Olaf looked into shield-maidens face
Screwed his courage to the sticking-place
"I've sought you near and sought you far
From cities of legends to mead-filled bar
I've a question to ask of you
And tell me honestly and true
Do you know the village that took a lickin'
From a deadly giant chicken?
This chicken I seek to find and fight
And rid the world of his hideous might!"
Shield-maiden frowned, a face so sad
Poor Olaf started to feel quite bad
"Oh warrior great", the shield-maiden said
"I know this beast, towards it I head
To take revenge on the monster great
The thing has filled me with mighty hate
Southward soon I will go turn
When next I find it, to kill it I yearn
I'll rid the world of it's awful clucking
And administer it a serious plucking!"
Olaf said "Well, with this horrible weather
We'd be better off if we traveled together
When we find the thing, then we can decide
Who gets to fight and who has to hide
It's true you're strong, with swwrd sharp
But on this point please let me harp
If you're fighting off one attack
It's god to have someone that's watching your back"
Shield-maiden thought, then nodded away
"You have a point, so sure, it's OK."
So off the two did march and tramp
Till setting Sun make the pair make camp
Olaf brought wood, enough for a pyre
Shield-maiden drew flint and sparked a fire
Soon the air was bright and camp-fire warm
Olaf felt that they were safe from harm
Olaf said "Mighty shield-maiden may I ask your name"?
She then tuned to Olaf, and proudly declaimed
"Vibeke I am, and a warrior bred
I live with my sword, and the ground for my bed."
"I come from the Dane-Mark, a land far and fair
Our peoples are happy, without any care
The Summers and green, but the Winter is cold
And we've many warriors quite brave and bold."
Olaf he nodded, "Of the Danes I do know
A hearty pole with no fear of snow
Many proud warriors, so brave and true
Amazing the deeds I've heard they can do."
Vibeke then nodded. "We Danes never fail
Come sit for a bit, and I'll tell you my tale".
(to be continued...)
Yay! Thanks for the drive-by poetry drop, Wooly. The plot thickens (or chickens). : )
All this talk about the big and little dipper constellations reminded me of an excerpt from a story/comic I read that involved them (Just one chapter, not the whole comic)
'The one written with the largest characters is the Celestial Dragon constellation. This is the so-called Big Dipper. The celestial dragon always stares at one point, and looks as if it might take flight at any time. The star at the point is Polaris, the north star.
Polaris is the unmoving star. Basically, it is the face of the unmoving lord of night, Acala, an embodiment of Mahavairocana. Though it goes without saying, Mahavairocana is an avatar of the sun that renders youkai powers ineffective. It is said that the celestial dragon is plotting to eat Acala to control the sky day and night. According to the records, it is prophesied that after a few thousand years the celestial dragon will move.”
Also interesting is one character was trying to explain what shooting stars were to the other two characters, and because of the world they live in he had to explain them as scales shed by the 'Celestial Dragon' that fell to the Earth. (He knows they're not, but they wouldn't have understood the real explanation ^^; )
Whoever wrote that didn't do his research well enough. Polaris is in the Little Dipper, not the Big Dipper.
Ugh, that sucks. That's really where almost all of my resentment for G2F comes from. I have to rebuy stuff.
I seem to remember them proudly saying that you don't have to rebuy all your stuff to use it with Genesis. I guess everyone has forgotten about that one. Now I've seen things recreated for G2 Female. So actually, you have to buy the stuff over and over again.
All this talk about the big and little dipper constellations reminded me of an excerpt from a story/comic I read that involved them (Just one chapter, not the whole comic)
'The one written with the largest characters is the Celestial Dragon constellation. This is the so-called Big Dipper. The celestial dragon always stares at one point, and looks as if it might take flight at any time. The star at the point is Polaris, the north star.
Polaris is the unmoving star. Basically, it is the face of the unmoving lord of night, Acala, an embodiment of Mahavairocana. Though it goes without saying, Mahavairocana is an avatar of the sun that renders youkai powers ineffective. It is said that the celestial dragon is plotting to eat Acala to control the sky day and night. According to the records, it is prophesied that after a few thousand years the celestial dragon will move.”
Also interesting is one character was trying to explain what shooting stars were to the other two characters, and because of the world they live in he had to explain them as scales shed by the 'Celestial Dragon' that fell to the Earth. (He knows they're not, but they wouldn't have understood the real explanation ^^; )
Whoever wrote that didn't do his research well enough. Polaris is in the Little Dipper, not the Big Dipper.
