Thursday, May 17, 2007

I'm done with my zine!!!!!!!!

This title has absolutely nothing to do with my book, but i just finished my Zine project. I have no way of stapling it, but that's okay.
Back to my book. This section will actually be titled Exploring Florida. This is the section after their arrival at Florida. Barbican and his men, the four of the committee, wake up really early the next morning so they wont have to deal with the hundreds of people that constituted the greeting party and have been following them around. They ride on horseback and their guide takes them through Florida. They notice a large difference between the top half and the bottom half of the state, geographically, the top is more pleasant to live in. At one point, the mud they are traversing is so deep that it goes up to the horses' knees, yet the guide swears they are on a road. As they are riding, Barbican absentmindedly says, "Yes, my dear friend, it is a necessity of the first order that our Columbiad (the canon) be cast in ground of commanding elevation" (105). He goes on to explain himself. It's not that putting the canon on higher ground would bring it closer to the moon, it would keep away water. Water will present a real challenge to these men during construction as well as whilst preparing before the launch.

Arriving in Florida

Barbican and his men went to Florida soon after the decision was made. They had traveled down to survey the land and pick potential launch sites. When they arrived, Barbican got out of the boat and had planned on making a speech. He said only a couple words before he was completely drowned out by a mob of welcomers. They screamed and shouted really loud and scared Barbican and his Men. They had planned on making a grand welcome and firing off a cannon, but, in waiting for the boat to arrive, they had gotten bored and shot off all of the cannon rounds in an effort to amuse themselves. It had been hours, so they were all a little mad, very hungry and very disheveled.
Even though this mob's greeting effort had turned ineffective, this still illustrates to us how much the public supports this project. Every member of the Gun Club reads at least six newspapers every morning in order to keep up with the project's progression and the public opinion. For the month or two that the public has known about this, everyone continues to obsess over it every day. Book stores can not keep books about space or artillery in stock and book companies are competing in production of these books.