Creation Myth-Norse

So I pretty much butchered my speech today on the Norse creation... I made a few mistakes on what I said and forgot a couple of pieces I wanted to say. As I started I got stumbled up on what I was trying to say and then from there I started talking backwards and it just got bad hahaha.

I said in my speech that Ymir sweated out Giants and man, that was incorrect, he sweated out man and woman who were both giants. Ymir was the one who fed off of the Cow, which I accidentally said the humans used her for nutriton. The gods were created from the cow uncovering them from the ice.

So now that we got that all out of the way, here goes the "real" more correct myth.

In the beginning there was nothing, to the north formed a land of mist and ice, through the ice flowed twelve rivers that eventually flowed to reach the land that of fire and volcano flow that came from the south. Ymir the father of all giants was born in the ice, but was melted because of the heat from the lands of fire. He fed off of the life giving milk of a cow that was also uncovered from the ice. The cow, Audumla, licked the ice and uncovered another being. This being's son, and Ymir's daughter had three kids who became the three gods. The giants revolted against their creator and killed Ymir, whose blood filled the lands and drowned everybody but two. The three gods lifted Ymir's body out of the giant abyss of blood and his body became the land of the earth. More gods rose out of the abyss to join the born original three and created the land the gods live on, Asgard which they located right above the earth they were creating (Migard). As the gods were walking across earth they came across two lifeless trees, which they created into a man and a woman. The gods gave them; souls, the ability to reason, breath, warmth and the colors of life. The land of ice and mist became where souls go after they die. A giant oak tree grew and connected all the worlds and a golden rooster sat atop the tree and sounded a horn that was to announce the final battle of the gods and Giants fron the land of Ice.
It was told at the beginning of the earth that a battle between gods and giants would wipe out all life; gods, giants, and humans.

Sorry for my terrible presentation but this is more or less what I should have said.  

Coincidence

I have been searching for coincidences for a while now, but of course right when I stop looking for them I have a great one! I was talking to an old friend, about nothing in particular really, but something that stuck out to me about the talk was the movie Act of Valor. Ya know about the Navy Seals saving the CIA agent and stopping terrorist attacks, the normal stuff hahaha. Then earlier today I was looking through old pictures I took on my phone and one of the pictures was of a poem that was read in the movie. It was originally written by a Native American Chief, but it was written down in a last letter of one of the members of the SEAL team. It goes like this...

So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion;respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.

Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none.

When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.

When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

This is probably one of my favorite poems, or movie quotes ever. I love it just because I think it is really how everybody should live their life to better not only themselves but the people around them. This isn't the coolest or best coincidence in the world, but it is a good one because of the life lessons it has brought back to my attention. Thanks for reading this, even though I don't even know if I'm blogging the right way. Hahaha. Have a good day everyone!

DREAM TIME!

In my dream last night, I'm not sure how it really started, but I found my self in the JStone cafeteria. I 'woke' to my dream talking to a gorgeous girl in the line for food. We talked grabbed our food, not sure what it was that wasn't important haha we sat down and chatted about everything under the moon. Then all of a sudden I found myself in a room with two firefighters. One of which I noticed was wearing a sidearm, which caught my eye immediately. They were both standing and the cop was sitting down, looking very distraught. The room was very small, probably only about 10x10. What happened next happened all in slow motion, The cop reached for his gun and pointed it at the firefighter that was armed too. No body said anything but the firefighter reached very slowly for his and the cop did nothing but shake his head side to side. The firefighter stopped with his hand hovering just above his grip. He took his left hand and reached for the cops gun but missed. Then he just froze. What I did next happened even slower. I grabbed the cops gun, dropped the magazine out and forced the gun pointed up, I shot the only round left and took it away from him. He just sat back down and said nothing and did nothing, although he looked very confused and disappointed at the same time. I don't remember anything after that, but thought it was a pretty cool dream :)

My First Blog

Let's see if this works. :D