Olaf looked into shield-maidens face
Screwed his courage to the sticking-place
"I've sought you near and sought you far
From cities of legends to mead-filled bar
I've a question to ask of you
And tell me honestly and true
Do you know the village that took a lickin'
From a deadly giant chicken?
This chicken I seek to find and fight
And rid the world of his hideous might!"
Shield-maiden frowned, a face so sad
Poor Olaf started to feel quite bad
"Oh warrior great", the shield-maiden said
"I know this beast, towards it I head
To take revenge on the monster great
The thing has filled me with mighty hate
Southward soon I will go turn
When next I find it, to kill it I yearn
I'll rid the world of it's awful clucking
And administer it a serious plucking!"
Olaf said "Well, with this horrible weather
We'd be better off if we traveled together
When we find the thing, then we can decide
Who gets to fight and who has to hide
It's true you're strong, with swwrd sharp
But on this point please let me harp
If you're fighting off one attack
It's god to have someone that's watching your back"
Shield-maiden thought, then nodded away
"You have a point, so sure, it's OK."
So off the two did march and tramp
Till setting Sun make the pair make camp
Olaf brought wood, enough for a pyre
Shield-maiden drew flint and sparked a fire
Soon the air was bright and camp-fire warm
Olaf felt that they were safe from harm
Olaf said "Mighty shield-maiden may I ask your name"?
She then tuned to Olaf, and proudly declaimed
"Vibeke I am, and a warrior bred
I live with my sword, and the ground for my bed."
"I come from the Dane-Mark, a land far and fair
Our peoples are happy, without any care
The Summers and green, but the Winter is cold
And we've many warriors quite brave and bold."
Olaf he nodded, "Of the Danes I do know
A hearty pole with no fear of snow
Many proud warriors, so brave and true
Amazing the deeds I've heard they can do."
Vibeke then nodded. "We Danes never fail
Come sit for a bit, and I'll tell you my tale".
(to be continued...)
I missed the earlier stuff and just don't have the time to go looking. But I enjoyed this little bit. Maybe some time you can pull them all together. Even if you make a PDF that we have to download to read. It's fun.
All this talk about the big and little dipper constellations reminded me of an excerpt from a story/comic I read that involved them (Just one chapter, not the whole comic)
'The one written with the largest characters is the Celestial Dragon constellation. This is the so-called Big Dipper. The celestial dragon always stares at one point, and looks as if it might take flight at any time. The star at the point is Polaris, the north star.
Polaris is the unmoving star. Basically, it is the face of the unmoving lord of night, Acala, an embodiment of Mahavairocana. Though it goes without saying, Mahavairocana is an avatar of the sun that renders youkai powers ineffective. It is said that the celestial dragon is plotting to eat Acala to control the sky day and night. According to the records, it is prophesied that after a few thousand years the celestial dragon will move.”
Also interesting is one character was trying to explain what shooting stars were to the other two characters, and because of the world they live in he had to explain them as scales shed by the 'Celestial Dragon' that fell to the Earth. (He knows they're not, but they wouldn't have understood the real explanation ^^; )
Whoever wrote that didn't do his research well enough. Polaris is in the Little Dipper, not the Big Dipper.
Dana
You might want to read that again, Dana. : )
OK, that's it...I'm going to have something to eat. First meal has been delayed because of forum activity being high at a certain other place...and here.
Olaf looked into shield-maidens face
Screwed his courage to the sticking-place
"I've sought you near and sought you far
From cities of legends to mead-filled bar
I've a question to ask of you
And tell me honestly and true
Do you know the village that took a lickin'
From a deadly giant chicken?
This chicken I seek to find and fight
And rid the world of his hideous might!"
Shield-maiden frowned, a face so sad
Poor Olaf started to feel quite bad
"Oh warrior great", the shield-maiden said
"I know this beast, towards it I head
To take revenge on the monster great
The thing has filled me with mighty hate
Southward soon I will go turn
When next I find it, to kill it I yearn
I'll rid the world of it's awful clucking
And administer it a serious plucking!"
Olaf said "Well, with this horrible weather
We'd be better off if we traveled together
When we find the thing, then we can decide
Who gets to fight and who has to hide
It's true you're strong, with swwrd sharp
But on this point please let me harp
If you're fighting off one attack
It's god to have someone that's watching your back"
Shield-maiden thought, then nodded away
"You have a point, so sure, it's OK."
So off the two did march and tramp
Till setting Sun make the pair make camp
Olaf brought wood, enough for a pyre
Shield-maiden drew flint and sparked a fire
Soon the air was bright and camp-fire warm
Olaf felt that they were safe from harm
Olaf said "Mighty shield-maiden may I ask your name"?
