Here's an animation of Captain Drew dancing away at the Pirate Party at Dragon*Con (original photos by Hillary Davis)..... wonder if I can make this a user picture?

I know it's a bit late, but thanks to all of you who managed to come out to play at PiratePalooza on the 19th.

Go take a look at http://www.piratepalooza.com/ for video and photos and such~

We teased that this year's PiratePalooza was going to hit Decatur like a storm, but who knew it would be THIS massive and that it would turn out to be such a deadly and dangerous event for the state of Georgia?

Those of you who live far away made a VERY SMART decision in not making the journey, but we did miss you.

This year I was kind of removed from a lot of things, just sitting back and watching everybody else having fun... though I was VERY happy to see how everyone made the Virginia Reel happen on Decatur Square... it was actually very, very nice! My partner for the dance was tempest_gypsy and she was MUCH better at the dance that me... which I will blame mostly on my scabbard wanting to slide backwards out of my frog. That stupid space pirate sword needs some tweaking yet. Thanks to Tommy Moorfoot for calling the reel, and for Tenpenny Traveler for braving the weather with their INSTRUMENTS!! They played such a nice happy tune and the smattering of looky-loos seemed to enjoy the bizarre sight of pirates dancing in the square!! LOL

I personally stopped imbibing at 4pm, partly because I just don't drink as much as I used to.... but mostly because I worry too much about needing to make decisions at the Joyce... which is in fact silly, as the bands and the assembled attendees have a huge amount of performance set up and knock down experience spread among them (among YOU). I could be upside down in a bog somewhere and the event would continue without a hiccup... so again, THANK YOU!!

Now I need to go read your journals to see who wrote about PP and what kind of time you had! ;)

cross-posted from the LJ piratepalooza community....

Like swallows to Capistrano, the pirates are returning to Decatarrrr once more!! This year marks the FIFTH ANNIVERSARY of the Dreaded PiratePalooza™ and between today and tomorrow we'll be releasing an information blast here and on PiratePalooza.com with all the details you'll need to ensure that you don't miss this nefarious tradition. First info up on deck: our entertainment line-up for the Pub Sing at the James Joyce.

It's so ENORMOUS we're placing it after the cut, so as not to clog up your LJ friend feed....

( 2009 PiratePalooza Pub Sing Line-up )

As soon as we get confirmation on one last port of call for the pubcrawl we'll post an interactive Google map to PiratePalooza.com so stay tuned! Yarrrrr!!!



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In case you missed it, I've posted a survey over on PiratePalooza.com asking 10 little questions about previous PiratePaloozas and the upcoming fifth edition of the PiratePalooza. I'm trying to build a good idea of what most of attendees are there for and ensure that we're staying on target. If you haven't already given it a whirl, pop over and give me your input!! Feel free to share it with your friends if you haven't already done so, and MANY thanks to everyone who has already taken the survey!!! ;)

LOL!!!!
About an hour or two ago our friend C3-P.O. BOX left a message on my phone to turn to PAGE 3 of the recent Dragon*Con flier. He wanted me to see the fourth bullet down, which read:

"Last year I witnessed a Klingon heckling a box trooper across the road between the Marriott and the Hilton. With his peripheral vision impaired, the angered box trooper attempted to cross the busy intersection between the two hotels to defend his honor after the size of his package had been called into question. All that remained of the cardboard Imperial was a few popcorn remnants and some packing tape. But don't worry! I am happy to say that in an attempt to avoid a repeat of this tragic event, a walkway between the Hilton and the Marriott has been constructed and is now open!"

Rolling.
On.
The.
Floor.
Laughing.

I guess the Cardboard Legion has gone mainstream??? LOL!!!

(heading off to FB to post this now)

Woke up from nap this afternoon with way bad hurt in bladder. Cath was blocke.d
Hurt really really bad. Was lots of pressure. took a pain pill while waiting for instruc tions from surgeons nurse.
Went to local branch and they flushed/drained me. Lots of clots in line came out. Felt much better afterward, hugged the nurse.

Tired, tired now. Not online yet maybe next week. Should updated Facebookt page one day.
Pain pills make me hyper and then very Spleepy now. okay

In case you missed this elsewhere... here's a video that was shot at New Castle on Saturday when Wicked Pete caught Captain Drew loitering in town and a fight ensued...



Note that the complete historical/known rules for Salt, Slug, Foot was recently discovered in a shipwreck... don't miss out on how to play~!


(I was tagging along with Caitlin and Sarah as they were on their way to the Royal Pavilion when we ran into Dolph. We hadn't talked more than a few minutes when the rules for the game materialized... I had a good feeling so I grabbed the camera and handed it to Caitlin who did some AWESOME camera work, sans directions... seriously, good instincts. And Dolph? Hysterical.)



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Do you know who Kirk Montgomery is?

Kirk Montgomery is a tool, a hack.... an idiot.

I just heard an advertisement for the new Star Trek movie in which Mr. Montgomery is quoted as saying that the new Star Trek is "this generation's Star Wars". ORLY? I thought it was supposed to be this generation's STAR TREK!!!!

Cretin.

::sigh::

Following this new variation on logic I can only surmise that:

"House" must be this generation's "Gone With The Wind".

The new Will Ferrell remake of "Land of the Lost" must be this generation's "French Connection".

"Transformers 2" must certainly be this generation's "Citizen Kane"

and who could deny that "Operation Runway" represents this generation's "From Here to Eternity"??


Alls I know is that THIS generation have their heads up their collective asses and that Mr. Montgomery is leading the charge. Just like Humphrey Bogart in "Ironman 2".

Now THERE was a classic.


(I'm off to cross-post this on Facebook now, you rabble)

(Oh, and in the looking-up of stuff I saw that Guy Ritchie has a new Sherlock Holmes movie coming out starring Robert Downey Junior)