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Sometimes I'm amazed at just how strange my life can be. Perhaps it's my perception of strange, perhaps mundane reality to me is strange, but I leave that to my faithful readers and the historians of the future to decide.

Last night, Justin and a few of the guys from Firebag came to town to visit. Off-handedly, I mentioned that I live down the street from the strippers. It's about the only landmark in Fort McMurray that I can relate to everyone where I live. In any case, they all wanted to see the strippers while we visited, and since I've been feeling (what's the word…) carnal lately, I agreed. I've been to strip clubs all of 7 times in my life, and though I don't find them particularly appealing personally, I have no objection to them. They are, after all, people trying to make a living, like the rest of us. We'd been sitting there long enough to have a couple of beers, when one of the women, who had just finished her set, came off the stage and sat down with us. For those of you who have never been, at this particular place the girls offer "private lap dances" in a secluded room (all supervised, of course) and they come around soliciting the service after they dance. She was chatting me up, and I asked her about her orange lotus tattoo (which I thought was a tiger lily) and she noticed my pentacle pendant. She told me that she was starting to learn about wicca (I gave her the benefit of the doubt), and told me she had to tell me a story about the ghost that haunts her house in Edmonton, right after she went to "blow her nose". She ended up taking too long to come back, being sidelined by a couple of guys at another table, and we were leaving. I took my note pad out of my pocket, wrote "Frankincense incense" and put on my coat. I walked over to her and told her to "try this for exorcism" and that I had to leave. She was honestly distraught and asked me to come back tonight, so she can tell me her story. I like stories, but I'm not keen on bars full of drunk men when I'm alone, so I haven't decided whether or not to go back.

Oh, and I dreamt about someone trying to kill ravens the other night.

Today's Rune:
Ansuz -Odin
Magic, clairvoyance, wisdom. It's actually the second day in a row I've drawn it. Interesting that I read about the 14 charms of Odin yesterday....

posted by September @ 12:29 PM