She then tuned to Olaf, and proudly declaimed
"Vibeke I am, and a warrior bred
I live with my sword, and the ground for my bed."
"I come from the Dane-Mark, a land far and fair
Our peoples are happy, without any care
The Summers and green, but the Winter is cold
And we've many warriors quite brave and bold."
Olaf he nodded, "Of the Danes I do know
A hearty pole with no fear of snow
Many proud warriors, so brave and true
Amazing the deeds I've heard they can do."
Vibeke then nodded. "We Danes never fail
Come sit for a bit, and I'll tell you my tale".
(to be continued...)
I missed the earlier stuff and just don't have the time to go looking. But I enjoyed this little bit. Maybe some time you can pull them all together. Even if you make a PDF that we have to download to read. It's fun.
Dana
Wooly posted the entire "Olaf and the Kilometer-Long Pike" to his blog (link in his sig). I'm pretty sure he'll do the same with this one. : )
TJohn, DanaTA - thanks! There's plenty more to come!
Once it's done I'll post the whole thing here. no worries! Eventually I may collect the whole mess and make a PDF eBook, with pictures, just for the heck o fit! (evil grin)
Ugh, feel awful - the doc says I have a lower GI infection, so I'm on antibiotics right now.and I feel flay. I have to work, too, can't afford the time off.
don't know if i can walk home in current heat and humidity and not get sick. if it's worth the risk of trying. ugha ugha ick
i'm pushing the big 5-0 this year. :D
...well cloudy out today (rather odd as forecast called for sun and 90s) Still warm, already in the 80s, Just usually used to it being cool and damp when seeing clouds here.
TJohn, DanaTA - thanks! There's plenty more to come!
Once it's done I'll post the whole thing here. no worries! Eventually I may collect the whole mess and make a PDF eBook, with pictures, just for the heck o fit! (evil grin)
Ugh, feel awful - the doc says I have a lower GI infection, so I'm on antibiotics right now.and I feel flay. I have to work, too, can't afford the time off.
Back to drinking LOTS of water... (meh face)
...again excellent tale unfolding.
Ugh GI difficulties, not fun at all. Hope they end soon (not Daz soon either).
...been grey here all day too but about 12° (39°F) warmer than where you are right now. Currently 32° (89°F) and were it not for the cloud cover we probably would be near 100° (F).
Olaf looked into shield-maidens face
Screwed his courage to the sticking-place
"I've sought you near and sought you far
From cities of legends to mead-filled bar
I've a question to ask of you
And tell me honestly and true
Do you know the village that took a lickin'
From a deadly giant chicken?
This chicken I seek to find and fight
And rid the world of his hideous might!"
Shield-maiden frowned, a face so sad
Poor Olaf started to feel quite bad
"Oh warrior great", the shield-maiden said
"I know this beast, towards it I head
To take revenge on the monster great
The thing has filled me with mighty hate
Southward soon I will go turn
When next I find it, to kill it I yearn
I'll rid the world of it's awful clucking
And administer it a serious plucking!"
Olaf said "Well, with this horrible weather
We'd be better off if we traveled together
When we find the thing, then we can decide
Who gets to fight and who has to hide
It's true you're strong, with swwrd sharp
But on this point please let me harp
If you're fighting off one attack
It's god to have someone that's watching your back"
Shield-maiden thought, then nodded away
"You have a point, so sure, it's OK."
So off the two did march and tramp
Till setting Sun make the pair make camp
Olaf brought wood, enough for a pyre
Shield-maiden drew flint and sparked a fire
Soon the air was bright and camp-fire warm
Olaf felt that they were safe from harm
Olaf said "Mighty shield-maiden may I ask your name"?
She then tuned to Olaf, and proudly declaimed
"Vibeke I am, and a warrior bred
I live with my sword, and the ground for my bed."
"I come from the Dane-Mark, a land far and fair
Our peoples are happy, without any care
The Summers and green, but the Winter is cold
And we've many warriors quite brave and bold."
Olaf he nodded, "Of the Danes I do know
A hearty pole with no fear of snow
Many proud warriors, so brave and true
Amazing the deeds I've heard they can do."
Vibeke then nodded. "We Danes never fail
Come sit for a bit, and I'll tell you my tale".
(to be continued...)
hehe fabulous, travelling together sounds exciting for them :o)
don't know if i can walk home in current heat and humidity and not get sick. if it's worth the risk of trying. ugha ugha ick
i'm pushing the big 5-0 this year. :D
...well cloudy out today (rather odd as forecast called for sun and 90s) Still warm, already in the 80s, Just usually used to it being cool and damp when seeing clouds here.
