Metamorphosis

Hey all,

This is the first posting of the oddball formerly known as shadows_wolf06 over on LiveJournal. I will, for the time being, be keeping my LJ account simply because it is paid up until November anyway, so I'd like wring the last of my paid account time over there as best I can. Plus, I've been on LiveJournal so long that I will, in some ways, miss it. Though my current journal really hasn't been around that long, my elvenmystic2003 incarnation was up and running back in 2003, so I've been a blogger for a while.

I'm hoping that this site will become what LiveJournal was back before the idiots over at Six Apart took over; back when Brad was still in charge and what was best for the consumers was what drove the company. For a long time LiveJournal has been driven on money and marketing and I'm honestly kinda sick of it all.

From what little I've seen of Dreamwidth, I like it. I'm hoping that when all is said and done, it will be a homage of the good that once was LiveJournal.

Regardless, I will be maintaining both journals and keeping them up and running, so I will continue to be around.

Hope to see you around,
Everyone's Favorite Klutz
Wynnie

So once again the loverly nalidoll is doing tarot readings for tips.

Full information can be found here, but the gist of it written by her is as follows:

"The Basics
- You email me at nalidoll (AT) gmail (DOT) com, and put "Tarot Reading Request" in the subject line. Give me the name you most prefer to be called by.
- I will do the readings in the order I get them. I will send your reading back to you, to the email address provided.
- Once you receive the reading, you may ask me a question or for some clarification. This is always true of my readings.
- After you have your reading, you can tip me whatever amount you feel is appropriate at my paypal account under the same gmail address.
- While completely optional, Feedback is Highly Appreciated and Encouraged. Heh.
- While also optional, spreading the word is also appreciated.


The Background
For those not familiar with me or my readings, I have been reading Tarot Cards, specifically, for over 20 years. I also read a little of everything else, but Tarot remains my favorite, I think. I am currently using, mostly, the Housewives Tarot. It makes me smile, and that is always a good thing in my book.

Questions about any of this are always welcomed, and answered as promptly as I am able.
All proceeds, at the moment, go toward taking care of some things I need to pay off, putting minutes on my phone so I can actually keep in contact with the outside world, possibly buying the art supplies I need to finally get some projects completed, and other such Dolli Things. I am working towards getting a place of my own, and I need to get a few things squared away in order to be ready for that."



Go check her out. She rocks when it comes to readings as I can attest to by personal experience. Mmmkay? Mmmkay.

A friend of mine has recently got back into doing tarot readings for people. She is, from personal experience, Bang On and has been doing readings for years now.

If you are interested, you can find her original journal entry Here. She simply asks that you donate whatever you believe the reading is worth/whatever you can spare.

If anyone is interested I highly recommend asking for a reading. She's damn good at what she does and she explains it in layman's terms for those of you who aren't all into the mystical aspect of the cards. No woo-woo, "The sun is in the fourth house therefore..." crap with her.

Very well worth it. (Go check her out!)

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[Error: unknown template qotd] "Get busy living or get busy dying." ~Red from Shawshank Redemption.

I once used this quote in a discussion once whereupon it was taken and completely bastardized until it's original meaning was, apparently, lost in translation.

I view this quote to mean that even in the face of the toughest adversity, you can either rise above it (get busy living...) or simply lay down and admit defeat (...or get busy dying.) Either way, you can't remain in the twilit lands of indecision.

There was one point in my life that was very dark and depressing. I had been suicidal for a time and this quote helped bring clarity. Though there were times I wanted to hang up, cash in, check out... I said screw it. I'm stronger than that and stubborn as well. And when I repeated this quote like a personal mantra, it helped pull me through.

So yeah. We can get busy living, or we can get busy dying... but either way, we have to do one or the other.

[Error: unknown template qotd] Dude, seriously. Wtf? How is this even an actual Writer's Block?

The whole purpose of Writer's Block is to get one thinking and writing, not to fucking answer a damn poll or to have some misplaced fangirl arena to play with.

::headdesks:: And even writing becomes corrupted with stupidity... amazing. ::eyetwitch::

Bad call, LJ. Bad call...

So. dark_serenity.

It's my creative writing community. I have nifty little things such as poetry and prose within, and original artwork may soon appear as well.

It is friends only, but you should give it a shot. You may just like what you see...

Thanks,
Wynnie

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I am done. Finished. Finite.

