Another Same Letter Drabble

I can't remember who suggested that Black Pearl Sails Drabble Challenge where every sentence began with the same letter, but I thought at the time it was kind of a silly theme. And then everybody comes up with really fantastic stuff. Just goes to show you, I often don't know what in heck I'm talking about. I posted the others a while back, but then Pirate Shy came up with one today, 'B' is for Bootstrap, written from the elder Turner's POV. Absolutely chilling.

Jury duty: aaaarrrrrgh.

Well, it's jury duty for me tomorrow: I requested a specific day, so I have to show up at the Ventura County Courthouse at 8 o'clock in the morning. Ugh. On the negative side I can't really afford to miss work: there is just TOO MUCH TO DO before school starts, and I'll miss a day or two setting up my office again as it is. And my new computer, if it ever comes (and who knows what kind of problems I'll have with XP....O_o)-- that'll take another day. I have a feeling my Labor Day weekend is booked.

On the plus side, I can take a book to read, or work on PLOTS for PotC stuff. Can't write without a plot. I've been reading some of the Character Meta & Theory posts on the pirategasm Help Desk. Some intricate thinking there: my simple mind is quite boggled. Who knew there were such depths to a Disney flick. Interesting stuff: plot bunnies are hatching right and left.

Don't need no stinking plot for a drabble, though. This is my reply to the current Black Pearl Library challenge, 'Beginnings'. ( 150 words without the title: a drabble and a half. )