April 30, 2005
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I need a writing assignment.
It will be funny. There will be three characters. Fill in the blanks:
A _______, a _________, and a __________ walk into a bar.
I might not set the story in a bar, but I need three characters.
Update: Uhm... Maybe I didn't need a writing assignment. I just can't get it together, so I get an 'Incomplete' on this assignment. All those who offered suggestions feel free to nag me about it.
I've been absorbed with the million tiny things that drag one down. I've also been absorbed with choosing the next hike... We've had rainy and overcast weather lately, so less than ideal. But that's shifting back around, and I might just have to go hike around in the rain if it doesn't.
I checked out a book from the library, called 'Hiking the Mountains To Sound Greenway,' by Harvey Manning. I got it because he's a hoot to read, and also because he talks about the history, natural and otherwise, of the places.
The Mountains To Sound Greenway is a big ol' swath of natural areas along the I-90 corridor between Seattle and Ellensburg, which drapes it all the way across the mountains. There's a whole parallel universe of hiking trails through the mountains, but the Greenway unites their various owners and protectors into a political bloc.
I'm still entertaining the notion of riding my bike all the way across the Iron Horse/John Wayne rail-to-trail path. Issaquah to Idaho. And maybe back.
Ride, Forrest, ride!
Comments (14)
An ergonomics professor, a neoconservative chiropractor, and an Abu Gharib prison guard walk into a bar.
a penguin, a monk, and a librarian....
A linguist, an imaginary friend, and G.W.Bush
A car-thief named Jesus, an angry barista, and a dyslexic fire-dancer.
An armadillo, a hooker, and a ship captain...
"That Holy Trinity of contemporary mythmaking: Albert Einstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Frank Sinatra."
Now put them ALL into a story, I dare ya! How're you gonna pick without playing favourites? Bwhahaha... (More seriously, you do do the best writing this way - your last story was great!) xo
I don't know, you should try to have three people you only know from xanga ride the ferry to Bainbridge Island.
Oo. I might get in trouble with that.
firefighter, homeless man, senator...
ever read "walking the beach to bellingham"?
I have that book, but I haven't read it yet.
That whole bike ride things sounds like something you should definitely do. When I lived in Georgia, they did this Bike Across Georgia thing that I always wished I'd been in shape enough to do. What a feeling of accomplishment, huh.
Aww, put them all on the mountain trail in one form or another... Those hikes sound magnificent!
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