{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun","title":"a journal - what else would you call it?","subtitle":"a gazette, a rag, a zine....","author":{"name":"eridun"},"link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"service.feed","type":"application\/x.atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom","title":"a journal - what else would you call it?"}}],"updated":"2009-07-17T05:34:55Z","entry":[{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:147478","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/147478.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=147478"}}],"title":"eridun @ 2009-07-17T01:25:00","published":"2009-07-17T05:34:37Z","updated":"2009-07-17T05:34:55Z","content":"There are things in this world stronger than wands, stronger than potions or curses and it is love that binds them, that holds their power.  It is these things that, when used properly, have the abilities that are only read about in books.  Ordinary objects until someone loves them, until someone believes in the strength of the bond that ties that item to a person or idea - but when that power is called on, it is more magical than anything you could dream in a book of wizards and fae.  It is more than a spoken word in latin or a phrase that rhymes.  It is pure magic, the magic of belief and of love, of honor and of fate.  That is what the mistake is - to think that magic does not exist is to say that belief does not exist, that faith does not exist.  Magic is love, pure and simple.  Magic is seeing beyond the visible, looking to the unseen to be your guide and to allow everything in it's time to be revealed as such.  No cards are needed, no special books bound in ancient leather, no stick finely adorned, no robes with runes at the hem.  Magic is power from within, the power of knowing you have the ability to do what it is you are called on to do and then doing it without ceremony, just doing it as you are called on. 

Yes, there are things in this world stronger than what some see and it is magic or belief or trust or faith or whatever name you wish to call it by.  It is not the stuff of legend for it lives now, in the present.  It breathes through those with the courage to look, to see and to act on it - those who call it out, grab it and make it their own.  It is within us, waiting for the moment it's needed and hoping that we have the stregnth to call it by name so that it may weave through us and aid us in all the amazing ways it can.  It is not something you learn from an old woman in the woods, or from a man with a trailing beard and wrinkles - there is no pointy hat unless you happen to own one and feel like wearing it.  Magic is real, it is alive and it is that thought that binds us all to something greater than ourselves.  Whether you choose to own it or live to it or revere it in your own way is up to you - whether you feel you can call on it or you must pray to it is your choice and it is how your particular vein of magic reveals itself but we all have it. 

The true question is will you call on it?  Or will you deny it? 

I choose to call on it. "},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:128108","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/128108.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=128108"}}],"title":"Voted!","published":"2008-11-04T13:45:12Z","updated":"2008-11-04T13:45:19Z","content":"

Done!  Even before work there were lines at the polling place - this tells you something important!  This election is key to how we will move forward as a nation and how we will be dealt with in the eyes of the world. 

GO VOTE! 

:D<\/p>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:108880","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/108880.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=108880"}}],"title":"PARTY!","published":"2008-06-29T18:15:11Z","updated":"2008-06-29T18:15:30Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"party!"}},"content":"TO: All my LJ buddies!
RE: My 29th birthday

When: Sat, July 19th @ 2pm
Where: my place in Middletown, DE (e-mail for directions)

  A lot of emphasis is put on your 30th Birthday, lots of parties and whatnot, but I feel that the 29th birthday is often overlooked.  So, this year, I'm having a huge party for mine.  Also, I live on a farm and I have that sort of room right now.  :D

You are all invited to my 29th birthday party  for a huge bbq.  I have uber crash space as well as uber space for tents.  Oh, and my one neighbor is really, really cool (and is invited too) so we don't have to worry about him - and I only have one neighbor!  :)

rsvp, please!  If you're on my list and you know someone who isn't on my list who would want to come to a party let them know they are welcome too.  This being a bbq, bring a dish you like to share.  I'll have the meats covered and some munchies in the way of chips and whatnot.  It's also byob but we'll be taking keys if we feel you shouldn't be driving home.  ;)  "},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:103757","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/103757.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=103757"}}],"title":"so I was reading LJ and talking to roommate...","published":"2008-05-16T18:10:58Z","updated":"2008-05-16T18:13:07Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"meme"}},"content":"and i saw <\/a>esprix<\/b><\/a>

View Poll: Anise....<\/a><\/div><\/lj-poll-1188961>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:99549","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/99549.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=99549"}}],"title":"Writer's Block: Hell Hath No Fury","published":"2008-05-02T15:18:17Z","updated":"2008-05-02T15:18:38Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"writer's block"}},"content":"<\/lj-template>sad thing?  She doesn't know who she is - and probably never will. 

