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My day:

23:18 The_Mike doesn't love me. :( He is a nacho denier! :P FINE!
09:56 Yea!! I got a good night of sleep. :)
12:17 The_Mike is a bad lyer! LOL
12:50 *does a happy dance* AG of Texas says Rat Bastard and Psycho Stalker are in Oklahoma! Yea for them being far from me! Woo hoo!
14:44 mmm iced tea...
16:43 corn bread and beans for dinner I'm a happy southern chicka today :)

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I took these pictures during the main ritual of Aspen Grove Midsummer. They all have fire sprites in them. :)

*does a happy dance*

AG of Texas says Rat Bastard and Psycho Stalker are in Oklahoma! Yea for them being far from me! Woo hoo!

Current Mood: ecstatic

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Originally uploaded by Gwen Wolfrose

After circle we had our feast and socializing around the fire in the main camp (mine and Chrissy's). Some time around ten or so (I didn't have a time piece) some of us took the bride off and painted her up with some body crayons. I then wondered over with the bride to what had been dubbed by those occupying the camp as Camp Homo. Got drunk and wondered back to my camp around three or so. It was cold again Friday night but not as cold as the night before.

Saturday we woke up, Parker got the French press out again and we cooked eggs, sausage and hashbrowns. We vegged right there in main camp till it was time for the handfasting. While sitting around that morning we had a discussion about Chrissy needing to cut some spiritual ties, heal her soul and move forward with her path. There was another there who needed to completely start anew as well so we decided to put together some impromptu rites for those two to be done after all the public activities were over.

Then it came time for the handfasting. What a beautiful ritual! I took lots of photos which are on my flickr. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfrose/) The bride was beautiful as was the groom as well.

After the handfasting it was time for workshops. I didn't get any pictures of those because I was busy participating in them. ;) First was a combined workshop of bath salts with TaMara and Talea sharing their knowledge of herbs and oils. Then Talea did a lovely workshop on poppets which I enjoyed very much. We did cut it short after we realized it was time for Goat's wire wrapping workshop back in the main camp. I stayed with Talea while she packed up her supplies and walked back to the main camp with her. We had a lovely conversation and I enjoyed her company.

I did not participate in Goat's workshop because my hands were hurting and I was tired and hungry so I went over to TaMara's camp to cook our steaks with Parker. Talea came by after the workshop and I invited her to eat with us which she did. :)

Soon after we noticed that most everyone was scattering to their perspective camps and the public Aspen Grove event came to a close with some people breaking camp to head back home and some deciding to wait till the next morning.

There were two more rituals held later at sunset and then after dark but as stated previously these were private rites so no pictures were taken and all I will say of them is that they were very emotional and took a lot out of me. One small note, Parker was not even at the second rite.

Sunday morning we slowly got moving, got the handful of us remaining packed up and all headed home. It was exhausting but a wonderful experience all the same.

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Originally uploaded by Gwen Wolfrose

I guess I could post about our awesome Midsummer camp out now. I would have done it sooner but as soon as I got back from that trip I had to make an emergency trip to Iowa with a friend.

Parker and I went down to the camp ground on Thursday so we could get our camp set up. The camp ground is full of large rocks and at this time of year apparently the river overflows through the camp ground as well so finding a good spot to pitch a tent was interesting to say the least. Most everyone was scattered over the whole place which kind of made it hard for much socialization. Goat had me covered though and found me a spot before I got there near Chrissy. After Parker and Goat set up the tent we ate some nummy goulash Chrissy brought and then sat around the camp fire till we were too tired to think. Thursday night was below freezing so Parker and I almost melded together with poor little Bikit squished between us. She survived...

