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These are so cute
#Cruising ducks#Ducks#Quacks#Cruise Journal#Cruise Log#Duck Discovery#Printable Goods#Carnival Cruise#Royal Caribbean Cruise#Cruise Lines#Bahamas#Hide Ducks#Harmony of the Seas#Icon of the Seas#utopia of the seas
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Getting tickets to the Ghibli Park was almost impossible (they release a month's worth of tickets online at like 2 a.m. here and sell out within minutes, a terrible system) so I'm really glad we got to go!
#comic#journal comic#japan#japan travel#japan cruise#nagoya#shinkansen#bullet train#dungeon meshi#ghibli park#studio ghibli#cat bus#japanese food#kiki's delivery service#my neighbor totoro
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They really woke that day and chose violence. Queen shit at its best 💅
#entertainment weekly#Ew#Journalism#Social media#Twitter#Barbie#oppenheimer#margot robbie#cillian murphy#Tom Cruise#nicole kidman
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cinnamon roll bread did not bounce back from being frozen the way I expected. I have perhaps invented Cindermon Blocks.
Update to follow
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TOPGUN: MAVERICK (2022)
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Brief summary: After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it.
#topgun#top gun maverick#top gun 1986#pete maverick mitchell#filmmaking#film photography#film journal#journalism#film journalism#film blog#cinema#tom cruise
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Gem fusion au with a cryptid batman AND supernatural prince of Gotham Bruce Wayne.
In the eleventh hour the city is saved by the world famous demon creature finding the mysteriously missing prince and, in an act of true sacrifice and love for the rotten city, Bruce Wayne miraculously performs a perfect fusion with the monster, the glittering jewellery of status now adorning sweeping wings and fitting perfectly to the symbol in its chest, a diamond and pearl crown floating between two enormous pointed ears.
#batman#dc comics#bruce wayne#batfam#Just imagining how a cryptid batman (real or not) would combine with a literal prince of Gotham and the image struck me so clearly#I had to share#Like. Vampire king style thing#B being able to combine his royal powers and influence with his capabilities as the bat#Maybe his bat powers are FROM his royal powers#But so much glittering and swoopy silver jewellery... A clear night sky. A city skyline in monochrome.#Gotham harbor reflecting the lights of the fishing boats and tankers and cruise ships#Two people famous for never ever fusing except with a trusted handful (all the same people + supes)#Wayne refuses to talk about his experience with the bat and everyone wonders how traumatising it must have been#LOTS of white prince/dark knight fic/art from the Gotham girlies#All of it objectively stunning. They all put Bruce in white suits. He's Gothams darling. Their sunshine airhead with a heart of gold#And a spine of steel if you push him but no one really does that so it's only whispers#And the infamous half mythical batman. Black knight. Tall. Mysterious. Possessive exceptionally dangerous so very very kind and loyal too#But if he's magic he could harm superman. Supes tries to stop him from going too far on his enemy (who won't DIE but)#And the 'dark prince/vampire king fusion' almost claws his nose off for trying to get between him and the guy who pushed him that far#Someone gets a side profile candid (Tim) and it's the end of Gotham journalling it is the ONLY thing that gets printed alongside articles#Like;;;;
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ELLE FANNING at the Chanel Cruise show on May 9th 2023 wearing CHANEL
#elle fanning#chanel#glam#chanel cruise#fashion show#couture#fashion#pretty#celebs#celebrities#celebrity#fashion journalism#femaledaily#celebrity fashion#stunner babe#celebrity style#fancyschmancy#red carpet fashion#hot celebs#beauty#makeup#red carpet#style#beautiful#gorgeous#red carpet looks#red carpet dress#actress#stunning#stunner
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Wednesday July 24, 2024
Today I had a shit morning.
I missed breakfast because of work, missed lunch as well because of work, and had a stack of kayaks crumble beneath my feet as I tried to scramble over them to get a ratchet strap.
Then I freaked out thinking I would get fired for cursing the fallen kayaks which failed me. (My boss was calling everyone else who was on the beach at the time in for meetings.)
And to top everything off, I have athletes foot macerating its way into my foot.
