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The true tales of a cruise ship entertainer.


Confessor CONFESSOR, evid. A priest of some Christian sect, who receives an account of the sins of his people, and undertakes to give them absolution of their sins.
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: Matt Yee

Location: Based in Honolulu

Favorite industry film: Titanic Titanic (tītăn`ĭk), British liner that sank on the night of Apr. 14–15, 1912, after crashing into an iceberg in the N Atlantic S of Newfoundland. More than 1,500 lives were lost.  

Pet Peeve pet peeve
n. Informal
Something about which one frequently complains; a particular personal vexation.

Noun 1. pet peeve - an opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed; "grammatical mistakes are his pet peeve"
: "I hate leaving my boyfriend of 10 years onshore. It sucks."

Do you ever get seasick? I got seasick on my first night of my very first cruise. I thought, Oh, great, them goes my career on ships. The purser PURSER. The person appointed by the master of a ship or vessel, whose duty it is to take care of the ship's books, in which everything on board is inserted, as well the names of mariners as the articles of merchandise shipped. Rosc. Ins. note.
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, this big friendly black gal, said, "Honey, just let it go!" go I didn't fight it, and I just let it all come up. That worked for me. Now I wear the wristbands, and I don't have a problem.

What's the most stable part of a ship? The middle of the ship on the lower floors. That's where Royal Caribbean places the ice skating ice skating, gliding along an ice surface on keellike runners known as ice skates. Skating as a Sport


Skating, besides being an important form of winter recreation and the essential skill in the game of ice hockey (see hockey, ice) has developed
 rink. And that's where we "carnies" (that's what I like "That's What I Like" was a popular single by Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers.

Father and son team Andy and John Pickles repeated the formula which had took their record Swing The Mood to number one a few months previously.
 to call us entertainers) usually live. I here's the comedian the contortionist, the guy who flies around the stage, a couple singers--a real circus.

What's the difference between working on straight cruises and gay cruises? I love doing the gay Atlantis cruises the most. I can bring out drag, sing my gay songs, kiss my husband with no problem On straight cruises I try to wear a dress--but the market (a.k.a. the audience) just stares at me funny. But then the queens wouldn't sing "Margaritaville" if you paid them, so it all equals out.

What's the best thing about working on a cruise ship for a living? A cruise ship is like a little village of 5,000 people living in a confined con·fine  
v. con·fined, con·fin·ing, con·fines

v.tr.
1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit.
 area. You can't help but Pun into people again and again. People say hello to each other get permission to look each other in the eyes. You feel like you're a part of this neighborhood I enjoy facilitating that feeling in my shows And the crew--from places like Bosnia, Bulgaria, and the Philippines--goes back to their home countries with wonderful stories of how they love the gay cruises. Even the straight guys do--and not just because the queens drink like fish and tip well. A transformation happens on these cruise villages. Who wouldn't want to be a part of that?
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Title Annotation:Orientation
Author:Yee, Matt
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Geographic Code:1U9HI
Date:Oct 26, 2004
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