I Bet You Wish YOU Could Come Of Age That Day

[bloodyrosemccoy]

By the way, just to garner some interest, I am turning 21.

 

On Tuesday.

 

Yes. I know.

 

Used to be, my birthday was on an extremely boring day.  Not even the What Happened On Your Birthday sites had anything to note about it. For years it was either the day “Steamboat Willie” premiered, or the day Betty and Barney Hill got probed by aaaaaliens.

 

Now, though, ever since a pair of whack jobs elected Dave Barry as their publicist, you all have been celebrating my birthday as International Talk Like A Pirate Day.

 

Yo HO.

 

The plan is to dress in my sparkly pirate shirt with the gold hoop earrings and the red bandanna, and drink grog and go “Arrr!” until I pass out.  Then 妹 and I may dig up the two greatest pirate movies available on DVD, which everybody knows are Pirates of the Caribbean and, of course, Muppet Treasure Island,* and have us a time swashing and buckling away and singing along to the Muppet songs.  (I may have to do this again once I get to Eugene in order to include all my friends in the swashing, if not the buckling.)

 

So on Tuesday, while you’re all yelling “Ahoy, me hearties” to each other, save a little “Arrr” for me. Then drink up, me hearties, yo ho!

 

 

*Trust me, Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush may be good, but if you want truly awesome pirates you can’t beat Tim Curry and Billy Connolly.**

 

**To his and my knowledge, the only person who has ever died, as he put it, “in a fuckin’ Muppet movie.”

Comments

[gondolinchick01.livejournal.com]

I will be there in pirately spirit, if nothing else. And via some sort of booty or other, of course.

[blackbyrd2.livejournal.com]

Hah! Happy natal day there young'un. I'll hoist an ale or summat for you as well, with a hearty Arrr!

[die-monster.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'll break out the rum especially for you! (Definitely not a booze-hound, nope)

[nixve.livejournal.com]

Muppet Treasure Island!
I thought I was the only one who loved that movie.
<3

Arrr! :)

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

No. My sister and I split no less than FORTY DOLLARS to get hold of that soundtrack. Worth every penny.

[bluetara2020.livejournal.com]

Arrr...I'll eve sing sea chantys for ya lass.

[tiryn.livejournal.com]

Happy early birthday! :D I didn't realize we were the same age. Cool. And yes, Muppet Treasure Island is indeed the greatest pirate movie ever. Followed swiftly by Cutthroat Island and then Pirates of the Caribean.

Could one possibly argue that Michael Caine theoretically died in Muppet Christmas Carol? Or perhaps hypothetically. Though Billy Connolly is indeed the only one who's actually died. Ah, Muppet ponderings...

And if you're ever up for it, we should totally go for a drink some time. =D

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Totally! And we can laugh at my friends who are NOT 21 ...

Also, I'd say Michael Caine only THOUGHT he died. Same goes for Robin/Tiny Tim. It had not yet come to pass. So, yeah, only hypothetically. Can we count Marley and Marley, or were they already dead and thus in a different category? And are we counting humans AND Muppets, or just Muppets?

But either way, Caine also makes the World's Best Scrooge. Say what you will, those Muppet movies cast their humans well.

I haven't seen Cutthroat Island ...

[djmrswhite.livejournal.com]

hey happy birthday

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Thanks!