what I am...

[salixbabylon]

I'm totally overwhelmed about the novel writing project for April.

I'm getting officially ordained on Sunday, with a sparkly velvet dress that I made and everything. Much house-cleaning and cooking and writing to do beforehand.

We went to the city (SF) today and I spent a shocking amount at LUSH. OTOH, I have bubblebath for the next year, at least.

Had fantastic dim sum.

I *finally* went to the Exploratorium.

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That 10-anonymous-things-about-people-on-my-flist makes me almost sick with angst. Either it's all negative things and I get paranoid that you hate me, or it's all nice things and I fret that I'm not on the list and no one loves me. Dude, if you have something to say to me, mean or nice, please just say it. I can't read those things anymore.

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Sooooooooo much to do..... Maybe I'll just take a long series of baths instead...

Comments

[andolinn.livejournal.com]

I am seriously jealous of your day. Dim sum. I love dim sum. What exactly is LUSH and why do I think it could prove very dangerous to my pocketbook?

That 10-anonymous-things-about-people-on-my-flist What is this?!

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

It was a very nice day. I look orward to mroe day-trips like that. :)

Dim sum - we went to Loon Wah in Campbell. Delicious!

LUSH = natural bath and body goods, originally from England, but now they have shops all over. Very very very dangerous to the pocketbook, since things are expensive but so yummy smelling.

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

I've resisted the call of LUSH, because the BPAL obsession is really enough for me. *grins*

I don't like the "10 anonymous things" meme at all. I did it a a few years back and then I felt really weird about it and decided never again.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've resisted BPAL because of LUSH. I guess you can do one or the other, but not both. ;)

10-things = my opportunity to display my extreme paranoia. So let's not go there. ;) Good call on your part, I think.

[lozateazer.livejournal.com]

never seen the ten things meme... interesting.

And for some reason the sparkly velvet dress I'm seeing is purple. Or bright shiny green. Yet my gut says purple. Am I right? And yay for ordination! What are you being ordained as? I mean, there's the simple things like the email one, which I am, and there's really cool things that deserve sparkly velvet dresses! Anyway, YAY!

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Dress is an icy silvery light blue, sorry. With silver trim. Although green and purple are much more "my" colors. The idea was to have a silver dress, but I needed some hint of color to it so I didn't look grey, since my skin is so pale.

Being ordained as a priestess, in general. End of the line, top of the heap, you're officially good to go for my group. We're very eclectic, so it's not like the 1st, 2nd, 3rd level official thingies that the Gardnerians and other groups have. Just a "here's an official stamp of approval that you're on the right path, can teach people, do solo rituals, and we think you're qualified" sort of thing.

Email ordination? What's that?

[lozateazer.livejournal.com]

Silver, oooh, that makes sense ;) Well GO YOU! Yay!

And what I'm ordained in is the Universal Life Church--completely non-denominational, etc. It's in CA, and you go onto their site, enter your email, and TA DA! you're a legally ordained minister. You can do anything but circumsticion. Works especially well if you want a friend to marry you, etc.

And in my Trad there are five levels. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (Elder) and 5th (Death). Apparently, you can get the 5th before any others but you can't get the others after you get that one. Poo. ;)

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

Ah yes, the Universal Life Church. Well, I might get one of those someday just to do marriages, but since you can just buy it, it doesn't have any meaning, to me.

My teacher explained the ordination as being the equal to 3rd or 4th level, in Gardnerian/Alexandrian trads. If that helps you make sense of it, as it doesn't help me much. ;)

[lozateazer.livejournal.com]

Well I'm not a follower of either of those, though 3rd makes sense to me. :) Go you!

And I agree in re:the ULC, yet it's so you can do legal stuff, so it's good, yeah? Meaningless, yet good. hehe

[abluegirl.livejournal.com]

Here's something nice. :) You are one of the most interesting people on my friends list, and i love that you're not afraid to be *you* and explore things that conventional society would think is unusually. I admire you for that. :) :) :)

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Awww. *squishinghug* You made me get all smiling/teary.

I admire you too - no bigger adventure than bringing a new person into the world! And you're not exactly mainstream conservatism either. ;)

[miladyhawke.livejournal.com]

I had to do that 10 things meme and say all nice things because all the negativity was making me sick too (seemed like the right thing to do - so not apologizing for that!). I don't think you should worry about nobody loving you - honestly, my perception of you is that you're very well and very widely liked. I'm not sure why seeing you around makes me happy, if it's because you're generally spreading the good vibes or because it's nice to watch you being unabashedly and uniquely you. Probably a little bit of both.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

I was pleased to see some "nice" 10 things memes mixed in with the hateful ones. I'm just too paranoid to not think the bad stuff is about me and too insecure to ask if the good stuff *is* me, you know? Anyway. Wow, look at my insecurities. :P

That's so sweet of you to say - I'm blushing and don't know how to respond, other than to thank you. Lately I feel very invisible and it's such a nice feeling to not be. Thank you for taking the time to fluff my ego a bit. *hug*

unabashedly and uniquely you - Goes both ways. I like that you're very warm and kind, but also not afraid to say "this is my opinion" and hold to it, but in a respectful way. That's so rare, to allow others to disagree and not snark and still hold firm with your own beliefs.

*smoocH*

[astrojen.livejournal.com]

Oooooh...Lush RULES! I have to stay out of town cos I spend too much in there everytime I go in.

Tell me more about the ordination thing? What exactly are you being ordained as?

Jen ;->

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

LUSH - *swoons* I'd be so poor if I lived in close to one and it was easier to get...

Ordained as a priestess, in my own eclectic anything-goes wiccan group. Just means I have the stamp of approval from 5 people that I know that I'm doing, can teach other people if I want, do public service and rituals, offer guidance from a spiritual perspective. It's not a formal tradition, so it's not a clear-cut thing, but it means I'm done "learning" with my teacher. Of course I still have lots to learn on my own...

[astrojen.livejournal.com]

So it's a graduation of sorts? Of course that warrants a sparkly dress! Congratulations, Sal. :)

Jen ;->

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

*hug* Thank you! :)

[soar38.livejournal.com]

I love you *hugs* Don't need a meme to tell you that.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Awww. *hug* I love you too. I think you're an amazing person, and I can't wait for you to have the amazing life I know you want! :)

[soar38.livejournal.com]

I think you think too much of me, but I thank you all the same. ;-p *hugs*

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

well *someone* has to, if you're going to be all humble. :P

[soar38.livejournal.com]

It's my Englishness, or something. ;-p But I appreciate you all the more because of it.

[heartofslash.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll just come right out and say it:

Whenever I meet you in person, one of the first things I'm going to do is nuzzle your bosom. Right after I snog you.

So there.

Good luck tomorrow at the ordination - i know you're going to knock'em dead.

Not literally of course...

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Man, I hope so. I'd hate for this to be a one-sided crush thing. ;) I'm thinking August/September/TFF...

Thanks - I totally trust the people doing the ritual, but since I don't know quite what's planned, I'm all in a tither!