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Post by violan5 on Jul 13, 2009 19:39:19 GMT -5
Since this is where we hang out, it doesn't have to be strictly writing related, right? Your most amazing experience would include places you've visited, things you've done, people you'v met. And I don't want to brag, so I wont say anything...  |
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Post by jinn on Jul 14, 2009 9:13:17 GMT -5
Oh by all means, Violan, do tell. Experience = ideas. ^_^
Once I explored a ruined castle in Estonia. Another time I was lost, on foot, in Helsinki, Finland.
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Post by violan5 on Jul 14, 2009 11:03:08 GMT -5
lost in finland? sounds fun.
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Post by violan5 on Jul 14, 2009 11:04:18 GMT -5
i think the most amazing scenery i've seen that i would like to use in a story was Milford Sound in NZ and Northern Territory in Australia.
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Post by zedoghouse on Jul 14, 2009 11:51:36 GMT -5
JOSH!!! I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!!!
(sorry for exposing your real name)
hmmm.....I dont think i've experienced my most amazing experience yet.
though the most amazing scenery I've seen is probably the eyes. Eyes of people, and any other creation. It is amazing.
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Post by Christian Soldier on Jul 14, 2009 12:58:02 GMT -5
The most amazing scenery ever? The setting sun over the city of Bagdhad. Anyone ever watch the show called Gunner FOB or some such? That massive arch at the entry way was where I was standing. We'd been there for several hours, watching, waiting. My buddy and I were pulling guard for a Recruiting event that we were assisting the, then, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps.
I'll always remember that day. The first rays of sunlight kissed the city, turning an other wise drab landscape into a fantasy land. It was orange first, I think, soon combining with pinks and reds stretching across the sky to illumine everything. The sky was lit up like God's canvas, and a new painting was begun.
Soon, the sun crested the horizon. A massive ball of orange fire sending it's brilliant rays into the world. Everything seemed to clean, so pure then. The world seemed a kinder place for those ten or fifteen minutes.
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Then the heat came and that was that
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Post by morganlbusse on Jul 15, 2009 10:59:01 GMT -5
I think one of the most amazing experiences I had was when I found out I was going to have twins. The doctor thought I was a bit bigger than I should have been for 12 weeks, so we did an ultrasound and there they were, two blips on the screen! I began to shake, wondering how we were going to do this (I had a 3 yr old and 18 mos old at home... and this was the first appt my husband had missed).
Its been a roller coaster ride since then! My twins just turned 3 yrs old two weeks ago, and my hubby and I are still sane (or perhaps we just think we are... ;P)
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Post by torainfor on Jul 17, 2009 18:28:43 GMT -5
I just experienced one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.
I have a good friend who's a full-on fireball. She's an ER doc, filled to over-flowing with passion. She was married to a man who was later diagnosed with a very serious mental illness. Just dealing with him on a daily basis brought out her...energy. OK, temper.
Now she's married to a calm, cool Marine. They drove through town on Tuesday on their way to a PCS, but their truck was having issues. They dropped it off at the dealer and, due to a ridiculous number of problems with the service department, only just pulled away.
The amazing thing was, although my friend is very angry and upset, she let her husband handle 99% of everything. She even left the room when he asked her to. She's still passionate, but I can see the peace he brings out in her.
Absolutely extraordinary. Never thought I'd witness it.
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Post by waldenwriter on Jul 19, 2009 1:16:40 GMT -5
Your experience sounds great, Christian Soldier. In the Sacred Texts class I'm taking right now, we watched a documentary that talked about how Baghdad was a big center of learning and trade during the time of the Islamic Empire, and it makes me sad to think of what it looks like today compared to what it once was.
I haven't had the pleasure to see amazing scenery or anything. I guess I've had some amazing experiences. I've ridden a horse on the beach in Mexico (twice), was picked to participate in the Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during an eighth grade study trip to the East Coast (though I didn't do the actual act of wreath-laying; I was in the back row of the four of us students who participated), have stayed in a houseboat on Lake Shasta, stayed at a camp on a private cove on Catalina, and got to see some of the Dead Sea Scrolls when they were exhibited at the San Diego Natural History Museum. I also met Elaine Schulte (author of the Twelve Candles Club and Ginger series) and Jack Cavanaugh (author of a bunch of Christian historical books) once, a really long time ago, at some event I was at with my dad. I think I got their autographs too, though I'm sure they're long since lost.
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