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I love going to music school... It's challenging, but it feels amazing.

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not to get political, but...

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It's over now, but I wouldn't trade those days for anything.

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I love days like this!

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this pic brings back wonderful memories!

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I feel so grateful that she's in my life. It feels so right, chasing our dreams together.

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So here's the story of how I met Captain Aeribella. I was writing a paper in music history class about the "legend" of said captain, how there are multiple accounts of this person, but the dates are so far apart that it has always been assumed that it was but another impersonator taking on the name and persona of Captain Aeribella as a way to ride on the coattails of the original famous singing pirate. That's what led me to the Boston Museum of Fine Art, where I had heard they had a scale model of her ship. I love that kind of thing, so I just had to go see. Anyway, there I was kneeling in front of the glass case, admiring the gaff rigging, and then turning my head to get a clearer view of the keel, when I caught the eye of someone on the other side, parallel with me as if she had been doing the same. We both laughed and I said "oh hello!". "You like ships?" She asked. "Yes! But this one in particular, I've been writing a school paper about her captain." She took a deep breathe and smiled. "I've studied her life a lot" she said, "Let's connect via email". I was surprised by this openness from a stranger, but I agreed, and we kept in contact... or rather, I was emailed by her assistant, which I thought was strange. They scheduled a time to meet at a seafood truck downtown by the docks. By this time, I was equally interested in learning more about my new friend, (who went by Bella), as I was in completing the music history class assignment. So one Saturday we met up at our agreed upon location and enjoyed some crab cakes, although squeezed under a beach umbrella to escape the rain... which stopped after a few minutes, thankfully. When the sun came out, she asked if I wanted to see her sailing yacht, and obviously I was all about that. It was a sleek, double masted, gaff rigged wooden schooner. I don't know when exactly I finally realized who I was really talking to, I just knew I was utterly swept away by her energy, her wise quips, the way her schooner gracefully sliced through the water under her steady hand on the helm, with the sound of her laughter and her occasional songs drifting on the breeze. We sailed along the coast all afternoon, and it felt like we had known each other forever. While saying our goodbyes, I wanted to be sure, so I looked at her and asked "So... Aeribella?" "Captain" she replied, nodding slightly. I still can't believe I got to meet her. She said I could post these, but I won't tag her cause she's against the whole social media thing and prefers to remain the stuff of legends. Maybe I'll see her again someday, and she'll tell me how she's been alive for so long. Regardless, her music, ambition, carefree spirit, and sense of adventure will forever inspire me. So, I made some stuff up for my music history paper and got a B-.

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okay so something you need to know about my friend Capt. Aeribella, is she's like, several hundred years old. I don't know if it's vampirism, or if she's a werewolf, she won't tell me... but here is a pic I found of her and whatever vessel she was rocking back in the 1920s. Yes they had headphones back then... classic bella.

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more pics from last weekend... they had a killer record collection!

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I was able to get away to this lovely studio in the forest last weekend. We made a lot of progress... I think we really captured something worth sharing.

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Captain Aeribella. She is a pirate, and a poet. She is the wind, she is the sea. Her city adores her, and her enemies flee. It's not easy doing what she does, leading a crew across oceans, searching for meaning. Super cool though, she was kind and really inspiring to talk to.