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[darchildre]

What being a Lokean is like, for me:

Today, I had my annual Have Lunch With My Manager And Talk About My Self-Appraisal thing. Obviously, I hate this and spend the day before it dreading the fact that I have to do such a hateful thing. And a couple people yesterday were talking about well, it might snow.

So last night, half-joking, I said, "Hey Loki, you who are my Friend and Best of Companions, if it could snow before I go to work tomorrow, that would be totally awesome." Because Loki is the god I ask for things I know I shouldn't have but want anyway.

Today, just as I was leaving for work, it began to snow. Tiny, tiny, infinitesimal, intermittent flakes of snow, with absolutely no chance of sticking or accumulating. Alanis Morrisette ironic snow. So I stared up at the sky and laughed my fool head off. I may have yelled, "I guess that will teach me to be more specific!"

And then I went to my terrible meeting and, of course, everything was fine. And it did snow before I went to work, and it was, indeed, totally awesome so perhaps tonight I should pour out some kind of libation to my tricksy god. I think I have some orange soda.

Comments

[aa_banner]

That is kind of a hilariously in-character weather phenomenon.

[darchildre]

I know, right? It was totally the snow of "I'm being a dick! Now go to work and stop whining!"

[silveradept]

I find the gods will give us exactly what we want, especially if in doing so, they can make us laugh or be the subject of laughter. (This is part of the reason I think Anansi is one of my patron deities, even though I certainly didn't ask for it.)

[darchildre]

Yeah. One of the things I call Loki is the God of the Backhanded Gift, because with him I tend to get what I wanted in ways that I don't in any way expect, or what I need but would didn't in any way ask for.

And if he can make something ridiculous happen while giving it to me, well, so much the better. 8)

[silveradept]

Sounds about right. So long as you roll with it, they generally bless you with all the right things. It's when you start going against the flow that things get hairy...

[tricksters_queen]

::laughter:: That is pretty awesome. I love this brief tale of random happenings of awesome. ::grins:: Puck would approve too (though, of course, he is not a god...)