Mothership

By : Dana
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Greetings Thailandstoryites and lessor mortals: Dana here with a story you will at first glance be scarcely able to credit, but I swear with my balls on a pile of Ping's underpants that every word is true. To wit: I have been corresponding for years with a friend (well, not any more) in California who is also of the monger tribe. This Internet relationship has been ok I guess, except for the fact that he is wrong about almost everything; and I have to constantly email block him. You know how it is with the people in your life: you just consider the source. But there are limits.

On Wednesday the 16th of April I was sitting in front of the monitor screen minding my own business (farangdingdong.com) when I received an incoming email from him. In this email he apprised me of the fact that the Nana Hotel room rates had gone up, and a better deal could be had around the corner on Sukhumvit at the Majestic Hotel. And, by wrongheaded inference, the Majestic Hotel was a better hotel than the Nana Hotel. I know what you are thinking and I know what you are feeling. Me too. I sat and read this in slack jawed wonderment. A better hotel than the Nana Hotel? What's next? The moon is made of green cheese? There is such a thing as military intelligence? I am really tall? Exactly. Generally speaking there are only two things you can count on in life. And those two things are that in a descent into madness; it is a descent, and it is madness. But still; some things are beyond debate. Another hotel better than the Nana Hotel? Pleaaaasssssse.

First of all, scientifically and objectively speaking, the Nana Hotel of Soi 4 off Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok Thailand is the finest hotel in the world. Ask yourself this question: where else can you stagger in with a drug addicted prison escapee tranny and absolutely no one notices or cares? Exactly. Who looks foolish now? Where else do you have to dodge and slalom through a car park full of skanks and cruisers just to get to the Mini-Mart? Exactly. Who looks foolish now? Where else is there a hotel with a lounge lizard known as 500 baht Walt? What are you paying? Exactly. Who looks like a horse's ass now? Where else does a simple return to the hotel any time of the day or night include getting propositioned in the car park, hit on in the lobby, smiled at in front of the ID card table, groped in the elevator, and followed by the world's most beautiful females right to your door? Think you are going to get propositioned and groped at the Majestic? Forget about it. That place is run by retired shrimp farm women wearing 'I Hate Men' buttons.

Not to put too fine a point on it: the Nana Hotel is known as the MOTHERSHIP and the Majestic Hotel is known as the 'hotel around the corner'. As Bernard Trink once blurted out when he caught me with my pants down: "Nuff Said". Ok, that may be a little inside for some of you newbies, but believe me when I tell you; I just made a salient point.
Anyway, checking into the Nana is like checking into Paradise. You have left all Earthly cares and woes behind, and you are now floating on a Thai hotel cloud so choked with hookers that it will be a miracle if your baby maker does not drop off.

And if you are checking in during the daytime there is a front desk woman there with straight black hair to her rear and silver bracelets to her elbows. I don't care where you are from you have never seen a woman like this. Never has she not been charming, and never has she been accessible. Oh exquisite pain. What hurts more than the syringe just beyond reach? The lover beyond touch? The heart you can not share? Oh god, the needle like pains in the tops of the eyeballs from what you can not have.

A couple of years ago the management of the hotel made her start wearing a blue coat with long sleeves to cover up some of her jewelry. During her day shift it was just pretty much continual low level pandemonium with men from all over the world trying to chat her up, and look at her, and ask her name, and make inane conversation, and take pictures of her. Some of these jerks would push ahead of me. Pigs. Anyway, think you are going to get anything like that at the Majestic? Well, do you? I'll tell you what they have at the front desk at the Majestic Hotel on Sukhumvit. Harelips.
Not that that is a bad thing. I'm just sayin'. Harelips. Harelips on old fat retired fish farm women. Not that that is a bad thing. I'm just sayin'.

Majestic hotel. What a joke. No carpark hookers, no pool, no fabulous breakfast buffet, no whirlpool, no Pattaya bus service, no restaurant, no Angels Disco, no waterfall, no carpark hookers, no great location opposite the Nana Entertainment Plaza, no carpark hookers, no . . I think I have made my point. Did I mention no carpark hookers? Anyway, It is the MOTHERSHIP. Comparing the MOTHERSHIP to the Majestic is like comparing a 44" bust to an A cup. Hey, it's your choice.

