A Collection of Odd Things
I've made plans for my days off to get another tattoo. I phoned a place in Lloydminster last night and made an appointment to get it done on saturday afternoon. The fox has always been a totemic animal for me, the representation of wisdom and mischief. He is clever, feral, and sometimes malicious. I've decided to bring him to my collection of tattoos in the form of the heraldic fox passant, a simple design but fitting of my style. He will look more or less like this (http://www.heraldicclipart.com/catalog/B343.html) coloured red and be placed on the inside of my left forearm, facing out toward my palm. I'm excited to finally be getting another tattoo.Today is a day of anticipation. I start the "tool inventory" tonight after work, which has been the bane of my existence for the passed several months. At this point, I'd be happy to have someone take the toolcrib away from me. Let it be someone else's responsibility and I'd be happy.
I went for a walk last night after work, and found a small clearing with an old birch tree in it. There aren't many birch around here that I've seen, and seeing a tall, white feminine tree among the dark, masculine spruce seemed auspicious somehow. There was also a patch of snow near her, that had not melted yet.
I watched Clue last night with Barb. She'd never seen the movie before, so I insisted (as one of my favorite movies) that she see it. I think that it's a classic in terms of fast paced dialogues and slapstick. It's the kind of movie that you have to watch at three times (it has three endings which you can watch all of or randomly if you own the DVD) because everytime, you will pick up something different. There are so many clues, so much going on, it's brilliant.
I feel good today, all things considered. I dreamt about my sister last night, so I think I'll send her an e-mail today. I also dreamt about a meal that cost $5243, which is odd in that I saw and remember the numbers.
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hey. I'd rather do tool inventory than tech support any day. wanna trade?
Absofuckinglutely. As bad as you think people on the phone are, in person they're worse.
What did you thik of my tattoo? It's all I've been thiking about all afternoon.
it's alright. I mean it's cool but abstract. I prefer highly detailed tattoos and multiple tattoos that over time work together to tell a story or represent an ideology or mythology. :)
right now I'm struggling with OSW&DW and writing about wicca and asatru. There is a lot of resentment and hostility by heathens towards wiccans. Mostly, I think, because of overzealous fluffy bunnies.
Ah, but for me, all of my tattoos do tell a story and relate to mythologies (actual or my own). They are important to my "story", aka Lan on my left, my "shield arm", acting as defender.
I know what you mean about more detailed, colourful tattoos that blend together, but it's not me :)
I think the hositility goes both ways. I was reading some wiccan site not too long ago that admonished the followers of the norse gods as not wiccan. You're probably right about the bunnies. There's alot of resentment even from ourselves about "wiccans".
I love Wicca. I don't like the lies or people that don't look for truth. They bury their heads in the sand and say "I believe what I like and like what I believe and I don't care if it's true so go away". I think that leaves a lot of people rolling their eyes.
True. But on the other hand, it doesn't matter to me what people think. Not to say that I'm not looking for truth, but I'm open minded and willing to let people believe what they want to.
I follow the norse gods, and am studying the norse ways. I'm seeking spirituality and magic through wicca. The two, for me, offer a broader truth than one could alone, and I'm happy with that.
BTW, I left a comment on OSW&DW yesterday, but the comments thing on the outside is still showing 0.
exactly and same that's why I started OSW&DW for us.
The problem, Trent, is not being open minded to other people's beliefs. It's when you take a belief from someone else and change it, I can see why they get pissy about it. I guess it's about respecting boundaries.
bah. I'm confused now. I even confuse myself.
I see where you're going. But there has to be some understanding that ideas are going to change, grow and evolve, right?
of course but not just because someone wills it to be changed. That's egocentric. I believe things change, grow and evolve as we ourselves do, to keep a balance. :)
At the same time I don't believe a heathen can tell another person they are not allowed to worship Odin or Freya just because they aren't Asatru. Odin doesn't belong exclusively to Asatru. That would be like telling a Christian they can't do yoga because they aren't Hindu.
as in you can't put people in a belief box. If I follow Wicca doesn't mean I cannot think or believe outside the confines of my religion.
Exactly. We enrich our beliefs with concepts from other sources. I think understanding something from what maybe a different point of view should be encouraged.
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