Friday morning Parker got out his French press for coffee and TaMara made some breakfast burritos out of the Southwestern egg beaters and tortillas I brought with some potatoes and sausage she had. Twas goooood. The day was spent sitting around the fire socializing and exploring the camp ground. For lunch we cooked some really yummy brats stuffed with garlic, cheese and artichoke. *drool*

Friday evening it was time for the main ritual. TaMara and Parker centered the ritual and it was amazing. Parker came into the circle as the Green Man and TaMara sent him on his way into the greenwood with song as his time of reign is now over. She then started singing another song which summoned the Horned One in to start his reign. It was very moving. The circle ended as the Sheriff showed up.

(to be continued)

lucedellaluna wrote:

Overall the Weekend was great, the only sad part was when Talea told me of how rudely she was treated at the Aspen Grove midsummer campout, how she was shunned, and was not included in rituals that were private. Which makes me wonder, why would anyone want sto do a private ritual at what is suppose to be a public event. I took my name off as a Janitor for this group, Aspen Grove, because of the problems with the Janitors, and now I am removing myself from the public yahoo list. I felt so badly for Talea who went to this event thinking it was open and that she would be includied in the activities despite who she was friends with.

I call bullshit! I get so sick of people who claim to not want witch wars in the community to continually stir the shit stew to cause conflict. Yeah, she left the Janitor's list for Aspen Grove along with her man Kelly (who did try to rejoin). When they left they did so very loudly spewing off nasty half truths and attacking community members. At that point they weren't welcome back as Janitors. They aren't trust worthy. No one want's to continually watch their back to make sure a knife doesn't get stuck in it!

As to what she wrote about Midsummer... here is my response to her.

*sigh*

You don't know what happened or what the two rituals were for or when they were planned. You don't even bother to find out what it was about before you jump up to bad mouth Aspen Grove once again.

Talea kept to herself mostly. I did not shun her, I even shared steak with her. I find it sad that they only thing it seems to be reported back is gossipy bad mouthing.

The only rituals advertised for this event was the main ritual on Friday night which Talea was at and the handfasting on Saturday and again Talea was there. The other two rituals were private and only decided to be done Saturday morning to be done after all the public activities were over. One was for Chrissy to heal her soul and help her move forward upon a new path with a new name. It was personal and private. The other was a death and rebirth rite which is the epitome of a personal private rite. Anyone who doesn't understand or respect the privacy of such rites probably also doesn't get the power involved in such rites.

Edited to add:
I also know that Talea spent most of Saturday morning in TaMara's trailer where she was served breakfast, drank coffee and spent a great deal of time telling TaMara that anything that happened at Aspen Grove would stay there because Talea wasn't going to go back and talk shit about us.

Talea was NOT shunned by us she was welcomed and treated with hospitality. When she left the camp ground she came to TaMara's camp to say goodbye and was sent off with farewell hugs.

Current Mood: annoyed

My day:

23:41 Watching documentaries on MSNBC.
23:48 Yawn!!!
00:35 bed time...
00:49 I wish I had some nachos... lol
08:46 blah... yep, awake for the day now. *sigh*
09:45 Working on the SLCPPD website. saltlakeppd.org
11:44 Done with SLCPPD website for now. Checking email and then going to play Rock Band! woo hoo!!
13:50 My new band name is Xero Koolaide. I love Rock Band!!
15:45 Parker loves me! He got me some chips for nachos!!! Yea! I'm a happy camper. ;)
18:54 mmm pork chops...
20:21 bleh... channel surfin
21:32 we have rain...
21:33 thinkin about playin rock band again.... maybe take a shower first. lol
21:58 shower good!

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I have snow in my yard...

Current Mood: cold

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Originally uploaded by Gwen Wolfrose

Last weekend was the Utah Burn otherwise known as Element 11. Like Burning Man but not as large. It's a 21 and over camping event where they make art projects and burn them bonfire style. They had five burns this year. I only made it to three... they were right in front of our camp and I didn't have to travel far to get to them. lol

I had UV reactive dreds in my hair. I was also three or thirty sheets into the wind by the time I took this photo.

