BLUE

Feeling BLUE... are we?

Snap out of it ~ by meeting with it! 

 COMMUNING WITH THE BLUE...! 

And all this talk of replacing Amber Heard 

- with whomever - in AQUAMAN 2... 

ENOUGH of that! 

The World is in a real CRISIS ~ 

we do not need this hogwash right now. 

But if there is anything to discuss at all, 

casting-wise for that one... 

let it be adding one key figure to it then. 

For in this anti-Asian ambiance these days 

(specifically anti-Chinese; anti-wet markets) 

Marvel will apparently go ahead with 

their Shang-Chi guy; the CBC's Simu Liu, is it?

Well then, DC should think of adding 

not the FIJI Water viral Girl as Aquagirl 

but rather an important secondary character 

from its history that is totally needed 

right here and right now... 

CAST THIS YOUNG LADY HERE 

as Japanese-American legendary heroine 

Miya Shimada ~ also known as...

Here is -in part- her Who's Who entry file ~ 

and there she is interacting with the whole blamed 

crazy DC Universe, as it was way back in 1986:

(Left corner, right above the DC bullet...) 

"Tsunami" is as temperamental as they come ~ 

a confrontation with Mera (or Aquaman alone) 

would make for interesting sequences 

before they inevitably become allies... 

So has it been since her very first appearance: 

And subsequent roles she was given: 

With her, could come an entire set 

of secondary submarine characters 

(rather than The Others - surface-dwellers)  

with whom Aquaman would have much more 

in common, naturally ~ 

characters such as Miya's daughter, 

Deborah Perkins a.k.a. DEEP BLUE: 

... not quite sure who to cast as this one - 

but that is not my problem to solve! 

All I know is that I'd rather have her onboard 

rather a bleach-blond tattooed girl 

going by the name 

"Dolphin" 

DEEP BLUE (or even Indigo) is far more 

palatable and commercial - both. 

And she would be much more a team player 

than any one of The Others 

- or this broad, for instance: 

AND THE GOAL HERE IS 

TO TALK ABOUT THE OCEANS, 

THE ENVIRONMENT, 

THE PLANET!!! 

If a little-known movie called 

"The Healer" 

could broach the delicate subjects 

of cancer, children dying of it 

and FAITH in GOD in all that  

-while championing a cause 

founded by Paul Newman- 

certainly a big time production 

that targets a larger audience 

and another BILLION at the 

box-office (if the pandemic can 

ever go away...) 

could tackle ALL of these 

all-important subjects 

and do it amidst its 

fantastic sub-text 

and magical world of 

ATLANTIS... 

Quite ironically enough... 

the cast of "The Healer" looks quite exactly like 

the alternate world's version of AQUAMAN 

had it starred Paul Walker and Bryce Dallas Howard 

as the eventual royal couple of Atlantis 

~ as it should have been, probably!!! 

The presence of Jonathan Pryce 

in a pivotal supporting role here 

makes you wonder what it could have been too 

if someone other than Willem Dafoe 

had taken on the role of Vulko Nuidis...!

But that is all another story...

Ultimately, all *I* can add is...

SUPPORT THIS BRAND: 

  FIND BALANCE  

Life Is A Beach ~ Huh

In normal times... sure 



BUT NOT NOW - YOU IDIOTS

#Aquapocalypse 

#DontStandSoCloseToMe 
while you look for your 
#MessageInABottle 
from the Ferryman... 
or worse! 

Silverish Shining Seas!

This is what it's going to be, this time out, on this latest update of the one, the only true *aqua musings* blog on the wondrous web...! And it is done with a purpose - not a porpoise, no... In order to circumvent the tangent that ''Aqua Anna'' is obviously bent on giving this blog, whenever she hijacks it... Yes, I can imagine that I did encourage her (excite her?) and perhaps even enticed her into it - with all the Aquaficionadas she saw frolicking around here, over time... But come on now; there is a limit!

I give the top nods to the lyrical, luminous Aquaficionadas, like this: 

While she outright lusts for -yes; lusts for- the ones like this: 

But that is another story... 

