Next level 16/04/2012
Feel like living in a video game lately. Had to pass through many barriers on each level. Went through many things in the last couple of months, it's been a hell of a ride! And Im still in game. Expect loads of characters, enemies, foregrounds, multiple levels. Environments are large and encourage exploration. Looking at it with an artistic eye I must admit the plot n graphics are pretty amazin n drop jaws. Analyzing: Level 1 -violent- set in Liverpool Had stayed there for awhile. Arrived a week before LACED where I was gonna compete. Unfortunately I got involved in a fight after a night out while there. Was lost in the night with no sight of any friends. You might realized by now this is a single player game. No jumping into a co-op play sesh. Whatever came had to face it alone. So it happened that a bunch of crackhead girls beat me up with no reason while walking back to my hotel, sure they misunderstood my sign language. Thanx god we were outdoors, otherwise I would hv come out of the ceiling. The colours of the rainbow all have their own unique beauty but deffo not on my face! Was horrrible. Therefore was missing out on the comp and headed back to Mcr. Level 2 -wierd- Set in Manchester Came to realize I had no longer hv my passport just few days before Winterclash. Mission. More Likely Impossible. Or how the hell u think I could hv passed the boarder with no ID and a badly smashed face? Came up with an idea..but didn’t want to turn up like that and ruin my image anyway.. Level 3 –creepy- Set in Edinburgh Where a ghost crept upon me in a property, I broke in to shoot some photos. A random tourist joined me but he stuck inside n got caught. I hv never climbed a fence that fast in my life..onto a statue n when got on the ground ran away n kept takin photos from a shrub. The city offered plenty of options for outdoors adventure, like climbing, biking, skating in the local park where I caught up with an old friend of mine. Put a short clip together, which meant to show no big tricks but feelings, the fact how much we appreciate what the other does. Make sure you chechk it here: http://vimeo.com/38167324 I met some amazin dudes at the hotel. We all know that I do hv a lot of bad luck when it comes to trying to get from point A to point B. Well these guys managed to miss 6 flights all together in just one week!! And I thought my travel carma was bad! Anyway the amount of fun we had just insane. Level 4 -crowded- Set in London Moved down south. Apart from the street spots..Just can’t get to like it. Didn’t like the cops here either n visa versa. Level 5 -dirty- Set in Miskolc Arrived in town for a comp and a wicked food festival. Bankcard was left in England, leaving me literaly with no money for the weekend. I was accomodated in the worst hostel ever, no hot water, no fridge, no nothing. Yet the place was fully booked. Not to mention that I helped some folks sneaking in too. We were playin some drinking card game which resulted in chaos. Some mutant bloodsucking and biting lice attacked my head. This made my headache tripple worse that came with the hangover next day. Yet managed to show up at this inline jam and was shredding with the Hun guys. Was scratching my head like crazy though while skating which was very distracting. It certainly drifted my attention away from what I was focusing on. (I manage to do a tricky stall on a window seal which I quite liked.) But the bad luck didn’t stop there. Had to put up with some very budget food which I kept on the top of my wardrobe due to not having a freaking fridge in the building. While trying to reach it climbing up there, the wardrobe decided to fall and collapse on me. Being the only person in the room, someone had to break the door in to help me. I hated myself for travelling with a mega sized backpack, since my back was killing me next day. So as my stomach! As the saying suggest ’eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will hapen to u the rest of the day’, thought I should think ’ bout it, though envisioning the process is not a pretty thing. Well someone was ’kind’ enough to invite me for a traditionally prepared juicy big froggy meal at the food fest – baring in mind that I could not afford to eat a nice meal in the last couple of days- I bravely took on the challenge. Tried to kiss it first but didn’t work so left no choise but tuck it in. Well it wasn’t a piece of cake! Anyway completed an important task to save the day. To get through this level I was hitchiking home. Level 6 –hardcore- Set in Jászberény The main challenge here was to survive the late night outs, and sick skate sesh day by day. Don’t know why is this obsession about bridges.. I was sessioning one again. More precisely was skating underneath it. Bad timing though. Some ppl carried out work on the riverside. Had to wait until they went on their lunch break. Then I could hv a little bit of