Since I mentionned him, I don't think I ever talked here about one of my favorite authors, William H. Hodgson. I think /med/ would like him, one of the best modern embodiments of the warrior -poet.
>born in a poor and large family
>run away to become a sailor
>bullied for his pretty face and sensitive soul
>gets into lifting to protect himself
>becomes a strongman, one of the strongest men in England
>gets a medal for saving a fellow sailor fallen in shark infested waters
>loved the sea and its mysteries as much as he feared and hated it, journaling and taking photographies of water spouts, cyclones, sharks, aurora baurealis and other funimals
>starts writing nautical horror stories that eventually inspired Lovecraft
>harrowing tales of loss and mutinery, ghosts and sirens, giant serpants and horrors from the deep
>even writes one of the earliest post apocalyptic stories
>opens a gym and starts teaching
>true maverick, gets articles written about him for riding a bike down an extremely steep road, being an assistant to Houdini
>publishes early essays about physical health
>wounded in WW1, decides to go back into the fray anyway
>refuses to be at sea despite his experience
>dies getting a direct hit from an artillery shell near the end of the war
>>213052930
I am and so are you. Don't let the past eat you up fren, but learn from it. You got time yet and you're already doing better than many of your age.
>>213052999
Cool stuff! Will you go to the Pink Light District?