A small group of us went out looking for whales one day out in Palau, far out from shore. We thought we’d seen signs of the whales, so a few of us jumped into the water and while we were looking around these Silky Sharks suddenly appeared out of nowhere (we were out in the bluewater, meaning that you couldn’t see the bottom or any structure or island around you). The Silky Sharks were attracted by our splashing and the sounds of the boat.
These types of sharks live out in the open ocean, well away from coastal waters and reefs. To survive in that barren environment, they need to be extremely fast, agile and able to sense and hunt prey from a great distance. I loved interacting with these beautiful and inquisitive sharks - photo taken offshore Palau, Western Pacific Ocean
I don’t know where Ian finds the time to hawk anti-aging products, dance for Chippendales, and film movies like Sharknado. What I do know is that this movie will be outstanding.
John and Edward are back in LA for awards season, and have met up once again with BFF Tara Reid. The Dublin twins became friends with Tara back when all three were on Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother, way back in 2011. They’ve gone on regular holidays together, and Tara has recently played a feature role in Jedward’s music video for their song, “Ferocious”.
It seems Tara isn’t the only celebrity the twins have been hanging out with. Tara tweeted the following this morning (UK time):
So - one down, two to go! We wait with bated breath (or, given Perez’s Sharknado2-inspired shirt, baited) to see if Ms Reid and Mr Shatner likewise come through!
Today’s prompt for @spop-palentines is Teams and Alliances and I wrote about the Princess Alliance combining their forces to take down the Horde in a very… creative way.
“Oh dear.” Spinerella landed next to her, her delicate tone at odds with how she casually sent a breeze to smash a bot against at rock. “It seems like they’re getting wise to our tricks. Perhaps we should try something different. Something they… aren’t expecting?”
Mermista looked at the other princess out of the corner of her eye. It had been a joke, something silly they had all been talking about when they were punchy and exhausted after the last mission but there was a sneaky little spark in Spinerella’s eye Mermista had never seen before that gave her the feeling she was actually serious. Well, fine, she was game, mostly just to see if it was possible and if it was something unexpected they needed…
“Yeah, alright, Gusty. Let’s see what we can do.” She spun around to call to Frosta on the other side of the beach. “Hey, Popsicle! You may want to move back! We’re going to try something ridiculous.”
“You got it!” Frosta said cheerfully, the guts of a bot impaled on the tip of her ice spear.
Special thanks to @ush3, who requested this. I’m so glad that I can put my irrational hurricane fears into writing which is also why they’re all super angsty, for which I apologise.
1) “You never know pain until all you’ve ever known is torn away from you in just one day. Your home. Your family. Everything. Just gone, like they were swept away.”
“By a brush?” The child asked, listening intensely. The man only laughed bitterly in reply.
“By a storm. Bigger than any brush that’s ever been and twice as dangerous.”
2) “Why do they name storms after people?”
“Because they both destroy lives.”
3) A tree blocked the road. But not just any old tree. She recognised the twisted old trunk and painted roots, the carvings she and her friends had made during countless sleepovers. The curse words her older siblings had nailed into it, with stolen screws and hammers.
Planks of dried wood smashed around it, broken on impact.
The sirens in the distance became louder, along with the cries of the man stuck under, one leg surely needing to be amputated.
How could something that had created so much joy suddenly create so much pain?
4) “A storm? Oh, that’s okay. I love storms. They’re very soothing.”
Their grandparents just looked at each other, shaking their heads.
“Not these types of ones, you don’t. You better follow your grandmother dear.”
5) “A hurricane? Isn’t there anything we can do? Like get some guns, or send out helicopters-”
“This is a school bake sale, not fucking Sharknado! Where would we even get them?”