This remains, primarily and foremostly (?) *my* blog: my prerogative and my musings about all things aqua! And that is Aqua as in the angel, right: a luminous aquaficionado if there ever was one! Not necessarily aqua as in Aquaman - duh! He doesn't need me; DC doesn't! DC's beyond help, actually; they've got Geoff trying to salvage things there - Geoff and Jim! Geoff (to Jim): "he's dead, Jim!" Lest it is "IT"... hmm? Whatever... And Aquaman? He's still got all of his finny friends - does he not? He's still got Mera, that Eskimo girl (no, not the one who became an Elemental, oh-so-briefly - now retconned out of existence, most probably...!) and, yes, he still has whoever's behind that most blasphemous "shrine"... ugh! It moved -sailed off- to warmer waters: social media - Twitter! Never mind the fact that, meanwhile, the state of the actual seas continues to deteriorate...

I thought of turning the tide here with talk of another character that certainly fits in perfectly - but that we never really mentioned before, somehow! Given the title of this blog, of course, it is not entirely surprising that we'd focus on all things aqua - Aquaman, Aquawoman, Aqualad, Aquarius, Aquarian, Aqua Bats, Aqua Fresh, Aqua Velva... But there is certainly something to be said about one cosmic character that rivals Aqua The Angel himself (?) in sheer power and Aquaman One Million in pizzazz - and we do mean a Marvel, yes... but no, not that inbred with pointy ears --- come on!!! (That dud is not worthy even when he's outfitted with that dumbo Infinity Gauntlet, a cosmic Rubik cube *and* the Anti-Life Equation on top of all that! You may add -or not- a silver conic hat with that - as seen below! LOL)

No, folks - we are talking of no one else other than the Silver Surfer himself here - somebody Jay would have approved and perhaps even say ''cool'' about...! (That darn cone of a hat does indeed appear to be made of silver though - argh! Bah - it's probably cheap aluminium foil or, cheaper still, some fool's gold type of thing worth nothing like make-believe adamantium or vibranium! LOL)

But back to the Surfer!

The Silver Surfer who did, actually, also beat Aquaman to the punch in terms of live action adaptation - despite being, roughly, 100 times more difficult to accomplish! (But that is no big deal, really: Popeye, Sinbad, The Little Mermaid, Ariel, Aquamarine, Nemo, Captain Nemo, Jack Sparrow, Davy Jones, Bluebeard, Yellow Beard, Redbeard, Rescator, Jaws, Flipper, Dory, Ahab, Quequeeg, Starbuck, Moby Dick of course, Fathom, smart sharks, Abe Sapien, The Fisherman, Gillman, his Shape of Water clone, The Waterworld Mariner, Disney's water-downed Atlantis and even Spongebob Squarepants ALL got to the Cinematic Realm -once referred to as the Silver Screen- before Aquaman & Mera, so...)

''Silver shine stretching to the seas'' sang that other Ryan (the better one, actually; not the goofball who happens to be married to Blake Lively - for the tide & time being) in a D.C. film - meaning a Damien Chazelle film, here... of course! ''La La Land'' - which could be one of Aqua Anna's all-time favorites if viewed as a mere prequel to Emma Stone's turn as a lesbian tennis player in Battle of the Sexes which was, indeed, her next big role, in Tinseltown continuity...

Genesis sang of a ''Silver Rainbow'' way back in the exceptional Eighties - a song that, once I discovered it years later, inspired me a great deal in the concoction, plotting and edification of my own Aqua Force (although not as much as the fantastical ''Home By The Sea'' which was found on the exact same LP - what a great album it was; the best Genesis ever put out, in my humble but luminous opinion! Their 12th overall - and second with Phil Collins as lead singer, I do believe! But that's another story...)

And there is, always, that other Silver Rainbow --- pardon: ''Man On The Silver Mountain'' by classic, seminal, spectacular Seventies band... Rainbow! There's nothing like it...

Although Norrin Radd would rather be a fan of this one, I suspect: 

...for obvious reasons...

Hmm... maybe not that last one there...

But anyway! 

Silver Surfer is one of the classic characters from that 

much-maligned form of art - sequential art! 

Many are those who will still, to this day, 

dismiss it with the back of their hand 

even though it is the source material that has injected new life 

into the famed seventh art's otherwise sagging box office results! 

Imagine that: they cannot even hope for more 

than 200 million dollars return 

on any other film release; yet, any single one of those ''comic-booky'' films 

stands a realistic chance of approaching the 900 million-1 billion range! 

Even such an oddity as a Lion King/Batman rip-off!!! 

