Another weekend home...

[silveradept]

...another thrashing at cards. Different cards than last night, though. (But this time I lit the score sheet on fire and stamped on the ashes!) I did watch the Pirates of the Caribbean movie - I'll probably get the soundtrack, even though the movie was only a C grade movie in my opinion. The music was pretty good, and my sister had it, so I've listened to it a couple times. I can see where some female friends might believe that was a good movie - the male leads were playing to their charms.

So I cam home and watched some of the Pistons-Lakers game. Then, as I was going upstairs to entertain you, my loyal reader base, the roomies came home.

Less than a month now until I turn twenty-one. Isn't that a hoot? Of course, I'm not sure I want to be around anyone that day - or that night, either. But I will be. And they'll get whatever revenge they can on me for happening to make it to twenty-one years.

tinchen asked for ideas to draw, and so, since I absolutely love her little creatures called Pu, I asked her to draw a librarian Pu, to see what I might be displaying outside my office some day, or something like that. And she came up with a really good picture! Go take a look! It's worth it!

Otherwise, Five Tons of Flax. Or, yet another interesting revelation of Eris and the Discordians.

In those days, The Goddess spoke unto her Children saying, "The World of Hunchbrained Man is like the land of the Box Wearers."

To which the Children of Eris said, "Huh?"

And so the Goddess gave unto her children the gifts of vision through the non-prophetess Mary. Then they saw, and look! There was a room large and spacious, the walls of the room were filled with murals of fantasy and paradise. There was fresh drinks and snacks laid out on a table and a library full of wisdom stood along one wall. Inside this room were five people, each with a large cardboard box covering their heads. They stood against the wall feeling their way along, calling to their companions for direction.

One spoke to the four saying, "We have called out to the Great Ones and they have provided us with protection from the ills of the world. Let us pray to our Almighty Saviours."

The second of the five spoke, saying "Holy and Sacred is the Cardboard Box which keeps us safe from harm. Cursed is anyone who would forsake their Box."

The Third, having lost contact with the wall turned toward the voice of his companions and cried out, "I am lost, I am lost! Woe is me, for I have lost contact with the Wall!."

The others called out in fright and begged him to follow the sound of their voices in order that they might direct him to safety. He reached out his arms in front of him and began walking toward the voices. However, as he stepped toward his friends, he tripped over a low coffee table that lie between them and the pain was very great for that man. So one of his companions said unto him, "Do not come nearer then if you are in danger, we shall come to you."

So then it was that the first two approached the third, arms outstretched, following his voice. Then they too, mashed their shins on the other side of the coffee table, and there was much gnashing of teeth and wailing.

The fourth listening to all of this, spoke quietly unto the fifth saying, "Umm, that didn't sound good at all. I thought these boxes were to protect us?" and the fifth replied, " Right on, man. I'm not too sure about this box thing."

The first three heard these words and called out in anger "How dare you question the sacred box! From early generations our forefathers have seen the wisdom and protection with these Boxes. They have been given to us by the Savior!"

The fifth said, "I am really unhappy with this box. I want to see what this room looks like!"

The first spoke piously, "There is nothing good to see in this room, there is a great danger in even looking upon it. The horrors will destroy you!"

"But, how do you know?" the fourth asked, "Have you taken your box off?"

"The first recoiled in horror, "How dare you insinuate that I would remove this gift from God!"

The fifth sighed and said "Well, at the very least, I am gonna cut a couple of holes in the front of this thing, so I don't trip over that coffee table!"

The second howled, "He would deface his body! He would damage himself, because he thinks he is better than us. It is not permissible!"

The fifth, however, picked up a pair of scissors and began to cut into the cardboard. Among threats and cries that he would poke out his eye, he continued cutting. The fourth stood quietly beside him and the other three franticly felt their way along the wall to catch hold of the rebel. Then as one hole then the other came free. The Fifth man saw and his voice spoke, cracking with emotion. "I see beyond the corrugated curtain! There are many beautiful things. There is so much that has been placed here for us, pleasure, knowledge, beauty!" Then he saw the Box Wearers heading toward him, feeling along the wall and shouting for his arrest for defacing his box.

Eris then took the Children away and made sure they all had a stiff drink. "Do you understand the vision?" she asked, after their fifth shot.

St Gullick transformed from his roach-like visage into that of a man. He spoke as St. Tibbs saying "Indeed my Goddess, the vision was clear, for those that hold to their dogmas are like the Box Wearers, afraid to let go of what they perceive to be safe, all the while crashing into things and damning those who wish to see without the restriction of Dogma."

Eris looked upon her Messenger Saint and sighed. "Do you understand the Vision, Omar?" She asked Omar K Ravenhurst. He thought for a minute and spoke, "Well, perhaps we all can be like the fifth man, by cutting through some of the Dogmatic ideas about what’s real, we may find knowledge, beauty and pleasure."

Eris ordered another round, shaking her head sadly, finally she looked to Mal-2. "Mal, you are my best beloved. You more than anyone understand the un-understandable. What is the meaning of the vision? Mal-2 smiled and spoke quietly saying, "One should not have coffee tables in the room when wandering around with a cardboard box on ones head." Speaking thusly, he took another shot and dozed off.

(Stolen From)

Ratatosk, Squirrel of Discord
Chatterer of the Words of Eris
Muncher of the ChaoAcorn
POEE of The Great Googlie Mooglie Cabal

And

Sjaantze, Harbringer of Distraction
and Snapper of Necks of Small
Furry Animals
Bubble Priestess of The Great Googlie Mooglie Cabal

Comments

[tinchen.livejournal.com]

Oh, you can have the sign saying something different, if you want, by the way. The original has nothing on it, so if you want something else, just tell me. :)

[silveradept]

Oh, I didn't know that. I might want the original, then... and whatever cool font it is that you use for the lettering (if it can exist in an English character set)

[tinchen.livejournal.com]

*giggle* Uhm the cool font is my handwriting. So I can give you an empty sign or I write soemthing new.