Heavy

[azurelunatic]

I am accustomed to weighing 310 pounds.

Part of that is me, of course. A suprising amount of it, however, is my backpack. I carry around the books for all my classes, and do a good bit of walking with the backpack on. I got a new backpack recently, and have discovered that when I'm wearing it, it feels like almost a part of me. When I walk around not wearing it, I feel light, able to propel myself further, with more grace.

I like my backpack. I like knowing how strong I am, to carry around the huge monster thing without trouble, and I like the freedom of being able to take off the backpack and fly.

Comments

[crisavec.livejournal.com]

Do you tie your leg to a tree or some other fixed object before you shed your pack so you won't go floating away when you take it off?

and can you name the book that line came from :-)

No, I don't.

[azurelunatic]

And no, I can't.


It's only a 30 pound pack...

Re: No, I don't.

[crisavec.livejournal.com]

well you're no fun :-)

that's a line from a Pat McManus book.....is an outdoors humorist

Re: No, I don't.

[azurelunatic]

Damn, I haven't read those in faaaar too long.

Re: No, I don't.

[crisavec.livejournal.com]

I just reread them.....still just as funny, though I no longer laugh uncontrollably when I read them

Re: No, I don't.

[azurelunatic]

I remember that effect. I should put those on my queue of Books To Get. Little fay will like them, I think, and they're relatively clean.

Re: No, I don't.

[boojum.livejournal.com]

Watch out: it's easy to overdose on McManus. I should go back and see if I've recovered yet. It's been a year or two since I read two books of his without pausing. Bedtime story pacing ought to be fine, but slurping definitely isn't.

(This is the _Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!_ guy, right?)