I did get to see the doctor finally and got some tips for taking care of it, and honestly it already feels so much better. Because I can no longer feel it.
All this to say, Fuck.
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I WANT!! to be a person who does little dnd doodles immediately after sessions and I WANT to be a person who nature journals regularly and I WANT to be a person who brings watercolors to colorado and actually uses them I WANT to do art casually and freely and joyfully as a reflection and extension of being an active participant in the world!!! FUCK!!!!
#'then do it' I KNOW I KNOW I KNOOOW but it's HARD my executives are always DYSFUNCTIONING!!!#I brought art stuff when we went on a cruise aaages ago and didn't actually paint ANYTHING#my mom's husband is An Artist professionally-- he's a studio painter and has done commercial freelance work#and he's just! always got his stuff! and he actually uses it!! what a fuckin concept!!!#I can't wait to be in colorado and go 'but I don't know how to paint a landscape 😥'#and like YES I also have a camera and a mini phone printer and a decent home printer#and I'm allowing myself to just tape bullshit into my 'sketchbooks' now AND my husband got me a proper scrapbook#and I do also want to be a person who does THOSE things don't get me wrong I just--#I overthink artmaking so much that I just never do it anymore#and I've really never been good at consistent travel/ journal sketching because I'm not good at working large or loose#I can draw A Thing but I struggle with scenes for example and I get very bogged down with little details#and the same problem applies to dnd art! 9 times out of 10 when I try to doodle quickly and casually I get caught up on perfectionism#and I just!! [shaking myself shaking shaking shaking] PLEASE#about me#my art
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have some post book six finn angst? i guess? that’s been in my drafts unfinished for months. mainly inspired by the fact that finn literally stabbed one of his best friends from childhood and it got kinda waved away??? therapy and meds are good but not that good. this is very rough very unedited but it’s 2 am so ya know.
His skin is red from the heat of the shower; scrubbed raw until tender. The water long stopped running pink but it doesn’t matter. He can still feel the blood on his hands, under his nails.
He should get out. Go to the infirmary, Philby and Maybeck were still out of it, after all, talk to the girls. Talk to security.
Are they going to send security after him? They probably should. He did kill someone, after all.
His knees give out at the thought. God, he killed Dillard. He’s sitting on the floor of his stateroom shower because he needed to wash off his best friend's blood before he could do anything else.
What is he supposed to tell his parents?
What is he supposed to tell Dillard’s?
His stomach rolls dangerously. Do they even know where their son is? He wasn’t supposed to be on the boat. He wasn’t supposed to be involved.
He isn’t supposed to be dead, either, though.
He buries his head in his knees, hands fisting his damp hair. Jesus Christ. He never should’ve come on this cruise. He never should’ve become a DHI. Screw his friends, how on earth could they be worth this? He never should’ve met Wayne.
Wayne. Anger flares inside him, but it’s muted. Wayne got them all involved in this. He’s the one that decided children could end a war that adults had been fighting for years. He’s the one that made Finn a Keeper. He’s the one that made Dillard a martyr.
Someone’s knocking on something far away. Everything sounds like he’s submerged in a swimming pool; white noise echoing in his ears. Someone is breathing loudly in the next room.
The door opens, light pooling in from the bedroom, casting shadows onto his mother. She looks worried, panic pinching her face. He can’t bring it in him to be embarrassed that she’s just walked in on him. He wonders why.
“Finn!” She rushes to him, pulling his face up in her hands. “God, you’re freezing, hold on.” Oh. He is freezing, now that she mentions it. The water’s turned ice cold; his skin is numb. How long has he been sitting here?
She leaves, just for a moment. The water abruptly shuts off and she comes back, towel in hand and clothes damp. She wraps it around him before smoothing his hair off his face.
“It’s okay, Finn, but please, breathe. You’ve gotta calm down” Breathe? He is, isn’t he? But no, the heavy breathing from before is him, not someone else. He’s hyperventilating, he thinks distantly. You’re having a panic attack, Larry.
God, how many times has he heard Charlene talk about panic attacks after tests? How many times has Willa called him at 2 am, crying from old nightmares? Why did he think he was so invincible, so well grounded that this wouldn’t ever happen to him?
