Monday, July 04, 2005

I'm a Virgin Islander

Mary: "How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;"

-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Man, what a trip! Vacations have always been the same for me. We either go to Dallas, or Alabama; nothing different. It was so nice to have the opportunity to get the fuck out of the continental US for once in my life and experience new things.

For those of you who don't keep up w/ the old blog, I embarked on a cruise with the family recently to St. Thomas and St. Maarten in the Virgin Islands and Nassau in the Bahamas. It was great fun. My plan for the future blogs is to post as many pictures as I can into as little blogs as possible. I took about 250 pictures total over the duration of the vactation, so hopefully I can fit them into about 5 blogs or so.

I'll save any detailed stories for a more appropriate time. Right now, just enjoy some photos w/ brief descriptions. I'm really happy how the pics turned out, so you better fucking like them.

I was sleepy when we got to the airport. Why must I be raised in a family that is obsessed w/ puncuality? Let's just say we were there quite a while before the flight took off.
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My mom was a little stressed out. She needed a vacation a little more than the rest of us. Kim, on the other hand, was retarded!...I mean excited! We laughed a lot over my mother's facial expression.
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Above San Antonio. You can see the quarry a little if you look closely.
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Same faces. This is during our layover at the Orlando airport. Thank god there was a Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream right by. Good ass smoothies.
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Mom was a little more excited when we landed!
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Happy tourists. We met Laura and Kevin at the Ft. Lauderdale airport.
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Inside the parking garage in Ft. Lauderdale. I like this picture a lot for some reason.
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Riding up the escalator in the parking garage, I noticed their sweet ceiling and had to snap a photo.
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Aunt and Uncles house we stayed at on Friday in Ft. Lauderdale. Yes, nine people shared two bathrooms....don't ask how.
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Pizza and wings for dinner. Laura is gay.
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Blackmail photo - Kim right before bed...WITHOUT MAKEUP! **GASP**
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Our shuttle bus that picked us up and took us to the port. YAY!
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Inside the shuttle bus!
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Long ass line we had to stand in before getting on the ship. I saw the sign that said "no photography" right after I snapped the photo...oops.
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All aboard! I think this tunnel was about 150 degrees.
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Mine and Kimberly's room. Surprisingly larger than I had imagined!
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We hit the buffet right away...I ate a lot.
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Touring the ship after buffet. I think I shat down my leg when I first saw how fucking huge the ship was. This is just a staircase...whoopee.
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Someone was already swimming before we left port. This is at the back of the ship.
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Checking out one of the night clubs on the ship. We went to Skywalkers a lot during the trip. Very cool.
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The most crowded pool...It was always full of children who probably piss and fart in it anyway.
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Humongous screen used to play movies during the day. I think it's pretty obvious what was playing when we left port.
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They threw a going away party hosted by our two annoying ass British cruise directors. Cool islandy reggae music playing though...
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Front of the ship on one of the decks. This had a tennis court, two ping pong tables, a giant floor chess set, etc. There was always something to do which was nice.
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Leaving port!
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Uncle Aunt Mom Dad
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A view from the ship. I think this is still Floridian coast. Maybe not...the pictures got a little out of order. Deal with it, bitch.
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Side of the ship...
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This is actually in the Bahamas, but I thought I'd just post some pictures of the entire ship. I couldn't fit the entire thing into one shot...so here's two.
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Alright, that's a lot of fucking pictures so far but there are an assload more...keep checking cuz I'll update a lot. Laters for now!

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