Have A Good Weekend
Posted: September 12th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Archive for September 12th, 2008
Ravenous
We left in April. Six of us in all. Mr. MacCready and his wife, from Ireland. Mr. Janus, from Virginia, I believe. With his servant, Jones. Myself. And our guide. A military man, coincidently. A Colonel Ives. He professed to know a new, shorter route through the Nevada’s. Quite a route that was. Longer than the normal one. Impossible to travel. We worked very very hard. By the time of the first snowfall we were still one hundred miles from this place, that was November. Preceding though the snow was futile. We took shelter in a cave. Decided to wait until the storm had passed. The storm did not pass. The trails soon became impossible, and we had run out of food. We ate the Oxen. All the horses. Even my own dog. And that lasted us about a month. After that we turned to out belts, shoes, and roots we could dig up… but you know there’s no real nourishment in those. We remained famished. The day that Jones died I was out collecting wood. He had expired from malnourishment. And when I returned, the others were cooking his legs for dinner. Would I have stopped it had I been there? I don’t know. But I must say. When I stepped inside that cave… the smell of meat cooking… I thanked the lord! I thanked the lord! - Ravenous
MP3: Damon Albarn – Boyd’s Journey (From The Ravenous Soundtrack)
Posted: September 12th, 2008 under Quotes/Poetry.
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That 70s Guy
As you probably already noticed, we post a lot of pictures from the 70s and 80s on this website thing we got going. It wasn’t until this morning, while coming across a wonderful picture of this dude camping, that I remembered a mildly funny podcast from Outside’s Eric Hansen where he decides to turn back the clock and dress the part of a 70s outdoor enthusiast. It’s worth taking a listen.
From the podcast:
“The stars and stripes are flying proudly thanks to my super bitchin’ American flag backpack. ‘Looooking good,’ I say to myself. And it’s true. I am the avatar of the bicentennial outdoors, embodiment of all that is joyous and unbridled.”
Rock.
Posted: September 12th, 2008 under Long Hairs.
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Ike
MP3: Glen Campbell – Galveston
Posted: September 12th, 2008 under The World Is On Fire!.
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