And in the MySpace tradition

[alex_beecroft]

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[cassiopaya.livejournal.com]

Awesome Macro!

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

Is it a macro? Ooh! Go me :) I didn't realize! Thank you :D

[hms-dauntless.livejournal.com]

Great pic ! Thank you :)

(may I aks why this is "in my Space tradition" ?)

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

*g* Thanks!

Oh, it seems to be the done thing on mySpace to send your friends big pictures like this one:



(http://www.myspacedev.com/myspace-glitter-graphics/)

to say 'have a good weekend' or 'thank God it's Friday', or 'thinking of you' or whatever, rather than actually using words. Which I thought was quite nice really. (http://www.myspacedev.com/myspace-glitter-graphics/)

[snakey.livejournal.com]

...that's going to be one long weekend. And I wouldn't fancy the hangover.

:D

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

LOL! A sentiment that applies whichever boat they're in :) But I wasn't meaning it quite that literally ;)

[mrs-norrington.livejournal.com]

*g* Thanks! You too!

Men in small boat: We're going ashore, suckers!!!!

Men in big boat: Go swive yourselves!

Men in small boat: No, that's what you'll be doing. See ya later!

[mrs-norrington.livejournal.com]

Oh that's awesome! LOL

[mrs-norrington.livejournal.com]

Do you have the font for that first one? That's really pretty.

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

The font is (appropriately enough) 'Jane Austen'

http://www.dafont.com/jane-austen.font

and it's good for big stuff, but it does start to get a bit difficult to read in icons :)

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

(http://photobucket.com)

I thought this was potentially less offensive ;)

[spamala97.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I hope you have a great weekend as well!

That's a gorgeous picture, by the by. Can I ask where you found it?

[It's accurate, too---exactly 18 men in the launch!

... I, uh, just finished reading Mutiny On the Bounty. Heh.]

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately I can't remember where I got it from. I'm really not very good at keeping a record of my pictures. I was probably googling for 'mutiny' or something, but I've had it in my pictures folder for so long that I've forgotten.

Was the book good? It's one I keep thinking I must get, as I find what I've heard about Bligh quite fascinating.

[spamala97.livejournal.com]

It was amazing. I absolutely loved it.

Apparently it's the first part in a sort of trilogy, along with Men Against the Sea and Pitcairn's Island. Apparently Men Against the Sea has more about Bligh and what happened to his men---Mutiny On the Bounty is told from the POV of a midshipman who stayed with the ship and the mutineers, so Bligh's really only in the beginning of the story.

[spamala97.livejournal.com]

[sans that second 'apparently.' lol.]

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

Oh right! I might try starting with Men Against the Sea, then. Although I guess what I'm really interested in is the factors that lead up to the mutiny and what Bligh was really like. The story of the mutineers is a rather sad and sordid one isn't it?

That's what they call "being way, way behind with comments"...

[joyful-molly.livejournal.com]

That's just great. Actually, I'd buy postcards like that one! Naval macros, whee! Plus, if you look at it in context with the picture, it's VERY evil, Mrs. Beecroft! ;-)

Re: That's what they call "being way, way behind with comments"...

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks :) And yes, I was hoping no one would notice it was an incitement to mutiny :D