March 30, 2015; Weekend Recap "By Hovud and Gungnir"

The weekend is done and it happened as predicted.  We did end up going to HuHot again but that is the last time I will go, Horrendous service and very poor treatment.  I am fed up with chain restaurants and I am going to avoid all but certain fast food cravings.  Three major items of note happened this weekend.  First we came up with a toast which was our goal (at least one that works for Kalenar and myself).  Second we watched a very surprising Irish made Comedy/Horror/Sci-Fi named "Grabbers".  Lastly a whole bunch of the Lords ended up going to the Color Festival (NOT ME).

Hovud

Gungnir

In regards to "The Toast" we threw out a few as we tossed down some Miller High Life and Concannon and none of the early toasts are very memorable.  Then Kalenar stated "By Heimdall's Sword" and I quickly added "and Odin's Spear" (This is cool because as you all know Kalenar considers Heimdall his patron and I consider Odin mine)  and thus a toast was decided upon.  Now a day later I realized that the toast was kind of wordy so I had a brilliant brainstorm, both weapons are NAMED which means they are VERY POWERFUL RELICS and those names would be worthy to toast to.  Heimdall's sword is named Hovud which roughly translates to man-head.  Odin's Spear is named Gungnir which translates to swaying one.  So going forward the main toast at Kalehalla will be "By Hovud & Gungnir".

Now the true gem of the evening was the film Grabbers. Here is what IMDB says about it:

Peace officer Lisa Nolan comes to Erin Island, Ireland, to take charge during a colleague's two-week holiday. Simultaneously, blood-thirsty, sea-dwelling aliens arrive at the quiet island to propagate. As dead whales wash up on shore and people start mysteriously disappearing, officers and a few locals slowly discover their peril along with one sure defense - high blood alcohol levels, which the aliens can't stomach. As a storm approaches, enabling hungry hatchlings access to the locals, an open bar kicks off a desperate bid for survival as inebriated police and friends stagger to remain cognizant long enough to thwart the alien invasion. Written bystatmanjeff

Lord Darksteel and myself were quite pleased with this film and I
give a HUGE recommendation for you all to watch it.









Lastly, and I am did not go so I am just going to include some pictures, a number of the Lords went to the festival of color and it does look like they had fun.