No wonder there is no turning back, now, for movie studios - 

they'll keep churning out super-heroes movies! 

Much to the despair of purists like Jodie Foster - 

Aqua Anna's own super-hero...!!!

But that is another story too...

Sometimes, however, the end results are very much odd, 

misbegotten, mixed successes at best. 

Somehow, three of the greatest teams of all-time 

have seen their films come out as such: 

Justice League... X-Men... and the Fantastic Four! 

(... so *not* holding high hopes for the Doom Patrol, Titans 

or my own Aqua Force!) 

In those two Fantastic Four films produced in the early 2000s, 

mostly regarded as failed attempts to capture the alleged grandeur of the source material, we get to see the Silver Surfer, eventually - a brooding, tragic figure originally come to Earth announcing its imminent doom - much like an angel of the End Times will. 

Only he is alone of his kind - and without wings or halo! 

The Surfer is very much like 

a wingless angel indeed, come from above 

to help humanity - save it, very nearly 

although he is not quite allowed to do so; 

just like actual angels are only our 

heavenly attendants, and not our saviors. 

We have One Savior: 

remember?

At least Jesus The Christ has had 

many more film adaptations 

than this sad Surfer did! Thank GOD... 

They did successfully translate onto cinematic form the essence of that "wingless angel" though - in that also much-maligned film production featuring that quartet there... Let's have a look:

In his "without wings" condition, he is much like Clarence in "It's A Wonderful Life" - or luciferian, outright. Yet he redeems himself; fighting the good fight! In that regard, he becomes quite like DC's Phantom Stranger instead - a stranger in a strange world, marooned here when he doesn't belong here at all. He belongs nowhere, really: the Beatles' Nowhere Man far more faithfully so than that old TV show time forgot ever could be...!

Fab Four > Fantastic Four - 4 ever!  

Also very sad: but it is the way it is...! 

Oh well...

Silver Surfer has suffered greatly 

-much like Aquaman- 

due to his "good guy image" 

in recent years... 

They think good guys are soft... 

too much of a nice guy types... 

in the worst cases of denigration 

they will call them "gay"... 

Although they are clearly superior 

to all of the favorites of the day, 

good guys like that 

will be projected to lose 

most if not all of their battles 

against inferior quarry; 

like Iceman, lower right 

and this "Monica" there, 

lower left - whoever she is!

The way the character was conceived and written, originally, 

it is conceivable, too: he would just walk away 

(or, in fact, surf away - in the sky.) 

and let Icegayman and Mytilenia think of themselves 

as the victors there - or work it out between them! 

He is just that kind of a nice guy - 

weary of trivial belligerence. 

Much like a Dr. Manhattan. 

It is simply very unfortunate that the so-called king 

(king of comics - as in comic-bookies, Johnny) 

Jack Kirby himself (not Stan Lee) could only think 

of one possible name for him: Silver Surfer 

thus pinning him forevermore with the lamentable initials 

that are evocative for all the wrong reasons: "S.S." 

(no: no one thinks of the OSS - ever.) 

He still projects that cosmic, angelic aura - in spite of that. 

So, yes, indeed, that Silver Surfer dude 

is an angel of a kind 

and one with a proclivity for the aquatic 

-if only by the looks of it- 

that is far more charming than, say, 

the penchant perceived in Lobo, for example! 

... well, it is all 

in the eye of the beholder, really...

ANYHOW... 

Next time he's on the big screen 

-when he finally makes it, officially, to the MCU- 

I could see Vin Diesel in the role: 

why not? It's light years better than Groot 

and if S.S. was all CGI the first time around, 

now, CGI could be used to make Vin 

look younger... leaner... ever whiter too! 

And isn't it apparent that S.S. was, 

from the very beginning, 

an allegory for slavery 

and the emancipation 

of a man recently freed from bondage? 

A black man can play the Surfer 

-it is better suited here, actually, 

than it is in Jack Kirby's other sports 

or sports-inspired character: 

Black Racer... or Skier- 

albeit a bleached black man 

bleached to the cosmic extreme. 

Let's dance to that... 

Oh, and to go back to that angelic Aqua vibe, in conclusion - do not, I repeat, do not seek out aqua-angel.co.za (even though it promises "water treatment through reverse osmosis... water filtration... water purification" - nothing less than that!) --- their site has been infected by a virus! So sad...

