Comments | tsuki_no_bara: FIREWORKS also nifty historical stuff

tsuki_no_bara

FIREWORKS also nifty historical stuff

Sep 04, 2016 02:38

there were fireworks in boston tonight! tamalinn and i went down to the waterfront to see them. much less crowded than fourth of july fireworks, probably because who sets off fireworks for labor day? right? it's not a firework holiday. they were fun, tho. there are some things you just never outgrow ( Read more... )

vikings, tattoos, historical nifty, fireworks, bigbang 2017, genre writing vs academia, i love where i live

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bleodswean September 4 2016, 14:22:26 UTC

THANK you for the tattoo article!!! I loved every word and read it twice!

Romance novels, the discussion of, can incite such drama.

Glad you worked out your bigbang! :)

tsuki_no_bara September 5 2016, 01:26:51 UTC

aren't those tattoos great? i don't know why i was surprised that christian pilgrims got what were essentially "i went to jerusalem!" tattoos, but i was. but how cool that there's a family that still does them.

genre writers don't get no love. :(

i'm glad too! now i just have to figure out the beginning and middle. somehow.

dear_tiger September 4 2016, 19:37:38 UTC

Maybe cities around the country are a bit confused about what to do with Labor Day. I went running this morning, and someone has tied yellow ribbons around the park trees. Which are "support our troops" ribbons, if I'm not mistaken. Which, okay. I guess any day is a good day for fireworks and honoring the veterans. Along those lines, I demand Halloween to be randomly sprung onto unsuspecting holidays. I'd be down with surprise!Halloween.

I feel justified in my dislike of academia :D Good for that lady.

:D YOU KNOW HOW YOUR BB ENDS! Perhaps you, too, could benefit from some model tanks and subs and giant maps, to figure out how to get there.

tsuki_no_bara September 4 2016, 22:43:04 UTC

except labor day doesn't have anything to do with veterans! it's to celebrate the labor movement. aka, those swell folks who brought you the weekend. :D

i'd be down with surprise!halloween too! and not just "oh look, halloween stuff in the stores!" pumpkins at all seasons! random skeletons! ghosts!

i don't think a model tank would help me. :p they hadn't been invented yet. a map, maybe. maps are always good.

jola September 4 2016, 20:45:47 UTC

did you used to read Wandering Star? Teri is looking to break 50 reviews: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486801624/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_t2_6QhZxbNCWQB22

tsuki_no_bara September 5 2016, 01:29:04 UTC

i did! a very long time ago, tho. i'd have to find it and reread it before i could leave a review, because i don't remember that much about it.

nomercles September 5 2016, 01:56:33 UTC

The pilgrimage tattoos thing was super interesting, and the Viking board games just made me indescribably happy for some reason, and then the Big Bang news made me cheer.

tsuki_no_bara September 5 2016, 05:32:45 UTC

i am all about the neat news. :D i love that viking burial goods include board games. i mean, we think of them as very fighty people - they raid, they pillage - and yet they liked to sit and chill and play board games like anyone else.

nomercles September 5 2016, 06:26:43 UTC

I really used to think that about them, too! And being in the SCA and part of a Viking-declared house didn't help, because it was all very Get Drunk And Steal Sheep. But then I learned about the milk songs Viking women sang that basically tell all the really important stuff about the culture, and that was super cool. Still wasn't expecting *board* games. Maybe other types of toys or entertainment, but not...board games. I just cannot picture a bunch of Germanic opera dressed people playing Monopoly, you know?