I’m eating my cereal and Nick is drinking his coffee and we are watching a show on the travel channel about the world’s first floating gated community, the 12 story Residensea. Neither of us has been on a cruise, but his friend Sprout- the quiet kid with the long dreads that I met last night who was working in the kitchen with Nick at Ethel and Ramone’s- got a free trip one time.
He was shipwrecked, stranded at sea, and a cruise ship picked him up (the Explorer of the Seas). They even paid for him to reach the intended destination.
That’s so cool- Wait, what? Stranded at sea?
Yeah, he was sure he was gonna die. It was like a week or something (11 days). They were almost out of food and water. They were trying to go from Baltimore to the Bahamas (Key West).
Who was he on this ship with?
The captain and a homeless guy. You can watch the video on YouTube.
I found it later: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AVk2pcNi9s
And the interview on board: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91ZFGr94kXk&feature=related
It was gorgeous that day, walking to the bus stop, thinking about getting lost at sea. Lost on sidewalks.
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