Zimbabwe - it's not Nigeria, but still...

Kind of brings back fears and nightmarish visions of water contamination - perpetrated on purpose, in an evil scheme of biochemical or bacteriological terrorism or warfare...

Heaven Forbid. 
That... is another story.

Swimming Like It's 1954...!

Tom Bartlett, 72 years of life, attempting TODAY to become the oldest man in the record books to have crossed Lake Ontario - by swim, yeah! Man - 72... that is, almost, Aquaman's true age right there! (Never mind the other guy... Y'know; born in Maine, fearful of lawsuits, misbegotten mutations galore? Never mind... But, hey - today's swimmer's name is Tom: just like Aquaman's dad, the lighthouse keeper, played by... well, the same actor who was Boba Fett's dad, Jango. Whatsisname again? He who once was a warrior - and wife beater. Ugh. Never mind!!!)
Tom (Bartlett now) swam into those waters starting with Niagara By The Lake early in the morning, and if all goes as planned, should have his name in the record books by the end of the day! If he succeeds, he becomes grander than make-believe aquaficionados, de facto; and automatically surpasses even my aqua hero in real life... Diana! Remember her?

Come on now! You must have heard of her! 

Diana Nyad!

We certainly made mention of her often enough... 

... here - on aqua musings! 

Truth be told...

 DC's NAIAD never came close to her greatness - 

(though she must certainly inspired her creation!) 

and that's a FACT... Jack! 

That isn't quite ''Naiad', though - this is DC's character: 

...in context, now; 

and my luminous version of that:

She was pretty darn close to achieving 

true blue Luminous Aquaficionada status, though - 

luminous truth be told! 

But then DC decided to dump her - 

in favor of a reworking of the fabled 

Lady Of The Lake...! 

(circa 2003) 

(... needless to say... that didn't last!)

And then there's homegrown talent such as... 

Dolphin. 

Hmm... is that Dolphin? Probably not - this is Dolphin:

And then it was back to the drawing board - 

and

Queen of the Seven Seas 

and true Aquaficionada Supreme 

- revamped and reworked for the Notties! 

But that is another story...!!! 

Back to TOM now! 

UNFORTUNATELY, we have to report that 

things did not go exactly as planned by or for 

Tom Bartlett and his swim across Lake Ontario... 

(And we do mean Tom Bartlett, swimmer of 72 years of age 

not Tom Bartlett guitars... 

or Tom Bartlett of American Tower...! 

(Google that - and you'll see!)

He gave it a good shot - tremendous shot, really: 

he was at it for over twenty (20) hours 

and had crossed forty-one (41) kilometers worth of it - 

at which point he had to put a stop to his attempt 

as the waters deemed ''warm and calm'' initially 

became rough and unpredictable around 

them Toronto Islands... 

CTV Kitchener reported it - 

video included. 

The most luminous bit of advice (consolation, really) 

given to Tom, afterwards - via the 98.1 CHFI page 

on good ol' FB, actually - was the following: 

penned by one Gordon Farrow: 

"How many 70+ year-olds have swum as much...? 

Tom, look at it in the light - and wish you all the best 

in the future." 

It was not Diana Nyad but really Marilyn Bell 

-another luminous aquaficionada- 

whose aquatic exploits had inspired Tom 

into attempting this; she had crossed that lake 

- successfully - back in 1954 indeed. 

Marilyn has several extra exploits to her credit, too: 

Aquaficionadas > aquaficionados - always! 

STILL... 

Tom will not be detracted: 

his daughter -Sherry- has confirmed it - 

he will try again! 

Maybe in three... or five years, Tom? 

After all, it wasn't until he was past 75 

(the ripe old age of 78, actually...) 

that AQUAMAN finally got his due...! 

*lol*

#NationalBeachDay

Hey, Aquaficionadas and Aquaficionados 

WORLDWIDE --- 

today, in the USofA anyway, it is 

NATIONAL BEACH DAY! 

YAY!!! 

Celebrate already - 

and, yeah, that means you too 

Aqua LesbiAnna! 

(And I did say BEACH, Aqua Anna; 

not bitch - BEACH! °

Don't you start something now...!!!)

A Day unlike any other (?) 

coming a little late in the summer, maybe, 

but hey - better late than never, EH? 