In response to this posting, I have had more negativity thrown my way then understanding, and that is *after* having stated with absolute clarity where I stand on it all.

So.

No more. There is no hope for the idiots out there who want to close their eyes and say, "not true!" As far as I'm concerned, they can now go bury their heads in the ground and be done with it. Maybe when this ascension happens (if indeed it isn't actually the biggest joke on the face of this planet), they'll get a nice swift kick into reality. Sucks for them if it happens though. Because when Illusion falls, it's going to fall hard...

But again. Not my Problem.

I'm done making people try to See. They don't want to. And as this last posting showed, they will run screaming from it in the opposite direction almost every time. You can lead a horse to water...

So. No more pointless postings to people who don't want to Hear or See.

Once again, I'm withdrawing and admitting defeat because this Veil of Illusion is so far beyond me, I cannot help those who Purposely and Freely chose it over Reality.

I am not some great Prophet from the olden days. Yes, I See and I put it out there when needed, but fuck it. What good is a prophet when the world does not want to listen?

Sorry, but I'm slowing being driven nuts by the Wicca 101 graduates. You know the type: teenagers who grab a Witchcraft For Dummies book off the shelf at Walden Books or decide that after reading the entire span of Llwellyn books that they are accomplished and very experienced witches and warlocks. Sorcerors and Sorceresses. Ooooooh, and you can't forget the Harry Potter outlook, either.

My brother's girlfriend decides to tell me that she's in the know of the Craft of Old and she's studied it seriously for a few years now. Y'know what she deems as serious? Some damn book found at Border's complete with vials, pouches and ribbons that holds spells within such as Hollywood Beauty Buffs and The Shame of Blame. She even uses a damn voodoo doll she's found at one place or another and actually expects to give her "victim" diaherria or herpes. O.o

Normally I'd laugh at such a ridiculous notion, but the truth is that it's getting much too widespread. And way too common for my liking.

Where have all the Real witches gone? Those that keep the Traditions and Craft of Old close to their hearts? Those that realize the Craft is not a religion or belief, but that it is a way of life?

I'll tell you where: They've all decided to run off screaming into the night and shaking their heads in response to all the FlufferNutters that have come out in full force as of late. The Real Deal's have all gone quiet because they're getting sick of being associated with those imbeciles that claim the same titles and similarities that they hold.

Seriously people! Just where the hell has Honour gone? Usually I'd blame the majority of GothTopic groupies that find it cool to be all Big and Bad while rebelling against thier parents wishes and *le gasp* decide to pick up a copy of Harry Potter: How to become a Real Witch, because y'all know just how much that's going to make them the Big Bad.

The bitch is, it isn't just the phasers anymore. People that are far too old and should be much too smart to pull the bullshit are doing the same damn thing. The Merry-Go-Round of Drama is in full swing and admission's hopping, baby.

Since when did we invoke the God and Goddess for every damn little thing that went wrong in our lives? Since when was Hecate called upon to help "curse" someone because a little one got upset at someone else for being ooooooooooh so mean and un-wiccan like? Since when did the matter of a fuckin hangnail entail lighting a candle?

What.
The.
Fuck.

Has the whole world gone off it's nut?

It has gotten to the point where I cringe at the word Pagan nowadays. Everytime the phrase "I'll light a candle" comes out of my lips I have to fight back the shudder of disgust I get from it. Whenever I'm asked to send energy I have to fight back the automatic eyeroll before actually deciding whether or not the situation holds cause to do it or no.

I am literally ashamed to be connected with some most of those idiots out there that call themselves Pagan. Because of this I've gotten to the point of just calling myself polytheistic. It's simple, doesn't really get the whole Love and Light reaction, and it's still true.

But (and this is the kicker right here) since when did we just back into the corners like dogs and keep our tongues? Just when exactly did it become okay with us to let the outlook of "Crystal Crunching New Agers" be associated with Who and What we are? When exactly did we let ourselves grow corrupted from the damn psuedo-light of all things?

Phrases such as Love and Light!, Blessed Be!, Merry Meet! and Merry Part! make my brain literally want to bash itself to a mushy pulp against the side of my skull so it doesn't have to deal with the shit anymore.

Because really, I'm starting to run out of good boots nowadays. Every damn pair I own ends up ruined after wading through the mindless dribble of bullshit that spews forth from people's mouths.