Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Time	Event
1:15a	Sail into the Sunset 2008 This June 5, 6, 7, and 8, Sail into the Sunset is coming to Boston.  It's a mini-convention/raiding party/informal booze-up/weekend slumber party for Pirates of the Caribbean fans and Age of Sail buffs.  It's been held almost every year since the first PotC movie came out in 2003, and this year I volunteered to be host.  As there are a lot of people on my flist who (a) like piracy and (b) live in the greater Boston area or could drive in for the day, I want to spread the word.  We are going to spend the weekend going out and swashbuckling in the daytime and watching pirate movies in the evenings in my hotel room.  There are presently about fourteen people coming.  There is no entry fee.  I'm renting a projector, though, and we're going to pass the hat to pay for that (no more than $15/person).  Right now, it looks like we'll be going on a day sail out of Boston Harbor and spending an afternoon at the US Constitution.  Movies include: all three PotC movies, the Disney Treasure Island, Master and Commander, and possibly the Hornblower miniseries. The SitS livejournal community is sunset_sailors, and my overall explanation post is here.  Go join up if you'd like to receive update posts.  Feel free to link this on your own LJ.  (2 Comments | Comment on this)
9:31a	Death by Water Posting from class: This past month was apparently National Poetry Month.  I missed it myself, because last year I posted a poem every day all through April, and I got burnt out.  I've enjoyed reading everyone's poetry posts this month, though, and I was starting to feel left out.  Here is one part of The Waste Land  that I like. Also, I've been reading and writing too many business plans lately.   Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep seas swell And the profit and loss. A current under sea Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell He passed the stages of his age and youth Entering the whirlpool. Gentile or Jew O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you. (11 Comments | Comment on this)

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