So I think it goes without saying and saying and saying that I have once again (and for the last time) computer blocked this guy from California. What if my mother had read his email? How would I have explained that to her? Exactly. He is now known here at Dana Central as Mr. Insane Man (MIM) and we have initiated the paperwork to have him immediately and with extreme prejudice excommunicated from the IMS (International Monger Society). Standards.

Loose lips sink ships and he turned himself into a regular Titanic when he made that bone head remark about the Majestic Hotel being a better deal than the Nana Hotel. Pleaassssssse. We knew gross and egregious monger treason when we heard it, and we knew what had to be done, and we took action. More surprise him on his next trip to the Kingdom when he is stopped at Bhumi Immigration because they have a computer note that says he does not fulfill standard monger intelligence.

He is, as of this typing moment, officially banned by the IMS (International Monger Society) from picking up the most wonderful skanks, cruisers, drug addicts, diseased, wild eyed, anorexic, violent, and emotionally unstable honey bunnies in the world (aka Nana Carpark). His punishment is stored on the karma wheel and his punishment will strike him when he least expects it. No one will help him. Ever seen a half dead snake in the road in Essan because the first car did not kill it? What does the next car coming along do? That's right: it goes out of it's way to line up it's wheels and put the stupid useless snake out of business. This MIM (Mr. Insane Man) from California should be listening for the sound of cars coming.

You know what the real issue here is? Well, I'll tell you. Mr. Insane Man from California (who I am never speaking to again) has a bee in his bonnet about 'in the room' safes. He had a room safe in his tree house in La La Land when he was ten years old, so if a hotel does not have a safe in the room then he is not a player. Mr. Too Good For The Rest Of Us thinks he is slumming. Safes in the rooms? If he wants a safe in his room maybe he should go down to Soi Pattayaland 3 in South Pattaya and check into the Ambiance Hotel in Boyztown where the clients are all a bunch of poofs, and wiggly walkers, and limp wrists, and pansy talkers.

Ambiance Hotel: "No sir Dana, there is no problem if you are straight here. We support all forms of love. And if I can be absolutely candid; your engorged private parts pushing out against those thin blue elephant beach pants would be very welcome on the fourth floor in room 406 at 11:00 tonight. We have ways of delaying the inevitable and you will experience delicious love pain of the colon emptying kind."

Me: "Ok, just one question. Can I bring a straight or tranny guest?"

Ambiance Hotel: "Of course, but any love child you bring to the hotel must have an ID card."

Me: "What?"

Ambiance Hotel: "We have standards."

Me: "Standards? It's a bang house for back door slammin' and butt darts."

Ambiance Hotel: "Would you like to check in or not?"

Me: "How many of the mirrors here are one way mirrors?"

Ambiance Hotel: "Sir, I am very busy."

Me: "Ok, just one more question. If I do find myself in room 406 tonight after 11:00; and I end up standing on a box naked with my wrists in pink furry handcuffs hanging from the ceiling: where am I going to put my wallet?"

Ambiance Hotel: "Don't worry, we have room safes."

Safes in the rooms Mr. California? Come on, man up. Take your hand and put it down between your legs and see if you have any balls. Nana Hotel guys are not room safe guys. The MOTHERSHIP does not have any jive ass safes in the rooms. Hell, the lobby Gift Shop run by the two elderly sisters doesn't even sell condoms.

Sincerely yours,
Dana

Postscript:

Oh, and I just thought of something else that almost no one knows about the Nana Hotel of Bangkok. It is rated as a three star budget hotel but it is actually a five star luxury hotel. How is that you ask? Simple, the Nana Hotel pays fees and bribes and incentives all over the world to travel industry people to list and market the hotel as a three star hotel. Why?

