So hard to see

Pagans at the Pub last night was frikkin BRILLIANT! The speaker never turned up though, which was a pitty. The talk was going to be on the subconscious and the nature of conciousness, aswell as how to access the subconcious, but the good psychologist failed to show. So everyone sat around the table and discussed the topic themselves, giving their own point of views. Part of the group ethic with this society is that everyone's views are valid, because Paganism is so diverse that it's impossible to find the same doctorine in all places. And I got to put in my two-cents and hear everyone elses, althugh admitedly there were a few who put in somewhere closer to five dolars ^_^! But that was good, because most of the time they actually had something to say. We discussed the diferent levels of conciousness (And I think I may have inadvertently introduced the term 'superconcious' into the conversation), symbolisms and primal instincts, the nature of human behavior... not the last one so much, it was mostly in reference to our uncontious workings that tell us when we're uneasy, and what we take this for. For some people, this was a past-life reference, others thought of it as intuition, some as genetic memory. I'm not certain how strong our genetic memory would be, but it's an interesting concept. There was also some examining of the systems of conciousness and though in refernce to decision makinf and influencing the world around you though magic and faith, although not necesarrily all at once. And a lot of othe stuff that I can't remember off the top of my hea dgot covered as well. Long story short, I toroughly enjoyed myself. It's been so long before I actually had the chance to be involved in a real, philosophical conversation - something with more percieved depth then why so-and-so isn't at school or who such-and-such is dating now. There's talk for the sake of gathering information (For me, mostly so that I can report back to my mother with it so she thinks I actually care), talk for the sake of building and maintaining relationships and talk for the sake of exchanging abstract ideas and thoughts. Neither is really more fun then any of the others, it's just a matter of opinion.

I just discovered the danger of holding the shift key down for too long. It's a serious pain in the posteria regions. I also lost my ability to shift at all for a while there. Glad I didn't do any permanent damage.

Anyway, Wizards tonight. Then I have one lesson tomorrow and the rest of the day to clean my room up, remove the insects and arachnids and type up my letter for Tech Comm. Mum thinks we might go to Charlies on Saturday, which will be cool. Ah yes, we have an arrival on Friday. Sue, the Japanese Homestay student we're hosting. Hence the eating out. Sue isn't his full name, it's just what he asked us ti call him, so I'm getting used to it now. It was he same last year with Mana. Mind you, if my name could be shortened to Mana, I'd do so too. Erin is hard to shorten - Ems is about all you can do before the nickname becomes longer then the real name.

Mum spotted a picture on the kitchen table she thought was mine. I was a little flattered by this, since the picture was actually a print out of a couple of Mara Boyle's pictures (Mara's more commonly known as Huskie in the Furre world). She was thoroughly impressed, which of course made me pleased because it meant that it wasn't just me being impressed by her work ^_^; She's universal - how 'bout dat? The pictures were printed as reference material for me because of that Huskie fan-art I mentioned earlier. It's not great, but alas 'tis the best I can do in homage.

I got no TBEing done last weekend. I want to go and do some now. Maybe I'll head to the library. I'll have to eat at 2, since I got a Java tute at 3 and a lecture at 4, and then I head off. No time for dinner. Ah well - luck runs that way sometimes. That's what Mackas are for, to my understanding.

Mackas... ::Hurls:: Bleck. Ithink right now Id rathe starve. Or Red Rooster. Isn't that some sort of dirty sumbology in there, or is it just my dirty mind? And that song - 'Little Red Rooster'. That sounds very ammusing if you actually listen to it and adjust the rooster equation slightly ^_^!

Ahm Done. Talk more later.

"Time flies like an arrow."
After all, fruit flies like a banana...
- posted by Washi @ 10:54 am