http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com Disconnected musings by Lisa (aka Aislinnfae) Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:20:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why is there such a difference between the legal definition and the social definition of marriage? Why is divorce so difficult but marriage can be created at the snap of a finger? Why can't people just say, "I want this person to be my partner, and have the legal rights and responsibilities ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2008/03/18/marriage/ So, KSU requires one to be proficient up to Intermediate II in a foreign language to attain a bachelor of arts degree. I have found that I struggle mightily learning new languages. I don't know if that is because, at 40, I never needed to learn one besides English before ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2008/02/07/language/ Who'da thunk that having a cuppa joe would have emotional impact, huh? In the last six months or so, people from the northeast Ohio area who met on Pagan Nation have been getting together once a month for "coffee." Last night, there were a half dozen or so of us sitting ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2008/02/02/coffee/ Argggghhh! I hate the spam comments! I know I read a post somewhere in the blog forum about how to stop the damned spam comments since the upgrade, but frack if I can remember how to do it. I may have to go check comment settings. Arrrrggghhhh! UPDATE: June 2, 2008. The spammers have invaded ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2008/01/31/blog-spam-or-splog-i-guess/ The last year has been tough. My fella, Scott, has been battling cancer. It metastasized from his throat, into his lungs. They removed the spots from his lungs, but we don't know if they are all gone yet or not. Also during the year, his ex-wife has been fighting cancer. Hers also ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2008/01/17/a-new-daughter-kinda/ School starts Monday. Yes, I am forty years old, and yes, I am a student instead of a teacher. So? Well, this week I changed my entire class schedule around. I dropped two classes at Kent campus, kind of picked up extra classes at Stark campus, and have totally screwed up my ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2008/01/11/school/ I was listening to this song today, and it made me think of the PN community: Hold my hand, by Hootie and the Blowfish With a little love, and some tenderness We'll walk upon the water We'll rise above this mess With a little peace, and some harmony We'll take the world ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2007/11/14/16/ I must confess it... I do not often do labor of the physical kind any longer. Dishes? Yes. Plant bulbs next to the townhouse? Yes. But... raking, not necessary. Hammering, sawing, building, etc... not so much. I justify this lack of physical labor by the fact that the lion's share ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2007/11/12/labor/ One of the PN members posted in her blog an entry discussing people presenting a fals face to the public, but specifically within Wicca and paganism. I found the comments of another responder interesting, and wanted to say a bit more, but didn't want to hog up her blog spot ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2007/08/08/issues-with-wicca/ So... when my seventeen year old acts like an asshole, my nineteen year old starts being an angel... I can almost hear her snickering that now its [i] her [/i] turn to be the good one. Then.. as luck would have it... the seventeen year old pulls her head out of ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2007/08/07/hubub/ Can't remember where I left off, so just picking up rambling mid-thought... So... lately at PN, I've felt like people are argumentative just to be argumentative. They pick each other apart, word by word, and if someone else doesn't agree with their personal, individual philosophy, then they say derogatory things about ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2007/07/24/spiritual-void-parte-dos/ As of late, I've felt such a deep spiritual void that has nothing to do with my relationship with Deity. For decades, I've been a solitary practitioner... pagan but not Wiccan, Celtic but also American Indian, Buddhist tendencies in a Western world and never fitting anywhere spiritually. I was quite ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2007/07/16/spiritual-void/ Dictionary.com defines pacifism as such: "pac·i·fism [pas-uh-fiz-uhm] –noun 1. opposition to war or violence of any kind. 2. refusal to engage in military activity because of one's principles or beliefs. 3. the principle or policy that all differences among nations should be adjusted without recourse to ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2007/07/09/pacifism/ Ya know... I just feel out and out pissy lately. First... I have teenagers. This should not have to be elaborated on, if you have ever had teenagers. They are evil. One is nineteen, the other seventeen. I've been called in the middle of the night to mediate arguments, drive to ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2007/06/18/overcoming-my-pissiness/ I start school in one week. Scott has another appointment with his surgeon, who wants to do a neck dissection in two weeks. Best case scenario: this surgery gets whatever is left. Worst case scenario: they do a surgical stroke, and he loses the complete right half of his brain... which ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2007/06/04/stressometer/ So, I'm standing in the shower today, and found an odd little blemish on my skin. With Scott going through cancer, as well as his ex wife, I say to myself, Self... the odds of you getting cancer right now also are just not that good. They can't be. Then I ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2007/05/26/death/ I lash out in anger when my heart is sick. *deep breath* There, that wasn't so bad. Again... I lash out in anger when my heart is sick. Okay, then. That said...why do I feel a need to speak my two cents when I'm not even in a situation? I don't know if ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2007/05/16/5/ Ah, blogging. I've avoided it on myspace and livejournal for some time, because it is not really like true journaling. People always end up reading one's blog, and then someone, somewhere, gets pissed. It's almost inevitable. Maybe that won't happen here. On the hope that it won't, I'll take a leap ... http://lisa1.blogs.pagannation.com/2007/05/15/a-true-meandering/