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Jun. 20th, 2018 03:37 pm"Deliverance", a protest poem and prayer.
Anyone more familiar than me with Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds ed. Daniel Ogden? I'm trying to source something about an apotropaic hand gesture that the person I'm talking with in Hellenion YahooGroup thinks is in this book, but I can't find it in there.
"Superman", Rachel Platten
Jul. 27th, 2017 04:19 pmSo put your armor on the ground tonight
'Cause everyone's got to come down sometime
You don't have to be Superman
You don't have to be Superman
You don't have to hold the world in your hands
You've already shown me that you can
Don't have to be Superman
'Cause everyone's got to come down sometime
You don't have to be Superman
You don't have to be Superman
You don't have to hold the world in your hands
You've already shown me that you can
Don't have to be Superman
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Jul. 16th, 2017 09:11 pmI am doing divination the next two days over ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
alexeigynaix way. First card-equivalent is free, money-wise, though I do ask every querent to say something kind or encouraging to someone else by way of payment.
Other than that, don't expect to see much of me online until Tuesday.
...
balsamandash is doing a one-card draw, too.
alexeigynaix way. First card-equivalent is free, money-wise, though I do ask every querent to say something kind or encouraging to someone else by way of payment.Other than that, don't expect to see much of me online until Tuesday.
...
balsamandash is doing a one-card draw, too.(no subject)
Jun. 2nd, 2017 01:22 pmSomebody give me six words. I'm gonna try to write me an Athena sestina.
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Jun. 2nd, 2017 12:25 pm*eyes seekingferret's spoilertastic review of Wonder Woman*
I was looking forward to this movie quite a bit until I found out the antagonist is one of my Gods.
Thanks for the heads-up, I guess? :(
seekingferret's spoilertastic review of Wonder Woman*I was looking forward to this movie quite a bit until I found out the antagonist is one of my Gods.
Thanks for the heads-up, I guess? :(
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Jun. 1st, 2017 04:40 pm...so I'm kind of flinching at the prospect of knitting even a couple square inches with toothpicks and crochet thread. What do I want to do instead, though, to illustrate Athena as fiber crafter in proportionate size to this 15" doll? A lap loom made of toothpicks and crochet thread?
I'm also thinking a scroll (tea-dyed paper and toothpicks) and a bronze felt helmet. (And brown felt sandals.)
I'm also thinking a scroll (tea-dyed paper and toothpicks) and a bronze felt helmet. (And brown felt sandals.)
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once_upon_ficOMG OMG OMG. *point point* *flail flail*
What Can and Cannot Be Done (1048 words) by LadyBrooke
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Metamorphoses - Ovid
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Medusa/Minerva
Characters: Medusa (Medusa - Metamorphoses), Minerva (Medusa - Metamorphoses)
Summary:
...
In terms of stories not gifted to me...
( lots! not counting the 7.6K and the 13K stories open in tabs, 'cause I have other things to do today XD but I'll get to them! )
...
And since the anon period didn't happen anyway, in terms of stories I wrote:
( again several )
What Can and Cannot Be Done (1048 words) by LadyBrooke
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Metamorphoses - Ovid
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Medusa/Minerva
Characters: Medusa (Medusa - Metamorphoses), Minerva (Medusa - Metamorphoses)
Summary:
Minerva and Medusa, before, until, while, and after the story of Medusa as one of the gorgons.
...
In terms of stories not gifted to me...
( lots! not counting the 7.6K and the 13K stories open in tabs, 'cause I have other things to do today XD but I'll get to them! )
...
And since the anon period didn't happen anyway, in terms of stories I wrote:
( again several )
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May. 8th, 2017 03:35 pmI a poem :-D
it also belongs on Never Unmindful, but I can't post anything else there till I catch up with a couple things and apologize to a couple people!
it also belongs on Never Unmindful, but I can't post anything else there till I catch up with a couple things and apologize to a couple people!
