Let me preface by saying I don’t like people dying on a
sinking ship. (Who does? Except maybe James Cameron. He’d have a lot less money
if the Titanic never sank.) With that said, I love a good (olde timey)
shipwreck story. There was a while when I thought I might go into marine
geology with the hopes I could work with marine archeologists on a
shipwrecks. Sort of Indiana Jones-y. But
a girl. And on a boat.
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| Sort of like this. (Even those this actually Paleontologist Barbie, not Marine Geologist Barbie) |
It’s the mystery that really gets me. How did it sink? Is it
really <insert famous sea captain/pirate> ship? Is there gold? What
happened?? You can’t write these stories. Well, you can, there are lots of
shipwreck mysteries out there (I’m reading one right now), but they aren’t as
good as the real thing. (Unless, of course, the boat clearly hit a rock, there
wasn’t any treasure, and everyone made it safely to shore. Then the fiction might be better.)
I think part of the reason shipwrecks are so intriguing is
because they are so far removed from my life. . I’ve never sailed off into the
wild blue yonder not knowing I’ll come back. I’ve been on my fair share of boats, but I’ve
never had to watch for cannon fire or wonder if the boat was going to be commandeered
at some point on the trip
Hot jam of the week is Nikorette by Conor Oberst and the
Mystic Valley Band. I'm not totally sure why I like this song. Is it the simple rhyme scheme? The rollicking rhythm? Maybe. Maybe something else. I was never a big fan of Bright Eyes (What Conor is most famous for) - a little too emo even for my emo phase in high school. But I'm a big fan of CO and the MVB because it's more "Let's have a beer" kind of music, rather than the sound track to your black and pink Myspace page.
No matter what my MySpace background was, my song was always "Apple Bottom Jeans"
ReplyDeleteReminds me of that song we had to sing in elementary school - the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald or something like that. I remember sitting there with Mrs. Carey being traumatized that we were singing about people dying. I mean, we are 8.
ReplyDeleteI remember that song too! I was just talking about it (while on a boat!) because I was drinking a Great Lakes Brewing Co 'Edmund Fitzgerald.' Delicious.
ReplyDeleteone of the radio stations here plays gordon lightfoot all the time. i always hope it's going to be 'edmund fitzgerald' and it never is. such a disappointment.
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