In other news, I fired my doctor. I went in on Tuesday to get on Lyrica. He had a student working with him that day and had her see me. She ignored most everything I said. She asked me where I was hurting most that day and I told here around my elbows, the back of my neck and shoulders and down in my hips and lower back. She squeezed on my left elbow and asked if that made it hurt worse and of course it did, duh I can't stand for anything to touch me right now. She left the room and then came back to tell me the places I said I hurt aren't indicative of Fibro *rolls eyes* and so it must be arthritis. Then handed me a prescription for mobic which is a NSAID anti-inflammatory. Now last year the doctor told me never to take ibuprofen again because I have a bleeding ulcer. He signed off on this prescription. WTF? I knew better but I took it anyway. It made me sick of course and it didn't do a fucking thing for my pain.

So Parker goes up to the doctor's office the next day to complain. The nurse calls me later and tells me the doctor said to not take the mobic again (duh) and that he called in another scrip for my ulcer. She said to take that for a week and then let him know how I'm doing. I asked what about my pain problem. She said any anti-inflammatory would irritate my ulcer. I told her that the anti-inflammatory didn't do anything for my pain anyway could he at least give me more flexeril and loratab. She said she would ask. She called back a bit later and said he refused. *growl*

I asked for a referral to a specialist. I refuse to see that man again for ANYTHING!

Ok so when last I left you I was squeeing about the Utah Renn Faire. So yeah, I went and had myself a grand time walking around in the dust spending money on garb which I look really awesome in. *squee* Went back the second weekend too.

Then I spent the next three days in bed (both times) because fibro sux. Still all hurty.

and then there is the fucktard factor...

I've posted before on here about how there is a Wiccan Church here in Salt Lake that collected a bunch of money from the community under the pretense that it was a fund to purchase land for the community which they then used to purchase a yurt and put in their Rev.'s back yard. So you guys know me, I've been plenty vocal about calling bullshit on it. This has been going on for about a year now and I doubt it will ever be resolved.

Well, last week someone posted the Charge of the Beeotch to a yahoo list called WestDesertWitchesWeb which was a local list but since a warlocked fucktard runs it and it's heavily moderated he had to open it up to anyone he could get to join it so now it's just another foo foo pagan list. One of the foo foo's on there is the Officer of Air for the afore mentioned church which means she is responsible for xposting their events all over the place and keeping the minutes. She's also made a point of calling several people in the community liars because she doesn't agree with them even though they can back up what they've stated with documentation or witnesses. She's also stated that Parker, Giffin (the HP of my coven which is the oldest coven in Salt Lake), and I are not part of the community because we don't reside in Salt Lake. This is also a woman who wears fairy wings, the kind you get for kids on Halloween, to every event she attends because apparently she thinks she is one. This is a woman I've spoken to twice briefly. Well, when the Charge of the Beeotch was posted she had something to say... and I quote:

Sorry I have to comment on this post; I know the woman Who wrote this
and in no way should anything she posts be promoted. I understand that
it is public , but the integrity and position that this person holds
in the Utah community leaves much to be desired.

Just my 2 cents. :P
BB Avalon

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!

Like I said, I've spoken with Avaloony TWICE. She does not know me. All she knows is that I have opinions she doesn't like and I won't shut the fuck up.

As to my position in the community, and it's really nice of her to acknowledge that I'm part of this community eh, I'm one of the Local Coodinators for Salt Lake Pagan Pride and I run the largest and most active Witches Meetup in Utah. What that leaves to be desired for her I guess is that I'm not going away. That leaves my integrity, sorry Avaloony, I'm just not going to take money from people and use it for something else to make myself acceptable to your standards of integrity.

So that's what's going on in Kayote Land...

Current Mood: amused

The Utah Renn Faire is this weekend. :)

http://www.utahrenfest.com/

Current Mood: amused

I'm still here... just not much to say, sorry if I worried anyone with my silence.

I'm preparing myself to dedicate to a coven in Salt Lake. It's not a Wiccan coven, it's a traditional witchcraft coven (Ced Tradition). I'm setting my foot upon the hedge. ;)

Current Mood: excited

It's political again...

