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 How inappropriate to call this place Planet Earth because it is surely all ocean,  When you sail on a cruise ship   around the world , you start to borrow happiness from tomorrow; not because there is anything wrong with it, but because you will never have had such experiences like this, and the nostalgia-the suffering of remembering the past-will always be part of your future thoughts. Today is a reminder of why I do it: That Blue Stuff

Life at Sea · Future Self / Previous Selves / Fleet Archive Working on Ships Has Been a Real Life Saver The sea did not freeze a life in place. It kept proving that the person boarding was never the same person who came ashore. Future Self End of History Awe Nassau Eleven Ships See Full Image Show Story I had not been everywhere. But it was on my list. That was not a travel plan. It was the psychology of a future self. People are works in progress who mistake the current draft for the final edition. Working and living on ships made that mistake harder to maintain. Board Drift Change Return Begin Again 01 The illusion · finished selves The present always pretends to be permanent. Time changes values, desires, relationships and definitions of success. Young sailors pay to acquire tattoos that later sailors pay to remove. Adults work to undo choices once made with equal conviction. Psychologist...

A Room With A Fake View (Inside Cabin) The light version of Paradise-Hawaii, and reconstructed islands like Castaway, remind me of French Polynesia... Travels In Hyper Reality-Tahitian Choreo-Musical Performances Moorea in the distance Outriggers- One thing for sure, they all came by boat. So did I! Reprint from World Cruise 2011 With less than 24 hours in port, the locals and locale  are living up to their sterotypes--- the Tiki style roofs, the tropical gardens and swaying palm trees, and more than that, there is still the visual sovenier that, like the Postman, always delivers: The   beautiful  exotic Tahitian Princess with their down-to-the knees long raven hair ---hand-weaving leis  effortless, while wraping themselves  in water-colored flowered sarongs, in the post colonial suburb of Paris, known as modern day Papeete. As the  ukulele soundtrack in the background  is playing , I feel li...

Bahamas · Castaway Cay · Cloud Nine to Cloud 10 Cloud 10 I no longer live on Cloud Nine. I leveled up—from a carbon-fiber bike in Santa Monica to the Disney Magic, the seven seas, and a life measured in ports rather than postcodes. Castaway Cay Disney Magic Santa Monica 5K Run That Blue Stuff See Full Image Read the Story Show Story Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir The Operating Belief Environment creates mood. Mood creates momentum. The west coast gave me the natural high. Castaway Cay gave me the designed high. Life at sea became the sustained version. The place changed. Then the operating altitude changed with it. 01 Ordi...