swordmage: (Light In Hand)
Willa ([personal profile] swordmage) wrote2006-07-18 09:57 am

"I was crucified here 25 years ago..."

I love Michael Palin.

Seriously.

Currently on the Travel Channel, he's going through the Sahara. I highly recommend it. He's really into it all, and it's both fun and interesting. I missed his Himalayas tour, which I rather regret, but still.

Palin's got this great enthusiasm about him - last night he was travelling with some salt merchants, and it was fun. They spoke a mix of French and the local dialect, and the communication was quite amusing at times...

I remember when he went around the world, years ago. The one image I've got from that is him standing on the deck of a ship in a storm and holding a white handkercief out while yelling something.




On a more sober note - as i was typing this, an email popped up from my grandmother. continuation of one from yesterday. when the headline started "slain student..." my heart plummeted. more. one of my friends from school died on sunday near the university of wyoming. i knew he'd died, she told me that yesterday, but there's a major difference between an accident/sickness (which would have been odd)/etc and murder...

i wish his family the best, and half-wish i was in laramie to go to the service or in newport to go to the memorial at the abbey.

he was a good kid - funny, nice, and smart. he will be missed.

[identity profile] mightyquills.livejournal.com 2006-07-18 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, hun... *hugs* Who was it? *hugs again*

But take heart- Michael Palin's Himalaya tour is on DVD!! It's eggggcellent. Miss you bunches.

[identity profile] kittenfemme.livejournal.com 2006-07-18 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
*hugs for the loss*


Also, was it Pole to Pole?? I watched that as a kid with my family (it was one of the few times we actually watched a television series avidly) and it rocked my socks. He got stinking drunk on homemade vodka in Russia, if I remember correctly. Fantastic!

[identity profile] squeeky-v.livejournal.com 2006-07-19 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Muzz told us about it yesterday, she called up yesterday and told us baisically that a member of your graduating class had been murderd. I was going to call you but then mom was on the phone for a while and then she went outsideI had to tell her something and she was outside and I was told to shut the door so the mosquitos wouldn't get in and she didn't unlock the door.........yeah and in all the hectics I forgot.....sorry about it all *hugs*