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I think a lot when I'm cleaning toilets or doing dishes at work.  I'm usually alone with my thoughts.

Solve the worlds problems by talking to yourself.

Solve your problems by talking to yourself.

I'm dizzy from the fumes of toity cleaners, fer sher.

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I often wish I could write with clarity and elegance, like LeGuin.  It took her 70 years of writing to get to that point, I suppose, and to keep the voice active and honest and honed.

It takes practice.

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Thor/Mjollnir story

Post-Modern Deconstruction of the Myth of Thor and the Theft of Mjollnir

Breakdown of Story

• Thor finds Mjollnir missing (in some stories Loki gambled it away)
• Ransom for Mjollnir is Freyja marrying the giant (Thrym) who has Mjollnir
• Freyja is approached to marry Thrym by Loki and Thor; she refuses
• Council of Gods - Heimdall suggests Thor dress up as Freyja to win back Mjollnir
• Thor dressed in bride's clothes, swaddled in a huge bridal veil, has keys on a belt at "her" waist, decked out in the finest red-gold jewelry
• Loki accompanies Thor as "handmaid"
• While Thor eats all the food, Loki explains Thor's gluttony by saying that "Freyja" hadn't eaten or drunk anything before the wedding
• When Thrym tries to kiss the "bride," he sees Thor's glaring eyes; Loki explains that "Freyja" had not slept before the wedding
• Thrym's sister asks for the red-gold jewelry to "win her love"
• Mjollnir brought in from its hiding place to hallow the "bride" and start eht wedding
• Thor grasps Mjollnir, rips off wedding clothes, and kills wedding party

Modern Points to Bring Up

• Thor crossdresses, Loki crossdresses - both were considered "unmanly" by old Norse standards
• Freyja refuses marriage
• Heimdall, who created social order (caste system) proposes breaking them for Asgard's protection
• Loki has already crossdressed and foaled Sleipnir
• Odin was insulted for being taught "seidr" (women's magic)
• RELIGION CHANGES - old Norse and Victorian sex roles are no longer needed nor appropriate

Dream time

Sunday Night's dream:  On board on either a cargo or oil tanker ship.  Bridge had a control panel (sleek, swept back, futuristic design), no lights or controls.  There was a central lit dome in the middle.  (Everything was bright white.)  The captain stood in front of the dome, his hands on top of it.  "I think you can hold on," he said.  The ship started to spin, with the dome as its axis.  Doors and windows opened at once, and the bridge looked like any other modern-day bridge.  The seas were stormy, and as the ship was spinning, I stood on my feet.

Monday Night's dream:  at work in a coffee shop which also was an office.  Sitting down across a table from Rick.  He said, "Pay attention.  You need to speak the language of power, not the language of women."  I got up and walked around the coffee shop.  (The coffee shop had rails leading to the counter, like McDonalds,but the decor was dark and wooden, like Starbucks.)  Rick looked up at me impatiently.  I smiled and said something inane, which made him frown.

Fucking hot and humid!  Thunderstorms roaring south and north of here.  Annoyed that I had to go running around like a fucking maniac after work.

I want to talk to someone, but talking doesn't do shit if there's no results.  Fuck big speeches.

Fuck the world and the orbit it's in.

I'm:

Angry.

Horny.

Talk to me?  Only if you're brave enough to deal with 5+ years of deprivation.

No end in sight.

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Sorry for all the shit
sorry for all that
sorry
indulge me

Rose Meditation (rough draft)

Rose Meditation (rough)

Root - Dark Red Rose

Sacral - American Beauty Red Rose

Solar Plexus - Tropicana Rose

Heart - Pink Rose (medium to light pink)

Throat - Peace Rose

Third Eye - Blue Rose (lavendar/blue)

Crown - White Rose

Pictures at a later date.