6-17-12

Well, back home after a fun and interesting weekend.  Went to a wedding near Seattle. First of all I'm a Pagan and it was a Catholic wedding, IN a church. I felt itching and kept rolling my eyes at parts, but I didn't burn so that's good. The after party was good... until someone danced so hard they dislocated their knee and we had to call the EMT's. How many people can say someone danced their knee  out at my wedding? lol Now that I'm back I'll start my beta'ing and writing. I unfortunately couldn't this week end. If we weren't at a wedding we were driving and I ate something Friday that made me ill and my stomach extreme sensitive. Sucked sooooo much!! I also start my next summer class tomorrow. A literature class... sounds like so much fun. (I'm being sarcastic if you can't tell.) Anyway, that's about it. G'night all!

Fanfiction/General 6-13-12

Been a while since I've posted anything. Just got free time and my first class of the summer is over with. After a length writers block and Diablo 3 I can finally say that I am back and better than ever with my writing. Only my muse has decided that it want's to write for Falling Rain and not Choices. (Which I just love the image for... probably why I was drawn to it.) But I'll take what I can get. Chapter one is getting a face lift. Like some of my DBZ writing I feel I've progressed and don't like the first chapter. Two and Three will remain the same except for repeated words. I noticed while reviewing chapter 2 for a class that I had a lot of again's in there. And I hope to have this all updated by tonight and if not definitely tomorrow. Since I'm almost done with chapter rewrite. As for my other writings, fear not, I have not forgotten. Believe me. My biggest issue these past weeks was, what do I focus on? And my mind going in several directions at once. I couldn't simply concentrate on one story. Anyways, until next time... Cheerio!

Views on St. Patrick's Day

This is a response too the History Channels: St. Patrick's Day

I had always known some of St. Patrick's day given my father firmly believes that we did come from Ireland and when I was younger I spent a lot of time looking into our families background.  Unfortunately ship manifests don't go back to when the first Irish started coming over -after England took control. I biggest question is: Was the holiday and its date really only made for St. Patrick's Day or like a lot of other holidays that are religious was it taken mostly from the Pagans? They did mention the Celtics briefly and those little facts were rather interesting considering I just haven't had the time to look into this holiday in particular, but they forgot to mention one of the biggest myths about Patrick and that was he was referred to driving the 'snakes' from Ireland. Clearly snakes are a symbol for the Pagan's. They did mention that, but only in the light to make what he did and what the church did as the good 'right' event. Which to me is simply irritating and frustrating given I am a Pagan.

                Given their twisted one-sided version I decided to look it up, now this is only from one person who blogged about her family's history and their personal views, but I really wish the History channel had interviewed a Pagan as they had those Christian priests and only goes to show how biased even they are sometimes. Anyway, this woman in her blog stated that growing up for her, especially on this day, was "vastly different from the popular secular view." She came from a long line of "hereditary witches" that carried their beliefs since Ireland. She was taught to reject this holiday, her grandmother would even spit at the mention of St. Patrick, and over all they shunned wearing black. To me that was actually startling, but thinking about it I do understand. These Christians who preached their religion were invaders to her family and the Pagans. Missionaries were instruments for subjugation of the Irish isle to the Christian church, and as this author of the blog said again in parenthesis after mentioning all this, "and who {I'm guessing the missionary people}, worst of all, wasn't even Irish!" Then again she could be talking about Patrick himself. She also states that March 17th is a Pagan holiday known as Ostara (the 2nd spring festival that occurs yearly which is also coincided with Easter).

                Now I wonder how different this documentary would be if they had interviewed people like this and showed the other side, instead of simply saying 'St. Patrick's Day is the celebration of the Christianization of Ireland ' -when in fact it was the mass execution of their Pagan heritage? Really gives it a whole new meaning and now I realize why I never did celebrate this holiday. Something about it always felt wrong, and here is my answer.

**I got the blog from http://www.pagancentric.org/pagans-and-saint-patricks-day/

Fanfiction 5-10-12

Okay on chapter 8 on my reread of Choices. Looking stellar. Woot! I thought it was perfect before, now its like omg. haha Fine, fine after chapter 4 there wasn't that much rewriting and now at chapter 8 there's hardly any other than minor issues.
On another note, I've been thinking of rewriting Death's Grace. Only four chapters in, so shouldn't be too bad. But I wrote that all in a rush and I can tell. Can you tell I'm a perfectionist? lol

Fanfiction update 5-7-12

So... I'm doing choices. Only issue is I had to reread what I have already to remind myself where I'm at exactly and I realized the the first few chapters don't match the quality of my later ones (because I have evolved as a writer, imagine that!), so I'm quickly going through and adding sensory to these few chapters and making them flow better. Plotwise, nothing is going to change!

General 5-6-12

Ghaa my mind is all over the place. In the process of beta'ing some peoples works. Then I'm trying to think my way through one of my worlds and what I want these one beings to look like or how to explain the magick abilities right. Then I really just want to write, but I don't have the itching to write one in particular and I'm being pulled this way and that and... ARG! So frustrating. Also, if any of you haven't seen the Avengers, I suggest you do. Totally kickass!

Science Exams DONE! 5-1-12

Woot. What a relief! Now to take a break the rest of the night, catch up on lost sleep and then get my two english projects done tomorrow then I can concentrate on fanfiction and writing yay!!!! I'm sooo happy. Really I can't describe how happy I am. Anyway, I think I'm going to take a nap or something. Maybe even get started on some of my writing. I wonder which one I'll do first... Got Death's Grace and Choices I really want to work on. Probably both. Then there's my actual original stories... ahh so much I want to do!