fun fooling around. At my last trick when I was trying to jump off the bridge onto the bank , faceplanted the ground and lost a tooth. Which I only realized a good couple of hours later, after visiting a takeaway n sweetshop.. Meaning I didn’t get any cash from the Tooth Fairy coz I swallowed it. I was raging like crazy! Also it was bankholiday weekend with no emergency dental care. So was haunting on the dance floor with the wild party animals that weekend, the missing tooth gave me the real party monster look for sure.. But I was leaning more to being a loner so had to get back on my doomed mission to complete the game. After my tooth got fixed was off again. Found it pretty ironic that I ended up having a bridge in my mouth to cover the gap created by the missing tooth.. Level 7 –chilled- Set in Holland Just chillin the dutch way in tuliptown. Amazin flowers, fields of dreams.. Officially living on the road out of a suitcase. Moved out for good. Got back on the road. I’m in a tuk-tuk right now.... Pause REDiculocity 07/11/2011
This is the worst place I have ever stayed in. Insane. The sky turned blood red. I’m on a long winding road. But the worst is just yet to come. Hv to climb the highest mountain and overcome this challenge I’m facing. I got a feeling I won’t be enjoying this journey. I carried such a weight on my shoulders lately. It got heavy and harder to hold. So it happened on a sunny afternoon, that I placed it all temporarily on my outstreched right arm when I began falling down a fence, flying over a bin. That 5 sec was the longest half an hour of my life. This resulted in a nasty elbow dislocation, damaging nerves, blood vessels and ligament. Practically speaking at least 3 month out of action if lucky. My arm is completely numb. Should hv checked the spot before skating to make sure its ok. I just really wanted to get high to escape reality. By skating. Then I actually got high in the hospital having free drugs. When I say the doc was playing the guitar while I was screaming, and the nurse was trying my skates on is actually not a hallucination. Told u, this place is ridiculous. Had to wait 4 hours until someone put my elbow back to its place. Might show u this place one day. Got my GoPro on me. Before u ask, Yes. I hv already watched my epic fall back n got sick afterwards. Learnt another lesson. I tried to escape into skating, hide away underneath my blanket. There's no escape. I hv to look for a way, and not a way out. Also, now I know my limits, I guess. I'm glad it happened now, as it could hv been a lot worse later, like breaking my neck. Next time I go beyond it, will be more careful. Wonder when that be. I believe this challenge is an opportunity to build my inner strength and courage, to see how strong my will is. I'’m sure this experience will take me to a new level. The only path there is through breaking barriers, an often painful process. Never knew what pain means until now. I’m standing at a junction trying to type these words. One leads to the other side of the mountain, and the other will get me lost forever. I’ll take my time. You won’t be hearing from me for a while. There won’t be signal up there,so won’t be using my phone or any sites -maybe just mine for occasionaly doodles-. I’m gonna cross the line where the digital virtual world diappears. Will keep myself to myself and live in the reality. If by any chance you see me at Winterclash that means I managed to skate downhill fast. Talking about my skates, don’t worry, they are in the safest place! In my heart. First of all the reason I hv not updated for so long is not coz I was so busy or forgot my password, simply because I didn't want to. Felt good to hide away from the ppl, the crowd. Loved it! Lot of ppl think I stopped sk8in' which is not true. I hv just been doing it on my own. My own way. Someone told me the other day I should start writing children books. Kinda agree with him.. So here is the story for tonight: Once upon a time there lived an odd little girl whose only friend in the world was her poppy dog. She had an amazing summer visiting loads of new random places, n of course her hometown to see her much loved doggy. She finished her european trip this year in Holland. Stuck in the country actually. There were no night trains she sadly observed. So went to join some locals who invited her to a VIP party. She agreed to help them sorting out the place next morning, also had to try all the shots n a wide range of beers if wanted to stay. Next thing she can remember waking up in hosp in Manchester. Tried to puzzle it out what an earth could hv happened but when she saw a pic of herself taken in Belgium the night before, just gave it up. She must hv been stoned. But this much? Finding a real stone in her throat is just absurd. Appearently she has this special ability to grow stones in her throat. This 1 just kept on growing n growing until she could no speak, swallow or breath. She was welcomed by the doc that morning who told her the brill news: Her throat needs to be cut open n her precious stone needs to be taken out along with her gland. Hoped she was just halucinating from the other night. Hell no! One night two bumblebee families decided to build their nests right next to her window. Which was obviously open. They annoyed her a lot by being noisy. She managed to fall out of her bed as well as her little stone from her throat. It was 3 in the morning and the nurse had to call the bee keepers out to the ward. "Get off my bumblebees!!"