Wednesday, October 24, 2007

SPACE VIKINGS PT. 1

Recently I’ve been inspired by the Icelandic sagas to write my own more up-to-date silly versions of the sagas. Thus begins the tale of THE SPACE VIKINGS!!!
Ketill was quietly and contently dusting a portion of his teapot collection when his mother, Ragnhild, rudely burst in. She wailed loudly and then proclaimed “ There will be a horrendous explosion, all life will merely evaporate in it’s wake!” Ketill was annoyed, this had happened almost every day this week. Yesterday it was about a great famine, Tuesday it was about a terrible plague, and Sunday evening it was about a horrible walkman shortage. Ketill wished he could just obsess over his teapots in his quarters of the space langskip in peace, without being bothered by his insane, future seeing mother. He made a quick intercom call to his father, Thor to come pick up Ragnhild from his quarters and bring her back to her white padded safe room. No one took Ragnhild seriously anyway. Thus ends this week’s installment of Space Vikings! Tune in next week to find out if Ketill finally gets some peace, if Ragnhild is safely delivered back to her room, and if Thor was able to get that nasty piece of cheese detangled from his manly beard!