Oh, this is not the type of personal attention I would expect from a high-class cruise line.
Yeah, now that I see that Linda could not even be bothered to enter her own “personalized message,” I treat every part of this email with suspicion. That photo of the mother and child seals / sea lions? One is brown and one is grey. How does that happen? I say that’s posed. AND, given where the ship is, the people on that ship could never see the baby’s little seal face. Or sea lion face. And you know what? If I asked someone on a Sunstone cruise which one that faraway brown lump is, seal or sea lion, I wouldn’t trust the answer.
Oh! I just read the body of the message. Those must be the sea lions they mentioned. I told them we were interested in wildlife. Well, now I feel special.
Speaking of special treatment, we watched Tower Heist this weeked, which a) was the only movie this weekend that didn’t feature the song “How You Like Me Now” and b) ended the credits with a haughty disclaimer from the concierge association Les Clefs d’Or that they had nothing to do with this movie. Weird. It’s like if they ended “The Godfather” with a message from the italian-American association that THEY had NOTHING to do with this movie. Only, on a smaller and more ridiculous scale.
11 responses to “I Do Not Feel Special”
How many movies did you watch this weekend? And what were they?
Oh Linda. How embarrassing for you.
Well, if I’d realised Galapagos was a contender, I’d’ve told you to go for that, no question. You’ll be tripping over the animals, literally, that’s a promise. (It’s sunny there though.) I cruised on La Pinta, which was lovely. Linda doesn’t deserve your business, but there are plenty of other operators who’ll be happy to get you there.
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Becs – Horrible Bosses (very amusing), Friends with Benefits (cute), the Change-Up (second half is better), Tower Heist (predicatable but diverting), and This Means War (abSURD and forgettable).Allison – Linda’s probably already pushed the blame on someone else. Big Dot – oh, no, no Galapagos. I mentioned it to him and he almost spat. Galapagos is a shrine! Unthinkable!
I’m going on The Rock Boat next year. I just decided for sure, today. Do you like Red Wanting Blue?
Horrible Bosses is hilarious. Do you think they’ll ruin it with phoned-in sequels?
Tami – Never heard of Red Wanting Blue. TRB doesn’t appeal to us. I can’t picture every other person being drunk.Caroline – Nope. I don’t think it’s enough of a money-maker to support a sequel.
Red Wanting Blue is Very Good. I used Capital Letters. Also, come on – do you think I’d enjoy it if all the people were drunk all the time? Of course not. You know the moments on S&D where you were in one of the places that BNL members weren’t? That’s exactly what The Rock Boat is like. Maybe a bit louder.
I wanted to book today, but my Sixthman Ninja didn’t tell me I’d need a first payment of $890. She only told me $600. I only moved $600. This has delayed me 24 hours. I hope I don’t lose my room choice.
Tami – Hm. So what I hear is that Rock Boat cruisers must have a high tolerance for alcohol. Didnt they drink one million dollars worth of booze on the first day? Besides, we’ve now found a place in Costa Rica that has armadillos and howler monkeys.
Huh. Maybe Rock Boaters did drink that much. I couldn’t tell ya, I was hanging with some of the S&D message board crew on the first day. Two of them were conspicuously under the influence, and the rest of us just seemed social. I think I might have been a bit inebriated, but certainly not past intelligent conversation.
Howler monkeys and armadillos sound intriguing. 🙂
Tami – Howler monkeys will probably have to wait. Gary wants to delay vacation until they find out what’s wrong with him.