(musings from an upstart crow)
Myth of the Day:
Dechtere
The mother of Cuchulainn. There are a number of versions of his birth, of which two follow: one, Dechtere accidentally swallowed a mayfly while drinking a cup of wine, became pregnant from this event, and bore Cuchulainn; two, She was impregnated by the god Lugh with his own soul, and vomited him into life as Cuchulainn, thereby remaining a virgin.
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Kores’ Light
The untouched, the virginal, youth, purity and innocence, an innocent person, a fertile base from which growth can arize. Virtue and Honor. Hope. Preparation for new horizons.
Ares’ Light
An unavoidable conflict, revolution, or struggle. Action. Defiance. Conquest. Triumph. Attainment despite perils.
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From my long slumber, or at least intermittently. Thank you to Lizzie for a lovely party and her unfailing patience with and support of me. Undergoing major life changes, ie. jobs and schedules and so forth and have been very stresses out and wiped out and generally out of synch. I most definitely welcomed the respite, although perhaps I enjoyed it a bit too much…la,la,la…back to being a responsible grown up then. But I got to sing Bowie songs into a microphone while somebody played guitar and other people watched. How cool is that?
Corbid
The Lovers: A caring and trusting relationship. Beauty and inner harmony. A decision calling for emotional control and faithfulness to spiritual values.
Strength: Raw power. Health and physical fortitude. A surge of tremendous force. Recovery from sickness. Victory after apprehension and fear. The ability to face and overcome opposition brings the inner qualities of strength and forbearance. Delays and setbacks will be overcome.
Apparently I was invisible for a time…fixed it…more soon…tired…slightly addled…must…sleep…
corbid
(otherwise known as Saille Willow)
Myth of the Day:
Hypatia was a mathematician, astronomer, and Platonic philosopher. According to the Byzantine encyclopedia The Suda, her father Theon was the last head of the Museum at Alexandria.
Hypatia’s prominence was accentuated by the fact that she was both female and pagan in an increasingly Christian environment. Shortly before her death, Cyril was made the Christian bishop of Alexandria, and a conflict arose between Cyril and the prefect Orestes. Orestes was disliked by some Christians and was a friend of Hypatia, and rumors started that Hypatia was to blame for the conflict. In the spring of 415 C.E., the situation reached a tragic conclusion when a band of Christian monks seized Hypatia on the street, beat her, and dragged her body to a church where they mutilated her flesh with sharp tiles and burned her remains.
Alas, but I am weary…working a 70 hour week, or something in that neighborhood. I scarcely know what day it is…oh, well, at least there’s Saturday to look forward to.
A week of no blogging?
Between connectivity issues and insane work hours, I fear we’ll see a bit less of me this week.
Damn, I’m sure you’re all crying into your teacups with tremendous grief…
Soundtrack for the week: Old punk from the dawn of time – Sex Pistols, Clash, Joy Division.
Food: Whatever I can grab
Reading Material: Rereads of novels I loved a couple years ago to justify keeping them in the house.
See ya.
Corbid
For those of you in the same town az Lizzie…The Silver Sea Ceilidh.
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Release the Bats – The Birthday Party (The band from whence came Nick Cave)
The Lovecats – very early, very frivolous Cure with coolass piano bits
Soap Commercial – The Psychedelic Furs dry take on advertising with apologies to Andy Warhol
Sympathy for the Devil – a rather odd little Roxy Music cover
Just Lust – The Buzzcocks empitimozing the spirit of pure punk
I’ve Got A Secret Miniature Camera – Peter Murphy is much more than goth
Julie’s In The Drug Squad – The Clash in one of their Ska moods
Dog In Sweden – Xray Spex “Iggy says I wanna be your dog, but I want you to be a demagogue…”
Career Oppurtutnities – The Clash sum up the redundancy of meaningless wage slavedom
Deutscher Girls – Adam Ant was my Elvis Presley, seriously one can never go wrong with hetero boys in pirate shirts, leather pants and eyeliner, at least in my book.
Punk Rock Girl – The Dead Milkmen sing the anthem of our erstwhile teendom…
Young Parisians – Adam and the Ants again, Adam and the motherfucking Ants!
House Of The Rising Sun – Nick Cave was born to sing this song, cover or no
10:15 on A Saturday Night – An old Cure ‘B’ side with one of my favorite understated guitar solos ever.
Little Know It All – The only new song on the mix. Iggy Pop is still the man.
The Strangest Party – INXS, awash in sexy Australianness
Stuart – “You know what, Stuart, I like you. You’re not like the other people here in the trailer park…” Dead Milkmen.
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