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[TheBiggerFish]

iirc Kylo's saber is supposed to be all jittery. the focusing crystal or something is intentionally fucked up, so it's got more power but is unstable and unwieldy.

it's a metaphor for the guy, geddit?

So its gonna intentionally explode eventually, gotcha. Wonder who will have it by then.

We have a thread for this bumping about somewhere...

[scriver]

I made a snoddas cake!

[smirk]

I got visited by easter witches today.

Explanation? This sounds wonderful.

E: Apparently it's a Swedish thing. Decadent Swedes have two Halloweens; I have never wanted to live there more than right now.

[Comrade P.]

Done watched four seasons of House of Cards.

Spoiler: Relationship goals (click to show/hide)

[scriver]

Yup. According to swedish folklore all witches fly to the island of Blåkulla on Pink Thursday to party with the devil and renew their contracts. For some reason it became tradition to dress up kids as witches on this day and let them walk around and collect candy in exchange for Easter greetings (I suppose originally it was a "candy or witchcraft" kind of deal like "trick or treat" for halloween). I remember when we were kids and did the in my grandmother's area and one of the old ladies there always gave us wine instead of candy - except she was a religious teetotaller herself so it was always really old, really sour wine :V

We also used to have another similar tradition on Lucia day where young men would walk door to door and sing Christmas songs for booze - sort of like carolling, except the "trick or treat" element was drunk hooligans threatening to wreck your shit unless you sufficiently snaps'd them.

[RedKing]

Sweden sounds AWESOME. Except for the cold. That's kind of a non-starter for me.

[Rolan7]

Sign me the Hel up

[Helgoland]

Done watched four seasons of House of Cards.

Spoiler: Relationship goals (click to show/hide)

-imagesnip-

Right? Those two are just awesome together.

I should add that I only ever watched like half of the first season.

[Bauglir]

Spoiler: House of Cards Spoilers, for real (click to show/hide)

I dunno, I think Claire was on to something in the tail end of Season 3 and the first part of Season 4. Their relationship isn't as healthy as they like to think it is, and they got back together because a moment of trauma distracted them from their problems, not because they resolved them. The relationship they think they have would be pretty neat, but Francis is too consumed by his need for control. Which is the central flaw that's causing him problems at this point - he's too tied up in his emotions.

[cerapa]

Apparently my life has become more interesting as of late.

Met someone. On tuesday a simple lunch turned into an 8 hour talk(I don't talk much) where we consumed a bottle of wine(I don't drink wine) and had dinner at 10 in the evening while drunk on wine half an hour before the pizza place closed. On thursday I went to a mormon church(I'm not religious in the least), where we learned english(I was mostly there to hear the missionaries american accent, the way americans pronounce estonian words is absolutely amazing) and talked about god(which I have always wanted to have a debate/ask about). And today I went to a hidden bar, that has literally no signage, so the only way you can know it exists is when someone tells you where it is, and there I listened to a bunch of people sing and play guitar and tell poems and some dude read aloud excerpts from something which I didn't actually understand.

And there is now a case of unrequited love in my life, that isn't in the form of "I asked someone out and they refused". I should probably be sad that she isn't interested in a relationship, but I'm actually more amused by the whole thing, and by the fact that this has apparently happened to another dude right before me, a dude that I would consider "better" than myself. I find it funny how similar I can be to someone, and also how utterly different in the way that I live. I find it funny how finding just one person that I deeply enjoy being around can alter my behaviour so much for a short duration.

I feel alive. Like I have gotten a taste of something I could have, and not in the way of "if I suddenly become amazing I could have it", but in that the requirements are far lesser than that. That I don't need to change myself completely, so much as just go out into the world and enjoy myself and do the things I actually want to do.

So that's my happy thought of the day. I doubt I will just suddenly fundamentally alter the way I live, but I am happy I have gotten the opportunity to actually feel anything other than apathy. And who knows, maybe it'll last.

I'm gonna go watch the flash now, at 2.30 AM cause I just ate a burger, am slightly tipsy, and feel like watching it. You have a nice night everyone!

[Bauglir]

I will have a nice night!

You know why? I was cooking a nice dinner for myself. Rice, vegetables, cheese, more vegetables, you know. Good stuff. But I was getting distracted by hunger, and decided to have a swig of milk out of the jug to tide myself over. And I realized, at that moment, that I didn't really want the food I was cooking. I just wanted to sit down and drink half a gallon of milk, for no reason. So that's what I'm doing right now. There is a curious sense of freedom in doing stupid things like this, plus I'll have a delicious and nutritious meal left over tomorrow morning, when I'll need it most (due to the competition setup that will be going into overdrive as soon as class ends).

You have a nice night, too.

[TheBiggerFish]

@cerapa:Go forth and live!

Good for you!

And not in the ironic way!

@Bauglir:GL there.

[Fniff]

I've found the one song improved by mixing it with a gunfight.

[IcyTea31]

(I suppose originally it was a "candy or witchcraft" kind of deal like "trick or treat" for halloween)

Candy and witchcraft, at least in Finland on the other side of the Baltic Sea. The pagan and Christian traditions of Easter witches and Easter blessings have sort of smelted together. Nowadays we have children dressed up as witches showing up on our doorstep with decorated branches of pussy willow symbolizing magic wands/palm fronds, reciting a spell/blessing, and then asking for candy in exchange for the branch.

The spells/blessings themselves can be a little weird, too. As I understand it, obesity was a sign of wealth in olden times:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Rough English translation:
Casting, whipping for fresh health
For the host, a big stomach
For the hostess, a wide behind
The son shall bring a bride
The daughter a good groom
For you the branches, for me the salary
For me an egg from your hen
A dash of milk from your cow
A bit of butter from your stores
A coin from your purse
God bless you.

Original:
Virpoi, varpoi, tuoreeks terveeks.
Isännäl, iso vassa
emännäl perä leviä.
Poika tuokoon minijän
tytär hyvän sulhaisen.
siulle vissat, miulle palkka.
Miulle muna kanasestais
maitotilkka lehmäsestäs,
vähä voita vakkasestas
kopeekka kukkarostas.
Luoja sinnuu siunatkoon.

[Comrade P.]

Spoiler: House of Cards Spoilers, for real (click to show/hide)

I dunno, I think Claire was on to something in the tail end of Season 3 and the first part of Season 4. Their relationship isn't as healthy as they like to think it is, and they got back together because a moment of trauma distracted them from their problems, not because they resolved them. The relationship they think they have would be pretty neat, but Francis is too consumed by his need for control. Which is the central flaw that's causing him problems at this point - he's too tied up in his emotions.

That's insightful! I really don't think I have developed a full understanding of how it works between them yet, but there are moments when Underwoods are just something out of this world.

EDIT: There is also this thing, which I found out after some googling: first time I Robin Wright in a movie, it was Princess Bride, and that was a role I remembered (later I saw Forrest Gump where she played Jenny, but I sort of forgot that). And then in House of Cards, at some point, it just hit me like WHOOOOAH, that's Buttercup who aged pretty damn well.