Charity Sweetlove

Ok, I saw bag pipes on this thread and had to say what instruments I play.

It started when I was a child of five and my parents decided they hated me. Er, I mean I play the accordian. Keyboard style accordian. It even has a place where I can plug it into an amp and scare the neighbors.

At ten I picked up the piano. when I hit 20 I added the Strummed dulcimer to the growing collection along with drums. Then at 21 came the harp, year 23 brought the bag pipes (though I still sound like a dying cat on those.) and now at 29 I'm thinking of adding a concertina to the collection.

*faints at the concept of using "Barley Mow" as something to do labor by.* heh, by the 4th verse that ship would by flying over the ocean.

I just really like this song by the Arrogant Worms

The Last Saskatchewan Pirate

I used to be a farmer, and I made a living fine,

I had a little stretch of land along the CP line

But time went by and though I tried, the money wasn't there

And bankers came and took my land and told me ";fair is fair";

I looked for every kind of job, the answer always no

";Hire you now?"; they'd always laugh, ";we just let twenty go!";

The government, the promised me a measly little sum

But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum.

Then I thought, who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone?

I'm gonna be a PIRATE on the river Saskatchewan!!!

(Arrr! Arrr! Arrr! Arrr! Arrr!!)

Cause it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains

Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains

It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors

When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

Well, you'd think the local farmers would know that I'm at large

But just the other day I found an unprotected barge

I snuck up right behind them and they were none the wiser,

I rammed their ship and sank it and I stole their fertilizer!

A bridge outside of Moosejaw spans a mighty river

Farmers cross in so much fear their stomachs are a-quiver

Cause they know that TRACTOR JACK is hiding in the bay

I'll jump the bridge and knock them cold and sail off with their hay!

Cause it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains

Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains

It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors

When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

Well, Mountie Bob he chased me, he was always at my throat

He'd follow on the shoreline cause he didn't own a boat

But cutbacks were a-coming and the Mountie lost his job

And now he's sailing with us, and we call him Salty Bob!

A swingin' sword, a skull and bones and pleasant company

I never pay my income tax and screw the GST (SCREW IT!!)

Prince Albert down to Saskatoon I'm the terror of the seas

If you wanna reach the co-op, boy, you gotta get by me!

Cause it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains

Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains

It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors

When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

Arrrr, Metis! Get it? Matey? (Hey, that's Riel-ly funny! You know, Louis Riel?)

Well, Pirate life's appealing but you just don't find it here,

I've heard that in Alberta there's a band of buccaneers

They roam the Athabaska and sail to Fort McKay

And you're gonna loose your stetson if you have to pass their way!

Well, winter is a-comin' and a chill is in the breeze

My Pirate days are over once the river starts to freeze

I'll be back in springtime but now I have to go

I hear there's lots of plundering down in New Mexico!

Cause it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains

Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains

It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors

When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

Cause it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains

Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains

It's a ho-hey, hi-hey farmers bar yer doors

When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores

When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores...

I know some folks aren't to fond of the SCA, but piracy is becoming more popular within it. There's even some Pirate Tourneys being held down here in Caid (San Diego area). Though what my crew and I do when going through faire withdrawl is:

hit an SCA event

Visit the Star of India

There's Movie night at the Star of India

Go camping and have our own Pirate event

TAVERN PARTIES!!!!

PoTC night, which we've done with a slight Rocky Horror Picture Show feel.

Make garb, expecially hats

Plunder a flea market for those must have finds

TAVERN PARTIES because it bears repeating

or play 7th Seas as a LARP.

*wiggles* so much fun.

*eyes the price of the San Diego Ren Faire* it's a cute little faire, though for $15 that puts the price close to what the Renaissance Pleasure Faire is up in Devore, Ca. and the faire down here is itty bitty! Granted, when you think that a DVD goes, on average, for about $15. *shrugs*

If memory serves me correctly you can do a complete circut of the faire grounds in about 10 minutes, and that's with poking around in a few of the booths. There's one main stage area, then a couple of trees which have harpists that play under them.

The main reason why my crew and I hit the San Diego ren faire though is because it's half an hour away from where we live and there's this one stand in there that sells the Best Home made birch bark root beer Ever! That and we have this hope that if people continue to go to this faire maybe it will get bigger and then we won't have to drive 3 hours to a large faire, 'cuz well we're lazy and don't want to drive that far.

Meh, rambling again.

oh yeah, I remember part of my point. As long as you're a customer no faire is really going to care what you show up as. I've seen everything from fairys wearing pasties *twitch* to Victorian era garb at faires. Participating in it is where things change.

*with that wanders off to eat some cheese and listen to the Ben Gunn Society sing "hey Monkey"*

*dances about* some of me crew and I will be going to the Pirate fest as well. We've gone and reserved a spot on the lake and should be there some time Friday. Iffn' any others are camping thatta way feel free to drop on by the Meirle. We'll have our flag up: it's a skull with crossed blunderbuss and cutlass under it on a red heart. Just listen for the sheep sounds, that'd be us.

