10/12/05
I'm sitting here in Houston at a nice hotel paying tons of $$$ and yet still I get stuck on dial-up. I'm taking this as my Columbus Day Holiday - but I have one thing to add. I'm no longer planning fun things. If you want to do fun things, you're going to have to plan them, invite others, and then you can invite me if you'd like. This is the end of the "cruise director" portion of my human development. Not an overly emotional decision, just an epiphany of sorts. That's all for today.
P.S. Yesterday's comments are amazing.
Didn't you complain last year about people giving up on fun? Well, actually, I guess you didn't say above that you're not going to have fun anymore; just that you're not going to be in CHARGE of all the fun. OK, then! The same person shouldn't always have to be the fun runner.
Hey, what CL said! I think you need to read your old posts about the importance of fun, etc. But again, planning it all is indeed a drag.
Thanks for the post yesterday. I laughed all day long, reading everyone's comments. Now I have some new films to add (or NOT) to my Netflix queue. Have fun golfing.
as a recovering cruise director myself.....easier said than done.
Well, you've certainly paid your dues as "cruise director."
Thanks for a number of great times.
More to come, I'm sure. Unpremeditated fun can be a lot of, well - fun - too.
Your brief diatribe made me laugh; there's always one great cruise director behind a hearty good times gang. You must be the HRHDWC, Head Red-Head Dude With Clipboard.
I'm also thinking of our very professional teaching colleague here at school who arranges, disseminates maps for, and generally facilitates payday happy hours for us hard-drankin' educators. He's our Julie, AKA Wuv Boat Cruise Director extraordinaire, or as we fondly refer to him:
FUN_RAISER!Travel safe and watch yo back in Dubya Country.
BTW, my wife and I walked out of De-Lovely. Who else out there thought it sucketh rightly?
Don't you think that's a little unfair to us folks who haven't gotten to a party of yours yet?
sorry to bring a hangover from yesterday's comments into this comment section, but if i do this there after 68 (and counting!) comments, maybe killian won't see it:
killian, are you really having a baby in three days?!
if so, good luck and know that ian's vast legions of blog fans will be rooting for you...
OOPS--sorry to have mislead you, Lyle, and thanks so much for the good wishes--that was sweet! I was just referencing the comments from Susan and Joanna--Susan married the man who walked out of Pulp Fiction with her, and Joanna wrote:
>How funny, Susan. Maybe Pulp Fiction should be a compatibility litmus test. I saw it in 1994 on a first date. We both loved it and I'm due to give birth to our second child in 4 days!<
So I'm thinking if the guy DOESN"T walk out with you, that's a litmus test of a different kind. And there would DEFINITELY be no baby-bearin'!
But thanks again. :)
Killian