Adventures in Capitalism

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Toby Litt was born in Bedfordshire, England. He studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia where he was taught by Malcolm Bradbury, winning the 1995 Curtis Brown Fellowship. In the final battle against the Scarlet King, Isabel was able to tap into the power of creation which allowed her to be more than a match to the evil old god. She alongside the other six warriors, wielded the King's spears and was able to kill him and prevent the destruction of the universe. In the aftermath, she alongside All-Death rebuilt reality. Salome, L. (2010). Constructing authenticity in contemporary consumer culture: The case of lifestyle sports. European Journal for Sport and Society, 7(1), 69–87.

The seventh bride spits blood and dark water in her father’s face. She wrenches herself free, blood and plume-smoke pouring out of the wound, and stabs him in the stomach. Harker jumps over her shoulder for the assist. Pringle, R. (2005). Masculinities, sport, and power: A critical comparison of Gramscian and Foucauldian inspired theoretical tools. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 29(3), 256–278.The state of affairs only lasts for a few hours, as it is revealed that Isabel’s election was the result of a catastrophic mistake in vote-counting. She has already grown bored of politics by this time, and resigns gracefully. There is a final clash of blades, and the combatants are sent spinning away from each other. There is a pause, the sizing-up before re-engagement the wolves a-circling each other. The King is wounded; Blinded, impaled on six spears, bleeding oceans into the deep. Isabel remains afire. Emma stands beside her. She is smiling.

Booth, D. (1995). Ambiguities in pleasure and discipline: The development of competitive surfing. Journal of Sport History, 22(3), 189–206. He wakes Isabel. He leads her up the mountainside. He can go no further, but the way will lead home, he says. He does not say goodbye, vanishing in a swirl of snow when Isabel’s head is turned.

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Butz, K. (2012). Grinding California: Culture and corporeality in American skate punk. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript. Far away, the seventh bride spirits the girl out of her chamber, steals her away to a land across the hills so quiet. There is peace there, for a moment.

Everyone remembers the opening scene: Isabel slouched in her office chair, Emma standing proper and awkward, an army of corgis (all named Jeremy) delivering tubs of ice cream. Meandering discussion of the dire financial situation facing the Wonderful Workshops Toy Company, the Executive Board’s corporate mismanagement, competitors, Isabel’s loss of creative spark, and clever wordplay. The reveal that Emma is not nearly as humorless as first impressions would imply, and in her own way nudges Isabel out of her moping episode. The Inertia. (2014, November 19). Sal Masekela on racism in surfing. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lu4cMsItUA Emma tears a Leviathan in two from jaws to tail and launches herself forward; not at the throne, but just off-center. Towards the smallest bride pinned to the barnacles and bones. She lands on the smooth grey flank, digs her fingers into the spear, and with the one cry of strain of this entire sequence, pulls it out. The seal is broken. The seventh bride is freed. The spear drops to the stone with the sound of tectonic thunder.

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The swine-things at the window are detailed, rotoscoped, hideous in comparison to the friendly pastels of the rest of the diner’s patrons. They snort and squeal and scream in the night, clawing at windowpanes, gnawing at the doorframes. Emma leads the building of barricades. Isabel hides under the counter. She has barely said anything this episode or the last. The barricades hold for the moment, but they will splinter before dawn comes. Emma looks exhausted, for the first time that can be remembered. Wheaton, B. (Ed.). (2004). Understanding lifestyle sports: Consumption, identity, and difference. London: Routledge. Memory fails at piecing together the exact sequence of events to follow. There are too many parts, too many frames put into each movement. At no point in the series is Isabel’s exact age or nationality stated. It isn’t known if the election was legitimate in the first place.

Lombard, K. (2010). Skate and create/skate and destroy: The commercial and governmental incorporation of skateboarding. Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 24(4), 475–488.

Kvinta, P. (2013, June 5). Surfonomics 101. Fortune. Retrieved from http://fortune.com/2013/06/05/surfonomics-101/ Past performance of Praetorian Capital Fund LLC and its feeder fund Praetorian Capital Offshore Ltd. (collectively, the “Funds”) is not indicative of future results. No representations or warranties of any kind are made or intended, and none should be inferred, with respect to the economic return or the tax consequences from a potential investment in the Funds. Each investor should consult their own counsel and accountant for advice concerning the various legal, tax and economic matters concerning their investment. The information provided herein does not constitute an offer to sell an interest in the Funds. Such offer can only be made to qualified investors pursuant to the Funds’ Confidential Private Placement Memorandum (“Offering Memorandum”), the Subscription Documents relating thereto and the Limited Liability Company Agreement, as applicable, which set forth the complete terms of the offer.