MoonCat's Magnificently Mythopoeic Random Banter #154

[Fredaintdead]

ION: I've always been partial to Balder... swoon! So dreamy!

If I'm not mistaken, he's the one whose death got Loki thrown out of Asgard. And if I'm even less mistaken, he's one of the few Norse gods to survive Ragnarok (well, technically he gets reborn, but still).

[Eruantion]

So, I have to write a paper in English about a time when I didn't make the cut for something, be it a team or a job or whatever. The only problem is I've never been cut from anything. Not to brag, it's just I never do anything that I might get cut from...

[Dr. Bath]

@^ Pretend you entered the space program but failed at the last hurdle, when they checked your age. Just make sure no one can invalidate your claims.

You are not mistaken, Fred! Although some sagas tell that Loki didn't actually mean to kill Balder. He just thought Hod being angry was hilarious (protip: it was)

Sweetness. Is it good to send to your home address? Don't know your uni one. Speaking of, I've been meaning to email you for months about this, but I keep forgetting: have you finished up with Neverwhere yet?
I have a need for reading about some Underground antics.

Never heard of them (except as in the adorable little balls of cute from Gremlins), what they do?
I envy people who can go to concerts thrown by their favourite bands. Why are all mind disbanded or dead?

Weeeellllll, not exactly computing, I don't do no Computer Sciences degree, but I do have a project that involves using a computer. That close enough?
The projects actually going to be on Something involving The History of the English Language. All of it.
I'm excited!

Pardon my eloquence, but buh?

Ooops! Yeah I'll send it back when I'm home for easter (if you send my your address again, since I lost it...). You could send it to my new address here at uni instead. Might be better.

Mogwai are post-noise-rockers from Glasgow and are amazing. James Blake is the hot new thing this year with his apparently 'post-dub' bass and haunting vocals (Personally I think it's more structuralist electronica, but I'm no music journalist! I don't name the genres)

You should probably try liking some newer stuff then, music continued after the 80s you know There's loads of good stuff about if you're willing to get out there. Not sure how great the oxford music scene is though...

Sure that'll do. Whatevs! Sounds pretty interesting.

Balder was the norse god who was so pretty that all things (bar mistletoe) swore to never hurt him. Guess what eventually killed him...

[Heliomance]

So I've spent the evening talking in a higher register than normal due to playing a female character in D&D. now my voice has stuck like this. My housemates find it incredibly creepy.

[Moonshadow]

So, I've come to the conclusion that if you assume that people in the Pokemon world eat Pokemon as their meat source (considering that we don't see any other animals apart from Pokemon), that the reason that Gyarados are so goddamn angry all the time is that they're severely pissed off at the humans for eating the Magikarp.

Of course, if people do eat Pokemon, Ash is well prepped for nuclear winter, seeing as he has a buttload of Tauros...

[Eruantion]

@^ Pretend you entered the space program but failed at the last hurdle, when they checked your age. Just make sure no one can invalidate your claims.

While this would be a great idea in a different class, my teacher is the kind of person who wouldn't take that so lightly..

[Rawhide]

So, I've come to the conclusion that if you assume that people in the Pokemon world eat Pokemon as their meat source (considering that we don't see any other animals apart from Pokemon), that the reason that Gyarados are so goddamn angry all the time is that they're severely pissed off at the humans for eating the Magikarp.

Of course, if people do eat Pokemon, Ash is well prepped for nuclear winter, seeing as he has a buttload of Tauros...

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=282

[Thufir]

Life is a series of cans. Eat them with rust as a condiment.

Bath! You came back!
I'm not going to try and match Curly's level of enthusiasm, but it's good to see you.

Odin is badass. But Thor is even better... because he's Thor.

I disagree. Odin is by far the coolest non-Playground deity ever.

Haven't been keeping up with this thread. Literally saw Bath's name as 'most recent post in FB', fangirled out and posted hello.

You know, sometimes I envy people who get these reactions from you. But then, the only way to elicit such a reaction would require me to leave the Playground for a while and then come back, so it's unlikely to ever happen.

ION: Grand Duke went even better tonight. And then a great many inappropriate comments were made at the pub. Last night is gonna be really great!

[Perenelle]

I have a pretty big audition tomorrow that I'm really not ready for. I'm getting nervous and dreading it already...

ION: My kitty cat is sleeping on my arm and It's adorable.

[CynicalAvocado]

Balder was the norse god who was so pretty that all things (bar mistletoe) swore to never hurt him. Guess what eventually killed him...

Loki's mischeif?

[Ranger Mattos]

Loki's mischeif?

Why yes, in fact. He got [insert blind god who I can't remember's name here] to throw a pointy mistletoe stick at Balder.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Further down in that particular page there's a section about people who have undergone significant head trauma. Apparently you can kill off the section of your brain that dreams

I wonder if I could get that done surgically...

avocado used Flirt

It was super effective!

Why yes, in fact. He got [insert blind god who I can't remember's name here] to throw a pointy mistletoe stick at Balder.

Tyr? No, that's not right...

ION: ... Ah, HS melodrama... Kids are so cruel, it's a vicious cycle.

[Ranger Mattos]

Tyr? No, that's not right...