A Day on which we can 

renew our resolve to champion 

the cause of the seas, 

of our environment's wealth - 

on our beaches - doing nothing much! 

AGREED? 

Now, the rest of you water-logged fowls... 

LOOK HERE: 

what they had to write, post and say 

about the joyous day, on social media... 

How are you celebrating #NationalBeachDay 🏖

Go to https://t.co/MilHJ0eqWA for all of our #deals for your #vacation or #beachday 😎 #beach #summer #salty #saltlife #ocean #fishing #ThursdayThought

RT, LIKE & TAG for a chance to win some #swag or a #couponcode 💰 pic.twitter.com/I9YCvlV2BN

— Salt Life (@RealSaltLife) August 30, 2018

Walk along the shores of these gorgeous beaches. #NationalBeachDay https://t.co/FEhonKPXvN

— Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) August 30, 2018

(but how about some official confirmation on what day it is - hmm?)

It's National Beach Day!#NationalBeachDay #BeachDay pic.twitter.com/THCRVb1X3s

— HeyWhatDay (@HeyWhatDay) August 30, 2018

First, an aquaficionado...

Happy #NationalBeachDay! (Pictured: Shane Jones as Shreddy Krueger) pic.twitter.com/SAdelgOHhe

— Shudder (@shudder) August 30, 2018

and now, several aquaficionadas...!

#NationalBeachDay Fun Fact: 8/18/1971 - First Lady Pat Nixon confirmed President Nixon owned a surf board. It was a gift from their daughters and although he hadn't tried it out, she hoped to give surfing a go herself. Thus making her possibly the coolest First Lady ever. pic.twitter.com/2CarJTvwPg

— RichardNixonLibrary (@NixonLibrary) August 30, 2018

we know you want it, Aqua Anna...!!!

Life is short..Be happy..Enjoy!#NationalBeachDay 😎☀️👙 pic.twitter.com/ETsSlpPP63

— HighHeelsDes 👠 (@HighheelsDes) August 30, 2018

Happy Thursday Friends ☀️

Welcome to a new day!
With a smile on your face,
love in your heart ❤️
and good thoughts in ur mind.
Always with a belief that your
day will turn out to be a great 1!#ThursdayThoughts 😎🏝#ThursdayMotivation ☕️😃#NationalBeachDay 🌊☀️👙 pic.twitter.com/2cEo8OJekK

— HighHeelsDes 👠 (@HighheelsDes) August 30, 2018

It’s #NationalBeachDay a day fit for a mermaid 🧜‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/SdUAAw81ii

— Redhead🧜‍♀️Mermaid (@MischievousLiz) August 30, 2018

''Redhead Mermaid'' --- your kind of gal, Aqua Anna! 

 Too bad she's such a dork for... Deadpool! 

Blah!

She can never match my 
Raina The Regal Mermaid!

... not to be confused with 

but anyway... 

more aquaficionados?

Happy #NationalBeachDay 🐾 pic.twitter.com/X2ZWM4w9lg

— Ranger (@RangerNTime) August 30, 2018

Happy #NationalBeachDay! #SpiritHalloween #skeletons pic.twitter.com/PqqNwScmMS

— Spirit Halloween (@SpiritHalloween) August 30, 2018

Summer may be almost over, but that doesn't mean you can't get ready for the beach! A good throwback and celebration post for #nationalbeachday! What is something you always take to the beach? https://t.co/Eb71mvEMwE pic.twitter.com/ZAKpVtHKne

— Shameless Maya (@mayasworld) August 30, 2018

... hmm... another one for you, AA: shameless!

Happy #nationalbeachday 🏖 Please remember to always be respect our beaches; they are other creatures homes. #saveouroceans #beach #seaturtle #fscsavesseaturtles #isaveseaturtles #fscdrivered #ucfturtlelab #ucf #chargeon #sunset #ocean #protecttheplanet #beachcleanup #nopolution pic.twitter.com/iNJ0xTpxJr

— FSC Saves Sea Turtles - Florida Safety Council (@FSCSeaTurtles) August 30, 2018

"Oregon beaches aren't really apt for laying out in the sun."

