especially with his Sorrow!camo wetsuit.)
I also finally got talking to Claire. She said that Dane and Lonie were actually also on the first boat that she ever worked on, and since she blushes so easily they made fun of her as much as possible. I said it was adorable, after which she pinched her cheeks and said, “Not with these things!” She also has very nice hair.
I really can’t remember anything else I did that day, but I’m sure it involved lots of tanning and reading.
Wednesday:
We moved to St. Barth’s, so I slept in until 9. I dunno, I ate breakfast and did something.
We went out for a walk and to shop and stuff. I can’t believe how expensive everything is, though. Some of the sundresses that I found for fifteen bucks in St. Kitt’s were something like $175 here! I even found a pair of shorts for $1300! WTF!? (um anyway…) I did think it was cool, though, because everything was in French and everyone was speaking French, and even though I’d think that since I hate French I would be disappointed, I was actually trying to translate as much as I could. It was pretty awesome. I also realized that I recognize a lot of French words, just not what they mean necessarily. Xp
So we decided to go for a swim somewhere to cool off. It’s so easy to float since there’s so much salt in the water, and it was very warm in general. It was really nice. Also Marybeth was afraid of the water since she can’t swim and we got her a noodle and dad harassed her about learning to swim (lol not really) (lol yeah really).
We got back and I had a hell of a time getting my hair untangled, even with all the conditioner in the shower, but it came out alright. It was actually kind of funny, because I was in the shower minding my own business, and then Blind Date, this other boat, started pulling in next to us, and they could see right into the shower, so I had to jump out and find the remote to put the shades down. Tommy is convinced I’m going to find nude pictures of myself posted all over the internet now. Greeeeeeat.
So, with a crisis averted, I went topside and looked up bad jokes for Lonie, and I drew this picture of Big Boss in front of the prosthetic eyeball shop we saw in St. Kitts. Laughs abounded.
To be honest, I think the Tarr brothers have a giant crush on Claire. They call her Claire Bear, because apparently she blushes very easily and they think it’s funny (read: they think it’s cute.) Well, I think it’s cute. (Aphrodite!shipping? I think so.)
I made sure to tell Lorrie that Lonie (that can get confusing) really likes cheesecake, so she should make some for his birthday. She did, and we all sang happy birthday to him and he got to sit in grandpa’s chair at the table. I also had everyone sign a card for him, and I put in Otacon’s “You’re the shit!” line, as well as another bad joke I found.
Where do you find a dog with no legs? Right where you left it!
Why was the chicken happy? Because everything was eggcellent! (That’s his favorite, I think.)
Two fish are in a tank. One says to the other, “How do you drive this thing?”
Anyway, after dessert, I watched Dr. Horrible with Briana, Tommy and Lonie. I can’t even explain how much I love that thing, and how it still makes me unbearably sad at the end. I tried very hard not to sing along, though, because that’s kind of annoying, so I just sang the first Bad Horse Chorus. Win. “How many times have you watched this thing!?” “Um… An bunch.”
Then my dad tried to teach Lonie how to juggle, and we watched Happy in Paraguay. That never gets old, ever, ever, ever. They were howling. Also we had a discussion about a movie where apparently Arnold Schwarzenegger was pregnant? And here I only thought mpreg existed in horrible fanfiction, scrounged from the bowels of the internet.
<3333 is all I can really say about it.