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Mar. 27th, 2017 02:25 pmKelliana's "Wild Maiden" is best song, I'm just saying.
We dance the dance of the Wild Wild Maiden
We dance so wild and free
We dance in the light of the sun and the moon
And the earth and the sky and the sea
I am however annoyed that it's too high energy for me in my current physical condition to actually dance to.
We dance the dance of the Wild Wild Maiden
We dance so wild and free
We dance in the light of the sun and the moon
And the earth and the sky and the sea
I am however annoyed that it's too high energy for me in my current physical condition to actually dance to.
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Mar. 13th, 2017 06:56 pmI am doing SCIENCE.
( food. not sure it actually merits a disordered-eating note, but not sure it doesn't either. )
...Advice?
( food. not sure it actually merits a disordered-eating note, but not sure it doesn't either. )
...Advice?
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Mar. 11th, 2017 09:21 pmI used all today's executive function. Used it up. Gone.
Problem: One of the things I used it on involved moving ALL the clutter that somehow found its way back into the living room and dining nook, and ALL the laundry that was on the sofa, into my bedroom and the kitchen and what passes for a hallway in this apartment. Because that means both routes to the front door are mostly blocked, this is probably a fire hazard. Also, if I want to sleep tonight, I have to do something about the laundry and other clutter on my bed and blocking the way to my bed.
And putting all the clutter back in the living and dining areas does not count as a solution!
The thing in question is I livestreamed a libation ritual to Hephaistos. If you want to watch the replay, skip to 17:something. 17:04 is the closest to the end of the video I can get that's before when the—backwards, because apparently my phone's front-facing camera operates on mirror principles—"starting at four" sign leaves the frame, but I can only move in ten-ish-second increments.
I am not sure whether to advise any of you who are interested to watch the replay; the audio is neither smooth nor synced. I figured out an after-the-fact solution for next time: starting Sound Recorder recording before going live on Facebook and then messing around in OpenShot and uploading the results to YouTube. Problem with that is, one, it does fuck-all for the people watching the livestream live, and two, if I'm just going to upload to Youtube anyway, why don't I just record with Camera and get higher resolution visual and good audio, and forget Facebook Live? So my next livestream test will likely be on Instagram. But another Hellenion member did a live-on-Facebook festival ritual the other day, and her technical difficulties were "I set up outside but then it started raining" and "I have to do this one-handed because I have to hold the phone", not "the audio is three kinds of screwy". Which tells me the problem is either my phone or my wifi—probably my wifi, because the stuff I record with Camera comes out aces, sound-wise! (As well as being higher resolution video.)
(I solved the one-handed problem by parking the phone on top of my strategically positioned DVD shelves, with a couple nice thick books to hold it in place. I am proud of myself.)
That said, though, I'm told it was a lovely ritual. It went okay on my end; I haven't actually watched the replay myself to know whether it looked okay. And much thanks to everyone who helped me finish writing "Litany" to Hephaistos, Creator of Assistive Technology!
Problem: One of the things I used it on involved moving ALL the clutter that somehow found its way back into the living room and dining nook, and ALL the laundry that was on the sofa, into my bedroom and the kitchen and what passes for a hallway in this apartment. Because that means both routes to the front door are mostly blocked, this is probably a fire hazard. Also, if I want to sleep tonight, I have to do something about the laundry and other clutter on my bed and blocking the way to my bed.
And putting all the clutter back in the living and dining areas does not count as a solution!
The thing in question is I livestreamed a libation ritual to Hephaistos. If you want to watch the replay, skip to 17:something. 17:04 is the closest to the end of the video I can get that's before when the—backwards, because apparently my phone's front-facing camera operates on mirror principles—"starting at four" sign leaves the frame, but I can only move in ten-ish-second increments.
