BadKitty
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...you know the one, with all the celebrities. Please-- guaranteed half your friends list has posted it this week. You've seen it.
I suppose I'm about to sacrifice some righteous screaming liberal cred here, but OMG did I find that video grating and obnoxious. It's like someone said, "Hey, you know all those absurd stereotypes about latte-slurping elite Hollywood radical liberals that the Karl Roves and Bill O'Reillys of the world like to trot out like bogeymen in lieu of making anything resembling a coherent argument for their views? Like how they supposedly think average Americans are retarded rednecks or lazy shitheads? Here's a great idea-- let's get a bunch of celebrities together and make a video that makes those stereotypes look like mincing understatements. No, really, it'll be great! They can boss us all around, talk down to us, make even those of us who ARE registered voters feel inexplicably guilty, and hopefully totally piss off every single person they're ostensibly trying to reach. And we'll make sure everyone knows that actors from 'Friends'-- which is TOTALLY still so relevant and cool-- think that you, Joe and Jane Average, are fucking idiots."
Did someone feel bad for poor, small, quivery, increasingly irrelevant George W and decide they needed to throw him a bone, give him a chance to be proven right about one small and ultimately unimportant thing like how liberal celebrities look down on us, since he's wrong about everything that matters?
I mean, WTF?
Look, yes, if you aren't registered to vote, you damn well ought to be. I'm totally on board with the gist of the message there. But if I'm too lazy/apathetic/misguidedly rebellious/whatever to have gotten my ass in gear to do it, do you really think that fucking *Ashton Kutcher* is going to shame me into it? Fucking Punk'd is giving me a lecture on civic responsibility now? Cracker, please.
I just can't bring myself to raise the fist of YOU GO! on this one, guys. Sorry. I'm too busy cringing and avoiding Rush Limbaugh's eyes.
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Most of you know that I was asked to present a sacred romance track at Free Spirit Alliance's Mythical Journeys this Columbus Day weekend, Fri. Oct. 10th through Mon. Oct. 13th.
Technically, registration closed this Thursday, but the organizers have generously extended reg until tomorrow (Sun. 9/28). If you've been interested in the event, and especially if you're interested in my track, "In the Garden of the Beloved", I urge you to follow that impulse and sign up while there's still time!
Mythical Journeys is a relatively new gathering that's already won a good reputation for substantial programming with serious, dedicated teachers and presenters (frankly, I'm honored and humbled to be in the company of the other facilitators this year). It's a rarity on the Pagan festival circuit-- a four-day intensive in which you choose a track whose focus and material resonates with you, and you spend the entire time with the people on that track forming close bonds as you study, take meals, do ritual, and challenge yourselves together.
I know for a fact that the Pagan community is perpetually dealing with the issue of far more hungry students and seekers than there are available teachers, and I know that especially solitary and eclectic Pagans often end up cobbling together a spiritual course of study from workshops and classes offered at festivals or local shops. The true value of Mythical Journeys is that it provides a safe space with a small group of people receiving the undivided attention of a teacher who specializes in that track's material. Now four days isn't the same thing as being taken under the wing of a mentor long-term, but it's a lot more to sink your teeth into than you often get the chance to have.
In the Garden... is an in-depth introduction to sacred romance, which encompasses Romantic living, unlocking one's purpose and potential for their own good and the good of the world, a spiritual/magical path of devotion to Deity as lover and Beloved, and opening the heart to give and receive beauty, creativity, love, courage, truth, sensuality, and ecstasy. The "arc" of the weekend is loosely modeled on the mysteries of Psyche and Eros, the journey of the individual and the challenges along that path on the return to the arms of the Beloved and unity with the divine.
Here is the full track description on the website.
If you liked Fires of Venus, or any of my Beltane or FSG offerings, or what you've read about them here, or what you've read of my other rituals/sacred dance experiences/spiritual outings, you will love my track. If you resonate with deities traditionally associated with love or beauty, if you consider yourself a sacred artist, if you think one of the most important roles in a ritual is the person in charge of feeding everybody, if you enjoy experiencing your spirituality with all of your senses, if you love to bring other people joy and make them feel wonderful, you will love my track. If you've ever felt a yearning towards the divine that could only be described in the terms used for an infatuation or romantic longing, you will love my track.
And if these things interest you, consider that I am-- to the best of my knowledge-- the only Pagan presenter teaching a practice of sacred romance that is neither specifically sacred sexuality, nor focused on one or more specific deities of love, so this is not material you're going to find anywhere else. (On a side note, if you absolutely can't make this event but you are interested in sacred romance workshops, classes, or tracks like this, please ping me so I know to keep you apprised of future offerings like this.)
I hope that I've ignited your interest and sparked your spontaneity! =) Thanks for reading and I hope to see a few of you there.
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"When we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours,
we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness
- and call it love - true love."
Robert Fulghum
That seems an appropriate quote with which to wish my sweet beloved and partner of fourteen years as of today, my Random, a happy anniversary.
I love you, my darling.
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If you would say it has, how has art been healing for you?
Define "art" and "healing" as you will.
Including what you have created, as well as what you have experienced.
Especially specific cases in point.
Discuss!
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Over at ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) theweaselking, this is SO AWESOME. Even though it's totally fake.
Anyone else going to Eddie From Ohio/Great Big Sea this Friday? We have a group. And we have a Plan. A Plan which involves scoring a good spot to sit due to my ability to get super badass parking.
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Who among my friends is going to Fires of Venus in September?
I know that almost my entire regular FSA crew is going to Lullaby, or doesn't do sacred sexuality events, so I'm kinda on my own. I'm ok with just throwing the dice when it comes to housing, but if there's any folks that I'm friendly with who are planning a group cabin, I'd love to be able to put that down on my reg...
Thanks!
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I could spend all day at Cracked.com (better known as CRACK dot com...thanks, daemonnoire!) I used to love the magazine as a kid, and the site pretty well rocks.
7 Creepiest Real Life Robots is both horrifying and hilarious. Most disturbing description: Jules. Most hilarious: Albert Hubo. I 'bout wet myself reading the Gandhi part.
I know what I'm reading next time I'm home sick on the couch and USA/TNT fail to provide me with sufficient Law & Order reruns.
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If you live anywhere near the beach within any reach of Northern VA, or live in the Virginia area in general, please keep a look-out for this girl.
She is the daughter of a friend to many of us. If you have any information about her whereabouts, please contact Kel directly-- don't post it here. I'm just passing this on in hopes of spreading the word out to non-mutual friends.
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