By hoskuld on 2020/12/19
Njal remained silent while Gunnar told him everything. Then he spoke: ‘You must not let her have her way in everything.’
Gunnar said, ‘You make the judgement yourself.’
Njal said, ‘It’s going to be hard for you to atone for all of Hallgerd’s misdoings, and another time the effects will be greater than now, where just the two of us are involved–though this matter itself is far short of going well– and you and I will have to keep in mind the good things we’ve been saying to each other for a long time. I expect that you will do well, but you will be tested hard.’
Posted in 2018, CF-EF archive, excerpts from icelandic sagas
By hoskuld on 2020/12/19
The news spread far and wide and many people said that it had not happened any sooner than was likely. Gunnar rode to Bergthorshvol and told Njal of these deeds.
Njal spoke: ‘It’s a big thing you’ve done, but you’ve been greatly provoked.’
‘What will come next?’ said Gunnar.
‘Do you want me to tell you of something which has not yet happened?’ said Njal. ‘You will ride to the Thing and follow my advice and earn great honour from this matter. This will be the beginning of your career of killings.’
‘Give me your sound advice,’ said Gunnar.
‘I will,’ said Njal. ‘Never kill more than once within the same bloodline, and never break any settlement which good men make between you and others, least of all if you have broken my first warning.’
‘I would have expected other men to do these things sooner than me,’ said Gunnar.
‘That’s so,’ said Njal. ‘And yet you must bear in mind that if these two things happen, you will not have long to live–but otherwise you will live to be an old man.’
Gunnar said, ‘Do you know what will be the cause of your death?’
‘I do,’ said Njal.
‘What?’ said Gunnar.
‘Something that people would least expect,’ said Njal.
Then Gunnar rode home.
Posted in 2018, CF-EF archive, excerpts from icelandic sagas | Tagged gunnar
By hoskuld on 2020/12/19
“damn. what did you do?”
“cried a lot. for hours and hours every day, from the moment i woke up and until i was asleep, pretty much.”
“like, silent tears?”
“a lot of that, but a lot of sobbing, too. all different styles.”
“how did you get anything done?”
“i had to take breaks, of course.”
“to do other stuff?”
“to cry. i would go into the bathroom at the same time every monday and wednesday, for example. for 20 minutes or half an hour at a time.”
“you could get away with that?”
“class was 3 hours long. anyway, that was my favorite one because my class was at the same time and in the same building as the clown class.”
“so the hallways were full of clowns?”
“no, just the bathroom, where i was crying. it was crammed with clowns, putting on makeup as a group.”
Posted in 2017, CF-EF archive
By hoskuld on 2020/12/19
The two of them, Gunnar and Njal, said that no matter would ever arise that they would not settle by themselves. They stood by this and always remained friends
Posted in 2018, CF-EF archive, excerpts from icelandic sagas | Tagged gunnar
By hoskuld on 2020/12/19
fallen from grace fallen from grace its weird isnt it
weird SOweird
like oh ithink i even have a video somewhere oh
oh we could watch it if we wanted yea oh we could
we could watch it
creepy
CREEPY
creepy like why how
yea WHY
WHY
why WOULD you ever do that why would you EVER
i askd them
guys what xactly is it? whats in the video ?
its of a choral recital,like from hischool
she like thinks she fell from grace shes like the Opposite of U
yea your like
Opposites
Posted in 2019, CF-EF archive | Tagged ragnar bell
By hoskuld on 2020/12/19
U kno
time is not this constant THING we THINK it is
i KNO
sometimes
I set the microwave for 1 min
turn around fr one seconand ” bing! ” i’m like damn !
Posted in 2020, CF-EF archive
By hoskuld on 2020/12/19
the water surface bein dark indigo this way w orange lamp splashes i recall
if it was any weaker it stand no chance of my mind but
i never accustomed to these new chemicals (i never will it take too long 2learn)
younger ppl always on these sneaky these elusive psych drugs these randomizer drugs i cant identify muchless trace bunch of abracadabrascijargon on th prescription label fineprint
thats a force field i cant penetrate despite a headstart of abilitytofocus &despite what i can do usually yep
nothing i gather & aim at that locus can get close cuz of those damn psych drugs
the joy on its face when it sees me the triumph s unforgivable so joyful its placid
quite sure if it wudn fr that fr those damn smokescreen id snap that skull open w jus t a gentle breath a chuckle
Posted in 2019, CF-EF archive | Tagged hedin seal
By hoskuld on 2020/12/19
Gunnar saw a red tunic at the window and he made a thrust with his halberd and hit Thorgrim in the waist. The Norwegian lost his grip on his shield, his feet slipped and he fell off the roof and then walked to where Gizur and the others were sitting on the ground.
Gizur looked at him and spoke. “Well, is Gunnar at home?” Thorgrim answered, “Find that out for yourselves, but I’ve found out one thing–that his halberd is at home.” Then he fell down dead.
Posted in 2019, CF-EF archive, excerpts from icelandic sagas
By hoskuld on 2020/12/19
starts as a sparkle on the torn up inner side of my mouth where my misaligned tooth bites the cheek a bit of a pinch of a soreness of a moist callus and from here it opens me up
its born once in the sunshine on the remote island
its born a second time in the deepest dark sleep mold induced
its born again born again in traffic
the sound of a car crash several blocks over the sound of business as usual the sound of boring music being smiled to by the next generation the sound of people who cohabitate and hate each other the sound of scissors the sound of HVAC the sound of the bus the sound of thirst the sound of lawn care
the sound of exhaustion the sound of aimless inebriation in the daytime at work
it starts in the corner of my eye as an exciting pinch when the eyes fill over wet and from here it opens me up my mouth opened up by its pushing fingers wider
and wider
it starts as carcinogen in the lotion
it starts at the gas station
it starts on ur phone look at ur phone
my happiness is born once in the sunshine
its born again in the eclipse
Posted in 2018, CF-EF archive
By hoskuld on 2020/12/19
she said. if I had a brother
i would NOT fuck him.
Posted in 2019, CF-EF archive, one liners | Tagged hildigunn
