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Ambitions of Becoming a World Famous Explorer

Fri Apr 24, 2009, 8:52 PM
Wandering, rambling, explorations blur together. Months of Rocky cliffs and the smell of salt. Streets burried in cherry and apple blossoms. Daffodils growing wild. Crocuses, white and purple. Sailing ships in the harbour. Tides and waffles. I belong on the sea.

Cycled through uncharted territory and discovered new locales. Telegraph Bay, Cadboro Bay, Beach Drive to Uplands Park, Willows Park, Oak Bay Marina, Trafalgar Park, Ross Bay Cemetery, Clover Point, Beacon Hill Park, Dallas Point, the Inner Harbour. Followed the coast, battled the winds, took the scenic route.
Define 'intrepid'.

Ice cream is a mandatory requirement for adventure. Especially topped with hot fudge, sprinkles, whipped cream and a cherry.

Mountaineering. Scrambling through the undergrowth, scaling a hill of ferns, clinging to cliff faces and lying amongst the tiny alpine flowers, three oranges for company. Sea on all sides, snow capped mountains beyond.

Walking along the seaside feels more like home than places I have given the moniker of 'home town' for two decades. The sea is in my blood. And in my hair colour.

Leaving soon. No more sunshine and sea breeze. Back to desolate plains and winter, a place whose only recommendation lies in the fact that it is three thousand feet closer to space.

  • Mood: Satisfied
  • Listening to: Should I Stay - Gabrielle
  • Reading: Mothstorm - Philip Reeve
  • Watching: Robin Hood, Series 3
  • Eating: Cupcakes

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  • Current Residence: A strange planet known by its inhabitants as 'Earth'.
  • Interests: Relevant: photography, music, film, science fiction. Irrelevant: time travel.
  • Favourite movie: How about just favourite directors? Wes Anderson, Tim Burton, Danny Boyle, Christopher Nowlan.
  • Favourite band or musician: There's no way that's all going to fit.
  • Favourite genre of music: Anything I can get without giving the RIAA so much as a cent.
  • Favourite artist: A disparate lot: Uelsmann, Gorey, Warhol, Gaiman, Helquist, Gilliam, Deans.
  • Favourite poet or writer: If I had to pick the absolute tops... Wilde, Vonnegut, Yeats, Hugo, Reeve, Adams, Ibbotson, Clarke.
  • Favourite game: Pictionary. Oh, you mean proper games... FFIX? Wii Tennis?
  • Favourite gaming platform: Right now, toss up between Sony PS2 and Nintendo Wii. Oh, and also text adventures.
  • Favourite cartoon character: Arsene Lupin, Kimiko Ross, Tiny Carl Jung, Adam West, the Sneak, Starfire, Turnip Head, Mark Hamill.
  • Personal Quote: If you divide any distance by a velocity of zero, time becomes undefined.
  • Tools of the Trade: Canadiana HB 2. Pentax K100, Pentax Optio M40.

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:iconvinc6:
Thank you for the star!:aww:

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:iconzombie-patrol:
You're very welcome

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And Hope Still...
:iconfirebehindyoureyes:
Thank you so much for your comments, they were very helpful and you made some really good points!

I know next to nothing about weapons, especially guns (which is pretty unfortunate as there are a lot of them in this book), so I wasn't aware that machine guns weren't that accurate.

Also the fact they have a big kick back might not be too handy if they're standing on a roof... hmmm...

OK they mostly had the machine guns because they would make a bigger impact and they are trying to prove they're serious.

It also felt like it was more dramatic to have them using machine guns and almost crushing the car with so many buillets, and imapct is what thye're after (and what I want to get people interested at the start of the novel)

Right I also see your point about why they leave the guns lying there (and actually considering this is a totalatarian/surveillance society they might well have their finger prints)

Anyway the reasoning was that they have to get off the roofs without dying and as fast as possible.

But maybe you're right, they probably wouldn't be so keen to throw their weapons (and bullets for that matter) away....

OK you've given me absolutely tonnes to think about. Thank you so much! And yeah I would definitely love to read the second part of your story.

Hey, any chance you'd be interested in telling me what you think of some more of mine.

Thank you so much again!
:hug: :) :glomp:

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:iconselyth:
Hey! Thank you so much for the fav and for yours comments!! :D
:icono0neondragon0o:
Thanks for faving my pic of Captain Jack's jars [link] just checking out here now :gallery:

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You know you love Robin

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Oh and how's...fine cut off my train of thought. Look. There it goes. In a fireball off the tracks. Awww...look at the screaming children on it. You killed the children David. I'm so disappointed in you.

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