*sings some happy tunes, like Roll Your Leg Over*

*purrs*

The fencing scene in POTC where Cptn Sparrow and Will first meet and they're fighting in the blacksmith's place. Action some what reminiscent of the Princess Bride, snapier lines that Zorro the Gay Blade and dear gods that whole teeter-totter fighting! Gotta love it!

*purrs some more*

oh, and I almost forgot, from the Disney 3 musketeers movie with Chris O'connel, Charlie Sheen and crew... (stupid lack of memory *drinks more rum*)

Porthos, well anything with Porthos. he's just sezzy.

*mutters something about liking Disney's Treasure Planet*

Cat girl... captain. she used the word Neophyte. *is in love*

and while I'll admit it was another movie in which Disney seriously tweaked the story I liked the concept of pirates in the future. that and I really liked the 'X' being the astroid belts crossing.

Also, I'm looking forward to watching Disney's Sinbad. I know I'm probably going to twitch a lot watching the movie, but when kid movies start taking pirate themes the adult movies do to, and versa visa.

*cheers the slew of new pirate movies that are coming to screen*

*grins* There's always Body shots... though I suppose after a few of them they become Bawdy Shots?

ok, is it just me or does this sound like a filk to the tune of "What do you do with a Drunken Sailor"?

Chorus:

what do you do with a Drunken Harlot?

what do you do with a Drunken Harlot?

what do you do with a Drunken Harlot

Early in the evening?

A bottle of Rum and ye've freebies for th' night...

Then ye'll get a cat on a hard skin root...

out all night leads to a frozen rum sickel...

then ye'll have to add some rum to get A Warm Tart?

which all leads to passed out pleasure....

Early in the morning!

*snickers* ooh...

Thread Hi-jack! Has any one else seen the OH MY GOD! sized bottles of whalers rum at Costco? *faint* *cuddles up amoung the bottles* it's a pyrate's heaven that it is.

how about a little treasure chest that's got those wiggly lines around it that indicate movement and then the phrase: Shake yer booty!

the classic "X marks the spot"

Rawarh! I'm a Pirate accodring to the Quiz and my inner pirate's name is:

Iron Jenny Bonney

A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you are that person. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr!

*giggle*

I know I double listed it, but I added some other amusing bits to this *nods*

http://quizilla.com/users/Dawg/quizzes/Wha...ler%20Are%20You?

Trying to get in touch with your inner pyrate?

http://www.fidius.org/quiz/pirate.php

Various pirate toys I've found:

Pirate Ship includes cabin, anchor, lookout, working loading crane, two cannons behind lockable hatches and tons of accessories! Runs on wheels and floats! Approximate size is 28" x 14" x 22" high.

http://www.iqkids.net/pirateship.html

wooden toy pirate ship:

http://www.iqkids.net/woodtoypirsh.html

here's a pirate toy store:

http://www.piratesinfo.com/store/toys.php

floaty Pirate ship for pool toy thingy:

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/arkatents/pirate.html

ok, so I was thinking about what I'd bring with me. At first I thought asperine too, but then willow bark tea works almost as well. And well, a book of holistic healing might be looked at oddly so I thought about it some more.

Then I came up with it. Velcro.

No more wet knots to undo while at sea, you can use it for everything and when you get bored it becomes a most lovely musical instrument. *nod nod nod*

then since the technology is relativly simple folks could make it, and sell it and then become wealthy and what not.

yeah... velcro. *purrs*

cat on hard skin root

*giggles* ooh! I like that one *nod nod nod* feline and punnish *toasts to the Capt Flint*

*then mutters something about those Irish genes of hers being responcible for the lightweight comment* ooh! Unless its a small bottle of rum shared between two?

and other thingies that might come up with a harlot and a bottle of rum:

ye can practice body shots

walking the plank *wink wink nudge nudge* know what I mean?

She could go wild and tell ya "Arrrgh! Prepare to be boarded!" ~Though maybe that should be the other way around?~

:)

So, this old sea dog wanders into a tavern and convinces one of the local gals to go up stairs for a bit with him. Well, the commence to a stripping and the sailor's a working on the working girl. Halfway through he pauses and says, "Well lass how fast do ya think I'm going?"

the harlot with a droll tone replies, "I'd say you're doing about three knotts."

"Three knotts?" Says the sailor with a but of a lustful chuckle.

"Yeah, yer not hard, yer not in, and yer not getting your money back."

Freebies for the night iffn' she's a light weight.

*chuckles* a humorous one perhaps:

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PARROT!"

I found this one on the back of a pin I had bought many many moons ago:

No Prey, No Pay.

Then there's the Pirate's guild motto of: It was sinking when I got there

ok, so I've heard this rumor that there's some squirt guns out there that look like various blunderbusses and other type of period guns. (forgive me iffn' my knowledge of guns is just beyond waaaaay off. I'm more of a slip something into their rum kind of a gal)

at any rate, I was wondering iffn' any one has ever come across these squirt guns. I'd have thought that they'd not exist as most squirt guns I've seen are no longer realistic looking or if they have the real shape they're in day glow colors.

