Yo Ho, Yo Ho...

...a pirate's life for me!!
K, not really. I would hate to be a pirate. They smell bad and they're generally not nice people. Even 'good' pirates like Jack Sparrow and Will Turner still 'pillage and plunder and rifle and loot' even if they don't 'kidnap and ravage and not give a hoot'.
I'm not quite sure where I'm going with that...except that somewhere in there I wanted to mention that Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl is probably one of my favorite movies of all time. And my mug will tie-in...I promise!!
My parents brought this back for me from Vegas. It's from the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino. Which used to be pirate-themed...but has gone the way of most Vegas Hotel/Casinos and is now simply sexy themed. Sexy pirates, perhaps...I'm not sure.
Anyway...this was one of the few remnants of piracy left in the gift shop (according to mom)

swash, swash, buckle, buckle...do with this what you will just remember one thing...


"dead men tell no tales"...more to come on Sept. 19

You do the math...

I got in the mail today an invitation to a friend's wedding!!
It is definitely wedding season, and being 24, more and more of my peers are tying the knot. I think Captain! Captain Jack Sparrow says it best "a wedding? I love weddings! Drinks all around!!" Okay, maybe not...but weddings are fun times, and I'm always honored when I'm invited to share and celebrate with people on their special day.
I've been to a fair handful of friend's weddings in the past few years, the most recent being about three weeks ago.
But this time the envelope wasn't just addressed to me. No...this time I got 'Lauren Chambers and Guest'.
I've never gotten 'and guest' before so I'm toying with the idea of bringing a 'plus one' to the wedding. But math and I don't exactly get along and I wouldn't want to be minus a 'plus one'. The two options I'm thinking about for my 'plus one' are either 'Jon' or my fabulous friend David...