{"id":48941,"date":"2016-05-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/?p=48941"},"modified":"2019-06-20T21:18:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T04:18:45","slug":"long-ago-in-days-of-yore-it-all-began-with-a-god-named-thor-the-saga-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/index.php\/long-ago-in-days-of-yore-it-all-began-with-a-god-named-thor-the-saga-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Long ago in days of yore, it all began with a god named Thor: The Saga Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, a bit after the time of Thor, actually. The Icelandic Sagas are narratives based on the 9th, 10th, and early 11th centuries (essentially the Viking age), about the struggles that early settlers faced in the harsh climate. The Saga Museum has rendered these histories in silicone to give you a visual representation of their great heroes, infamous villains, and everyone’s favorite, the black plague. I took the audio tour, but to be honest, I did not retain much information at all–I was distracted by the couple behind me who started the audio tour something like five minutes after me, which should have kept us a consistent distance apart, but they were up my butt almost immediately and stayed that way for the entire museum. I tried skipping ahead, I tried waiting long after the audio portion of an area had ended to let them pass, but they stuck to me like my backside was giving them oxygen. It was really<\/em> distracting. If this were a professional travel blog, the writer in question would probably not post about the museum at all so as not to pass along disinformation. This is not<\/em> a professional travel blog however, so instead I am going to make all the jokes I couldn’t make because of the aforementioned butt-clingers. At least until I get to the really important part. You’ll know it when you see it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"no<\/a>“No, I am not busy at all, please tell me about your band.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"i<\/a>“I swear to god I will do it if you mention politics one more time at this brunch, Marci.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"yes<\/a>“Hey did I hear boobs popping out of a shirt? Just checking”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"snorri\"<\/a>I do remember that this guy’s name is Snorri, and based on that information and also his haircut, I am going to assume that he’s one of the dwarves<\/a> who stayed home.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"i<\/a>“Oooh, I forgot I left the oven on, let’s continue this battle later byeeee”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"no<\/a>“No really, I am very interested in your dream journal. I’m not staring off into space, I’m, uh…contemplating the significance. Yeah.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"someone<\/a>“Hey I changed my mind I am definitely not a witch, it was just a phase. It was just a phase!”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"saga<\/a>“This arranged marriage is working out great. Super great. Sure, there was that incident when I found him on AdultVikingFriendFinder but other than that, it’s been really, really, really great.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"bellows\"<\/a>“Please tell me more about how hard that level in your video game is. Go on.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"your<\/a>YOUR CAPTION HERE<\/em><\/p>\n

\"areyouatrueviking\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After the, uh, learning was done, it was time to determine whether or not we were true vikings, a process which involved putting on costumes and flailing around weapons wildly. It’s possible that I didn’t need to make fierce battle screams, but at the same time, I wanted to make it clear that I was in no way struggling with that twenty pound shield so as to better ascertain TRUE VIKING status. I think it’s safe for me to put it on my resume now. TRUE VIKING. But in which section? Accomplishments? School? Hobbies? All of them?<\/p>\n

\"just<\/a><\/p>\n

\"viking\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"true<\/a><\/p>\n

\"bear<\/a><\/p>\n

\"hee<\/a>The background for this epic bear fight is pretty lame, though.<\/p>\n

\"thatsbetter\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Aaah, that’s better.<\/p>\n

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