Well, he supposed anyone would be crying in the shower if they‘d just stabbed someone.
He barks out a laugh at the thought, startling his mother. God, what is wrong with him?
He doesn’t know how long they sit there, on the floor of the shower. She breathes slow and even, willing him to do the same as she rubs his back. It feels like forever until he can take an easy breath of air.
Vaguely he wonders how his mom knows how to do this; whether it’s just some inherent knowledge that comes with age and children.
It takes longer still until he stands on shaky legs to grab a change of clothes, towel pulled tight around him. He’s not shaking, anymore, but he’s still cold. Still a little numb. His lips are chapped.
She leaves to let him change, looking weary at the thought of leaving him alone. He doesn’t blame her. He feels like he’s still teetering on the edge of another breakdown; one good push and he’ll be sent sprawling. She had grabbed his pajamas, he thinks idly. An old t-shirt his aunt sent him years ago that he’s yet to grow into and a pair of plaid sleep pants. They both smell like the lavender laundry detergent she uses back home.
Shit, he wants to go home.
“It’s a little late,” she says once he comes out of that bathroom, moving to put her hands on his shoulders. He doesn’t want her to move away. “Do you want to order room service for dinner? Or I could go pick something up?” She offers, but he’s already shaking his head.
“Can we order? Please? I just…” he trails off, not knowing what to say, but she’s already nodding, moving away to find the menu and call in dinner.
He stands in the middle of the room and tries to think. He needs to go down to medbay and talk to his friends. Philby and Maybeck are awake, no doubt, and they’re going to want to know what happened. It’s what a good friend would do. What a good leader would do. Hasn’t he fought tooth and nail to hold on to his precious leader title? He should be explaining; strategizing (apologizing). Instead, he’s leaving Willa and Charlene to explain everything, half of which they don’t even know because they didn’t follow him into that cave.
(They’re going to have to tell them how they woke them up, he thinks wryly. He’s almost upset that he’s almost certainly already missed out on Philby blushing as red as his hair; Maybeck’s cool persona cracking at the thought that he and Charlene kissed and he wasn’t even aware).
Would the girls wait for him to tell them what he’s done? Or do they already know that their leader's a murderer?
Maybe Philby should be the leader. No one’s died on his watch. What does Wayne’s opinion matter now, anyway?
He should go to them, even just to sit in silence with his friends. But the mere thought sends anxiety clawing up his throat. He’s terrified of what he might see when he looks into their eyes (disgust, horror, fear, anger, even sympathy).
He’ll be alone for tonight, he decides. Plead exhaustion if anyone asks in the morning. It isn’t a lie in the slightest. He feels drained, down to the very marrow, and just wants to sleep.
(He won’t be able to. He’ll toss and turn all night when he does finally drift off around four in the morning he’ll wake up from a nightmare with bile in his throat and phantom blood on his hands.)
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His hands itch. They’re clean. He washes them anyway.
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His hands start to crack. They’re dry, constantly, from the repeated washing and relentless hand sanitizer.
Their water bill is going to be astronomical, he thinks belatedly.
It’s been a little over two months since…since.
They haven’t crossed over once, Philby putting a stop to it as soon as he was back at his computer, not needing to ask the others if it was okay. There wasn’t much of a need for them, anyway. The OTs were surely scrambling to figure out what to do without Maleficent.
None of them end up caring too much.
They haven’t gotten together much since they arrived back in Florida. They had individual meetings with some high-up Disney execs and then were told to please forget this unpleasantness had happened and sign the new NDAs and oh, don’t forget they needed to post on the official Disney Host Interactive social media at least twice a month.
(His contract is extended for two more years. He doesn’t read the fine print as he signs away his life again. Not that it matters. They’ve already made a killer out of him.)
They’ve slowly been talking in the group chat again, small comments about class and families that carefully skirt around anything too heavy. Charlene sends a picture of her cat in a sink and Maybeck sends back his latest attempt at a donut vase and slowly, slowly, they start to feel like friends again.
Amanda keeps coming over, stretching out the last few days of summer with him whenever she can. He’s rotten company; doesn’t talk much but she doesn’t mind. She talks endlessly about her days, long and boring though they may be, until her voice goes hoarse and he can’t help but get up and grab her a glass of water.