 "},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:96101","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/96101.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=96101"}}],"title":"poetry","published":"2008-04-21T20:34:41Z","updated":"2008-04-21T20:35:02Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"poetry"}},"content":"So, read this with the tempo of slam poetry and you've got it spot on. 





There they come again
running rampant on my brain
tiny little nodes of thought
none of them the task at hand
the exhausting work that dulls my mind
total chaos in my pounding head
never what I want to see
these things, these places
all so beige and lifeless - boring!
these walls drive me to distraction
the very place that should inspire
carefully molded to be the
perfect workplace
So complete it forgot the point!
Human interaction so innane
could we ever hope to connect
in so sterile an enviroment?
And there again the little nodes!
Creating scenarios to a alive
I can taste the salty air
I can feel the rustling leaves
I can see the blinding light
I can smell the fresh cut grass
I can hear my lovers voice
Sensory overload while I sit
quiet and calm in a blank, beige office."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:92393","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/92393.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=92393"}}],"title":"weekend wrap\/ Coronation from a photographer's eye","published":"2008-04-14T13:43:16Z","updated":"2008-04-14T13:44:07Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"road trip"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"sca"}}],"content":"Friday was insane.  in addition to forgetting my grandmother's birthday (yes, throw the rotten fruit, I won't duck) I left work at noon, had a 3 hour shoot with a friend of mine (lots of good portraits!  yay!) and then flew to class where I promptly was immersed in a TON of work.  It was good, and I had a lot of fun (as usual in photo class) but it was tiring and I got home at a 11pm.  Then I baked the blueberry bread that was going with us on the roadtrip, organized my carma bag for the trip, moved my incense ingredients into their new glass bottles, packed my basket, pack my clothes, got everything organized next to the door and finally got a shower and went to bed.  At almost 1am.  

Then I woke up at 4am!   I got dressed, finished packing the cooler, started loading the car and then went to wake up roommate.  We were out the door by 5:15.  She was sick however so the radio stayed off and she took some sudafed and slept.  The drive to NY was a long and sometimes frustrating trip.  (mapquest isn't always right.  I mean left.  I mean right...) But without much craziness we got there. Parking wasn't bad, though I was EXHAUSTED and not watching signage well and hence had to drive around the block again to get to the parking lot.  We got a spot though, got roommate dressed, gathered what we needed out of the car after trolling in and settled into a good spot of Corornation.  The event site was lovely, really, as far as American legions go.  Nothing extravagant but it was lovely.  They dimmed the lights to almost nothing though, and that almost killed my shoot - little hall, no flash, no tripods.  (and yeah, for those who went, i know people were using their flash but in actuality only one person had permission to do so and it wasn't me so mine stayed off) But inspite of it all I managed to get some good shots, just have to edit through this afternoon and see what I have.  Should be good though - I have a good feeling about it.  Dayboard was lovely and feast was HUGE!  Seriously, I loved every dish that came to our table and regret that I didn't have room to try all the desserts!  They smelled wonderful though and I think I'll be gathering some cookbooks to try a few out myself.  Really, incredible job by the wonderful kitchen staff.  After all that we packed up (roommate feeling sick again) and dashed to the hotel, checked in and went to sleep without much to do.  (that's the ultra short version of Coronation, longer version at some point but everything was lovely, if not poorly lit.  Even the merchant area wasn't well lit - I don't know what those people have against light...) <\/div> 

Sunday, up at 8:30 for a breakfast bar that was dismal to put it nicely.  So instead we dressed, packed and checked out, got on the road around 10am, found an IHOP for lunch, took an 'avoid tolls' route home (through Princeton, NJ - pretty!!!!) and got home around 4pm.   I just sat and vegged, having not gotten enough sleep and driving 464 miles in one weekend - my brain was mush.  Pizza delivery for dinner and bed around midnight.  

So yeah, whirlwind weekend though 5 states.  Not bad though, really, the drive was pretty, the event was incredible and just looking at garb was worth the trip.  

