I'm almost never affected enough by sugar to have a sugar high, but I am pretty high right now. Both on sugar and sheer geeky glee.

So I went to my friend Amala's house for Onam dinner and ate SO MUCH. Rice and curry with so many different and delicious side dishes, all sorts of vegetables prepared in different ways with different spices and lentil ( Read more... )

So I was summarising Beowulf for a friend:

SavioBriion says: (PM 11:22:34)
They introduced themselves - Beowulf son of Ecgtheow (I can never spell his name!) and his retainers.

SavioBriion says: (PM 11:23:15)
Aka the band of loyal knights that most young lords gathered to themselves and who proved themselves through acts of valor. He had no ( Read more... )

So I've decided that whenever possible from now on I'm uploading a picture, with some relevance to whatever I think I'm going to talk about, before the actual wall of text post. I have so many cute or funny pictures and I might as well share them. ;)


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From vnfan !

Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes. Note that the wording is "will always stick with you" which I'm going to say does not mean favorite, which we've done before. It could, in theory, be something horrible that ( Read more... )

It is Walpurgis Night! :D

In Norse traditions - and many others - this night is the time when the boundary between our world and that of the spirits is a bit shaky. Much like Samhain, six months later, Walpurgisnacht is a time to communicate with the spirit world and the fae.

- http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/beltanemayday/p/Walpurgisnacht.htm
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After school today, I met my sister and her friend Andy to go and see How To Train Your Dragon. I LOVE IT. The dragons are ADORABLE, especially "Toothless" the Night Fury. <3

Plus, being a geek, I was very excited over the runic script and the details of things like the houses and shields and so on. 8D


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It's 09/09/09! :D

Nine was considered a sacred number by many ancient mythologies/cultures. Most of them held both three and nine in high regard. The Egyptians had their Ennead, the nine powerful gods of Heliopolis. The Greeks and Romans considered nine a powerful and sacred number and some prayers were recited three or nine times. The Hindus have ( Read more... )