Bizarre Quiz of the Day:
Who's Your Movie Sidekick? Find out @ She's Crafty

Well, I had to work at it cause I didn't know who the first chick was. Besides, I like Cameron. You could stuff a piece of coal.....

Rants

Nothing much, just sitting around at work today, waiting for the boss to come home. I could have been home by now if I'd taken the bus, but an opportunity to willfully misuse the bosses broadband connection is always welcome. Figured I'd waste some time over here.

Had a good conversation with "The Prince" (see archive 9/25) over the weekend. Related how the entire thing wasn't about me, but about him. I mean, I was saying it rote like every 5 minutes. I think he got the point. I'm sure there's going to be more about that to come, but for now the entire ball is back in his court where it belongs.

Had dinner with my dad and sister yesterday. It was a lot of fun. My sister, who will be sixteen in a couple of weeks, was all twinny with me, echoing what I said. It was very funny, and my father was very scared. Boo-yah. There's good times. (By the way, just for Sal and Theryn's sake, "Good Times" was something my sister said over and over and over to mean "good" and "sooper" etc. I found it hysterical every time.)

Have nothing cooked up for Halloween. But I think DH & I will do some burning for Samhain. No costume as of yet, although I'm considering something lame (and easy( like "Goth Girl". Hehehhe...

Okay, I'm going to go. I've done about as much damage as I should right now, anyway. Keep your pumpkins safe and your broom in the air!

PAGAN SPEAK DAY

In the Northern hemisphere was are about to celebrate Samhain, in the Southern Hemisphere it is the Beltaine. What are your plans for this sabbat? Any traditions that you have? etc.

The simple answer here is that I'm not that kind of pagan. I only consider myself pagan in that my spirituality has no religion anyhow. That said, I'll try to answer this question, because it was the only one of the three I thought I could answer. hehehe

I celebrate Halloween in the usual fluff manner. Candy, costumes, fake spiderwebs, trips to haunted houses, all of that. Well, as much as I can. My sons are coming up on the age where trick-or-treating is going to go by the side of the road, though. I've been thinking this year of creating some paganistic rituals for them. Starting some Samhain traditions.

My DH (dear husband) has been studying rituals and rites lately for all of the major sabbats, so I'm kind of hoping he has a good idea or two. Otherwise it will be as we usually do, lighting a fire in the bbq and burning leaves and saying, "Happy Samhain!" or something. You know, "winging that mother". It is what we do best around my house.

Currently, my entire Samhain tradition consists of re-reading "The Guardians", a book about witches at Samhain. Okay, right now I'm reading Anne Rice ("The Mummy" and now "Pandora") which is also a tradition. I get in a witchy mood about now, and start sucking down all the "folklore" I own and enjoy. Not an important tradition, but I sure love it.

I do think I'll teach my youngest son a candle spell (something basic, like wishes) this year. He's been very interested in witchcraft lately and I think it'd be nice to share what I know with him. The elder son is too busy with his social life at school to care....but the young red-headed child is magic-inclined. :)

Well, until next month...keep your pumpkin safe and your broom in the air.