pantagruel

Branches

So when I said I was raiding Christmas tree scraps -- I wasn't kidding. For reference, that's the pile of branches in the back of the Mini, and with a bundle of firewood. Go big or go home, I like to say. I might get more tomorow night, too.

It's not quite cutting mistletoe with a sickle at dawn while standing on one leg, but hey, I'm a modern pagan. And, there's no mistletoe growing within 25 miles of me -- yes, I've looked. But if you're local and you know of any, hip me to it, yes?

Quirinus

There has been so much bureaucracy to deal with this week that it beggars description. Frustrated, tired, and with a migraine starting this morning, I decided to make an offering to Quirinus, Roman god of bureaucracy.

Notice the bandaged finger.

Say what you will, it worked -- the bureaucracy cleared up, and the seas of red tape were parted.

caravaggio study, take 4...

Or 5? I forget.

This study will be the death of me. Or of the man with two silver earrings; right now, I'm not sure which. I've had to start completely over on a new canvas, and wipe canvas #2 three times. Maybe four -- I've lost count.

Here's the canvas so far, with just the main large darks laid in:

Notice the vestiges of the other versions. A closeup:

And what the bastard thing should look like when I'm done:

That's about how I feel after celebrating Beltane last night. Sick Bacchus, indeed. I woke up outside, the fire long since burned out, with a crick in my neck, and doumbek in hand. Then staggered upstairs to finish off the ritual properly.

Right. Back to it.

[EDIT] Here it is with the white laid in:

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my other minion is a pagan superhero

Bet you didn't know that pagans have comic-book superheros, did you? Sure do. We have sláine, who was pretty much pagan by default, since he is a pre-Christian Celt. Okay, maybe not really, but on my planet, it counts anyway.

Superman might fly around and all, but Sláine wears plaid and looks badass anyway, no mean feat. And sometimes, you could use a little superhero at work. So I enlisted him as a second minion, because I'm always looking to expand my small-but-mighty empire.

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homesick

last night, i went to go hear one of my old professors give a lecture on the gospel of judas, back at Wossamatta U. the lecture was great, if a bit simplified for a general audience. i think it could've been a bit more scholarly, as during the Q&A session, someone asked who Iranæus was, and there was much groaning and hoots of derision from the audience.

the thing that struck me most, though, had nothing to do with the lecture.

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priceless

which deity does one enlist to sell condoms? pan? cernunnos? bacchus? inanna? eros?

nope.

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