Thought I'd ask. :)

oh, and waterballon crossbows or cannons sound like fun, but I'm having a hard time visualizing how to construct one. Right now, for the cannon all I can think of is PVC pipes, surgical tubing and water ballons, but it's just not having the right look. bugger.

and oh, the reason for the odd question: Pirate squirt gun fights would just rock. Two 'ships' firing cannon at each other. heh. It'd just be fun. I'm trying to see how feasible it would be to do this at an event during the iggy hot summer time.

Aiee! Flogging Molly is a great Irish band. They're not pirate type music, but iffn' you're into celtic rock or celtic ska Flogging Molly just kicks butt! And they put on a great live show. *happily goes bouncing about doing the happy butt wiggle dance which looks nothing like the dance of a thousand veils, but does some what resemble the potty dance*

*thinks*

oh, bugger all, I can't remember the site now, but I know there's a web site out there that has pirate toilet paper. *looks about for Cookie* Luv, I know you know that site,

Black toilet paper with skull and crossbones on it. heh,

*is currently working on how to turn my bathroom into either a dungeon or dead man's reef* On the Knight's Edge Catalog there's a skull toilet brush scrubber. oh and iron shackles and various other impliments of doom.

and, I'm bringing up random info:

Amazon.com has some nifty pirate DVD's on sale, they're three black and white, silent movies on one DVD. One of them has The Black Pirate, the Scarlet Pimpernel and um..damn you rum! Ye've stolen me memory from me again. poot! The other DVD has the Son of Monte Cristo and yes it is supposed to be Edmund Dante's mini-me.

*comforts the Captain Luigi, though jealously guards our ship mascott Seamus the Sheep*

*would offer to be a cabingrrl, but fears I'd be as useful as the blond lad who hung around the captain in Cutthroat Island*

~Tangent~ I still can't figure out that lad's role. Look like cute jail-bait? *then promptly blushes and tries to hide from the vicious tongue of Cookie*

Oh wait... iffn' you got your cabinboy swiped by another pirate couldn't you swipe a new cabinboy from another pirate. *suddenly envisions a game of 'musical chairs' that's been altered to musical cabinboys* *ponders* heh...

Charity's latest heard quote: Put that wig back on!

*squint* Cookie! *pounces then slathers him with cobbler*

*squints again*

is then when I'm supposed to remember that it's Devotion not stalking?

oh, and just out of j. random curiosity and half believing that I'm a frustrated bard... er singer, er well demmit I likes to drink and sing a lot!

are there any folks that gather about and do bardic circles with Shanties in the San Diego area? *has lots of music, some instruments (none of which are played to well but what's lacked in skill is almost made up for in enthusism, and iffn' folks don't like that then I threaten 'em with my electric accordian *well ok, it's not an electric accordian but it does have an amp hook up (cackles!)*

*waggles eyebrows* *prepares to launch into a rousing chorus of "Roll your leg over" but gets distracted by a cabin boy I've not personally *cough* interviewed yet*

*aside* hey Cookie, prepare the crew for another crash. Six foot one, long black hair and emerald green eyes have been spotted.

*squeals!*

I've picked up "Kiss me I'm a pirate" stuff from Hot Topic. Got the patch, which I'm thinking of stratigically placing upon me bloomers, and also the pin (which I've stuck on my hat). So far either no one's noticed the pin or I'm still to spooky to be kissed. *sighs* Maybe iffn' I tried out my "Arrrrgh!" a wee bit before hand or something.

*has printed out this for easy reference*

*then dances the dance of happy*

Pirate clothes! Woo! I mean Arrrrgh!

ok, some nifty things that I discovered were:

Fabric at the Swapmeet.

Prowling around at the local swapmeet a friend and I found a guy who sold silk for $2.50 a yard. *faints* silk's so sezzy!

Cowboy boots at the Thriftstores:

ok, this part takes an exacto-knife, a leather awl and needle, some leather, and lots of creativity.

Take the leather cowboy boot and hack it off at the seam where the leg extends up. Then finish it with some leather (to cover up the seam that you just made nekkid) and put a big buckle on it. Look pirate low cut boots! or.... to the cowboy boot (oh and they have to have a square toe) take some leather and make a cuff out of it. Stitch it to the leather upper. Add lace, or ribbon, trim, cloth, jewels, a monkey whatever strikes your fancey. It makes pirate boots that are inexpensive and with a bit of practice are very nifty and you ~Know~ that your shoes are unique.

Hat blanks:

Pick up a $20 dollar hat blank from Jas Townsend (you can get the hat blank or the plain tricorner actually)

Grab a glue gun (by the not hot end)

Get lace or maribu (great finds at the swap meet btw), jewels, bits of bone beads, whatnots and thingy-ma-bobs.

Decide how you want the basic hat to look (tricorner, or maybe cavilier, or just tip up the front, or leave it all flat) then soften the edge by hiding it with the maribu or lace or powerder monkey.

Drink some rum. (it had to be said)

and decorate with wild abandon. (tamed abandon is just soo.... tame)

take shots (of rum) through out the decoration process and just remember when dealing with the glue gun the cool part goes in your hand, not the hot.

=-)