Well, if it was listed as a five star hotel a lot of rich people would be attracted to staying there, and they would inflate the carpark skank market. The little dark skinned almond eyed honey bunnies would want more than 500 baht. And this would upset the hotel's regular customers. So as a service to their regular customers the Nana Hotel insists on only being listed as a three star hotel. If that is not five star hotel customer service then you can fish slap me with a harelip's panties.

 

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Comments / Feedback

icarus
May 6, 2008, 15:27

Dana: Excuse the presumption if you would, but might you yoke your wordsmithing to greater matters from time to time?

Though never displeased by what you write I remain somehow undernourished.....
Richard Mather
May 6, 2008, 16:00

D A N A : worldhotelreviews.com is a genuine website, so check it out. The webmaster guy writes, "Hi, I'm starting a network of travel sites and would be interested in exchanging links for all of them. Contact me on info at worldhotelreviews.com - Thanks".

Well, there you jolly well go. This should be like a red flag to a bull to you, DANA; a challenge. Immortality in the Travel Industry, too, if you can gain acceptance and get a Na Na Hotel Review published by him this will afford you extra kudos and even more respect from your peers. So go for it, - and let us all know how you got on.

Just tell him that you're a frequent traveller to the LOS and that you have a bit of spare time and would like to help a fledgeling website.

Should you receive any renumeration for this, simply leave a bottle of Lagavulin Malt behind the bar at Na Na, (with my name written on the label) for consumption on my next trip over.

I will regard this as a nice token gesture. My main reward will be seeing you accepted into the Guild of Travel Writers. Good Luck.
Richard M

PS - Enjoyed the article. You have sold me on the notion of staying at Na Na for at least a coupla nites. At 500 Baht, it's "buy one get one free" in comparrison to what I'm accustomed to paying.
Dana
May 7, 2008, 10:02

Attn: Mr. Icarus

"Dana: Excuse the presumption if you would, but might you yoke your wordsmithing to greater matters from time to time?

Though never displeased by what you write I remain somehow undernourished..... "

Try Thai Thoughts and Anecdotes Part 77 on Stickmanbangkok.com titled: ACCEPTANCE AND HAPPINESS AND LOVE.
Marc Holt
May 7, 2008, 15:37

I had to laugh at Icarus pleading with Dana to write about something else...as if there is anything else to write about. Sex, love, hotels to make love in, flying to a country for sex, Pattaya trannies, the Mothership and all its delights....the list is endless...and endlessly fascinating.

May I take this opportunity Icarus, to ask if you would perhaps add a few more words to your stories and I will plead with Dana to give up a few. Perhaps then we can all find Acceptance, and Happiness, and Lerrrrve.
steve rosse
May 9, 2008, 22:11

From Wikipedia:

There are several cases where semicolons may be used:

Use a semicolon between closely related independent clauses not joined by a coordinating conjunction: "I went to the pool; I was informed that it was closed due to scheduled maintenance."

Use a semicolon between independent clauses linked with a transitional phrase or conjunctive adverb: "I like to eat cows; however, they don't like to be eaten by me."

Use a semicolon between items in a series containing internal punctuation: "There are several Waffle Houses in Atlanta, Georgia; Greenville, South Carolina; Gainesville, Florida; and Mobile, Alabama."

A semicolon can be used to separate independent clauses that are joined by coordinating conjunctions when the clauses have internal commas that might lead to misreading: "After the game, I won a red beanie baby, four edible ingots, and a certificate of excellence; but when the storm came, I lost it all in a torrent of sleet, snow, and profanity."

Please note that in all cases except when making a list the semicolon is used to separate independent clauses. It is not used to separate strings of words that are not independent clauses.
Dana
May 11, 2008, 22:21

"Please note that in all cases except when making a list the semicolon is used to separate independent clauses. It is not used to separate strings of words that are not independent clauses."

Thank-you Mr. Rosse. My response is that opinions can differ and I spend a lot of time considering punctuation because I find the subject interesting. Most humans find the subject coma inducing so I never bring the subject up, (or a semi-colon) but in my own little writing world I think about punctuation actively and with interest.

