I'm posting with astounding regularity lately, but only because I have specific things to communicate... for instance, in the past couple of days, I have gotten a number of hits from Las Vegas. I cannot for the life of me figure out who that could be, but I don't think it's anyone I know. I'm really curious, Vegas person, if I do know you - drop me a line if I do.
Lately I have been thinking a lot about the temporary illusion that is ship life. I have blissfully remained outside it this time around. Last year I was lucky in that I found something remarkable with the potential to be a very real, lasting thing while out here, but I didn't acknowledge how ship life and "real" life eventually intertwine and... yeah.
Now I know this, and in trying to deal with "real" and "ship"... there's no difference. You have to know that whatever petty dramas or anything that concern people here aren't lasting; only rarely are they anything but problems built from boredom or conveniences of proximity. You have to be very lucky to find something lasting and real, to have anything other than what some call "single serving friends" even. This cast is great about this - we're all good friends, and we're mostly fairly aware of the transitory nature of all of this and that we all have lives and issues we left on shore that we'll return to come the end of our contracts. Things like what I found last time I was on this ship.
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