Picture link soon! "},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:92057","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/92057.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=92057"}}],"title":"road trip","published":"2008-04-11T15:57:01Z","updated":"2008-04-11T15:57:17Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"road trip"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"sca"}}],"content":"It just kicked in that I'm going on a road trip tomorrow... YAY!!!!!!!  I love road trips!  As much as I hate mornings, I love getting up early for a road trip.  Pennsic?  The first one I went to, the plan was to leave in the morning.  We ended up leaving at midnight because I was antsy.  lol   

So the great master list in the sky has started in my head and I'm writing furiously to get it out so that I have room for photo stuff when I get to class in an hour.  But yeah, sent the e-mail to roommate to not forget silverware, where her plate is, to set things out on the counter that she wants to take food wise (or post-it for cold stuff) and that I want everything ready to go in the morning so that all we do is load the car and go.  Not that I think this will actually happen, for myself I know I'll be ready because that's how I am - it's one of the few things that the ADHD hyper-focus kicks in on, the other is fine art stuff (painting, drawing, photography).  So yeah, I'll be standing at the door, stuff in the car at like 10 till leaving in the morning.  Roommate might be too, and that'd be cool, but I'm not holding my breath.  Not everyone is like me.  ;)     

yup.  love road trips. "},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:89858","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/89858.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=89858"}}],"title":"eridun @ 2008-04-07T11:12:00","published":"2008-04-07T15:14:55Z","updated":"2008-04-07T15:15:41Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"poetry"}},"content":"

I wrote this a while ago, a few months actually, when I wasn't sleeping well.  I have a lot of what I wrote back then, sitting in a small beige cubicle being so quiet that people asked if I was there or not.   Interesting to be spoken of as invisible when you think that you stick out like a sore thumb.  




sleep
such a tart
she dances slowly, seductively out of reach
the apple in the garden of eden
yet we're on the wrong side
she flirts but has only one master
only one to whom she answers
time
the cruel lord
who steals away from us
when we need him most
keeping his lover safe
away from us
she smiles, graceful veils floating
her stage the warmth of your bed
her slender legs caressing your blankets
her delicate fingers running along your pillows
an orgy of movement
where you would lie still with her
but time screams out and she responds
like a gazelle jumping away to him
mocking you with her gaze
wraping limb around him
slipping silken robe from her shoulder
climbing into relaxing repose with him
while you watch, other tasks at hand
requirements of life holding you in chains
away from her pale satin skin
whos touch brings her to you
whos touch brings sleep<\/p>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:88607","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/88607.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=88607"}}],"title":"wild cherry m&m's","published":"2008-04-02T18:06:37Z","updated":"2008-04-02T18:06:57Z","content":"are made of the good."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:88523","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/88523.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=88523"}}],"title":"Writer's Block: Where in the World...","published":"2008-04-02T14:36:00Z","updated":"2008-04-02T14:36:15Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"writer's block"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"where in the world"}}],"content":"<\/lj-template> I would live in the USA, in a nice house sitting on some acreage outside of Philadelphia.  As for my time - I'd travel to my heart's content and work on my photography portfolio as well as visiting all the places I've seen in my dreams, meeting the people and immersing myself in the culture. "},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:85876","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/85876.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=85876"}}],"title":"poem","published":"2008-03-24T17:23:48Z","updated":"2008-03-24T17:24:04Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"poetry"}},"content":"they don't have titles - honestly, they never do. I try but eh, just don't.

Enjoy.

