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| Prompt: On this day in 1719, Daniel Defoe’s fictional work The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is published. The book, about a shipwrecked sailor who spends 28 years on a deserted island, is based on the experiences of shipwreck victims and of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who spent four years on a small island off the coast of South America in the early 1700s. Write about being stranded on a deserted island. What would you do to keep yourself sane? **** I loved Robinson Crusoe and Swiss Family Robinson when I was growing up. They were probably the reason I loved the TV series "Lost" later in life. There is defiantly something appealing about being "trapped" on a deserted island with no people or technology; hands on heart I am more of a dog person. I'm not saying I'd survive or thrive there. I am incredibly accident prone and would most likely be overcome with exposure or eaten by something, but I would have a blast while I was alive. For the record, I am making lots of assumptions about this island. Namely that: 1) it's a tropical island - I will give building an igloo a go, but chances of success are not good. 2) there is easy to access fresh, clean running water. 3) there are plenty of coconut and banana trees (we will also assume that I make friends with helpful, friendly monkeys, who help me harvest them) and maybe even some wild strawberries. 4) it is NOT infested with snakes - I'm looking at you Snake Island. 5) there are no cannibals - because I do not want to end up in a stew. I'm also assuming that I was stranded there by a shipwreck or a plane crash and didn't just suddenly materialise. It's also possible I was tossed overboard by a group of pirates for annoying the crap out of them by drinking all the rum. Meaning I have limited supplies (the pirates didn't hate me) - and hopefully some rum. Finding water, shelter, and food will no doubt occupy my immediate thoughts and keep me fairly sane on day one. I doubt panic will set in this earlier as this seems like the perfect opportunity for some live action homesteading, doomsday prepping, and zombie apocalypse practice - which I have been secretly training for since Shaun of the Dead... I may even a build an SOS signal if I feel like re-entering the human population - note this is not as high in priority as the other survival actions on my list. Once I have built my luxury treehouse and mud, spa annex - because all of those Hollywood movies, DIY YouTube videos on how to build mud huts, and survival documentaries (thank you Bear Grylls) will definitely come into their own now - I will move on to adding my weighted drawbridge/access door (because there is always a damn tiger), the water-cooled fridge/pantry for the bananas, and the gravity-based water system/shower - because I have needs!! With these essentials out of the way, concentrating on those homely touches becomes much easier, like woven baskets, coconut drinking cups and bowls, and most importantly a leaf parasol to escape the sun and sun burn. I may even start trading with the monkeys - coconuts and bananas in exchange for cute grass skirts that flatter every figure. I am sure the monkeys will get fed-up of my nattering at some point (it's the language barrier) or get upset over the tariff war - so I will most likely invest in a "Wilson" to slow the inevitable decent into insanity, and resort to stick figure cave art to "brighten" my abode.  |
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