What are you celebrating?

Happy Lughnasadh, or Lammas, or Loaf-mass, or whatever festival you happen to celebrate today, if it happens that you happen to celebrate a festival today at all.

Personally, I'm celebrating a few things today. First is, of course, Lughnasadh. As it happens, I really dig Lugh. I had it in my head back at Yule that I would dedicate to Lugh this year. I no longer think that this is as appropriate as I did then, but I did make an oath that I would do some sort of work for/with/concerning Lugh this year, so here it is. I make an oath today that between now and Lughnasadh next, I will learn to do three things that I do not currently know how to do, in the honor of Lugh, Master of Skills. I will repeat this oath in speech at an appropriate gathering as soon as possible. One of the skills I would like to learn this year is sewing - I really should be able to put together something more complex than a T-tunic. All of the skills I learn should have an end result that is tangible. So that's that.

I'm also celebrating my independence day today - I've been single for just over a year. I realize that nobody is really fully independent, but at least I've moved from a model of co-dependence, which is ultimately unsatisfying to me, to a model of inter-dependence, which seems to be working well.

Thirdly, today shall be Laundry Day, which, since all of us at the house are out of clean clothes, constitutes a festival in and of itself. We seem to be in the process of ordering a majority of days at the house as festivals of some sort. Thus far, fridays have been designated festivals of pay: this friday is a greater paycheck festival, as two of us get paid, next friday is a lesser paycheck festival, as only one person gets paid. Also, thursday has been declared the official day of scientific inquiry, when we shall seek to answer really important questions like "Can I take that apart?", "What's in here?" and "What happens when we pour this on it?" - thursday was deemed to be the day of science primarily because friday is also the day of trash, and it may be important to dispose of experiments quickly.
Perhaps I'll put together an expanded festival calendar for the house. Anyway, happy festival day, whatever festival you're celebrating.

What are you celebrating?

Happy Lughnasadh, or Lammas, or Loaf-mass, or whatever festival you happen to celebrate today, if it happens that you happen to celebrate a festival today at all.

Personally, I'm celebrating a few things today. First is, of course, Lughnasadh. As it happens, I really dig Lugh. I had it in my head back at Yule that I would dedicate to Lugh this year. I no longer think that this is as appropriate as I did then, but I did make an oath that I would do some sort of work for/with/concerning Lugh this year, so here it is. I make an oath today that between now and Lughnasadh next, I will learn to do three things that I do not currently know how to do, in the honor of Lugh, Master of Skills. I will repeat this oath in speech at an appropriate gathering as soon as possible. One of the skills I would like to learn this year is sewing - I really should be able to put together something more complex than a T-tunic. All of the skills I learn should have an end result that is tangible. So that's that.

I'm also celebrating my independence day today - I've been single for just over a year. I realize that nobody is really fully independent, but at least I've moved from a model of co-dependence, which is ultimately unsatisfying to me, to a model of inter-dependence, which seems to be working well.

Thirdly, today shall be Laundry Day, which, since all of us at the house are out of clean clothes, constitutes a festival in and of itself. We seem to be in the process of ordering a majority of days at the house as festivals of some sort. Thus far, fridays have been designated festivals of pay: this friday is a greater paycheck festival, as two of us get paid, next friday is a lesser paycheck festival, as only one person gets paid. Also, thursday has been declared the official day of scientific inquiry, when we shall seek to answer really important questions like "Can I take that apart?", "What's in here?" and "What happens when we pour this on it?" - thursday was deemed to be the day of science primarily because friday is also the day of trash, and it may be important to dispose of experiments quickly.
Perhaps I'll put together an expanded festival calendar for the house. Anyway, happy festival day, whatever festival you're celebrating.

Heroes!

Last night (and early this morning), I moved the last of my stuff out of my old apartment and cleaned the place up. I was able to do this with much much help from diermuid, kcwitch, David, and Mercedes, who all kindly went along for the ride. All of those people are officially on my hero list (they were before, but still, worth noting). We were all up until about 3 a.m., and finally got everything done. Now all my stuff is in the same place except for the things I've given in long-term/indefinite loan to kcwitch and diermuid. This is the part where I go "Yay!!" and bounce up and down. Except I'm too tired.

Anyway, now all I've got to do is unpack everything and decide what stuff needs to be given away, thrown away, or rendered down to its component useful parts. We threw tons of stuff out of the apartment last night - it was a profoundly liberating experience...
Me: "OK, no more stuff can fit in the van or the car - either take it, or put it in the dumpster"
Various other people: "What about this ________?"
Me: "Dumpster!"

Yay, getting rid of things!

Heroes!

Last night (and early this morning), I moved the last of my stuff out of my old apartment and cleaned the place up. I was able to do this with much much help from diermuid, kcwitch, David, and Mercedes, who all kindly went along for the ride. All of those people are officially on my hero list (they were before, but still, worth noting). We were all up until about 3 a.m., and finally got everything done. Now all my stuff is in the same place except for the things I've given in long-term/indefinite loan to kcwitch and diermuid. This is the part where I go "Yay!!" and bounce up and down. Except I'm too tired.

Anyway, now all I've got to do is unpack everything and decide what stuff needs to be given away, thrown away, or rendered down to its component useful parts. We threw tons of stuff out of the apartment last night - it was a profoundly liberating experience...
Me: "OK, no more stuff can fit in the van or the car - either take it, or put it in the dumpster"
Various other people: "What about this ________?"
Me: "Dumpster!"

Yay, getting rid of things!

kipped this from hotokegi

Purely for the opportunity to post another Johnny Depp pirate picture somwhere, but as it turns out, it was pretty funny. I think. Did I mention I only got like 3 1/2 hours of sleep last night?


Hee! You are Jack's "You have to find
yourself a girl, mate ... you're not a eunuch,
are you?" speech. You're quite a bit sex-
crazed, and you assume that everyone else is as
horny as you are. Get it on as soon as
possible so that you can join the rest of us on
Planet Earth ... I'm sure you'll have a good
time doing so.


Which one of Captain Jack Sparrow's bizarre sayings from Pirates of the Caribbean are you?
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kipped this from hotokegi

Purely for the opportunity to post another Johnny Depp pirate picture somwhere, but as it turns out, it was pretty funny. I think. Did I mention I only got like 3 1/2 hours of sleep last night?


Hee! You are Jack's "You have to find
yourself a girl, mate ... you're not a eunuch,
are you?" speech. You're quite a bit sex-
crazed, and you assume that everyone else is as
horny as you are. Get it on as soon as
possible so that you can join the rest of us on
Planet Earth ... I'm sure you'll have a good
time doing so.


Which one of Captain Jack Sparrow's bizarre sayings from Pirates of the Caribbean are you?
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