The music fades out
the next song fades in
and with that change a switch clicks in my head
dimly, then flickering
and finally a pop and the lights are on
memory moves forward in my mind
twisting and moving seductively with the music
bass and treble controling the moment
I see it
lights in purple and yellow
walls of stone and brick
floor slick with ash and wine
worn velvet everywhere
giving slick black bodies a place to lounge
and on the dance floor, like a wave
ebbing and flowing to the tones from the speakers
arms wild, eyes fierce and mouths open
silently screaming to the music
smoke tracing curls to the ceiling
all that heat
the sweat of dancers
running eye makeup mixing with lipstick
as our lips meet
hot and sticky our bodies collide
that careful space disolved instantly
and now glued together we find a new rhythm
the next song
swaying dangerously and holding on to one another for stability
the ocean on the floor swells with people running to dance
spills over into the walkways
closer to the brighter lights
away from the seductive dark of the dance floor
where other bodies push me into you and back again
we are alone on the floor through our eyes
and you explore my body as though we truly are alone
my arms wrapped tight around your neck
as you leave marks on mine
then voices
laughing and idle chatter overtake my ears
the lights brighten quickly and the memory fades
shrinking back against the invasion of vanilla voices and people
so many stupid people
pushing memory back despite the song continuing
bringing myself back to the present
to the desk
to the computer
to the phone and the files
but all is not lost
for the last thing I hear before the song changes
'see you in your dreams'
and with a contented sigh
I go back to work."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:84537","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/84537.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=84537"}}],"title":"a reputation long since forgotten","published":"2008-03-08T23:15:51Z","updated":"2008-03-10T22:57:03Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"poetry"}},"content":"Let me tell you a story...

A few years ago, in a college town, there was a small lounge down the back alley of a shopping center.  In this hole in the wall place was a sacred place of creation adorned with scarves and rugs and incense.   Live music was created here, and poets rambled on in lengthy verse.  I was one of these poets. 

My poems were odd, some rhymed and some didn't, some were fast paced lines of one letter sounds, strung together in automotive ways.  (it makes sense, trust me)  Through my reading all of these random poems I developed a nickname without even realizing it - I heard it one night as the announcer whispered it across the sound system while announcing me...

\"erika, the erotic poet\"

It was news to me but i went with it and had one of my best readings ever.  It was full of life and vigor, people clapped and many lighters went up.  And so I was reborn, the erotic poet. 


----

Over the years I have moved away from this, the small lounge closed and nothing like it has been seen again.  I haven't stopped writing and in fact have expanded into short stories too.  I never posted any of them and haven't really shown them to anyone in years.  However, the muse is tugging at my dress again and I feel the need to embrace her.   The words are coming easily again... more so than they have since I last closed my poetry journal.  In looking feverishly for that book I discovered a few other journals of poetry and prose that I forgot I had - sources of fresh inspiration. 

So it begins again - and while I don't have the ability to post my voice, I can pose my words - and hopefully the meaning will transfer on as well. 


I'll be posting as I transcribe them, and as I find my long hidden files off my external drive I'll put some of those up too. 

I hope you all enjoy them.  yes, these will be public and no, they won't be lewd.  My poetry isn't explicit, it's suggestive.  I want people to find these and enjoy them or not enjoy them... but i want them to be open to everyone, they way they were back in the smoky lounge in Newark, where people sang and danced and blessed the goddess in everyone and everything. 

 "},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:72342","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/72342.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=72342"}}],"title":"sweet sigh of relief","published":"2007-11-20T13:26:55Z","updated":"2007-11-20T13:26:55Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"holidays"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"office"}}],"content":"I got to talk to E last night.  He was calling from a payphone, still couldn't get the cell to work, but he was ok and we talked for a few minutes.   He called again a little later, right before he thought I was going to bed (even though I was still over doing laundry) but it was sweet and I feel much, much better.  He'll be arriving at his friend's house in Tulsa this morning - I have a phone number to reach the friend now too.  And tomorrow morning he'll be leaving to get to my Mom's place.  It's about 6 hours from Tulsa to St. Louis so it won't be too bad a day for him and we'll have a nice dinner when he gets there.  My mom and grandparents are so excited to see him again - I am so thankful for that.  

In other news... after paying closer attention to our HR lady, I've found that she really doesn't care to socalize with people she doesn't already know.  Perhaps it's that I'm in the interview process right now and she doesn't want to get \"buddy-buddy\" with someone she might have to tell they're not interested in - I can respect that.  But honestly, even before all this, she wasn't the most talkative person and certainly not the most outgoing I've evern met.  She's nice, don't get me wrong - I'd really love to talk with her more as she seems really interesting person - I just think that she could be a little more open.  Maybe it's just that I'm such an outgoing person myself... oh well.  Chai's done - bring on the caffiene!


ps- I'm still running like a mad woman to get everything done... my flight leaves at 6am tomorrow, less than 24 hours from now.   My sister shows up to take me to the airport at 4am... something tells me I'm not sleeping tonight."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:70981","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/70981.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=70981"}}],"title":"i shouldn't feel old","published":"2007-11-15T20:35:17Z","updated":"2007-11-15T20:35:17Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"college"}},"content":"oh, but I do.  