WTF Geraldine Ferraro! I've got a couple of words for you, DUCK TAPE! Ok, I know some folks probably don't know what I'm talking about so I'll just quote this bigoted woman.

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position, and if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."

And she says this in an attempt to say that the media is being unfair because they are sexist. Well Geraldine hun, I think you need to spend some time with a mirror because what you said IMO is racist. You're pulling the he's getting special treatment because he's black card and I find that offensive and insulting.

I think Obama would be where he is at now if he were fuchsia. I think most of his voters do not see color, they see a great man. I say this because I know someone who supports him and voted for him that happens to be one of the most racial bigots I know, my brother. He's as white southern red neck as you can get and he's adamant about wanting Obama for president because he feels that Obama will make this country better.

I'm sure Ms. Ferraro would be just peachy though if everyone were caught up in the concept of having the first woman president. Which is why she is whining about this in the first place, they aren't. They aren't because this isn't supposed to be about gender or race... at least that is what we were told by both campaigns right.

I'd be real happy if all the pundits would STFU. A lot of crap that has been made a big deal out of in this election season has been pundits assuming something and blowing it out of proportion.

And Obama needs to stop reacting to what Clinton says and just change the subject, she's in charge of what everyone is talking about right now and he's letting her be. For instance this whole dream ticket thing, which I'm still saying is the way it is going to have to be because of the numbers, instead of saying he's not running for VP he should have said, "it's good to know that you want to be my VP Hilliary. I'll keep that in mind." That might have shut her up.

And again, that is what needs to happen, they need to be on that ticket together for the party's sake.

edit to add:
Oh and my prediction for the outcome of the Florida and Michigan re-do...

Hilliary takes Florida and Obama takes Michigan. No, I don't think she'll win Michigan if his name is on the ballot. Obama will still have the most delegates but everyone will have their vote counted.

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Today I learned that apparently online only friends can't be dear friends. At least that is what I was told. It hurt, a lot. Some of my dearest friends are online friends that I've never met in person... or have only briefly met one time...

inannaliban, enyo, thorswitch, davensjournal, desdemmonna, ferelwing, herbmcsidhe, stephanielynch, jazdewills, teal_cuttlefish, lildrafire, magickalmoon, misslynx, pwnedkitten, rowansolasban, seshen, swisscelt... and others who aren't on LJ (and some who are I'm having brain fog from this stupid flare that is still going on) are all people I really care about and keep up with.

Maybe some people who aren't confined to a bed for days and sometimes weeks don't understand that these online relationships are the only contact with the outside world some people are able to have. Being disabled is quite lonesome at times. Sometimes the only real friend I have is a chihuahua who keeps me company while I'm curled up in pain. But I also have this laptop where I can reach out and interact with lots of people and in doing so I've found people I like and have formed relationships with and for me it doesn't matter that it's just words on a screen, it's human contact. I hurt all the same when I lose an online friend. I've been on the net long enough that I have had several online friends die and I cried all the same just as if I had physically met that person.

Ok, so a poll:

[Poll #1152022]

Current Mood: hurt

My family has been yellow dog democrat for as long as I can remember. My great grandmother was PERSONAL friends with Ann Richards and was a delegate to the infamous 1968 Chicago DNC. Eight years ago I told a lot of people that I would never vote for Bush because he's an asshole and that I knew that from personal experience. I was serious. Just as serious then as I am now saying that I will not vote for Obama. He just pissed me off. I want a president who isn't in it for his ego, I want someone who will do what is best for the people. INCLUDING taking that second seat if that is how the nomination process ends up. Obama has stated that he will not accept that position if that is the case. WTF??? Now I know you're in this to win the nomination but heaven forbid something happens that you don't get it, you're going to turn down the opportunity to be the FIRST black VP and be the head of the Senate??? That is stupid and ASININE! It also says to me that you're going to deny half, no wait, you have most of the delegates right now because the process is open to non democrats in a lot of states so half isn't right, you're going to deny OVER HALF of the democrats who are voting to give her the nomination a chance to have the first woman VP as well.