The radio is saying more cold is on way from Antarctica brrrr :o)
...been grey here all day too but about 12° (39°F) warmer than where you are right now. Currently 32° (89°F) and were it not for the cloud cover we probably would be near 100° (F).
Comments
Yay! Thanks for the drive-by poetry drop, Wooly. The plot thickens (or chickens). : )
Perhaps one of the best-known circus posters of all time.
Ursa Minor.
If you can see the big dipper in Australia, here's how to locate the little dipper.
I don't think they can see these in the Southern Hemisphere.
Dana
Whoever wrote that didn't do his research well enough. Polaris is in the Little Dipper, not the Big Dipper.
Dana
I seem to remember them proudly saying that you don't have to rebuy all your stuff to use it with Genesis. I guess everyone has forgotten about that one. Now I've seen things recreated for G2 Female. So actually, you have to buy the stuff over and over again.
Dana
Whoever wrote that didn't do his research well enough. Polaris is in the Little Dipper, not the Big Dipper.
Dana
You might want to read that again, Dana. : )
I missed the earlier stuff and just don't have the time to go looking. But I enjoyed this little bit. Maybe some time you can pull them all together. Even if you make a PDF that we have to download to read. It's fun.
Dana
You might want to read that again, Dana. : )
OK, that's it...I'm going to have something to eat. First meal has been delayed because of forum activity being high at a certain other place...and here.
Dana
I missed the earlier stuff and just don't have the time to go looking. But I enjoyed this little bit. Maybe some time you can pull them all together. Even if you make a PDF that we have to download to read. It's fun.
Dana
Wooly posted the entire "Olaf and the Kilometer-Long Pike" to his blog (link in his sig). I'm pretty sure he'll do the same with this one. : )
don't know if i can walk home in current heat and humidity and not get sick. if it's worth the risk of trying. ugha ugha ick
i'm pushing the big 5-0 this year. :D
Is couplet!
"don't know if i can walk home in current heat and humidity and not get sick.
if it's worth the risk of trying. ugha ugha ick"
ETA: Shakespeare would be proud. : )
Big 6-0 for me next month.
TJohn, DanaTA - thanks! There's plenty more to come!
Once it's done I'll post the whole thing here. no worries! Eventually I may collect the whole mess and make a PDF eBook, with pictures, just for the heck o fit! (evil grin)
Ugh, feel awful - the doc says I have a lower GI infection, so I'm on antibiotics right now.and I feel flay. I have to work, too, can't afford the time off.
Back to drinking LOTS of water... (meh face)
...well cloudy out today (rather odd as forecast called for sun and 90s) Still warm, already in the 80s, Just usually used to it being cool and damp when seeing clouds here.
...again excellent tale unfolding.
Ugh GI difficulties, not fun at all. Hope they end soon (not Daz soon either).
Shakespeare in the Park :D
Ironman to Thor; Doth mother know you weareth her drapes.
heat advises; ouchie ickie poo
Not yet a de-clucking (^_-)... waiting eagerly for back-story (^_^)
Wooly, get well soon! And I'd download that PDF for sure!
Dana
please get well soon
Not yet a de-clucking (^_-)... waiting eagerly for back-story (^_^)
ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!! (big grin)
Morning. Grey sky and not too cold start to a Goldilocks kind of day outside my window :o)
...been grey here all day too but about 12° (39°F) warmer than where you are right now. Currently 32° (89°F) and were it not for the cloud cover we probably would be near 100° (F).
hehe fabulous, travelling together sounds exciting for them :o)
How did I double post that? *headdesk* Anyhow, the halftones look OK even if the colours are a bit naff
sometimes world needs a bit of naff
looks good.
tee hee if it was blue could be called Circus Smurfus
or green could be called Cirkus Hulkus
greco/roman letters ?
Maroon, blue and gold might be a good combo :o)
...well cloudy out today (rather odd as forecast called for sun and 90s) Still warm, already in the 80s, Just usually used to it being cool and damp when seeing clouds here.
The radio is saying more cold is on way from Antarctica brrrr :o)
Only about forty-five sleeps until Spring :o)
Don't very often buy intp ye olde worlde renderes but this seems to want to come up well
wants Oscar Wilde in the Park :>D
wants Oscar Wilde in the Park :>D
and Voltaire in the park?
i haz no idea what a quim is, except that it mewls.
egads iz only Toosday. i carried water and wet down my face and neck on the way home.
wifi is flaking. wireless doesn't like hot?