Give me grizzled, battered, and well-worn. Plasticky, smooth, and fresh is so freaking uninteresting.
More like this
This is not a time to be profound. This is a time to rehydrate and make some more coffee. And search around for stuff that fell out of pockets.
Honestly, I don't feel a day over 12.
The story starts off predictably enough for a grandiose adventure: a wizard, a prophecy, an unwitting hero. Emmet is just a model construction worker, living his city life to the tee by following every rule in the book.
Almost exactly one year ago, a very large double strength tsunami struck the Pacific Coast of Japan and washed a huge amount of stuff out into the sea. The oceanic born debris of terrestrial origin looked in places like this:
I suppose someone must have already linked you to this. But just in case...
http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af55/Slickpup42/0710-cephalopod.jpg