It's almost summer...

[dwgm]

Various points, in no particular order...

1. The Annual Secret Pals Revealed Breakfast and The Retirement Dinner, both of which are my responsibility to coordinate (although I am not sure it's in my job description...) are now over and done, and very successfully, I might add. *breathes a deep sigh of relief*

2. Daughter, weemonkey6 went to see the new Batman movie last night (she liked it), and said she saw this, the trailer for 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. Now, I ask you: does that man appear to have any relation to Captain Jack Sparrow? The movie looks weird and very entertaining. How I adore Tim Burton's strange visions. And all the varied and wonderful iterations of Johnny Depp.

3. Speaking of Tim Burton, FINALLY watched 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', and it was far better than I had been led to believe or had hoped. Oh, the cleverness!

4. Yes, there were several earthquakes this week (or over the last couple) that made the national news. I felt only one of them, and that because I was sitting very very still at my desk, working on the computer. Only one other person, out of the twenty or so in the office, felt it, besides me. Which is usually the case, with earthquakes -- we have dozens, maybe hundreds every week, but only rarely are they strong enough to notice.

*knocks on wood*

5. After seeing all the posts mentioning 'tags' and hearing from both dressagespirit and hereswith that their LJ themes had randomly disappeared or had been altered, I started fooling with S2 themes and came up with (I think) rather a pretty one, utilizing oiseaurobyn's beautiful picture of the coast down by San Diego (near Scripps) at sunset. Hope she doesn't mind me using it. *turns inquiring eye on oiseaurobyn*

6. Have been trying, without success, to write a drabble on this week's theme at Black Pearl Sails: 'Drink(s)'. However, in googling about for inspiring information to nudge the plot bunnies into action, I came across this interesting site on Pusser's Rum, which was the official rum issued to members of the Royal Navy until "Black Tot Day", July 31, 1970. Here are the traditional naval toasts-of-the-day (given by the youngest midshipman after a salute to the reigning monarch):

Monday: Our ships at sea.
Tuesday: Our men.
Wednesday: Ourselves.
Thursday: A bloody war and quick promotion.
Friday: A willing soul and sea room.
Saturday: Sweethearts and wives, may they never meet.
Sunday: Absent friends and those at sea.

And now, I believe I'll go 'splice the mainbrace', while I have a swim.

Comments

[cacopheny.livejournal.com]

Just so you know, yer new journal is *really* hard to read o.o I keep my text on "smaller", and it makes your lj impossible to read XD

But! I love you for giving me that link :D :: saw the trailer for another movie XD :: Ennit cooooool? ^^

I can't believe you've never seen Nightmare Before Christmas XD Well, now you have, and all is right with the world ^^

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I changed the layout. Is it any better, now?

[cacopheny.livejournal.com]

Now it's got no layout at all... XD Just the normal. The clouds were pretty-- the text was just too small! :: laughs :: Not like I couldn't change the text size when I wanted to view your lj directly, or anything ^^

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I decided not to have the theme on the comments page, so you wouldn't see it here. I changed the layout, but it's only visible on the journal itself, not on comments. Still has the pretty clouds, though.