the four right chords can make me cry

chronological

science comm meeting: exciting new things happening in the sems ahead!

reading room: was made honourary member!

usp bbq: kept being presented with food!

reading new book: Long Way Round, Chasing shadows across the world. by Ewan McGregor and his best friend Charley Boorman.

i type blurb for you

It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan McGregor-actor and self-confessed bike nut-noticed that it was possible to ride all the way round the world, with just one short hop across the Being Strait from Russia to Alaska. It was a revelation he could'nt get out of his head. So he picked up the phone and called Charley Boorman, his best friend, fellow actor and bike enthusiast. 'Charley,' he said. 'I think you ought to come over for dinner...'
From London to New York, Ewan and Charley chased their shadows through Europe, the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia, across the Pacific to Alaska, then down through Canada and America. But as the miles slipped beneath the tyres of their big MBWs, their troubles started. Exhaustion, injury and accidents tested their strength. Treacherous roads, unpredictable weather and turbulent politics challenged their stamina. They were chased by paparazzi in Kazakhstan, courted by men with very large guns in the Ukraine, hassled by the police, and given bulls' testicles for supper by Mongolian nomads.
And yet despite all these obstacles they managed to ride more than twenty thousand miles in four months, changing their lives for ever in the process. As they travelled they documented their trip, taking photographs, and writing diaries by the campfire. Long Way Round is the result of their adventures-a fascinating, frank and highly entertaining travel book about two friends riding round the world together and, against all the odds, realising their dream.


inspired. i am.

"but that one moment, that twist of the grip, the roar of the engine, the smell of the exhaust and the petrol and the thrill of the speed was enough. I was hooked."

"I thought it was just the best thing. I loved the smell of it, the sound of it, the look of it, the rush of it, the high-pitched screaming of the engine."

why do bikers say the same thing about what makes them love bikes?

because its something universal.

i'm just aiming for thailand.

posted by beckyboo @ 12:32 AM