Male and Female Imponderables-Then he kissed me
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Well if'n that ain't just a huge coincidence.
I used to work up in Silver Spring for a little while, and my grandparents used to have a condo in or near the Highland House condominium buildings.
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Place my body on a ship and burn it on the sea,
Let my spirit rise, Valkiries carry me.
Take me to Valhalla where my brothers wait for me.
Fires burn into the sky, my spirit will never die.
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Originally posted by rivertwin:
Ye gods, I love your signature! *huggles fellow Wiccan* Nekkid dancing is the only way to do it, isn't it?
Yay! *huggles back* I actually found it in the BSR, if'n silver is more your style, check out that version: http://www.fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=13822
Yes, nekkid is a good way to dance. Though if I'm gonna be too enthusiastic, I have to strap up a little
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Only a third of the way through reading the thread so excuse me if someone beat me to it. About cats and dogs? In a nutshell:
Dog: This human feeds me, houses me, takes care of everything! He must be god!
Cat: This human feeds me, houses me, takes care of everything! I must be god!
Quick Halloween story for the day after. 
When my Grandparents came to America they spoke very little English and were not familiar with the customs here. (For some related reason the Beverly Hillbillies were a favorite at our house.) This state of affairs over the years yielded many Stranger in a Strange Land tales.
So it came to pass that the night before All Saint's Day is celebrated in America with a yearly tradition of dressed up children going from door to door saying "Trick or Treat" for which they receive a piece of candy. This was explained to my Grandparents, who being good sports and thinking it was a quaint thing (not yet realizing how many ways people try to get something for nothing over here), "got" it and went along with it.
What didn't get explained was that a night or two before Halloween, kids would get dressed up and go door to door trick or treating for UNICEF. These little ambassadors were collecting money for a good cause and came equipped with little milk carton like things with a change slot cut into the top.
So up come the UNICEFers and my grandmother answers the door and tries to shove a butterscotch disk or somesuch into the milk carton slot. ("Wonder how come they're so early? Huh, must have gotten the date wrong. Lucky we're such orderly people and got the candy already") "No, no, ma'am. 'Trick or Treat for UNICEF!' 'UNICEF!'" (Wonder what they are saying after "Trrick or Trreat?" Wecome to the United States? No...Here just take the damn candy and get off my porch!) "Bye, bye, kinder!"
"Damn foreigners..."
"Well, here I am...Does that seem right to you?"
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Halloween...taken from wikipedia (not always the most reliable source, but it does have all the info compacted into neat chunks). This is the part that I was looking for. It looks to me like it was hijacked...
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The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows' Day"[1] (also known as "All Saints' Day"). The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day from May 13 to November 1. In Ireland, the name was All Hallows' Eve (often shortened to Hallow Eve), and though seldom used today, it is still a well-accepted label. The festival is also known as Samhain or Oíche Shamhna to the Irish, Calan Gaeaf to the Welsh, Allantide to the Cornish and Hop-tu-Naa to the Manx. Halloween is also called Pooky Night in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit.
Many European cultural traditions hold that Halloween is one of the liminal times of the year when spirits can make contact with the physical world and when magic is most potent (e.g. Catalan mythology about witches, Irish tales of the Sídhe).
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Quote:*sigh* I don't have that problem.
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Yay! *huggles back* I actually found it in the BSR, if'n silver is more your style, check out that version: http://www.fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=13822
Yes, nekkid is a good way to dance. Though if I'm gonna be too enthusiastic, I have to strap up a little
I've been meaning to ask you, what is a dorje? You've mentioned it a couple times in reference to the items on your altar. I've never heard of that before and am curious.
Love your gold rose wand, BTW. Very shiny.
