Obligatory meeting rambling

Notes from Ritualists meeting last night: I think that you know you've lost your grip on things when you say things to a group of neo-pagans like, "Please excuse my use of the word 'priests' to denote a group that includes both priests and priestesses. The English language is constructed so that when a group consists of both genders, the speaker uses the masculine form of the plural to describe them. Actually, I'm going to do it anyway, so it really doesn't matter if you excuse it or not."

I really tried not to be cranky about things that came up in the meeting last night, but when you have a bunch of people running around using 'priestess' as a verb, it can be difficult. But I think I only had two tantrums, so that's a definite improvement over some of the meetings of the past. (The other one was about fire - specifically, the need to include fire as part of a 'fire festival' ritual.... This was received by someone, possibly saffronhare with a friendly, "There you go, getting all orthodox on us again", so I think that people are overall not offended by these outbursts.)

I think being in the role of facilitator for the meetings is making me less confrontational, so that's probably good. On the other hand, the fact that I'm confrontational at all while in that role is perhaps giving added weight to my crankiness, as if it were somehow 'official' crankiness, which is, of course, not the case.

Bleh. It's a work in progress, this "being sweet" thing.

Obligatory meeting rambling

Notes from Ritualists meeting last night: I think that you know you've lost your grip on things when you say things to a group of neo-pagans like, "Please excuse my use of the word 'priests' to denote a group that includes both priests and priestesses. The English language is constructed so that when a group consists of both genders, the speaker uses the masculine form of the plural to describe them. Actually, I'm going to do it anyway, so it really doesn't matter if you excuse it or not."

I really tried not to be cranky about things that came up in the meeting last night, but when you have a bunch of people running around using 'priestess' as a verb, it can be difficult. But I think I only had two tantrums, so that's a definite improvement over some of the meetings of the past. (The other one was about fire - specifically, the need to include fire as part of a 'fire festival' ritual.... This was received by someone, possibly saffronhare with a friendly, "There you go, getting all orthodox on us again", so I think that people are overall not offended by these outbursts.)

I think being in the role of facilitator for the meetings is making me less confrontational, so that's probably good. On the other hand, the fact that I'm confrontational at all while in that role is perhaps giving added weight to my crankiness, as if it were somehow 'official' crankiness, which is, of course, not the case.

Bleh. It's a work in progress, this "being sweet" thing.

Gratuitous Izzard

THE TRANSVESTITE JOKE!
Youre comfortable with yourself and self-observant.
You also boast a tendency to flaunt your sexual
preference, but what the heck.


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Gratuitous Izzard

THE TRANSVESTITE JOKE!
Youre comfortable with yourself and self-observant.
You also boast a tendency to flaunt your sexual
preference, but what the heck.


Which Eddie Izzard Joke Are You?
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