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[Caper Captain]

^ Anne Bonny

< Flabergasted at car insurance/ annoyed with stupidity at most new drivers to have such a rate to start with!

V The nature of evil to you?

[Red Dog]

^ Profit at others suffering, pomposity and ego

< really should be packing, ( 5 days til I'm Oregon Bound!!!!)

V Would you rather live during the ascension of a civilization or during it's decline.

[Hester]

^Definitely the decline -- I'm a decadent kinda gal.

< Still in my housecoat.

v Describe your most piratey piece of jewellery and where/why you got it!

[Red-Handed Jill]

^I have a two-reale silver coin minted in 1653. It was part of the treasure on the Santa Maria de la Consolacion, which was chased by pirates. The crew sank the boat rather than let the pirates get the treasure. The pirates killed the crew and tried to get at the treasure but one was killed by a shark so they gave up. Three hundred years later, the treasure was salvaged and one of the coins as made into a necklace and given to me at Christmas by Iron Jack.

< Have a musical gig tomorrow at the Prince of Wales Pub in San Mateo.

v Black powder pistol, boarding axe or cutlass?

[lady snow]

^ cutlass, definitely

< watching the rain fall in between posts

\/ weekend plans?

[Dusi Sparrow]

^ Fleemarket, cleaning my flat and having fun with my lover-

< Should be in bed by now (10.30 pm)

V What are your weekend plans? (I like the question.)

[Hester]

^Going to the cottage, "sailing" my battered but refurbished paddle-boat to the pub for lunch on Saturday, driving up to Algonquin Park and picnicing on the East Beach of Lake of Two Rivers on Sunday. (Weather predictions are glorious.)

< Voted in a by-election, and had the dermatologist check my moles today. (I wore my pretty underwear for the event.)

v What are your plans for the weekend? ['S a darn good Q!]

[Caper Captain]

^ Friday I am attending a memorial service for a friend who died last year. Satuday I am helping my mate with her costume for the PARENF and then I'm going over to my best friend's house to give him a sound beating on Super Smash Brothers Melee and various other old video games. It's so fun to play video games with a gay man.

< Worrying about first Humanity United (like a GSA) meeting tomarrow.

V Thoughts on Machiavelli?

[Tora of Tortuga]

^ He seemed an interesting fellow, if you mean the condition/term then my psychology class didnt go into it much.

< Wishes he could get to Ojai faire

V Books or Movies? (same a book just in movie format.)(for me books because my imagination is far more creative then what ive seen in films. mostly.)

[Hester]

^ Both! They each fill a different need in my cultural life. Books for when my mind is alert but my senses are tired. Movies for when I want to be bombarded by sound and imagery and just turn the analytical knob on my brain down to "passive".

< Thinking I should cut down on the butter tarts, 'cause I have to shop for a new travel wardrobe in October and the lycra in these jeans is stretched to the creaking point (they just came out of the dryer).

v Would you rather be a houseguest with your in-laws or stay at a nearby hotel?

[lady snow]

^would love to be a houseguest at my in-laws. they are just like my own family and i love spending time with them we spend our honeymoon (the week BEFORE) the wedding with them even

<still doesn't know what garb to wear tomorrow

\/sunrises or sunsets?

[Red Dog]

^ sunsets, in anticipation of what the night may bring.

< Got's me a black powder cannon w/ a 1 inch bore. Really loud!

V what would you shipboard job be?

[Hester]

^Cruise Director and Shanty Mistress

< Went on a 3 mile hike yesterday ... and discovered on the downhill portions that yes, my knees are over 40, even if the rest of me still thinks I'm 25.

v Fall's approaching this week. Do you have any plans to celebrate the equinox or usher in the new season in some way?

[Caper Captain]

^ Ren Faire with my two best friends, then probably do a circle (we are all Pagan)

< Working out clothes for twin day with best friend/ college applications.

V Most perfect night?

[lady snow]

^ my 25th birthday - went on a rollerskating date with three guys (yes they all knew about each other) and went to dingman's ferry on the delaware with one of them and a bottle of champagne! mmmmmm

< gearing up for pirate invcasion at parf saturday (attending a wedding on our landlocked pirate ship run agroud before the gates open for the day)

\/favorite movie (doesn't have to be piratical)

[Hester]

^Queen of the Damned, starring Stuart Townsend

<Enjoying the view

v Folk music or Punk?

[Tora of Tortuga]

^ Both, they have their times when I need/want to listen to both. (currently been on a sea shanty kick tho.)

< is reading Under The Black flag, about half way done. see the post in twill (sticky)

V If you could make a movie about pyracy in the Golden Age of Pyracy who would you focas on, or would you do a fictional period pyrate movie?

[Hester]

^I'd do a punk-rock musical movie version starring Stuart Townsend, but with ultra-authentic period garb, ships, etc.

<Fighting off a migraine

v How many pirates does it take to change a lightbulb? (Make up your own punchline.)

[Hester]

^Oh, Goddess grace, I even have to answer my own Q! Okay -- FOUR! -- someone from the Captain Twill set to "tut-tut" over how out-of-period lightbulbs are; Pete Straw and Patrick Hand to have a long discussion over how similar in shape light bulbs are to female breasts; and Hester to sigh, get up on a chair, and change the damn thing herself.

<Wondering why no one else likes this thread. And deciding to throw in another gratuitous picture of Stuart Townsend just for the hell of it:

v Do you prefer the sound of the harpsichord or the piano, and why?

[Red Dog]

^ harpsichord, I prefer the sound

< Just dropped anchor in Portland, OR. I got to attend the Portland Pirate fest as well. Not bad for a first year turn-out.

V Ever had the chance to travle abroad? Where'd ya go?

[Red-Handed Jill]

^ Spent some time in Jamaica a few years back. Rented a tiny car and put 450 miles on it driving around the island. Liked Negril the best.

< Will be on the San Francisco Bay this weekend for Fleet Week - woo hoo!

V If you could be a member of any pirate crew, who would you choose?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^

I would rather be the Captain

< Need desperately to get to any Pirate function

V Could you live for months at sea?

[Hester]

^Yes, I think so. Provided there's plenty of rum & butter tarts on board.

< Really suffering from allergies this morning (that's why I'm up so early). I can't wait until the frost finally kills the ragweed. In the meantime, my nose is running like a tap, and I fear I might drown.

v If you had a time machine, where would you go, and in what period?

[Pew]

^ I'd say either Ancient Greece or Rome, or the GAoP.

< I have extreme patience, but a low threshold for stupidity.

V Beer/ Wine/ Adult beverage of choice, etc... Import or Domestic?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Rum (really), Courvossier, A good dry merlot, shiraz, Beefeater Gin, Grand Mariner, Remmy, Baileys, ooh and Louis Jadot Poully Fuisse..in that order (well, ye asked..)

< my feet are cold

V if ye were a pirate how would ye prefer to go?