Sub-fateful musings

As opposed to the recent dire and overawing discussions (Hi, I'm scyllacat and I am not fanatic about bees), I will now attempt to put in a post about what I have been doing lately.

1. Playing Flow. Sounds and acts peaceful until you're chasing some critter around muttering, "It's him or me, him or me... dammit stop going that way!" Thanks, mtn_hermit, for the first time in years, I want a better computer to play better games on!

2. We went to lunch yesterday with sapphire_d and matraia and filled up on Indian food. Unlike the others, I did try the curry sauce, and spent several minutes trying to fix that. But the nice thing about buffet is that I got to have like, 7 different things, and I love lots of variety in my diet.

3. There is news on the iPod front. Short version is that my iPod broke. Long version is embarrassing.

heofmanynames had to make an appointment with Apple tech support at Lenox, the upshot of which was that they sent him home with a box and an appointment for the FedEx man to pick it up and send it to Asia, where a new one would be manufactured to replace it. The FedEx site says that the new iPod is in Hong Kong now, awaiting shipment to the U.S., probably entering through customs in Alaska, which I thought was fascinating: i.e., it's easier to go north, then south, than around/east-to-west.

In order to stop the embarrassing from happening again, we went to Fry's to look for an appropriate iPod cover/carrying accessory. I picked out this one that is just basic clear plastic cover with a lanyard on it. I figured if I wanted somethign more sophisticated, I could go for that later. Also, unlike many $20-$40 iPod accessories, this was only $14.

Well, as it turns out, it wasn't actually $14. It was actually $2. Which takes it from being an okay deal at Fry's (and a lousy price anywhere online) to being an OMG-aMAZing-deal.

We will find out when the new iPod gets here, how well our $2 was spent.

4. I'm seriously considering it might be worth the $60 for the 3 months extension I could get on my transcription. Yes, it's going fine, but it takes longer. I'm just discovering the state of things, you know? It's not hard, it's tedious. I know it seems unlikely, but I like tedious, detail-oriented work, but it always takes longer than I think. The other day I said, Ok, this should take 40-60 minutes, but it took almost 2 hours. That sort of failure to grasp the time involved could make the difference between having and not having stress-induced repetitive motion injuries.

5. We went to the Dragon*Con staff meeting. There was much rubbing of feelers, and I came back all hyper. Yes, I really do think of going "into the city" now as doing that strange thing that takes inordinate amounts of money, involves operating in dead, artificial environments, and taking part in a semi-hive mind mentality. But it's MY semi-hive mind, with my people in it, so that's ok.

6. There was a full moon last night. After all of the interaction with people, all of the thoughts and discussion of environment, and all of the activity, I found myself writing about where my dream home is and how to defend against zombies. Then we fed a tree, did returns (my dagger is buried in the backyard now) and took a bath together and rubbed lotion into each other's hands and feet. It was a good full moon, and I felt all the energy and it was ... good. I know there were more better words, but I lost them.

Fair enough.

You scored as Celtic Pantheonic Pagan. Your answers leaned very close to that of the Celtic Pantheon. Very popular now among pagans, the Celtic Gods seem to draw those who are sensitive and insightful, but also very passionate about their beliefs. Many Pagan Holidays are named for this pantheon and here is where you'll find many stories on Horned God, Green Man, and Druids. You likely either have been or want to visit Stonehenge one day. Many Arthurian legnds include references to the Celtic faith, as well.

What kind of Pagan are you?
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I will add here that I got 95% in that area, and the next closest was 70% Eclectic -- not surprising, since, I feel strongly about my Greek pantheon (Dionysus and the Muses, y'all!), and never go anywhere without my (Catholic-looking) gargoyle and cherub door guardians or my Ganesha wall hanging.

And then there's the Kabalah, which is probably the metaphysical structure I tap most often.

This is why I hate trying to answer these sorts of questions, and thus, why I took a quiz.