Double that grin and give me another. The universe has a hell of an awesome sense of humour. (And dramatic timing! Wooooo.)

I can't sleep.

Hey, I heard about this a while ago but it's sort of driving me nuts: apparently the original intention in Pirates 3 was that if Elizabeth remained faithful to Will for the 10 years he captained the Dutchman, he'd be freed when he came back. Which is very specifically not what is said in the film (I've checked... four times); in the film, Will's fate is that he will have to captain the Dutchman for eternity and only return to Elizabeth (and Will Jr.) once every ten years. But apparently the deleted scene that contains the original intended concept will appear on the DVD, thus providing irritating non-canonical referencing for the folks who want to believe that it all turned out all right in the end. Isn't it so much better if Will is out there on the Dutchman for the rest of time? Like, he's there right now even? He watched Elizabeth grow old and die and his son grow up and his son's son grow up and so on and so forth, and all that time served as the guide for those souls lost at sea, because he had finally become a whole, individuated, selfless person? Isn't that what his story is about? That is a freakin' terrific end to that tale, not "she was faithful to him for ten years so he got out of jail free." Elizabeth got the Empress, Will got the Dutchman, and they pulled a Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor: "in one night, we loved a lifetime's worth."

Sorry. That's been kicking the back of my head for 2 months. I needed to vent.

Did you know there's a Simpsons MOVIE??? I know! Insanicrap. Well it's a pretty goddamn terrific movie, too, and that is heartwarming. It took 'em 18 damn years but they didn't screw it up. I mean there's no Jasper in the thing to speak of and it doesn't exactly rip America in half with incisive critical commentary, but it makes you remember just how much we love the Fab Five, and it has the Spider-Pig song, and Boob Lady and Alaska and Bart's penis and a truly definitive hero moment for Homer J. Simpson. That's pretty tight, Simpsons folks. Pretty damn tight.

Hmmm. Still can't sleep. (Obviously.) Maybe I should listen to the thrumming of Sebulba's engine... that always does me.

You know what? I've got a pretty good crew. Between the roommates and Teen Girl Squad and the Box and the e.team and the soccer team and the Yorkies and the FORPies and the fam and whatnot, I'd say we're fairly well unstoppable right now. We've pretty much got this fucking thing covered.