I am not sure whether to advise any of you who are interested to watch the replay; the audio is neither smooth nor synced. I figured out an after-the-fact solution for next time: starting Sound Recorder recording before going live on Facebook and then messing around in OpenShot and uploading the results to YouTube. Problem with that is, one, it does fuck-all for the people watching the livestream live, and two, if I'm just going to upload to Youtube anyway, why don't I just record with Camera and get higher resolution visual and good audio, and forget Facebook Live? So my next livestream test will likely be on Instagram. But another Hellenion member did a live-on-Facebook festival ritual the other day, and her technical difficulties were "I set up outside but then it started raining" and "I have to do this one-handed because I have to hold the phone", not "the audio is three kinds of screwy". Which tells me the problem is either my phone or my wifi—probably my wifi, because the stuff I record with Camera comes out aces, sound-wise! (As well as being higher resolution video.)
(I solved the one-handed problem by parking the phone on top of my strategically positioned DVD shelves, with a couple nice thick books to hold it in place. I am proud of myself.)
That said, though, I'm told it was a lovely ritual. It went okay on my end; I haven't actually watched the replay myself to know whether it looked okay. And much thanks to everyone who helped me finish writing "Litany" to Hephaistos, Creator of Assistive Technology!
Noting for future reference
Mar. 9th, 2017 08:12 pmDIY tea bags
cold brew coffee instructions
...wait crap do I have to figure out how and where to grind the coffee I buy? Because I'm p sure those bags of ground coffee are ground too finely. :(
( exercise )
Be aware that there is now weight loss discussion in the comments.
cold brew coffee instructions
...wait crap do I have to figure out how and where to grind the coffee I buy? Because I'm p sure those bags of ground coffee are ground too finely. :(
( exercise )
Be aware that there is now weight loss discussion in the comments.
I adulted SO HARD today. Go me!
*ponders what Athena Paionia might like as a thanks-gift*
(ETA 19:30: have I stopped moving in the past eight hours, though? Like, at all?)
*ponders what Athena Paionia might like as a thanks-gift*
(ETA 19:30: have I stopped moving in the past eight hours, though? Like, at all?)
Okay. Let me clarify that I do not actually have any fluency with ancient Greek. But I do have a Liddell-Scott abridged lexicon, memories of conjugating verbs and declining nouns and adjectives in high school Latin lessons, and Wikipedia's ancient Greek declension/conjugation tables.
So. The particular maxim we've got here is ηττω υπο δικαιου: êttô upo dikaiou.
The lexicon at the only entry for eta-tau-tau-anything refers me to eta-sigma-sigma-anything, and that's all related to the verb meaning "to be less than, weaker than, inferior to another", "to be beaten, to give way, to submit", it's even a legal term for "to lose one's cause". It may have been too long since high school Latin lessons, I can't figure out the verb tense and voice, but I'm going to assume Oikonomides had a reason for translating this in the imperative.
upsilon-pi-omicron is a preposition. Its lexicon entry goes on for a solid half page, and what precisely it means depends on the case of the noun it goes with. Haven't got that far yet; I'll come back.
delta-iota-kappa-alpha-iota-omicron-upsilon okay looks like second declension noun in the genitive case, which means grammatical gender is indeterminate because of reasons, but English hasn't got that outside pronouns anyway so none of you care. (It's spelled wrong to refer to the Goddess Dikê anyway. I'm pretty sure.) So now I only have to comb through a quarter page of the lexicon to figure out that preposition! Might be "under" or "by" or "to" or "by reason of", though, depending on precise context.
The noun "dikaios" (or "dikaia" or "dikaion") might refer to justice or righteousness or equality or evenness or lawfulness or fairness or even moderation.
So I'm going to translate ηττω υπο δικαιου as "Submit to justice": don't set yourself against justice (or Justice), as [it, She] is stronger than you. (Oikonomides's translation, "Be overcome by justice", still reads more to me like, justice is a goal, work to get there.) It might equally well, if more loosely and verbosely translated, mean "When you lose a court case, accept the verdict"! But as you can see precisely how I got to either of those theres from here, you can translate it yourself how you choose.
