As someone who has Too Much Time On Her Hands, I offer the edited highlights:
Supernatural creatures are best avoided. If they can’t be avoided, they should be addressed respectfully. If a supernatural creature sets you a task you’re well and truly screwed.
...bring a friend with you. Friends keep bad things from happening. If things go badly anyway, you’ll need their help. And if things go well (hey, it could happen), it’ll be nice to have a friend along to share the laughs.
See?
If we stay together and stay away from any... er, thing at all, then we'll be fine.
Advice to live by in my opinion. Especially in worlds other than your own. We should, I feel, bone up on our knowledge of American folksong as well. Jez puts waaay to much store by those songs.
You definitely have folk songs. And folk dancing. Elle and Scott and myself all saw an Applachian folk dancing team doing a display at the Warwick Folk Festival.
I was forced into taking a country western dance class in collage (someone with breasts asked me to). It was as nightmarish as one might imagine. They were upset at me because I didn't understand the most "logical" of steps.
Actually, the music was quite cheery and the dancing was rather good, with rather a lot of 'yee ha' moments. I rather liked it. I may have little taste, however.
It was great. Everyone should try appalachian at least once. It's really good fun, if deceptively complicated. Most of the giggling comes from getting it horribly wrong the first 15 times.
Well, if I had to bet money on who most resembled an insane giggling girl who looked pretty dancing, had creepy insights and could suddenly kill everyone in the room... it would probably be Scott.
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Date: 2005-09-08 08:59 am (UTC)Supernatural creatures are best avoided. If they can’t be avoided, they should be addressed respectfully. If a supernatural creature sets you a task you’re well and truly screwed.
...bring a friend with you. Friends keep bad things from happening. If things go badly anyway, you’ll need their help. And if things go well (hey, it could happen), it’ll be nice to have a friend along to share the laughs.
See?
If we stay together and stay away from any... er, thing at all, then we'll be fine.
It must be so.
*looks wary*
:P
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Date: 2005-09-08 09:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-08 09:36 am (UTC)American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 09:57 am (UTC)I think that our backwoods people mostly just eat other people.
Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 10:00 am (UTC)Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 10:09 am (UTC)...
Was it an Authentic American Experience?
I was forced into taking a country western dance class in collage (someone with breasts asked me to). It was as nightmarish as one might imagine. They were upset at me because I didn't understand the most "logical" of steps.
I'm still a little bitter.
Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 10:19 am (UTC)Actually, the music was quite cheery and the dancing was rather good, with rather a lot of 'yee ha' moments. I rather liked it. I may have little taste, however.
Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 10:49 am (UTC)Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 03:28 pm (UTC)Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 03:30 pm (UTC)I think Scott most resembled Jayne though. He ignored us both until we stopped.
Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 03:33 pm (UTC)Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 03:35 pm (UTC)Though, to be fair, that description could apply to most of my social group, give or take a beard or two.
Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 03:41 pm (UTC)Erk. And because of that, I just pictured Jez as Inara, the Companion.
Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 03:43 pm (UTC)Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 03:44 pm (UTC)Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 04:26 pm (UTC)Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 03:17 pm (UTC)Old Orleans. There's a restaurant suddenly in poor taste...
Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 10:46 am (UTC)Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 03:18 pm (UTC)Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 03:19 pm (UTC)I have no idea of the edibility or otherwise of Americans.
Re: American Folksongs
Date: 2005-09-08 03:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-08 10:43 am (UTC)You can smash people's jars, take their money and potions and they don't care.