SF0 / katotoro / Bygone Blog

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Bygone Blog by Cthulhu Kitty

February 22nd, 2007 3:51 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: date: june 25 2006 2:37 AM
subject: bygone blog

text:
start a blog from the past. set it in a time at least 20 years past. use a free weblog service such as typepad, blogger, livejournal, or myspace. write for one week to one month.

blog about past events in your life and/or the world as if they were happening currently. write as yourself or in the guise of a real past persona.

if you blog as a group, you may all write one together or create individual past blogs (they don't all need to be of the same era) and link them to each other. link to outsiders as well, if you want to.

feel free to apply your modern knowledge and sensibility, but do not otherwise break chronological character in your blog-related online activities and interactions. then post a link to your bygone blog.

music: liszt - consolation
mood: sleepy
tags: sf0

For this task, I decided to choose an historical figure and attempt to write from his point of view. I chose Simon, the ship's cat of HMS Amethyst who is the only cat to have ever been awarded the Dickin Medal. (The PDSA Dickin Medal, recognised as the animals’ Victoria Cross, is awarded to animals displaying conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty while serving or associated with any branch of the Armed Forces or Civil Defence Units.)

Simon's blog can be seen here and the site which provided all my historical source material can be viewed here

As of today, I am still posting to this blog - stay tuned for the complete story.

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