So. The particular maxim we've got here is ηττω υπο δικαιου: êttô upo dikaiou.
The lexicon at the only entry for eta-tau-tau-anything refers me to eta-sigma-sigma-anything, and that's all related to the verb meaning "to be less than, weaker than, inferior to another", "to be beaten, to give way, to submit", it's even a legal term for "to lose one's cause". It may have been too long since high school Latin lessons, I can't figure out the verb tense and voice, but I'm going to assume Oikonomides had a reason for translating this in the imperative.
upsilon-pi-omicron is a preposition. Its lexicon entry goes on for a solid half page, and what precisely it means depends on the case of the noun it goes with. Haven't got that far yet; I'll come back.
delta-iota-kappa-alpha-iota-omicron-upsilon okay looks like second declension noun in the genitive case, which means grammatical gender is indeterminate because of reasons, but English hasn't got that outside pronouns anyway so none of you care. (It's spelled wrong to refer to the Goddess Dikê anyway. I'm pretty sure.) So now I only have to comb through a quarter page of the lexicon to figure out that preposition! Might be "under" or "by" or "to" or "by reason of", though, depending on precise context.
The noun "dikaios" (or "dikaia" or "dikaion") might refer to justice or righteousness or equality or evenness or lawfulness or fairness or even moderation.
So I'm going to translate ηττω υπο δικαιου as "Submit to justice": don't set yourself against justice (or Justice), as [it, She] is stronger than you. (Oikonomides's translation, "Be overcome by justice", still reads more to me like, justice is a goal, work to get there.) It might equally well, if more loosely and verbosely translated, mean "When you lose a court case, accept the verdict"! But as you can see precisely how I got to either of those theres from here, you can translate it yourself how you choose.
Silly question
Feb. 9th, 2017 09:31 pmIt occurred to me I need, during the doll prep process, to apply spiritual/energetic/magical cleansing techniques. Lustral water is safe for doll, I'm sure, or at any rate plain water didn't do damage before. Obviously sound cleansing will do no harm either. The silly question is, do I need to worry about the smell of smoke from a candle or an incense? I know cigarette smoke can stick to dolls, but I'm not sure how much smoke exposure is necessary for that to be a concern.
I'm planning "work on doll" as my bribe for completing at least three, sometime this weekend, of:
✓ fold and away all the laundry, including that washed and dried this weekend
✓ visible progress on living room chaos
* visible progress on bedroom chaos
* clean bathroom
* clean kitchen
* at least 500 words written on any one of Val Brown, a memoir, or a Hellenion project
I'm planning "work on doll" as my bribe for completing at least three, sometime this weekend, of:
✓ fold and away all the laundry, including that washed and dried this weekend
✓ visible progress on living room chaos
* visible progress on bedroom chaos
* clean bathroom
* clean kitchen
* at least 500 words written on any one of Val Brown, a memoir, or a Hellenion project
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Feb. 2nd, 2017 10:32 pmDoll will require attributes of Athena!
Armor is right out. But could I plausibly make a convincing-looking helmet? (Though that probably means doll needs loose or ponytailed hair, instead of the Janet-Stephens-demonstrated style I already linked.) How would I this thing? (Remembering I'm not a bronzesmith! Though I may well be taking a metalwork workshop in a few weeks, we'll see. I don't know; bronze and match-the-himation felt?)
Given doll's hands—will photo up close tomorrow—can doll hold (preferably without glue) a spear, or a book, or a pair of knitting needles, or a hand loom? (I doubt this. Unless I tie the things to her wrists with thread.) Think a couple headpins from the beading department would make proportional knitting needles?
Ooh, could I give her a sword belt and accompanying pointy metal stick to go with the helmet? And a "leather" satchel with the knitting needles and embroidery-thread knitting project poking out, and definitely a book. (By which I may mean scroll.) Then I will be covering Athena's three most prominent (to me) areas of expertise: wisdom, war, and crafts!
