The River Jordan

Randall left the ship at the end of the last cruise because he has another job with the theater company we work for, and that was going to start before our current contract ends. So we got a new cast member this cruise, Jordan. It’s been fun having someone new on the ship to show around and see his reactions to things we have grown used to. While I did not know Jordan very well before he got on the ship, it has been fun getting to know him on the high seas. He enjoys American History, Minneapolis hip-hop, and will be hiking Mount Kilimanjaro in March. I feel this gives a complete picture of what Jordan is about so I will move on.

Unfortunately for Jordan- and I try not to dwell on this- two of the three cruises he will be on are the eleven day ones, which are filled with the animals as I described in the previous entry. I felt that I might have been too hard on them before, but seeing them up close once again confirmed my belief that they are primarily gross and ugly (on the inside) people. Jordan has been resilient, choosing instead to see their inherent goodness. But I think the rest of us are looking forward to resuming the ten day cruises on January 2nd.