No, Tyr was the one-handed god of war. It was Hod who Loki caused to kill Balder.

[Moonshadow]

No, Tyr was the one-handed god of war. It was Hod who Loki caused to kill Balder.

And Tyr was only one handed because everyone was scared of Fenrir =/

[ZombyWoof]

avocado used Flirt
soooo,

come here often?

Too soon, wait 20 hours.

[Pentachoron]

Why yes, in fact. He got [insert blind god who I can't remember's name here] to throw a pointy mistletoe stick at Balder.

And then screwed them out of resurrecting Balder too.

[Zaydos]

I missed Norse myth time?

I just got done with a ~8 hour D&D session so it was worth it. They fought elves, wolf-ogres, and the brood of Ungoliant. The last in the name of Tyr One-Hand. Because the DM (me ) is a Norse myth geek and uses Thor (changing Thor's Hall into really Valhalla despite its completely different nature of people who went there), Odin, Tyr, Loki, Frey, Freyja, and possibly Baldur (he's "missing" because it's a sad world). Oh yeah and they met their affably evil new employer the Mad Duke (and cleric of Tzeentch) of the Elves, one of the last two of the "1st Generation" along with the King, and holder of the Emerald Die (or Die of Fate).

The Aesir were all a little cruel as shown in the legend of Fenrir when Tyr's hand is bit off. In several versions (don't have my Prose Edda on me atm or I'd see if that is one of them) the Aesir specifically laugh at Tyr for it. Did I mention I think Tyr was made of awesome. Although apparently I also cross his priesthood with Arthurian Knights and make him the god of paladins.

ION: Anybody know the source of Loki's enmity to the gods? Here's a hint: Blame the dwarves.

Loki was trying to cheat some dwarves. It ended with him betting his head that these items he'd gotten dwarves to make for him were better. The Aesir judged and Loki lost (thanks to Mjolnir) and so they said the dwarves got his head. Loki argued they didn't get his neck and the Aesir agreed, but they let the dwarves sew Loki's mouth shut. Then he swore revenge.

[Coidzor]

Dr. Bath is alive! Calooy, Calay! Fraptious Day and all that jazz.

Still a bit conflicted that it's a friend deciding to sleep on his back when he knows he snores when he does that led to the revelation making its way to me though.

Gah this stuff makes it hard to sleep. Like fingernails on chalkboard....

[Dallas-Dakota]

So I haven't shaved for a week.
I've been getting comments about ''my mustache'', which I apparently now have.

''You have a mustache? o.0''
''It makes you look more adult''
'''No dude, shave it!''

Are among the commentaries.
So this pretty much just came about through well...lazyness.

Thus my question to you is, let it stand, yes no?

And yes, a picture is too much to ask.

[Borgh]

So I haven't shaved for a week.
I've been getting comments about ''my mustache'', which I apparently now have.

''You have a mustache? o.0''
''It makes you look more adult''
'''No dude, shave it!''

Are among the commentaries.
So this pretty much just came about through well...lazyness.

Thus my question to you is, let it stand, yes no?

And yes, a picture is too much to ask.

ah laziness, you wonderfull creator of facial hair.

the question is: if you look in the mirror do you think "Why hello there, you handsome stranger" or "stand back I have pepperspray!"

[Thufir]

And yes, a picture is too much to ask.

Then an opinion is too much to expect.

[Form]

And yes, a picture is too much to ask.

Then we can't judge whether it looks good or bad. In that case you'll just have to stare at yourself in the mirror for a while and decide for yourself.

[Rettu Skcollob]

And yes, a picture is too much to ask.

It's cool, I'm a master of REMOTE VIEWING

OOOoooOOOEeeeeOEoeooeOEEEEEeeooooo.

Oh wait, no I'm not. But yeah, I'm in the same boat, people in the You thread think I should shave it, but then I think I would look too girly, people have stopped mistaking me for a girl sometimes, at least.

[Thufir]

people in the You thread think I should shave it,

Really?

Fine I'll go shave. =P

@^ NO DON'T

I believe you have rather misrepresented the people in the You thread.

[Fredaintdead]

Really?





I believe you have rather misrepresented the people in the You thread.

Unless of course that was reverse psychology. Perhaps it is all an elaborate ruse. An illusion of sorts.

[Ranger Mattos]

Man, I wish I had more money I could use. I'm not trying to be selfish or anything, but I don't have any money to give to charities I want to support

I might have to *gulp* get a... a...

A job

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I just spent all my money on preparations for my best friends surprise party, which was, btw, a success.

However, the two other people planning spent twice as much as me each, so yeah.

[CrimsonAngel]

A Justin Bieber came on at lunch the other day... It wasn't that bad...

[MoonCat]

Blah. Just spent part of my morning carefully fitting hundreds of my parents dusty cassettes into tiny wooden slots. And I'm pretty sure my cat peed on them as well.

[Haruki-kun]

Blah. Just spent part of my morning carefully fitting hundreds of my parents dusty cassettes into tiny wooden slots. And I'm pretty sure my cat peed on them as well.

Cassettes.... I hate those things. <.< CDs should have been invented earlier.

ION: Today I discovered there's cooking classes in my building's kitchen. Which is great, unless you want to have breakfast on a saturday.