I love the colon, hyphen, double hyphen (I'll take the credit), and the triple dot ( . . . ); love less the semicolon but I believe I use it correctly in most cases; and throw in commas when necessary. I punctuate in a highly structured way partly because I believe it is a service to the reader by separating 'thoughts' into easy to understand visual units in the text; and partly as a response to all the 'famous' 'published' authors who are punctuation ignorant and just use commas for everything.

I have not examined the submission MOTHERSHIP for the punctuation error you are referring to but if you say there is an error I believe you. The essay was written in a rush and sent in immediately which is usually the kiss of death on perfect editing. That is my story and I am sticking to it. My writing (usually up to about 4500 words) is done in a form of automatic writing where the words have already been written in my head and my fingers are flying as fast as possible to get it all down before the words in my head evaporate. I never stop for mattters of punctuation, or grammer, or spelling, or formatting on the first go round. Obviously this creates text that needs editing. It is embarrassing what can slip by.

Oh, and the other reason I favor highly structured punctuation is that it helps (IMHO) with pace and ryhthm (spelling--I also can not spell rediculous and reciept). Pace is the speed of a text and rhthem (different attempt at spelling) is how the speed goes up and down. Think of a running horse jumping fences and going up hill and down hill. When I am typing the story I am extremely conscious of how I want the words to go fast or slow or pause for the reader. Punctuation is a reguirement for this.

And of course in the world of writing and reading it is sometimes helpful to admit of exceptions for a richer experience. In a long sentence (another spelling challenge for me) with separate (another hard to spell word) clauses, I sometimes use the hyphen in place of the semi-colon. In isolated cases prefer the way it appears; and I think it is more likely to tell the reader to pause. Almost no one else does this. One of the problems with using the semi-colon correctly is that sometimes the long runon sentence or thought ends up looking like text mush. I think the hypen can sometimes help to make things more visually obvious.

As a final thought on semi-colons I would like to return to a previous thought and say that if you find the subject of punctuation appealing you can have a great deal of fun at other's expense by reviewing the writing of many famous authors who were punctuation ignorant or indifferent (your choice) and just threw in commas with gay abandon. I sometimes wonder if this was partly a result of two finger typing, a subject I have never seen treated. To wit: does the act of two finger typing cause the writer to favor or disfavor certain kinds of punctuation? Hey, give me a medal. I do not believe it is possible to be more charitable than this.

Kenneth Patchen, an American 20th century writer, was influential for me in considering different ways to treat the page and the text in presenting ideas. Maybe I need to pay more attention to semi-colon rules and less attention to the voices in my head.


steve rosse
May 12, 2008, 05:31

Take a breath. If you can find me any book or newspaper where the dozens of readers, copy editors, sub-editors, and editors who screen submissions have left a misused semicolon for a reason of "style", rather than just a mistake, I'll eat that book. Maybe Jack Kerouac, but he knew the rules; he broke them to make a point, and even then he had to practically shoot somebody to get the publisher to play along. Patchen doesn't count because he wrote poetry, not prose. Apples and oranges.

I loved Patchen back in the day. For decades I had a page from one of his books pinned to my office wall: A drawing of an empty room, bed, chair, vanity, single window showing rain outside. He had written this around the drawing: "She knows it's raining and my room is warm, but she is proud and beautiful and I have no money." Romantic as Shakespeare.
Marc Holt
May 12, 2008, 10:36

Steve, Dana, an interesting discussion on punctuation indeed. I wish someone had educated Bill bloody Microsoft when he created his so-called grammar checker. He almost never gets it right. Or maybe he does and my classical education just taught me a different method...funnily enough a method that agrees with yours.

Anyway,;: (take your pick), I found Dana's discussion of how he writes interesting as it is the same for me. I generally bang out a story so quickly even I am aghast when I am finished. But then I go back an edit at least 2 or 3 times. Sometimes I write it and put it away for a day or so to let ideas percolate based on what I have written.

It has always amazed me that some writers get writer's block. I may go days without an idea for a story, but when I am ready to write the story just flows...no, races through my fingers and onto the page.

Does anyone else here write like that? I suspect Cent, for one, does. His stories just flow off the page so smoothly.

