meme pirates

[auntiemeesh]

My eyes glanced over the headlines as I opened up my homepage, and this is what jumped out at me.

Clinton unveils initiative to combat 'scourge of piracy.'

WTF, I wonder. Are we revisiting the eighteenth century and no one told me? I've been wearing all the wrong hair!

Now, I realize that since the pirates started grabbing, or attempting to grab U. S. ships, it's become this big issue, but this quote sort of sums it up for me.

"The modus operandi for a lot of countries and shipping companies up until now has been, 'OK, they hijacked the ship. They get it into port. Nobody's harmed. We pay a ransom. We've done a business calculation. so that's the way it is,' " she said.

Read the full article at CNN.com.

Anyway, moving right along. I believe it's day 8 of the happy meme.

One, the Penguins beat the Flyers 4-1 tonight. Damn good start to the playoffs.

Two, I watched the game at a Martini bar with eve11, her boyfriend, and another friend of hers from work. I had a violet martini and now, I'm not familiar with martini bars and martinis in general so I don't know if this is the norm when serving them, but I've never seen it before. We got a martini glass with the drink, and then another serving of the drink on the side, in a cute little glass nestled in a bowl of ice. So, although the drink price was high per drink, it was actually not any more expensive than the mixed drinks I normally get, since it came with two servings. Plus, it was very yummy. Happy making, you could say.

Three, my taxes are done and I'm getting a refund so all is well with the world.

Four, sad babies stopped crying when I came into the room and picked them up. I'm just naturally awesome that way.

Five, 'scourge of piracy' just made me laugh like nobody's business. You go, Hilary. Fight those pirates!

Comments

[ani-no-mouse.livejournal.com]

I ordered a martini once so my personal experience probably does not make me an expert, but it did not come with an extra serving on the side. Of course it was in Salt Lake City where they are reluctant to serve any alcohol at all, so perhaps they really didn't feel they could serve two drinks at once.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I've been to one other martini bar and there they just served us single glasses as well. So I'm thinking it might be unique to this place I was at last night.

[westwindschild.livejournal.com]

I tasted a traditional martini once, and if yours was yummy, it was certainly a very distant relative of the nasty concoction James Bond usually drinks!

Piracy on the high seas in the 21st century! Who'd a thunk it? I've been paying a bit of attention to this for several years; it really is a big problem for international shipping, and any cruise lines operating in the Indian Ocean, not to mention the economic effect that trickles down to us consumers.

[westwindschild.livejournal.com]

By the way, congrats on the Penguins victory. Caps weren't so lucky; falling 4-3 to the Rangers. Locker put it in perspective though: in series where the Caps win the first game they are 6-13 for the series; they do much better in series where they lose the first game. So I feel optimistic that I'll be watching them in the second round also.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I'm sure the Flyers are going to be fired up on Friday, in order to come back and beat us. Just have to hold our breath to see how the rest of the series goes.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Well, the sort of martinis I drink are martinis in name only. I tasted a traditional martini once and decided never to do that again.

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

Happy days are the best!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

They truly are! :)

[antbee362.livejournal.com]

I have seen drinks served like that but I don't remember if they were martinis or something else. I do know that I don't care for martinis and wouldn't therefore even try one of the fancy ones.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

The thing is, the martinis I like aren't really martinis. They're basically just mixed drinks in a martini glass. I'm partial to light, sweet drinks - nothing too bitter or cloying, so an apple martini or something like that hits the spot exactly.