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this is gus. he is a dinosaur of approximately twelve inches in length with a greenish purplish colouring to him. on a foolish night long ago he had his named inked to his deeply royal purple chest for whatever reason and hasn't look back since.

to put gus into perspective for those who still don't "get" him he is, in such crass terms, similar to that of the famous traveling gnome. he has, indeed, been to many place that i haven't ever been to before in my life. he likes england a lot, gone four times, twice with me; he's been to france twice, spain, new york twice and all across the united states on two separate road trips to either coast. one time, on his way to california, he was injured on his tale by means of it almost melting off. he permanently has a strawberry shortcake band aid on it to keep him together.

sometimes gus can get a little rowdy. here, with my sister meghan outside buckingham palace, he got a too frisky.

but will always treat his two loves with great respect. pictured here is ava with gus in the shakespeare pub in victoria, london. ava is one of the two people he loves the most; the other is laura.

very proud to be a canadian, gus likes to show off his patriotism, even at the expense of posing with someone he may not like very well. he's kind of a tempermental dinosaur.

always the showman, gus is camera ready 24/7.

what did i tell ya about getting too frisky with people? sometimes he likes to take advantage of girls but never actually succeeds.

pictured here in a deli with amy in the disgusting new york city heat way back when, gus is deep in conversation because at heart he is a conversationalist. he's always ready to discuss anything you want to talk about. he is a great listener.

sometimes we like to take silly photos.

this is a perfect example of gus at his worst. he likes to pick fights with people and/or things when he knows he won't win. there's glass separating the two of them, thank goodness, or things would have ended badly for our hero.

he always seems to get the girls in the end.

he's even made friends abroad! when he visited durham the first time he was so consumed in british culture that he now has developed a drinking problem.

but that's okay because even those who do not know him intitmately will always be there for him.

he likes to catch up with old friends when he travels.

on his days off gus likes to read, which is perfectly fitting because he was found in the kids section of chapters eons ago. he lived in the manager's office for sometime in-between traveling gigs until he went to his rightful home. he was never suited for the hyprocrisy and corruption of hellish book-a-rama. onto bigger and better things!

this is an ode to the greatest dinosaur i have ever known. i know he is inanimate and sits there most times and absorbs but being a sponge is an underrated value in society. point is, gus doesn't get the respect and reverence he desires or needs and so i made this ode. i don't seem him as much as i used to since book-a-rama times ended and though he doesn't talk about it much, he misses luce, his ladyfriend that lived with him the office. now he sits, waiting for his next adventure and the ones after that.

we should live like gus, as adventurers.

to gustav,

love sarah macdonald.