Big today for Andrew again today, found out that I got into a creative writing course I applied for, the same one i applied for back in September and didn't get into. I imagine it's a lot easier to get in during the summer, as there is way less people here, but I also have done a lot of writing since then, and the story I submitted as my portfolio was probably a hundred times better than the one I used in Sept. Also the twenty dollar bill I attached to my vaguely threatening cover letter for my story probably helped. We'll never know I guess. Either way, I advise you all to try and get autographs from me now, before I get famous. They are $5 now, and the price goes up after my first work gets published.
ENOUGH!
Lets get to it. I am making up the subject for todays blog as I am writing this right, now, and still have no idea what to write about, So I will keep writing for a bit more, see if that works. OK, I guess this will have to do.
I am just going to talk a little about the funniest places I have ever slept.
Where: An 8ft. Camper trailer in Cape George, NS
When: Summer After grad
How long: Two and a half months
Why?: Why not? It was free, I was fishing lobster for Keith Adams (he is another whole story, I have to write about him some time) It was great though, I loved it, the trailer was old, but not rundown, besides the conspicuous apparent electrical burn scorch marks in the top corner, but didn't leak, and stayed decently cool in the summer. I loved it though, that was a great time in my life, working hard and long hours, but enjoying it. There is nothing like waking up every morning at 4am and peeing off the little porch built onto your trailer you are living in. Oh, to make it funnier, it was in a yard, which had 6 Highland cows grazing in it, which would brush up against the side of the trailer sometimes. I will try and put up pics of this place, if I can.
Where: A 5'6" by 2' section of slate floor, covered by 2 sleeping bags. City Road, Cardiff, Wales.
When: February-May 2006
How long: Almost 4 months
Why: In a tiny room me and Josh shared, he wanted the bed, I'm cheap, and we agreed I would pay 1/3 the rent to sleep on the floor. This is funny actually, because when we were looking for places, we would go around, and when we went to this place, they said they had two rooms, and we said, "We're OK, we only want one room" and took the smaller room. They must have thought we were so Gay. Almost as bad as me and Josh in Ikea looking at bed covers together.
Where: The Dublin Airport
When: June 2006
How Long: two seperate nights
Why?: Both times it was waiting for flights, and we slept on the floor by our gate, waiting for it to open. The first time it was with Ben and Josh, waiting to go back to Wales for a weekend. The second time I was by myself, and I had like 10 hours to wait by myself, because I had to catch the last bud at 11pm, and my flight left at like 9am. When I was by myself, I actually opened a can of beans and had cold beans on cold bread, because I had no money to buy food from restaurants. This was at the end of my European escapade, and I was flat broke. I also read the entire book Donnie Brasco that night. I was annoyed when I finished it, because I still had a long time to wait, and didn't have enough room to pack a second book. That night I also wrote a not that said "Please wake me up for Ryan Air flight 289 to London Gatwick 8:50am, thank you :)" Good times.
Anyways, that took a lot longer than I thought, so I'm stopping now. If I am ever stuck for an idea, I will continue this list.
Also sometime in the near future, I am going to post an excerpt from one of my stories for you all to read, kind of like tricking you into reading something, and I can send anyone who wants it the whole story I post part of.
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