Question Strange day, odd thoughts

Apologies in advance , this may ramble a bit, and or go off on strange tangents.

I am somewhat of a lurker round these parts, takes something pretty awesome or really messed up to get me to post. This is both.

So, my fiance and I decided to get married earlier this evening. Had a nice little court house wedding with our kids and a friend as witness. Then I get home, put the little ones to bed and jump online to post some things on FB, and learn that Carrie Fischer is gone. Wow, what a day to have gotten married on. I have no idea what to think about this, I mean I was 3 or 4 the first time I saw Star Wars, in 77 or 78. Saw Empire and Return in the theater when they were originally released. Yay for showing how many years I own, even if I am a twelve year old at heart, lol.

I grew up with Star Wars. The first Xmas present I really remember was a TIE fighter with wings that popped off to simulate battle damage. That toy was awesome. And the silver protocol droid was the figure I got as a pilot. Damn but I hate getting old. Yeah I am in my 40's (That's not old, your only old when you feel old and a bunch of other platitudes... just don't, k?)

2016 sucked for me because I lost one of my best friends. I got REALLY drunk and shared that here. My friend was my motivation for playing MMO's including and especially SWTOR. Once he was gone I lost any interest in playing, and let my subscription lapse. So yeah, 2016 was not a good year for me.

But it ends , for me , on a strange note. I just got married. A new year is coming, and a new adventure begins. A three year old daughter and one year old son to raise, a wife to love , honor, and protect, and no clue how to get to Hawaii for our honeymoon. And another legend of the silver screen lost to this world.

Well, this has been at least a little cathartic. Thanks for reading a bit of the madness that is my life.


Wrayth

For me, it was 17 years ago today that my wife and I suffered our first miscarriage, of what would have been our first child.

Carrie Fisher's death kind of capped off the day, and year, in a way.

Although Richard Adams' was perhaps harder hitting given the above.

Blank looks?

He wrote Watership Down, which was also a late 1970's cult clasic movie, though maybe not in the US

Congratulations on the marriage!

Carrie Fisher's passing is very sad, along with all the other great entertainers that passed on this year.

Best of luck in raising your children.

How not to get to Hawaii is by swimming. You won't make it. Although if you do, it would be a record.

I think it's possible in theory, in practice... well, it's a big ocean and a small target, so even with course corrections the margin of error would probably be way too big for comfort.

Shackleton managed to find civilization almost entirely by dead reckoning in stormy seas. Admittedly he was traveling a much shorter distance, and he did have a boat, small as it was. But I have got to figure that it bodes well for a modern, well prepared endeavor.