The other day Channy said something that struck me as funny, but also very interesting. She said, “You never really know somebody until you’ve seen them angry. That tells you everything.”

I laughed, but then I thought about it later and realized that she might be on to something. When you first meet somebody you’re usually on your best behavior. We all seem to put on a mask, don’t we?

And yet when we lose our cool I think we say and do things naturally, without any thought to how it will sound or look. How much of that is real, how much of it is influenced by emotion, and does it really open you up like a book?

As strange as this might sound, I think I know more about Bon than anyone else on the ship. Lita is a great friend, and we confide in each other. But when it comes to really knowing someone, I can’t help but feel like I read Bon very well. He’s often angry, which bothers me, but I suppose the silver lining of that anger is that there are no masks on that guy.

So, what does that say about us? What does that say about how we communicate with each other? Seems to me we all have some work to do on showing our true feelings, rather than hiding behind a veil. If we could openly share our real thoughts and feelings without waiting for an angry spell, wouldn’t we all be better off?