-shouted the girl. "They're my friends, they saved my life." she ghasped. All eyes were fixed on her. She felt tired to explain it all and kinda inappropriate at 4 in the mo. So just let them think she is mental. She treasures the little yellow stone in a special case. Soon she was out hosp. No operation needed! YET. She was suggested not to move anywhere far untill it's sorted. Since it's just came out of nowhere it might happen again. So she is staying in the UK n the EU for now, n trying to survive here. Soon she will be off to those places she has been dreaming of to go.. Although it isn't easy here, surviving is gonna B tripple hard over there I guess. Check out the highlights of her diary from the past 2 months bellow: "-I came close to being robbed tonight, after a house party! Thought those guys were there too n just trying to fool me coz I nearly cooked their dog. Freakin lunatics they were! Dragged me in the car, where I threw up, broke it open n run for my life. Ok I actually hided in a bush." "-I'm not a big drinker but occiasionaly the drunk fairies visit me. Especially when there's an after party. I hv a cocktail or two... Still I was shocked when getting up in front of a group of ppl n someone accused me of beating him up in front of the doorman at a club. Just don't understand why my nose was smashed that morning. Can't remember at all. Hangover 3 should be based on this adventure. Sure I got a tattoo as well just not found it yet.. Though I'm a bit scared to find out what really happened last night." "-After all that skating, managed to stay safe. No injuries at all. Today I walked into a wall hurting my hand, it's all covered in blood, scars everywhere. I'll get my skates on next time I go for a walk. I rely on my skates more than my shuz or any other parts of my wardrobe. We became so attached, now we're inseparable." "-Someone threw bricks at my coach window while on the way to London. Why is everyone after me?" "-Dear diary, I've been up for about 54 hours with no sleep, I'm now seeing shadows, hearing things, can barely remember my name. Just about to drop dead." "-Today I went for a walk with my doggy n a random fella, while hving a break sat down...in a catapult, then with barely any warning was shot out in the air! It's a shame I had a hangover. And the guy must hv though I'm a freakin idiot." "-Managed to loose my GoPro cam after hving it for a couple of weeks. But luck was on my side again, someone found it in the man's toilet n left it at the reception... Don't ask! But it was fun to watch back...haha " "-Draft version of a very important letter: Dear Peter Pan, I’m still waiting on you. My window will forever B open. I don’t want Prince Charming. I don’t need Superman. I just want a simple Peter Pan. Life’s going by far too quickly, so come be4 its too late! I’m not ready to grow up. Take my hand in yours n let's fly away! Love, Mel ♥" "-.......Sick sessions around the Uk! ............................................ Rock n Roll forever." Did she live happily ever after? -story to be continued- Night night x Manchester 04/10/2010
Finally got back to MCR. It was a great fun to skate the local park! So many kids around. Many were full of CURIOSITY. Absolute the best. It really put a smile on my face, which I was wearing & along with my skates all day long. So what better way to celebrate my arrival than with a beer.. ..Solo So High, alone with my suitcase? So it begins.. 02/08/2009
The day I was looking forward!! At least thought i was. Hm, woke up with a number on my hand, + hazy memories from last night and a serious headache.. Its late afternoon, i supposed to set off 7 hours ago, managed to lock myself in the house, being the only person at home just couldn’t belive it was happening. Found the key in the bin after 3 hours searching. Right, off to London, where i gotta find out my ticket was not valid in the Uk. The mean time a guy was so egaer to keep on eye my packs without even asking it, in change he told me his whole life story.. Looking forward 28/07/2009
Chance, risk, opportunities endless possibilities, Adventures.. Must Listen, Look, Learn.. A lesson lies buried in each adventure, waiting for us to uncover it. Some require passprt, but most only need our presence!! |
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