timeripple | Oh tell him young ladies, go tell him for me, He can marry the mermaid that lives in the sea

It's finally happened - yesterday I rolled up my sleeves, went riding for an hour, and came home with a spectacular sunburn. Go me! Better enjoy it; it won't happen again until next summer. It makes Rachel's burn, acquired on Marathon Monday, look like a faint dusting of misplaced blush. As odd as it may seem, it actually feels rather good to have my shoulders bright pink and constantly emitting more heat than the rest of my body put together.

"Captain Jack"
Captain Jack was a young man when he went to sea
O young ladies go kiss him goodbye
He was barely a child of twenty and three
O, tell him, young ladies, go tell him for me
He can marry the mermaid that lives in the sea.
...
When out of the sea Jackie rose like a king
And this is the message he begged us to bring
I long for the maid that lives on the land
But my life with the mermaid is ever so grand
Won't you go to my lady and ask her for me
May I marry this mermaid that lives in the sea?

Apparently he was a bit of a idiot, our friend Captain Jack was. And not a very nice one at that.

I'm working on GG&HTOTW...E,SI, Part 3. I was inspired to write a bit of something for Rachel yesterday as well :) Hooray for inspiration!