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Date: 2006-03-23 05:46 am (UTC)LOL. I'm only kidding. :D
***
Colin decides that he hates the dark as he feels his way along the path. Maybe he will move to Alaska or some other very northern place where they have daylight 23 hours a day or something insane like that. Maybe northern Canada might even do the trick.
He wonders if Ryan would protest that. They could live in an igloo, have sled dogs, and hunt bears. Colin is still amused that there are some Americans who seem to think that all Canadians live like that. Like Canada is some bizarre remote land, or maybe a third world country with no running water or electricity. Like that I Am Canadian ad from Molson. God, he loves that thing.
He memorized it, and he says it to himself, just to pass the time:
Hey. I'm not a lumberjack, or a fur trader. And I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber, or own a dogsled. And I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada,although I'm certain they're really, really nice...
I have a Prime Minister, not a President. I speak English and French, not American. And I pronouce it "about", not "a boot".
I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack. I believe in peace keeping, not policing. Diversity, not assimilation.
And that the beaver is truly a proud and noble animal. A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch, and it's pronounced "zed", not "zee", "zed"!
Canada is the second largest landmass. The first nation of hockey. And the best part of North America! I am Canadian!
Gives him chills every time. He loves his country. Sometimes he considers getting a Canadian flag tattoo. He wonders if Ryan would like that...
So he's plodding along step by step, without any idea where he's going. They could've at least given him a torch, but no. Here he is, walking for god knows how long, god knows where, in the dark.
It's times like these he wishes he had the ego of the typical actor, so he could stomp around and demand star treatment. However, there are no cameras following him anymore. He's completely alone, with only the constellations to keep him company.
He picks out Gemini. Castor and Pollux, who couldn't bear to be separated... The story makes him think of himself and Ryan. And he's glad that they'll be together again soon.
If he can make it down this path alive, that is. How long does this thing go on, anyway? He can't imagine why the producers decided to put him through further torture after everything else he's already been through. It's like some kind of sick joke.
Or maybe they think it's some kind of "spiritual cleansing", some hokey thing that will help them deal with the "pain" of losing out on the million dollars. If the losers have to walk all this way in the dark, reflecting over what they've done, maybe getting a little scared in the process, they'll feel better about the whole thing.
Or maybe he's just lost. Maybe this isn't the right way. Maybe he'll be wandering around and around in circles for the rest of his life, never able to find his way back...
Up ahead in the distance he sees flickering lights, and hears people talking. And he breaks into a run.
***
Okay, so the "I am Canadian" ad was shameless filler, but I could totally see Colin memorizing that and trotting it out sometimes when he's ragged on about being Canadian. It's a real ad too, btw. :)
Don't forget to save some for me now... *g*
Emily :)