Even though I have difficulty understanding Icarus' stories sometimes, I always enjoy them; he has been my inspiration for some of my newest works. I love the sparse use of words to convey ideas. I also love James Elroy. Reading his stories is almost like having words machine gunned into your head.

I just finished a Graeme Green book, "The Heart of the Matter" and found his style very interesting; smooth narrative, pithy phrasing. But his religious hang ups came through so strongly that it was almost distracting. I couldn't help feeling the story was just a little bit too close to the bone. This is a danger all writers face I suppose. We write about what we know.

By the way Steve. Ignore those grammar police. Writers decide how to punctuate depending on the rhythm and flow of the story. The hell with the cops I say!
Dana
May 12, 2008, 10:55

"Take a breath. If you can find me any book or newspaper where the dozens of readers, copy editors, sub-editors, and editors who screen submissions have left a misused semicolon for a reason of "style", rather than just a mistake, I'll eat that book."

Not to belabor the obvious Mr. Rosse, but I am not talking about other 'editors' or 'editor situations' and if I ever get in involved in commercial writing it will be on my punctuation terms only (save us all the obligatory parternal reply on this). I am tallking about me.

Sometimes I make punctuation errors. They are obvious for all to see. Sometimes I make original or idiosyncratic punctuation decisions. Not always so easy to appreciate.

Perhaps the energy level on this subject is now high enough. It could have been a lot more fun.

steve rosse
May 12, 2008, 19:22

I think the discussion is fun. This is what writers talk about. They don't talk about whether it's "okay" to write about prostitution (it is) or whether paying for sex is normal or pathetic (it is both). They talk about punctuation and syntax and grammar and the arc of a narrative. Listen, when carpenters talk about building a house they start by discussing the nails and bricks they'll use. Punctuation marks are the writer's nails: they hold the pieces of a sentence together. Each time you misuse one your sentence falls apart, and each time a sentence trips over its own feet you're inviting the reader to stop reading and go somewhere else. A first draft flows only in the author's head; to make that story flow for the reader takes a lot of hard work. I was trying to suggest something to make the story better, I was doing the author a favor. A while back Mr. Dana asked why more published authors don't join this forum. This is why. When the discussion turns to criticism of a submission, as it does in any writing course or workshop, amateurs get hurt and defensive. I've had people threaten my life over the things I've written, more than once, and I've also received fan mail from all over the world. Neither one mattered. What mattered was that when I asked my writer friends for blurbs for a book jacket they all responded happily. That's what validates me as a "wordsmith", when the other carptenters say they don't see any bent nails sticking out of my doorframes.
Dana
May 12, 2008, 22:49

Attn: Mr. Rosse

Thank-you for labeling me an amateur and reinforcing one of the reasons people do not participate in these web discussions. As for being defensive I suggest that you might profit from studying human kind and what allowed us to rise to the top. Defensiveness is one of the first survival skills and also one of the first signals of ego. People without the will or the interest to defend themselves lack qualities that are necessary for life.

I admitted that I made a punctuation error and then went on to happily conjecture on other punctuation aspects out of interest. My reward was to be labeled an amateur and defensive (actually two denigrative labels but who is counting). And once again the published author can not deny himself the delicious pleasure of the 'them' vs. 'us' game. There are pros and amateurs. Really? I've read a lot of the pros' text. I prefer my own.
icarus
May 12, 2008, 23:56

Pretty tart comment Steve. Also prickliness is not confined to the professional/amateur divide or even to authorship I surmise.
Marc Holt
May 13, 2008, 21:49

Dear old Dana (he's going to write me a very tart email for that!) is in a league of his own. I can't think of any other writer who writes like him. And that's why his punctuation 'errors' (if they are errors) are immaterial. Punctuation can be used a myriad ways. It's what can make or break a sentence, a paragraph, or an idea.

Dana is proud of his writing, as he should be. But he is also quite prickly whenever there is any perceived criticism. That's Dana. Love him or hate him, you sure can't ignore him, and he definitely will not ignore you if you have a go at him! Go Dana!
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