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I think it may be the tight helmets...or maybe the tight pants, but most football players I know or have had contact with seem to have suffered brain damage of some kind and also a loss of morals/compassion so hmmm maybe different uniforms would help ( that was sarcastic if you can't tell)
I had a friend (male) who was in dance company with me and he got a tremendous amount of hassling from the team until he challenged them to a test of stamina/strength by having a bench press contest and then a contest to see who could run the most miles without stopping...naturally he won both and several football players still made remarks about his being "gay" and a prissy wimp. So he made a really pointed comment (that he spent most of his time with his hands on half naked women and they spent their time showering together and patting each others butts) in front of a large group and they pretty much shut up
I would also point out that ,as his dance partner, I can absolutely promise he isn't gay. I know tons of male dancers who are, but it bugs me when people leap to a conclusion about someone like that.He has a really bad case of wandering hands and "accidentally" wandering in while we showered or changed" Not that I don't love him and all:)( equivalent for you southerners as " bless his heart")Trust me, many many days I wished he was gay!
I choose to rise instead of fall- U2
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Originally posted by rivertwin:
I've been meaning to ask you, what is a dorje? You've mentioned it a couple times in reference to the items on your altar. I've never heard of that before and am curious.
The dorje is a Buddhist symbol/tool. It represents 'the thunderbolt of enlightenment' and a small version can be held during meditation. I grew up with Buddhist parents, and I got my dorje when I was... about nine? Don't remember. I also own meditation balls and have a Buddha on my altar. And dragons. And I have little statues of totems of mine, too. See, I'm a bit of a buffet Pagan. Last count, I followed a few traditions/beliefs of five or six different systems: Buddhism, Paganism, Taoism, Shamanism, Wicca, Druidism, Egyptian... And according to some, Gnosticsism, too.
Anyway, here's a simple dorje:
http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/upload/a/a3/Dorje.bmp
Mine was gold when I got it, but it's a bit tarnished now. And the picture I got of it was rather crap, but there's not a lot to be done about that.
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Good post Halloween Morning to all. Y'all move so quick it took a good fifteen minutes to catch up.
Looks like I missed ya again Mags. I'm gonna try my darndest to make it to the next D*C. Like I said, it would be easiest to centalize the meeting. I hope more FFF.NET folks can make it.
CMH- I too saw the local football team as the most oppressive group in the valley. Not that the whole team was a buncha s#!theads. I just got tired of the various teams wanting nothing to do with me other than to have me on because of my size. My concern was my lack of discipline at the time they wanted me. I was more likely to juggernaught my way through everyone than to play an actual game. I never cared for social politics and would have no part of it. So I'd be on the field as an individual, not part of a team. That and I had a bad habit of sticking up for the little people all through school. As fun as it sounds, I'd had several standoffs with factions of the football team all through school. Sure kept the injury list full from time to time.
Looks like I'm outta time for a bit. Meetings this morning. Oh Boy!
Happy Birthday PsychoBilly!
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Quote:Oh, cool. And a buffet Wiccan, as you say, is fun. I tend to be pretty eclectic, myself. Makes it more interesting.
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
The dorje is a Buddhist symbol/tool. It represents 'the thunderbolt of enlightenment' and a small version can be held during meditation. I grew up with Buddhist parents, and I got my dorje when I was... about nine? Don't remember. I also own meditation balls and have a Buddha on my altar. And dragons. And I have little statues of totems of mine, too. See, I'm a bit of a buffet Pagan. Last count, I followed a few traditions/beliefs of five or six different systems: Buddhism, Paganism, Taoism, Shamanism, Wicca, Druidism, Egyptian... And according to some, Gnosticsism, too.
Anyway, here's a simple dorje:
http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/upload/a/a3/Dorje.bmp
Mine was gold when I got it, but it's a bit tarnished now. And the picture I got of it was rather crap, but there's not a lot to be done about that.
And MSG?--your dancer friend sounds awesome, shutting down those football players like that. *giggle*
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MSG, we had a male on the flag squad in the GT marching band. It got to where even the crowd got into it, chanting "Flag Boy" (sometimes omitting the L sound) when we went on the field. Very much not gay, and he spent his days with the rest of the squad, all female, and mostly attractive. Poor flag guy? I say, poor us. 
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