We beg to differ. #NationalBeachDay pic.twitter.com/Iq2Q31ntA4

— OregonCoast Aquarium (@orcoastaquarium) August 30, 2018

Who’s ready for the beach this weekend?! Yep, we put logos on coolers, koozies, beach towels, hats, umbrellas, beach tents...you name it! 🏖🥤☀️#MySmartShirt #WePutLogosOnStuff #ThursdayThoughts #NationalBeachDay #ThursdayMotivation pic.twitter.com/K8qVtMkrd9

— My Smart Shirt (@MySmartShirt) August 30, 2018

yeah - I am that damn good; 

that I am unafraid to share, here, 

competition for my very own 

Luminous Collectibles 

(the tees! duh! though other types will come - soon!)

It's #NationalBeachDay, where do you think is the most beautiful beach in the world? pic.twitter.com/VSjSzScvLR

— FanSided (@FanSided) August 30, 2018

#NationalBeachDay 🌊 Okay twitters, here it goes!
Learn to love yourself, never doubt ur inner strength! Life is meant to be lived to the fullest! Work hard, fuk harder!
I mean enjoy ur afternoon!#ThursdayMotivation #NationalBeachDay #Oceanbabe🐬 pic.twitter.com/8wMjKpEbIi

— 4dpeople💥💪 (@4dpeople3) August 30, 2018

#TheWorldWouldBeBetterIf every day was #nationalbeachday 🏖 #ThursdayThoughts #saltlife #travel #beachday #beachlife #beachbum #BikiniFitness pic.twitter.com/ZHZGMFpgKG

— Traveling Fools 💃🏿🕺✈️🏖 (@travelandfish) August 30, 2018

... but here's another one that's totally your type, 

AQUA ANNA: 

#NationalBeachDay
Wishin' I was
Knee deep in the water somewhere
Got the blue sky, breeze and it don't seem fair
The only worry in the world
Is the tide gonna reach my chair
Never been so happy
Never felt so high
I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise pic.twitter.com/3oySWIaWnT

— Ellie (@hazeleyesgirl2) August 30, 2018

she says that her MIND ''swims at a depth

most would drown in'' - lol 

enjoy the drowning... ann! 

How we imagine #Philinda celebrating #NationalBeachDay! 🏖️#AgentsofSHIELD pic.twitter.com/7VQMBNE86C

— Agents of SHIELD (@AgentsofSHIELD) August 30, 2018

now - howcome AoS got to tweet on this - 

 and not DC's elite Atlanteans?!?

The Sea Queen: Mera sketch by incoming series artist Robson Rocha! #Aquaman pic.twitter.com/4JmOmQs59I

— The Aquaman Shrine (@AquamanShrine) August 29, 2018

well... this has got to count for something: 

they made Mera, 

on top of crowning her Queen of Atlantis 

(officially - at last - duh) 

quite the Luminous Aquaficionada too 

--- at long last!!! 

#It'sAboutTime

Leave it to the Aquaman Shrine, DC and everyone in-between

(but not necessarily in the deep blue sea) 

to totally ignore what August 30th is/was/ever will be

on the INTERNATIONAL WATERS NOW... 

Oceana, however, knows it all too well:

Whale shark researchers utilize specialized computer software, originally designed for star mapping, to identify individual whale sharks from photos of their spot patterns. #InternationalWhaleSharkDay pic.twitter.com/jz7sPVsG3s

— Oceana (@oceana) August 30, 2018

And, once again, whoever it is that runs 

the official Aquaman Twitter page 

has dropped the ball big time: 

sharks are a huge part of Aquaman's, ah, arsenal 

if you will... And for him to completely omit 

anything about an International Day 

in honor of the fiercest denizen of the deep 

is quite the oversight... 

That and all the other days of the same extent 

that are routinely ignored by this 

"aqua staff"...  Deep sixed 

and off to meet Davy Jones' Locker 

is what they deserve! 

But that is another story... 

and to conclude in a, ah, purely wet way here, hey; 

 the way you always want it to be, Aqua Anna - ha!

There’s nothing better than a day at the beach.

Happy #NationalBeachDay 🏖 @RealSaltLife pic.twitter.com/qlozQ3wmlx

— Aнℓσσν🌹 (@AhloovZ) August 30, 2018

Good luck seeing all those tweets now, Aqua Anna! 

 I know - they turn you on... 

Fetch them all - while you can! 

 (Betcha CAN'T!) 

(bwah-ha-ha!)

... say hello back, Aqua Anna! 

Don't be shy! 

... although you know that you haven't got 

a snowball's chance in hell 

with RAINA!