5 upbeat things make a post
Oct. 3rd, 2009 11:25 pm1) Gee, cleaning out the trackball really did make a huge difference. Weird; it was fine until last week, and it finally occurred to me that in spite of the suddenness, it might not be a connection problem.
2) Attended a Full Moon ritual with a Wiccan group led by an old friend I don't get to see much. A positive experience, overall, and interesting to see the similarities and differences. Similarities: The last time I did a guided meditation, it was led by our church minister during the new members groups - though she hasn't exactly done that with the full congregation. Our church tends to begin the Jesus prayer with "Our Mother and Father", so invoking male and female deity didn't seem as out of place as it might (And I seem to be more comfortable with deity as female, excepting only Jesus himself, who was rather inarguably male). And the candle-lighting had strong parallels to our "Prayers of the people" segment; though they had more positive invocations than otherwise, and we tend to the opposite. The cleansing and blessings feel familiar, albeit from experiences prior to church, so that the group aspect was the new part there. The banter and reminiscences during the less solemn parts. The fumbling for matches or texts to conduct the ritual. The fact that the ritual felt effective in spite, or even inclusive of of human fumbling. And of course, every religious thing I've been to seems to involve some kind of an invitation to bring and eat food afterward in group, once the ritual is done and the serious bits passed.
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tao_of_erec (Also our Baron-to-be) was in town! He's not really back yet from Afghanistan, but this is his last holiday before he's officially done, and he came to see his fiancee. He also went to archery today, so a bunch of us besides Amaryllis got to see him - and will again tomorrow for folkmoot.
4) I am so going to end up finishing Bird of Dusk within a week -- depending of course on how much writing time I get. My last writing day was 57 words short of 3k. Of course, then it's set it aside, and come back later to carve apart everything from Chapter 17 onward. And I should look and see if there's a viable break point anywhere in the vicinity, because it might be better if it were two books. If so, it probably won't be a standalone series. I don't think I can see clear to that. But enough to pass as "I meant to do that"? Maybe.
5) Work wise, the place where I worked one day every couple of weeks over the summer had me back again for a half-day this last week, wants me again the week after Thanksgiving (The Canadian one, which is rather soon), another in December if I haven't something else by then, and might be setting up a part-time position in the New Year - though the last is a maybe. It's not coming into being because of me, but because of an increase in their production, but I have been told that if I haven't something else by then, they'd be happy for me to take it. (Although I think the woman telling me this was made even gladder to hear I've been with RCC for nigh on three years - they knew I'd been working their both summers they had me in, but not for how long. And it's nice to know the 'temp' can and will do longer term.)
2) Attended a Full Moon ritual with a Wiccan group led by an old friend I don't get to see much. A positive experience, overall, and interesting to see the similarities and differences. Similarities: The last time I did a guided meditation, it was led by our church minister during the new members groups - though she hasn't exactly done that with the full congregation. Our church tends to begin the Jesus prayer with "Our Mother and Father", so invoking male and female deity didn't seem as out of place as it might (And I seem to be more comfortable with deity as female, excepting only Jesus himself, who was rather inarguably male). And the candle-lighting had strong parallels to our "Prayers of the people" segment; though they had more positive invocations than otherwise, and we tend to the opposite. The cleansing and blessings feel familiar, albeit from experiences prior to church, so that the group aspect was the new part there. The banter and reminiscences during the less solemn parts. The fumbling for matches or texts to conduct the ritual. The fact that the ritual felt effective in spite, or even inclusive of of human fumbling. And of course, every religious thing I've been to seems to involve some kind of an invitation to bring and eat food afterward in group, once the ritual is done and the serious bits passed.
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4) I am so going to end up finishing Bird of Dusk within a week -- depending of course on how much writing time I get. My last writing day was 57 words short of 3k. Of course, then it's set it aside, and come back later to carve apart everything from Chapter 17 onward. And I should look and see if there's a viable break point anywhere in the vicinity, because it might be better if it were two books. If so, it probably won't be a standalone series. I don't think I can see clear to that. But enough to pass as "I meant to do that"? Maybe.
5) Work wise, the place where I worked one day every couple of weeks over the summer had me back again for a half-day this last week, wants me again the week after Thanksgiving (The Canadian one, which is rather soon), another in December if I haven't something else by then, and might be setting up a part-time position in the New Year - though the last is a maybe. It's not coming into being because of me, but because of an increase in their production, but I have been told that if I haven't something else by then, they'd be happy for me to take it. (Although I think the woman telling me this was made even gladder to hear I've been with RCC for nigh on three years - they knew I'd been working their both summers they had me in, but not for how long. And it's nice to know the 'temp' can and will do longer term.)