Silly Urban Story (Bonus Blog)

 The wind blew furiously as the moon shone upon the oak tree. Its large branches creaked and the few remaining leaves were thrown around to the unknown places of the wind. A figure was there, even if you were staring at that exact spot you would have immediately registered the fact as him having been there forever. He had shoulder length hair that, even though the wind should have tossed it into his face, was still. A movement appeared at the other side of the oak, and the stranger was gone. He had fled the tree, with the appearance of it the stranger would not dare to keep on the premises. Some may think of a vampire, such as the sparkly pale thing that could run at fast speeds. But, those aren’t the types of “monsters” that exist here.

                The monsters here were the actual horrifying ones, those that would keep you up with terror and a fear of closing your eyes as doing such may be the last time you ever do so. There were ones that posed as humans and when exposed to certain conditions they would expose themselves. Some drank off of fear and the sound of screams as a source of energy. Some may keep bad disguises that would give any human the creeps and crawls. Most people these days express no fear to monsters, as the media and the internet have ruined the true definition of monster.

                There were those who kept with classic appearances and places to live. Such as the ghouls in the crypts of the downtown cemetery that would steal people from their homes. Or the vampire who supposedly reside above the ancient movie theater on Brooker Street that bite any daring teen that enters upon a dare. But of course those are the ones that will keep to the basics and have refused to advance with the generations.

Back on subject now. The stranger may still reside in the part of your mind where things nag you to investigate or find out more. How did he escape from it? Well he flew of course. Leathery bat wings that stretched across the sky and blocked out parts of the sky. He mostly soared as the wind usually carried him across town to the lake house. As he passed over Axle Street a child stared at him, eyes stretched wide as he saw a shape with huge bat wings and glowing blue eyes quickly streak through the open sky of stars. His name you might ask was Njord. He came from the country of Norway searching fresher hunting grounds.

                Njord arrived at his home and frowned, the door was wide open although he was positive he had closed it. With suspicion the monster slowly walked into the house. A loud creak echoed and Njord turned towards it paling swiftly.

I will spare you the gruesome details, seeing as how bloody murder was screamed and horrid ripping noises. Njord was a monster of great power and was responsible for many murders and disappearances. The next morning the sun shone upon a set of great wings that filled the entrance hall. There was nothing attached and a odd dark stain spread upon the wood work.

Blog 2 Jeg Forklarer Min Rare Lindenskap (I Explain My Wierd Passion) PB

My passion you ask? Well in a way that’s simple but also it’s rather complicated. Some will say food, video games, music and such but I? Nine letters, countries. Yes you read that right, countries. Yes I love music, food, books and anime but countries are special for me. Languages, flags, cultures, myths, history and food, I love learning interesting facts about these languages. How languages of different countries are so alike yet different, adapted for each place where the country is. There are 7 continents and 196 countries (which may or may not include Sealand but that’s a whole different subject). Russia, Cananda, America, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, those are just a few off the top of my head.  My reasons may be weird but they still led me up to the way I am now.

I am a mix of different cultures, from different places and whole different languages. I’m Japanese, Swedish, German, Welsh, Scottish and depending on who you ask I may be Austrian! I love learning about these places, I end up doodling flags all over my school work and often spout random words in other languages beside English. What I find funny is even though in English, which I believe the most known language in this world, some words like jeg elskar deg would look like it has weird letters in silly places; this phrase means I love you in Norwegian. Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish are very similar languages I mean I love you is jeg elskar deg for Norwegian, jag älskar dig for Swedish, and jeg elskar dig for Danish. I know little things in Japanese, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Russian and I say these things often on a normal day basis. Also countries have an official language but other languages are spoken there often as well. Sweden for example, its main official language is Swedish but  Finnish, Yiddish, Sami and Romani are also spoken there!

Over the summer I discovered this show called Hetalia, which is this amazing anime in my opinion. All the countries are personified as people who often act with those countries stereotypes. Ex: America loves hamburgers, Italy loves pasta and runs away from fighting, Switzerland is neutral and will barely talk to anyone except for Lichtenstein. The characters are immortal except for when the country breaks up such as The Holy Roman Empire. Although the country refuses to fade away and that is Prussia, he is Germany’s brother and even though Prussia broke up in 1947 February 25. The episodes for this show are only about 5 minutes on average and often have simple plots and whenever a historical reference is made the show will pause and the narrator will explain what it’s about. My favorite quote from it is “

Those who call themselves ’Ugly’ don’t realize that someone out there thinks they’re the most beautiful person in the world” – Francis Bonnefoy

Mostly my country obsession is based in Europe when so many things happened in the past and have such interesting cultures. One event that goes on every year is called Eurovison. Eurovision is a big contest where all the European countries select and artist or band who will represent their country in a competition. This year Austria won with a song called Rise Like a Phoenix. One of my favorite songs that won was 2009 Norway. Alexander Rybak performed a song called Fairytale which he accompanied with the violin. I am always breaking out into some Eurovision such as No Prejudice which has a beautiful message about how everyone is equal to one another. I support this idea totally and the song is on my top 10 list. I love the history of such places which includes wars, alliances and such things. There are so many differences between the U.S and Europe I cant even... but whatever I love them.

So yeah my passion may be weird and others may think I need to get a life outside of my odd orbital habits around music, books and countries but I am proud of the fact that I am interested in countries, not many people are and if I'm going to have a hobby why not have one that's unique?