I sat next to a girl today who had no idea who Dali was, or even who Gorey was.  She hadn't ever heard of surrealism and didn't know the definition of a non-represntational artist.  She just knew that she liked anime and wanted to draw like that and didn't want to, like, draw anything, like - realistic?  you know?  cause realistic is boring and, like, stupid? ya know?  And she knew that the art history text book was like, too closed mined and stuff and like was trying to force her to draw a way she didn't want to and was like, stomping on her like freedom or something.  

She wants to master in art and design websites for a living.
She doesn't understand why a professional print house would scream copyright infringement if she did a picture of herself looking like a character from a popular anime that's currently on tv.  

She's 19 and has no idea what simple art terms are.  She doesn't want to be bothered with learning what artists did in the past because \"it's boring and old and anime is new and exciting and it's like, better because it's weird and that's how i want to draw, ya know, like, weird and stuff.\"  

I know, for a fact, that as flighty as I ever was (and still am) I was never so naive that I couldn't look at the style I wanted to draw in and recognize at least one aspect of an earlier style represented there.  She was honestly convinced that manga style artwork developed completely on it's own and had nothing to do with any earlier art ever.  Seriously, I was so close to pulling a clockwork orange video scene it wasn't even funny.  

Other than that class was really good and I aced both the quizzes today.  Yay!  I have a good start on my project due in 2 weeks and I've already picked a topic for my term paper.  I feel good about this class and that is a huge relief right now."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:67121","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/67121.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=67121"}}],"title":"Writer's Block: Happy Halloween!","published":"2007-10-31T17:28:29Z","updated":"2007-10-31T17:28:29Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"writer's block"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"design"}}],"content":"

The office halloween party was at 11:30 today... it just ended a few minutes ago and I won for Best Costume with my Green Faerie outfit.  Yay!  

When I get home (after getting my car from the shop) it's into my Medusa costume and then out to Henri David's Ball in Philadelphia - a great bash, I love it every year!  Seriously, Halloween is my favorite holiday - I celebrate week long and my decorations aren't coming down till I replace a few of the jackolanterns with regular pumpkins and the ghosts with bunches of branches for Autumn.  Once I decorate for Halloween, my house is decorated till after New Years straight - slowly morphing with the season outdoors.  

<\/p>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:65311","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/65311.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=65311"}}],"title":"Writer's Block: (like juggling chainsaws)","published":"2007-10-23T19:48:04Z","updated":"2007-10-23T19:48:04Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"writer's block"}},"content":"
BASE jump.  
 <\/lj-template>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:63395","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/63395.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=63395"}}],"title":"Writer's Block: Small Business: My Own Business","published":"2007-10-17T17:26:31Z","updated":"2007-10-17T17:26:31Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"hpsmallbusiness"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"what do you have to say?"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"writer's block"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"business"}}],"content":"<\/lj-template>easy - a freelance photographer.

"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:53351","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/53351.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=53351"}}],"title":"it's 3:28pm on Sept. 11th","published":"2007-09-11T19:41:57Z","updated":"2007-09-11T19:41:57Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"life"}},"content":"It's 3:28pm on a day that really shouldn't have any more of a representation on tv than D-Day, the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Memorial Day or Labor day does.  No one holds elaborate memorials on Peral Harbor day, do they?  Does that cheapen the deaths there?  No.  No one crowds the newswaves with stories, rememberances and the like on D-Day, do they?  But we still, privately, honor those who died.  So 6 years later, on a day where lots of people died, elaborate memorial ceremonies are held, news waves stop and all have reference to the goings on of the day, people loudly mourn in public and public addresses are held in schools and businesses across the nation.  

Does this happen on the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing?  
Or on the anniversary of any of the school shootings?  

no.  

I don't cheapen the loss people endured this day 6 years ago.  I don't see the point in reliving it though, replaying the tapes, reading the list of the dead.  We know what happened.  We lament what happened.  It's been the topic of disucssion and debate, rhetoric and rant.  