He’s trying, slowly, to explain what happened to her. It had been surprisingly easy to hear Willa and Charlene fill Philby and Maybeck in on the story, he himself stepping in to fill their gaps. It’d been mindless, almost; he’d been too focused on how necessary it was that the panic and fear hadn’t hit him until hours later, hands itching until he’d scrubbed them raw.
(“PSTD,” his therapist says when he finally works up the courage to see one. “Trauma responses and rituals to help self soothe.”)
It’s amazing, really, dealing with grief. How often had he really thought of Dillard before the cruise? They’d certainly been growing apart in recent years, Finn spending more time with the Keepers and working and far less with his childhood best friend. It’d been easy to justify, at the time. Dillard wasn’t a Keeper, wasn’t a DHI; couldn’t understand what he and his friends were going through no matter how hard he tried; not like Jess and Amanda could.
Well, not until Wayne dragged him in.
He misses Dillard at the most random times, sharp aches deep in his chest at the mention of his favorite foods, the theme to his favorite video games; snatches of conversation from other neighborhood boys about girls and school and games. A sudden wave of grief and guilt a misery so strong that he’ll climb into bed and not be able to leave for days.
And then other times he won't think of Dillard at all for days at a time; feel content, almost, until he remembers and then the guilt of forgetting, of neglecting his best friend’s memory is almost the worst part.
He’s fifteen. He’s famous. He’s killed his best friend. He’s a soldier in a war he never should’ve known about. He’s a leader, or at least he’s supposed to be.
His hands itch.
#look if ridley’s gonna wave away trauma and mental health SOMEONE’S gotta point out that these kids aren’t alright#finn is sad willa is sad jess is sad THEYRE ALL SAD#and probably really mad a disney which#how very girl boss of them#what even happens after they get off the cruise?? how on earth does disney explain a passenger that wasn’t supposed to be there dying???#what do they tell his parents??#do the other keepers go to the funeral???#does mrs whitman know what happened???#do their classmates??#is it common knowledge that dillard got stabbed or is did they spin it as like a cat accident or something???#also where did his parents think he was when he was on the cruise?#why do i have so many thoughts on a badly plotted hardly edited kids series from the 2000s that was effectively one giant ad campaign?#idk mental health reasons probably#do you guys ever read my tags?#i put a lot of bullshit here normally. just a lot of thoughts. like a little journal!#anyway#my wrtitng#finn whitman#dell philby#terry maybeck#charlene turner#willa angelo#amanda lockhart#jessica lockhart#kingdom keepers#ridley pearson#not tagging wayne because he really is a jackass
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I wish we'd had more time (and bigger stomachs) to taste all the kinds of ramen! (I think there were 8? We had 2.) Definitely recommend!
#comic#journal comic#travel journal#japan#japan travel#japan cruise#yokohama#ramen#japanese ramen#ramen museum#tokyo#hachiko#ueno park#zoo#giant panda#katsu#japanese food#tokyo metro#hotel
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Ahm more vent stuff my brain is all over the place today
#you know it’s wild to jump from ONE shitty relationship into another#and then I was like yea no I’m not gonna date again#and then… meeting the nicest most amazing dude while fucking CRUISING#..I almost ruined this too because I didn’t think I wanted another relationship#but#he sees me#he treats me like I’m worth something#the other day I felt so bad because I just#we were sitting together and next thing I knew I was sobbing#you know how he dealt with it?#he just held me#asked if I wanted to talk about it or just let it out#you know how good it feels to just be able to let it out and not have to be all#yea well I was groomed and raped and mentally ruined#oh woah fuck#sometimes it’s wild to even admit to any of it cause I buried it from EVERYONE#my mom didn’t know I was seeing an older woman when I was 14#didn’t even know I was …‘dating’ at the time#didn’t know about the man who ruined my view on men until I was about 22..#in fact therapy has taught me to just. stop hiding it#even tho I.. still haven’t told them#I won’t either I refuse. they don’t need to know I don’t think they just need to know I’m happier now#and not a wicked smoker and drinker 😂#it’s why I journal so much it feels great to get it out
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Day 19 of 30 in Finland
Took a day trip to Tallinn, Estonia today.
