On Being Homeless and a Scallywag

Hana's computer is incredibly fast compared to mine. This is great. It's 1:52 AM and I'm sitting in her basement, as I have been since Sunday and will be until... Sunday (Excepting, of course, the periods of time when I am not in Hana's basement, being instead in the rest of her house or the world). You see, several months ago, my family purchased a rather nice Edwardian farmhouse in the newly established Columbia Art District. We didn't know at the time that the blasted thing was covered in lead paint and is technically a biohazard. The property has been roped off with yards and yards of 'Caution' tape (which hopefully I will be able to keep and make into hair falls), leaving me practically homeless, as the rent on our former home ran out on Sunday. The rest of the family rented a tiny stone cottage on the lake, but there's only one bedroom and nine of us, counting cats. There is no way I'm staying with them in such close quarters for any amount of time, so I moved in with Hana. Thankyouthankyouthankyou. I'm sure you're tired of hearing about it by now though, and most likely tired of me. But I like you, and your odd croquet-playing, weird-food-buying parents, and Tiger, and the fudge, even if it was a bit greasy. Sorry about that.

As long as I'm apologising, I suppose I really ought to say something about my neglect of the glorious pirate subculture over the last few weeks, and maybe post some links. So, um, sorry, guys. Check these out.

TalkLikeAPirate.com- Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19th! Hopefully this year will be even better than all preceding it, as it falls on a Friday and the day before the Columbia Art District Festival, so naturally the piratical festivities will carry over and we'll have even more fun. Being artsy pirates. Or something. That said, this is an incredible site. I officially adore these guys. Their books literally make me fall over laughing, the 'Pirate Links' section of their website is one of the most complete pirate directories around (I personally suggested the addition of Flogging Molly to their music section, so blame me for that), and they fuckin' started TLAPD, the only holiday that originated as a result of a sports injury and the most fun t' boot. Well, it would be, if more people got involved. Seriously guys, Holland could be the pirate capital of the world if more people got off their lazy asses and swaggered about with tricorns, swearing creatively and swilling rum. Or Kool-Aid. Whatever. It's not that hard, and it's tons of fun. We're already the birthday of the (now unfortunately disbanded) American Pirate Association, which I'd love to put back together if I just had some support (and permission from the original founders, of course). Yes, that was me two summers ago with the pirate ship bicycle. It got in the Sentinel (crappy picture, though) and all. That was great.

Bilgemunky.com- I remember Bilgemunky as a great but infrequently updated site, to be checked on every few months or so. In the three months since my last visit, it's exploded. Three whole pages of new piratical goodness! Go read it NOW!

BlackbeardTheMusical.com- If you can't be bothered to search through Bilgemunky's articles, at least look at this. It speak for itself. Or sings. Whatever. Sure, the music's not all that original or memorable (though 'Take Me Instead's pretty, and 'If You Want To Be A Pirate' is funny), and I was never really a Blackbeard fan (well, duh, I'm a Blackbeard fan- he was an amazing pirate who did much to shape history and popular culture's perception of pirates, but he certainly wasn't the best or my favourite), and it seems anything but accurate (I find it rather funny that the heroines' names are Anne and Mary, and you should too), but it's the idea that counts, and it's a brilliant idea! I'm sure I'll eventually grow to love the show for itself and not for its ideology, but either way, this is a revolution I'm proud to be a part of. Slowly but surely, pirates are taking over Broadway. 'Tis a glorious thing.

(A Note- I LAHVE the autosave feature. Hana's internet just went kersplat (or kersplunk, Ari), and I don't have to retype this!)



Whatever. I need sleep. Four hours until I have to wake up.
~KAT





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