tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9726570.post8422765670901628624..comments2023-10-15T04:06:47.794-04:00Comments on Tales of a 9th grade Tuba Player: Cruisin'susansinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12902873240114986043noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9726570.post-52494606345003016892009-01-24T14:09:00.000-05:002009-01-24T14:09:00.000-05:00Ah, yes. The cruise.I went on one of those with my...Ah, yes. The cruise.<BR/><BR/>I went on one of those with my parents -- a Carnival cruise -- when I was 21. It was very entertaining, and I loved the food. And I found the towel animals to be highly amusing, too :-)<BR/><BR/>My qualms then had less to do with the environmental part and more to do with the apparent slave labor used on the boat. We got to chatting with our dinner server and he told us the low-down on the wages/working conditions.<BR/><BR/>I have to ask: what's a floaty pen?<BR/><BR/>Have you read David Foster Wallace's essay, "A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again" by the collection of the same name (I think that's what the collection's named). It's pretty insightful, and very entertaining, if you've just been on a cruise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com