I'm also ASTONISHED that Obama supporters who I know were among the LOUDEST screaming about the disenfranchisement of Florida voters in 2000 are now all for disenfranchising voters in Florida.

AND YES, caucuses are generally made up of party activists and not generally representative of the general voter. Sorry if that fact offends. A caucus is intimidating to some people. A caucus is contrary to why we have private voting booths and anonymous ballots.

While I'm sitting here ranting about all this when you really get down to it voting and caucusing to determine who gets how many delegates is outdated, just as outdated as that damn electoral collage. Let the people decide. The way it is now politicians can rig the whole process to favor their party so that more delegates or electoral voters end up in their colloum and the popular vote is just a fucking number. I would like to see every vote mean something. I think the president and the nominations should be decided on by popular vote PERIOD. That would be democracy.

I had already resigned myself to the fact that he was going to win the democrat nomination and that was going to be who I would vote for and I was perfectly ok with that because I didn't have a problem with him. I felt he was going to be the first black president the first time I saw him speak. Like I said though, he just changed my mind about him. Now I think he's just another politician like all the rest... well not like all the rest, he's a naive idealist too.

Oh well, not like my vote matters anyway, I live in Wyoming and it'll be a cold day in hell before this state's electoral votes go blue.

edited to add:
This has become an issue of uniting the party. People really need to start looking at the numbers. Obama is not blowing Hillary out of the water, they are essentially even, especially when you take into account that he is ahead because of cross over voters. If it were a registered dem only vote across the board he wouldn't be in the lead. For the sake of the party they need to unite and I don't care which one has the top spot.

Right now I'm so ticked off that I hope they dead lock at the convention and in the second round of votes the delegates throw them both out on their ass and elect Gore.

Current Mood: disgusted

FMS really sucks, big time! I'm still having this stupid flare but at least I did get the doctor to give me some loratab. So I'm on 10mg of flexeril and 5mg of loratab and it just dulls the pain... everyone wave at zombie Gwen. I do have to say something here for medical marijuana, if I had a bowl to smoke I wouldn't be hurting this bad. It really does help me more than taking these narcotics. *sigh* oh well... at least they knock me out so I can sleep.

Parker is really understanding my frustration with doctors now. I know how bad I hurt and he knows how bad I hurt but the doctors do not see me all the time like he does and do not know how much I really hurt. I mentioned this in a comment the other day, the doctors usually just want to treat my diabetes because they assume my pain is caused from diabetic neuropathy which in all honesty I have started to develop in my feet and hands but the FMS I had long before I developed diabetes. I've had FMS for about 17 years and I've been diabetic for about five years now.

I can't stand for very long because it hurts and I can't sit in one spot for long because it hurts. I toss and turn when laying down because it hurts. Some days it hurts just to breath. Sometimes, like now, I can not lift a plate because it hurts. Forget opening the cap on a bottled water.

I thank the gods everyday for sending me a man like Parker who is able to work from home so he can take care of me when I'm like this. I do not know what I would do without him. I can't even express in words what he means to me, he truly is the love of my life and my knight in shining armor. I am indeed a very blessed woman to be loved by such a wonderful man as my husband.

Current Mood: loved

Current Mood: smexy beeotch
Current Music: Hillary's Ohio Victory Speech

really bad day, feel like dying

doctor not in today so i'm only allowed the 10mg of flexeril he prescribed the last time i saw him

this is a curl up and cry all day day... i can't even lift a plate... killmenowplz

Current Mood: all hurty

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Renn Faire, Fibro, and Fucktards oh my!

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just a quick note

Internet culture IQ meme

ranting again

Yeah!

Today I learned...

Gonna piss off some liberals on my flist now....

ok this flare can go away any time now...

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