...and then, Captain Jack LICKED HIS OWN BRAIN!!!

...and then, after I struggled to shut my gaping jaw, I thought, I WISH I COULD DO THAT!!!!!

So here's the deal: I'm not good at organizing parties and after this one, she's on her own. If she ever gets married, she'll have to plan it herself. I can't believe that at the age of 19 I planned my own wedding. I mean, yeah, it was a bit of a 3 ring circus but we pulled it off. My Girl is okay with that though because this was the perfect 13th birthday party for her. She got to sit with her friends and watch Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

This is her photoshop masterpiece, entitled: "I LOVE YOU WILL TURNER!!!"



This is a flick that mommy and daughter can both agree on.





















Was it a good movie? Don't ask. You know how shallow I am. Johnny Depp? He could read the phone book and I'd watch it. And then I'd tell you how sensitive a portrayal of the yellow pages it was- I laughed I cried I felt sullied and unusual etcetera etcetera you know. Orlando Bloom? Gawd. So handsome and now that he's hit the age of 30 I feel less dirty-old-woman about the whole thing. Geoffrey Rush? Go rent Shine. He's incredible. Bill Nighy? Man, just rent everything you can get your hands on with him in it. Jack Davenport- rent the British series Coupling which is way funnier than Friends could ever pretend to be. Heck, just close your eyes and listen to that man's voice. gahhhhhh!!! Keira Knightley? She has the best job in the world.

Everybody will get something different out of that movie. I found it very disturbing how the body count would rise and my precious children (and a few other's people's precious younguns) are watching. But I knew that my Boy would be just waiting for the action scenes. He loves that stuff. And the weirder the better- just a car chase is not enough for him but if there's a mutant octopus or a flaming skull he's all over it.
Check him out with his long hair and his skull & crossbones. What a guy. He wants to see more Jerry "Big Explosion" Bruckheimer productions but I'm kind of wary of that because I don't know how much this kid can watch before he explodes. He doesn't get nightmares...he just takes on bigger stunts on his bike...

My Girl on the other hand, has turned a corner in her life. She's still working her recent high pitched giggle, the one that comes out with any mention of Orlando Bloom/ Will Turner. There's something new though. In our usual "what was your favourite part" discussion we came up with the ending where Will's on the ship and he's got a bandanna tied around his forehead and the wind is blowing his hair back and I kinda melted and she looks at my sideways, that silly little-kid grin replaced by a knowing nod, and says, "I know. He was so beautiful."



It was my voice coming out of that kid's mouth.

Well...it had to happen sooner or later. At least she's got good taste.

We discussed this movie for its entire length afterwards. Pretty much the discussion consisted of what the heck happened???? We talked about how most basically decent people wanna be a little bit bad, and how going to see a pirate movie kind of fills that need for a few hours. It's called living vicariously, kids. We talked about that. Also how them pirates are just so cool lookin.

I myself make a fine lookin pirate. I was such a good Captain Jack a few years ago that I had to keep stopping in front of mirrors and reflective windows to admire myself. I was hot stuff. My husband was rather disturbed by the whole thing. I think he may have been a little worried about me.

I'm working up a new experiment now though. Not sure if I can make it fly but I know I've got a couple of great bandannas that'll work real good for holding down somebody's long dark hair. I'll need a big fan to use as a wind machine. I know where I can get a very thick old hemp rope, which will work well because I don't have accesss to a pirate ship but I do have a hay mow...

NOBODY MOVE! I've dropped m'brain...
You might drop your brain too from the pure awesomeness of this last photo...