ETA: Or arm her instead like a fairly poor hoplite...tell me to stop, this is overambitious...
Armor is right out. But could I plausibly make a convincing-looking helmet? (Though that probably means doll needs loose or ponytailed hair, instead of the Janet-Stephens-demonstrated style I already linked.) How would I this thing? (Remembering I'm not a bronzesmith! Though I may well be taking a metalwork workshop in a few weeks, we'll see. I don't know; bronze and match-the-himation felt?)
Given doll's hands—will photo up close tomorrow—can doll hold (preferably without glue) a spear, or a book, or a pair of knitting needles, or a hand loom? (I doubt this. Unless I tie the things to her wrists with thread.) Think a couple headpins from the beading department would make proportional knitting needles?
Ooh, could I give her a sword belt and accompanying pointy metal stick to go with the helmet? And a "leather" satchel with the knitting needles and embroidery-thread knitting project poking out, and definitely a book. (By which I may mean scroll.) Then I will be covering Athena's three most prominent (to me) areas of expertise: wisdom, war, and crafts!
ETA: Or arm her instead like a fairly poor hoplite...tell me to stop, this is overambitious...
doll restoration checklist & thoughts
Feb. 2nd, 2017 03:33 amI did not find my ruler, but I found a thing with inches marked on it. This is a fifteen-inch doll. (I will photograph doll when the sun's up and the lighting is therefore much improved. I may or may not photograph doll's pretty floral bonnet. It's...very floral.)
( babble )
So, doll restoration tasks, more or less in this order:
✓ go to Walgreens or wherever, buy hair pick and baby shampoo
✓ go to Jo-Ann Fabrics and/or AC Moore, buy saffron-hued cotton fat quarter(s) (if that'll work) and a fat quarter of a heavier material in a suitable color (should work) and embroidery thread and suitable needle
* if fat quarter(s) won't work, find saffron-hued cloth (ideally wool, maybe linen or cotton) and other-hued heavier cloth somewhere online that will work
✓ find pins that will work
† take photos of doll (and photodocument whole process hereafter)
✓ attempt cleaning ceramic, carefully
✓ brush hair and if necessary more involved hair care
* style hair
✓ clean cloth body
* deal with making eyes an appropriate gray
* cutand hem saffron fabric to result in as close to an 18" x 19" rectangle as is feasible—or sew the longer sides together to make a tube instead of hemming side edges
* cutand hem himation fabric to result in as close to a 15" x 22" rectangle as is feasible
* embroider spider(s) on peplos fabric, and other appropriate symbols if ambitious
* embroider something on himation fabric? ΑΘΕ or ΑΘΗΝΑ perhaps?
✓ clean doll stand
✓ make felt sandals
✓ makefelt painted cardboard helmet
✓ make teeny knitting
✓ make teeny scroll
* braid wool yarn for belt
* dress and stand doll
* photograph doll with an eye to cover art for Strength of Storms
* dedicate doll
( babble )
So, doll restoration tasks, more or less in this order:
✓ go to Walgreens or wherever, buy hair pick and baby shampoo
✓ go to Jo-Ann Fabrics and/or AC Moore, buy saffron-hued cotton fat quarter(s) (if that'll work) and a fat quarter of a heavier material in a suitable color (should work) and embroidery thread and suitable needle
✓ find pins that will work
† take photos of doll (and photodocument whole process hereafter)
✓ attempt cleaning ceramic, carefully
✓ brush hair and if necessary more involved hair care
✓ clean cloth body
* cut
* cut
* embroider spider(s) on peplos fabric, and other appropriate symbols if ambitious
* embroider something on himation fabric? ΑΘΕ or ΑΘΗΝΑ perhaps?
✓ clean doll stand
✓ make felt sandals
✓ make
✓ make teeny knitting
✓ make teeny scroll
* braid wool yarn for belt
* dress and stand doll
* photograph doll with an eye to cover art for Strength of Storms
* dedicate doll
