elanya

1: I do't know. I guess there are somethings that are more or less frustrting than I was expecting (Like I didn't realize not being able to drive would be such a big deal, silly me), or that crime *here* would be so bad as it is. But that's my fault for not looking into the town a little more closely. So yes, different, but I'm not sure if I could say 'better' or 'worse', or how much I could pin on it being the US, or Greenville in specific.

2: years of practice! ;p I really don't know. I will credit our parents, though, for being trusting and encouraging of us both.

3: I like boats. being a captain is a lot of work though. Unless you mean a canoe, and then probably I would prefer to be in charge, unless I am with hazel, in which case I have to defer to her or we will get lost and fight ^-^

4: I think it is realy interesting, and I think it partly explains why there are so many young people who think historical pirates are cool. I think that they associate their own behaviour and attitudes (what we are doing isn't wrong, it is *society/the law!) with the behavious/attitudes of historical pirates. I don't relaly equate them, but I do think that money and cpncepts of (personal) property were the driving force behind the laws to restrain both types of 'piracy'. I also wonder how the modern struggles with file 'piracy' is afecting my interpretation of what was going on in the past, in that respect. I mean, a historian (or archaeologist) is the product of his/her times, aterall.

...Also, I saw a sign a while ago that was to the tune of "Once filesharing destroys the music buisness, what will there be left to pirate?!" which I thought was foolish for all *sorts* of reasons.