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I just realized that EVERYTHING seems Pirate-y lately.  It's... odd.  And now I'm going to list everything!  And you are going TO LIKE IT!!!

1.  HCMS MUSICAL - 7th Grade

This little musical set everything off, the Lady Pirates of Captain Bree... suddenly I was tossed into the magical world of swashbuckling pirates.  Possibly one of my drama productions I've ever been in.  Strike that... IT IS MY FAVORITE.  So much fun...

2. PIRATES BY CELIA REES

I went to the library one day during Language Arts, picked up a book, checked it out.. and midway through reading it I found out it was about pirates.  I know, right?  You'd think the title was a dead giveaway... Well, anyhow, it's an awesome book and highly recommended by none other than I, Danielle, the crazy awesome.  It's about this girl who becomes a pirate to escape an arranged marriage, and it's basically one of the best books I have ever read.  I love how it starts awesome.  Not one of those regular crummy books that talks about belly button lint and the second it hits 100 pages it's only slightly better, nah, this book's awesome through and through.  Except for the ending... But that's because I'm a hopeless romantic... Any hobbidy who... Next reason!

3. HISTORIC SHORT STORY PROJECT FOR LANGUAGE ARTS

Not only did I write a story about Pirates, I spent like a month researching pirates.  Do you know what that does to a person?

DO YOU?!

I was thinking piratey thoughts everywhere I went... I was going crazy... Inside my mind was a ship bound for Madagascar full to the brim with rum and drunk, bloody pirates.

MADNESS, I TELL YOU!  MADNESS!!!

So, this is how my story went.  This girl  (Flora Procter) is orphaned after her mom dies, her dad left shortly after he got her mom pregnant.  She's dying of Yellow Fever in the streets of New Providence island, when a man carries her unto a ship to medically assist her.  Well, she wakes up after two weeks, freaks out because some guy carried her unto his ship (back then... well, I guess now, too... she feared rape) so she stabs the guy after he collapses onto his bed after a little too much rum, and then the Navy (headed by Woodes Rogers, a famous pirate catcher, you'd know this if you're crazy like I was... okay... like I AM) pulls the ship over and takes the whole crew to jail.  In her cell, she finds out that the man she killed is actually her father.  GASP!  And she gets hanged.  The drama, the excitement... the pirates.  Told ya they were taking over.

4. THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN TRILOGY

It finally came to a close.  Which stinks, because those movies were huge and awesome.  I love those movies, and unless you payed really EXCRUTIATINGLY close attention to the first two movies, the third didn't make... ANY sense. 

And wouldn't you know it?!  I DID!!!

I loved the third, about as much as the first, because, once again, I'm one desperate, hopeless romantic.  Aww... check out all those commas!!!  Epic.  I love the whole dramatic, forbidden love between Elizabeth and Will.  So cute.  And Jack.  Who couldn't love Jack?!  Nobody.  THAT'S WHO!!!

So why did I make this blog?  Was it to add another reason to the growing list?

Perhaps.

But I needed to make a blog, and the inspiration came.  Crazy, no?

Yes.

Quite crazy.

So have a nautical day, everyone!  And may Jack Sparrow be with you!!! ^^ Much LOVE!