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With the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, many of the former empire's resources were sold off to the highest bidder, and their $14 billion space shuttle program was no exception.
Seeking to recoup some of that eyewatering spend, in 1998, the "Buran" (Russia's answer to the American Space Shuttle) was offered up for sale on eBay for $10 million.
No serious offers were received - with most people assuming the listing to be a joke, until the New York Post confirmed the sale, with Russian authorities stating they "actually have two" if anyone is interested.
(Pictured: A later auction of a smaller scale Buran in 2005)
Sensing an opportunity, a group of Aussie entrepreneurs including Australia's first astronaut and the lawyer for Prime Minister Paul Keating offer to lease the shuttle from Russia, to put it on display in Australia during the Sydney Olympics.
After gaining permission from the Kremlin for the lease, in 1999 the Russian military briefly stops bombing Chechnya in order to dismantle the Buran, and it is placed on a barge to be shipped to Sydney on the (soon to be infamous for other reasons) Tampa shipping vessel at a cost of $5 million.
Once in Sydney, after a disastrous few months on display where crowds failed to flock to the shuttle exhibition featuring such compelling educational offerings as "activities is to assist in the development of issues of nutrition and hygiene at home" (an actual quote from their website) - the leasing company declared bankruptcy and washed their hands of the space shuttle completely.
The Buran Gift shop where you could buy soviet space ship themed football jerseys, in case you needed one of those
One of four people listed on the lease, described as a business partner of the Prime Minister, also claims he never knew he was a director of the company, which went on to cause a lot more problems.
This whole debacle presented a slight issue for the cash strapped Russian authorities, who had now only been paid $100,000 for the 9 year lease of the shuttle instead of the $600,000 they were owed. Eventually the decision was made to abandon the once $1 billion Soviet pride and joy in a Sydney carpark, where it resided for a year under a small tarpaulin.
Failed attempts to be rid of the shuttle included a 12 day auction hosted by an LA radio station, where listeners were offered the chance to buy the shuttle for $6 million, however all bids turned out to be pranks and the shuttle remained.
Multiple attempts were also made to sell the shuttle to Tom Cruise, with the exacerbated movie star's representatives repeatedly telling the insistent traders that he was not interested in owning a Russian spaceship.
Eventually a Singaporean group dismantled the shuttle and shipped it overseas, however Russian authorities soon reported they once again had been failed to be paid for the lease. Singaporean representatives responded that they definitely had paid for the shuttle, and that they simply couldn't remember when or how much was paid.
Representing the Russian government, Lawyer Suhaila Turani told the Wall Street Journal “I feel sorry for the Russians. They’re good in space, but they’re very naive in business.”
For a time the shuttle was abandoned in the storage yard of event company Pico, with the company owner telling the Wall Street Journal "I just want this thing out of my life" after three years of being stuck with it.
A few years later the shuttle was found by German journalists dismantled in a junkyard, and it was then bought and shipped to Germany to be put on display a museum, so all's well that ends well (except they dropped it from a crane while trying to set it up, but it polished up okay).
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I went on a cruise in the thousand islands on the St-Lawrence (between Canada and the US) and imagine my surprise when I learned that the salad dressing was, in fact, created by a chef in the thousand islands…
#sapinelle’s journal#flabbergasted#it was really nice though#I’ve been trying to do things despite my eye problems and I was able to tolerate most of the cruise#but by the end of the 1.5 hr I had to keep my eyes closed bc I was in so much pain#but I’m trying my best to enjoy the summer with little trips outside my routine
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RILEY KEOUGH at the Chanel Cruise show on May 9th 2023 wearing CHANEL
#riley keough#chanel#style#chanel cruise#runway show#fashion#beautiful#pretty#fashion journalism#femaledaily#celebrity fashion#stunner babe#celebrity style#fancyschmancy#red carpet fashion#hot celebs#beauty#makeup#red carpet#celebs#celebrities#celebrity#daisy jones and the six#stunner#daisy jones and the 6#actress#gorgeous#stunning#fashion inspiration#fashion inspo
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