014: sledding

[hawkeyowa]

[It's not hard to tell that things have gotten tense in the Midwest, starting with protests in Wisconsin, and now coming to protests in Iowa. In lieu of it, Jack has decided to take as much of the edge off as he can, in the form of bundling himself up and toting a sled up the highest hill in town, Mitch loyally at his side and far too excited for his own good.

Yes, the hill is a bit daunting, and he'll probably end up with his fair share of bruises and humiliation by nightfall, but it should be worth it in the end. One he gets to the top, he poses momentarily like a king about to take on an opposing kingdom. He is Macduff, ready to teach Macbeth a lesson. He is William Wallace sans face paint and kilt, replaced with a beanie and jeans. He is Napoleon, Alexander, and Caesar all in one tall, skinny, farm boy form. He has his mighty companion barking and rolling in the snow at his side. This hill is his battlefield, his Tannenburg and Hastings and Antietam all in one.

As he finally sits on his sled and pushes, he flies down the hill with a mighty screech of questionable masculinity battle cry, his dog running after him and barking happily.]

Comments

[lakesyaknow.livejournal.com]

[ He recognizes that look and books it in the opposite direction. But Jack could easily catch up with him. Sven hasn't been exercising as much as he should be, and he's been cooping up a lot ]

[hawkeyeiowa.livejournal.com]

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[lakesyaknow.livejournal.com]

[ He realizes that he's gained a nice amount of ground, so he pauses and scoops up some snow. Yeah, he's going there ]

[hawkeyeiowa.livejournal.com]

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[lakesyaknow.livejournal.com]

[ Instead of throwing the snowball, he just saunters over and grins down at him ]

How's it goin'?

[hawkeyeiowa.livejournal.com]

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Uh... G-good? Not wanting to get hit in the face by snow?

[lakesyaknow.livejournal.com]

Fine~ yer spared fer now. Are ya gettin' on fine with that ice storm?

[hawkeyeiowa.livejournal.com]

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Better than the first time. I could actually make it out of my house fer once.

[lakesyaknow.livejournal.com]

I know what ya mean, and my dome didn't collapse this time either!

[ It's...still collapsed but that's besides the point ]