The Hitchhikers Guide to the galaxy has this to say on the subject of flying:


There is an art, it says, or rather a knack to flying.
The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Pick a nice day, it suggests, and try it.
The first part is easy. All it requires is simply the ability to throw yourself forward with all your weight, and the willingness not to mind that it’s going to hurt.
That is, it’s going to hurt if you fail to miss the ground.
Most people fail to miss the ground, and if they are really trying properly, the likelihood is that they will fail to miss it fairly hard.
Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, which represents the difficulties.
One problem is that you have to miss the ground accidentally. It’s no good deliberately intending to miss the ground because you won’t. You have to have your attention suddenly distracted by something else when you’re halfway there, so that you are no longer thinking about falling, or about the ground, or about how much it’s going to hurt if you fail to miss it.
It is notoriously difficult to prise your attention away from these three things during the slit second you have at your disposal . Hence most people’s failure, and their eventual disillusionment with this exhilarating and spectacular sport.
If, however, you are lucky enough to have your attention momentarily distracted at the crucial moment by, say, a gorgeous pair of legs (tentacles, pseudopodia, according to phylum and/or personal indication) or a bomb going off in your vicinity, or by suddenly spotting an extremely rare species of beetle crawling along on a nearby twig, then in your astonishment you will miss the ground completely and remain bobbing just a few inches above it in what might seem to be a slightly foolish manner.
This is a moment for superb and delicate concentration.
Bob and float, float and bob.
Ignore all considerations of your own weight and simply let yourself waft higher.
Do not listen to what anybody says to you at this point because they are unlikely to say anything helpful.
They are most likely to be saying something along the lines of,
“Good God, you can’t possibly be flying!”
IT is vitally important not to believe them or they will suddenly be right.
Waft higher and higher.
Try a few swoops, gentle ones at first, then drift above the trees breathing regularly.
DO NOT WAVE AT ANYBODY.
When you have done this a few times you will find the moment of distraction rapidly becomes easier and easier to achieve.
You will then learn all sorts of things about how to control your flight, your speed, your manoeuvrability, and the trick usually lies in not thinking too hard about whatever you want to do, but just – allowing it to happen as if it was going to anyway.
You will also learn about how to land properly, which is something you most certainly will mess up, and mess u badly on your first attempt.
There are private flying clubs you can join which help you achieve the all-important moment of distraction. They hire people with surprising bodies or opinions to leap out from behind bushes and exhibit and/or explain them at critical moments. Few genuine hitchhikers will be able to afford to join these clubs, but some may be able to get temporary employment at them.


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Sunday, June 26, 2005

hey guys!! Im having sooooo much fun this weekend. So far, Ive had a fever that made my face feel as if it was on fire, and decided I was feeling well enough to go quading, where I got attacked by a branch that left a very large scratch on my shoulder, and then I decided I was well enough to go swimming. A word to the wise - DO NOT GO SWIMMING AND THEN QUAD BACK HOME AT 50 KM/H IN SOAKING WET CLOTHES WHILE YOU HAVE A FEVER!! so yeah, I had fun this weekend.


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Tuesday, June 21, 2005

  

Hey guys!! You know you all missed me^^ but Ive good news!! Im top in my grade for science and instrumental music (I play the flute) Yay!!! Wahoo!! Yipee!!
k, Im over it now...


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Monday, May 30, 2005

Anime north and funny haircolors....

ANIME NORTH WAS AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! I went as sango, and I went to dye my hair black using that colorpulse stuff, you know that washes out in eight washes?? well..... Ive learned my lesson... Dont use it if your hair was originally blond/brown/red. Itll turn your hair brown/white/pruple..... and yes Im speaking from experience....
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005

  

Which Annoying Yugioh Character Will You Destroy? by Kaden Amano
Name:
Weapon of Choice:	Millennium Puzzle
Annoying character to be destroyed:	Weevil Underwood
Did you get away with it?	Nearly
Years spent in prison:	2
Who bailed you out?	Yami Bakura
Who you will destroy next:	The dude who's staring at you
Partner in crime:	Joey Wheeler
Quiz created with MemeGen!

luv it!! so funny, i used to be obsessed with yugioh... now Im obsessedwith inuyasha.... speaking of which, Im going as sango to anime north!! yay!!! Ill post a pic of my costume later if anyones intererested...
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Saturday, April 23, 2005

   wow...
Im really surprised by how many people love anime and manga, even if they dont know thats what its called..... for example, when my friend brought w julliet number 2 to school, at least twenty people had gone up to her in less than half an hour exlaiming what a great book it was, and they want to borrow number 2 pretty please?? even the really "popular" people commented on it, saying stuff like hey, thats one of those books that read backwards, arent they? I read one once, its slightly hard to understand, but it was really good. Even alot of the teachers know what they are!! Like when someone lost a copy of tokyo mew mew, and they asked over the announcements, my homeroom teacher knew it was a manga!! So yeah, I think that its pretty neat, once you think about just how popular this stuff is.....
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Saturday, April 16, 2005

   hmmmm....
Im sitting here, really bored, watching pirates of the carribeans for the fifty zillionth time.... did i mention im bored? I do have stuff to do.... but i dont want to do it at the moment....I should also be practising my drawing, goodness knows i need it, im trying out a new style of anime because me and a couple of friends want to make a short anime movie, but we need toall draw the same style... boo hoo its so hard to relearn drawing... Im blabling on now, oh well, not many people are going to read this...joy, maybe i should go to sleep, yeah that'll pass the time... but Im not tired, in fact im wide awake... gah!! fustrated!!
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Thursday, April 7, 2005

   Today...
today is a very special day... would anyone like to know why?? Sure you do!! I got 100 hits!! oh yeah!! Im soo happy...
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