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| User: | wingedelf (441545)  In Pursuit Of (Or Recovering From) An Encounter With The Leannan Sidhe
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Or not so afraid, just don't claim you weren't warned |
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| Name: | Aesthete & Ne'er-do-well | |||||
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| Website: | Ticky-Box! | |||||
| Location: | Seattle, Washington, United States | |||||
| Birthdate: | 04-16 | |||||
| E-mail: | vanya@ticky-box.com
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| AOL IM: |  avarielelf688 (Add Buddy, Send Message) | |||||
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| Bio: | First off, I'd like to point out that this isn't a mini-biography, it's a mini-auto-biography. Accordingly, also consider this a request for submissions- if you know me, feel free to contribute a few lines about me, and i'll post them- or at least consider doing so. Anyway, here are some of the more salient points which may be of interest about me. I both know and generally choose to eschew the English practice of capitalizing the first person nominative pronoun, except when appropriate because of the dictates of other rules of usage. This reminds me to do what i can to keep from taking myself too seriously. I am many things to many people. I am a chameleon, a wallflower, an incurable flirt, a wellspring of energy, a trickster. I am called to be many things- a lover, a partner, a parent; a bard, a fool who does not know better than to interact with the Divine Ones; an advocate for those without voice, amongst others. Many people will know me without ever seeing some of these facets directly, and those who see more than one may not even guess at the existance of some of the others. Few people successfully get close to me. Those who do are almost always adopted as family by choice. Most will not exert the effort. That is their loss, as far as i'm concerned. I tend to be opinionated, and guess what? My journal, my opinions. You don't have to agree, but disagree cordially. Your comments- when you agree, and moreso when you don't are welcome. It is through dissent and discussion that we grow and learn. There are things which, it is said, should never be discussed in polite company, among which are religion and politics. Both are featured in these entries. So much for polity, eh? I'm fervently anti-fundamentalist anything, and will defend to the last breath your right to believe in whatever works for you as long as it isn't virulently evangelical in nature. Even Christian scripture says that we should each work out our own salvation, so when you know what it takes to save you from whatever, go with it. I'll go my way, thank you very much. As for politics, even though living and voting in the United States, i'm not particularly happy with either of the major political parties in the States. In national elections, i usually vote Democratic, because they're the folks with a chance of winning at present who have policies most closely aligned with mine. In local elections, i'll vote for Green or Independent candidates if they seem to present a viable option, and in a reasonably liberal hotbed like Seattle, perhaps we'll elect one sometime this decade. In general politically, i identify fairly strongly with a Canadian party- the New Democratic Party, and with the principles of Social Democratic movements in general; as well as with sensible nationalist movements in Scotland and Ireland. There are some topics which are discussed here which are generally filtered- in fact, although this journal used to be almost exclusively public, of late it has shifted to being restricted to one viewer-class or another with almost the same polarization. Such is the nature of my life at present- although i'm opening myself more and more to those who are in my circles of trusted friends, at the same time, i am finding that i do not choose to share the same things with random strangers; and that by filtering appropriately, this can be a salon for more intimate discussion. The following are opt-in filters: Locals: This is very rarely used, and on the occasions where it might be it discusses things generally specific to the metropolitan Seattle area, or perhaps the Pacific Northwest on a less granular scale. Webbies: Also somewhat rare. This one's for folks who work in or have an interest in internet design and development. Pagan: I am unapologetically a devotee of five of the Divine Ones known to the pre-Christian Gaels- Brighid, An Mhór Righan, Manannan, Lugh and An Daghda. This filter discusses paganism in general, my chosen path in particular, and finding a realistic balance between historically authenticated practices and personal gnosis. Poly-Aware- my wife and i believe that monofidelity is not the only paradigm in which healthy romantic and sexual relationships should exist. Even in periods when there are no 'external' interests in our lives, we are open to the potential of such individuals. Love is too precious thing to be limited to one individual- as people, we have many friends, and few would have an issue with such; as parents are capable of having more than one child and loving them all deeply, it is the same with those special individuals who come into our lives- there can always be more love to be shared. After two years of swearing off looking for a new relationship, I've found myself having fallen headlong and uncomplaining into a new one. Even more importantly, i'm actively happy in it- and look at it in wonder and amazement. There are a handful of other filters, but if you are one of the people i trust deeply enough to include in one of them, you will know what they are. | |||||
| Memories: | 13 entries | |||||
| Pictures: | over 40 public | |||||
| Interests: | 129: adventuring, alternative energy, audrey hepburn, bagpipes, banshees, bardcraft, bean-sidhe, being the trickster, biodiesel, black company, brighid, brigid, british columbia, canada, celtic, celtic goddesses, celtic gods, celtic music, celtic mythology, celtic paganism, celtic reconstructionism, celtic reconstructionist paganism, celts, chainmail, challenging archetypes, charles de lint, chocolate, commander sir samuel vimes, corsets, costuming, cryptanalysis, cryptography, cuddling, curling, dead can dance, debate, deconstructing beliefs, detroit red wings, discordianism, discworld, earl grey tea, eclectic tastes, erotica, expanding horizons, faeries, faith & the muse, fantasy, flirting, folklore, gaelic, gaelic culture, gaming, great big sea, gàidhlig, history, hockey, imbas, infrared photography, intelligent conversation, intelligent women, invader zim, ireland, irish music, irish republicanism, jesters, jorge luis borges, juggling, kilts, kissing passionately, lady esmerelda weatherwax, legends, literary criticism, literature, maille, making people think, manannan mac lir, marvin martian, mhor rioghain, morrigan, morrighan, mythology, na daoine maith, neil gaiman, newfoundland, ottawa senators, paganism, photography, pike place market, pipes and drums, poetry, political discussion, polyfidelity, polytheism, possibilities of polyamorous permanance, post-soviet russian market economics, purple, ravens, religious discussion, restraining reckless abandon, rick mercer, russia, russian, sandman, scotland, scottish folklore, scottish nationalism, seattle, seattle thunderbirds, senistrognata, seven nations, short stories, ska st. petersburg hockey, software design and development, st. john's fog devils, steven wright, stone circles, tea party, terry pratchett, the morrigan, the tragically hip, the zorya, trance, tuatha de dannan, vancouver, velvet, victoria, walking in the rain, wings, writing | |||||
| Schools: | University of Richmond - Richmond, VA (1985 - 1988) | |||||
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