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by ~Callego, Mar 21, 2013, 3:31:34 PM
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Shoot, I've had the same journal post up at the top of my page for ages now. Well, here is a better place-holder, in honor of World Poetry Day: links to my poems (those still available), and my latest blog post about Viking and Medieval Scandinavian poetry.

A Stone Age Man Confronts His Son (Nominated for Best of the Web at the time! You will have to scroll down: [link])

Amateur Astronomy ([link])

The Cabin and the Stars ([link])

Sketches of Leaves ([link])

The Waves on Lake Vättern ([link]¤ttern-by-cg-olsen/)

A Rainy Day in May ([link])

Working on editing a couple more old poems of mine, plus a new one, so maybe I'll get to add to this soon! We'll see.

And here is my post on Skaldic vs Eddic Poetry: [link]

Haven't had time for art lately, but hope to get back to it! I've got a couple ideas in mind for a series of pics (maybe or maybe not in a bit of a webcomic mode...), but finishing the semester and then finding a new job after that is taking priority right now...

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CG Olsen
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I am a recent PhD in Scandinavian Studies. Just spent 2 1/2 years teaching courses in Old Norse literature, history, and mythology, + Scandinavian Folklore at UC Berkeley, and am now a Visiting Professor at Gustavus Adolphus college in MN. Also a published poet (small time still), with recent pieces in Ideomancer and Everyday Poets. I've started a blog (Vikings, Books, Etc) where I've been writing book reviews, posting pictures of vikings, and other things. Working with iPad art programs and now with a Bamboo tablet and Photoshop elements (still learning how digital art works). Please visit my blog for more.

vikingsbooksetc.wordpress.com

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~FelixPresch May 13, 2013

thank you!

~GrimDreamArt Mar 30, 2013 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks so much for all

s! I appreciate them!

~Callego Apr 2, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

You're welcome! Thanks for a great gallery to browse! And thanks for the llama!

~TheScreamingNorth Feb 1, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Oh man! Thanks for the fave!

~Callego Feb 4, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

No prob!

~laprincesazorro Jan 23, 2013

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Happy New Year Carl! Hope Michigan is treating you well

How have your Swedish classes been?

~Callego Jan 25, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Haha, great comic-- though Snorra Edda is the only text explicitly attributed to Snorri (and in only one manuscript, and it actually might just mean he collected the materials rather than wrote it, though I'm still happy to attribute authorship...), Heimskringla is usually assumed to be his, and people disagree w/ Egils saga (As for Poetic Edda, I think it's plausible that he had an early version w/ a few of the poems available... but you know, he clearly quotes from different versions of the poems, so probably not).

Minnesota (close, haha) is nice, if cold. Sadly will not be staying here in the Fall--so if you find out about a good job for a mythologist elsewhere, let me know... Swedish classes went okay, now teaching a 1-month mythology course (nearly done--way too fast).

How is school? Or have you graduated and I forgot? Are you still in that wushu club?

~laprincesazorro Feb 3, 2013

Haha yes Snorri was quite a man

Oh! I haven't heard anything, but if anything pops up in Berkeley you'd be there first person I'd tell! I was hoping (secretly) that with the popularity of Thor rising an interest in Norse mythology would cause schools to want to teach more Norse rather than Greek mythology. But that may be a few years in the future.

School is good! Graduating in the spring and it is too soon! I'll be doing my Scandin 149 with Professor Wellendorf on Scandinavian religion (the class you taught!) and looking at what the Danes wrote about/focused on. Should be some hard translating haha >_< Still part of wushu! Just, been getting too busy to go

But running the large tournament this year, which will be fun! (I think)

~Callego Feb 4, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Oh cool, Jonas is a great guy--I'm sure you'll enjoy his version of the course! I hope I get a chance to teach it again sometime-- I stayed pretty close to John (Lindow)'s syllabus when I did it, but I would like to start adjusting it for my own particular interests and specialties some time. I hope you can manage to keep up with wushu this semester. I wish I had time to get back to martial arts (I did 1 semester of karate like 7 years ago), but right now I just want to find time to go running again--lost weight over the summer, but have gained it all back.

Will we see any new posts from you on DA? I imagine you don't have much time to cosplay anymore though (I certainly have run out of time to draw lately). Applying for a job that would include both teaching composition AND dealing with the arts (incl. student creative projects) across the Bay at the home of our arch-enemies, so we'll see--maybe I'll be back in NorCal next Fall! Fingers crossed anyway.