What I'd rather see today?  The momuments completed.  Life in those areas returned to normal.  The memories of the dead honored instead of paraded for political and finanical gain.  In 6 years this country hasn't gotten it together enough to clean up and finish the construction on the memorial towers in NYC.  In 6 years the memorials in PA and in DC haven't been completed.  In 6 years we're still being lied to about wars and agendas.  And in 6 years we haven't found the people responsible and punished them.  

So yes - I remember what today is.  It's a Tuesday, it's raining and somewhere, someone is really, truly mourning the way the victims families should - in a cemetary, with friends.  Not in front of the camera. "},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:49101","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/49101.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=49101"}}],"title":"not before chai","published":"2007-08-29T12:18:52Z","updated":"2007-08-29T12:18:52Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"caffiene"}},"content":"OK - here are a list of things you shouldn't do before chai\/caffiene of your choice:

1-look for a lost necklace.  You won't find it and it'll upset you and you won't think of anything else all day.
I lost my silver circle pendant.  not good - i usually never go anywhere without it.  i decided to wear another necklace yesterday, an ocean stone that I wrapped two days ago, and now I can't find the pendant.  much suck. 
2- try and pump gas.  (again, not pretty - I dropped the cap twice...)

I'm here now, so chai will happen though I need to go to the grocery to get more.  I should buy this stuff in bulk seeing how fast I go through it. "},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:44734","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/44734.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=44734"}}],"title":"Pans Labrynth & Muppets in Space","published":"2007-08-19T23:15:48Z","updated":"2007-08-19T23:15:48Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"costumes"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"movies"}}],"content":"Watched this last night and wow. Not the movie I thought it was!

SPOILERS if you haven't seen it already...  though it's been out for a while so...

Ok, so first off it's subtitled.  I'm all for a good subbed movie so that was no problem.  Second, it's a war flick with a secondary fantasy theme.  Not at all what I thought I was getting into.  It was a good movie, don't get me wrong, but not as much fantasy as I was hoping for.  In fact, I was really, really dissapointed in the movie for that reason.  The parts that were fantasy were great and I would have loved to see more but the war parts really killed it for me - I wasn't going in thinking \"ok, there's going to be brutal war scenes with lots of people dying, torture scenes and gore.\" It was very offputting.  I don't think I'll watch it again for that reason and as for a rating it'd be 3 out fo 5 stars. 

Then, to clear the war violence out of our heads, we watched Muppets in Space.  YAY!  I love this movie and it's the one that Erich had missed coming out so he hadn't seen it yet.  I love that flick.  Muppets in general are good.  Plus, that one has a fantastic soundtrack. 

On a movie side note, I've decided that the next costume I work on will be Taarna's costume from Heavy Metal.  There will be a few mods, naturally, because for one it's not so useful to walk around in and two I don't think it's legal in some of the surrounding states.  :)  Anyway - between that and my Medusa costume I'll have plenty of non-SCA sewing things to work on.  I think my machine will have to go in for a spa day before I get started - the begining of this year has been really hectic! "},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eridun:29664","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/29664.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/eridun.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=29664"}}],"title":"Safe!","published":"2007-06-14T13:14:50Z","updated":"2007-06-14T13:14:50Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"bliteotw"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"zombies"}}],"content":"Ok - well, we rounded everyone up that we could and the zombies started dropping like flies as we pulled out of port.    Long story short, we all made it out ok.  I eve heard from my family in other parts of the country!


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I have to say that this little blog experiment was truly fun!  I think that a portion of the people on livejournal post here because they love to write and have creative minds - to put them to use with something like this really brightens a Wednesday and add a little bit of flavor to our usual rants and raves.  It also encouraged us to post more to other entries, forming converstaions that I'm sure we'll be talking about for a while.  My husband was looking over my shoulder last night as I was reading the last few posts before I went to bed and was amazed that a group of people who don't necessarily know each other would get invloved in something like this.  My response was simple:

The internet has incredible powers.

Like I posted over on <\/a>esprix<\/b><\/a><\/a>its_just_me<\/b><\/a><\/span>. I plan to stop off anywhere I know my friends are and picking you guys up. Call me before the towers go down, or get me on a shortwave - I'll have one on the boat. There are 3 of us right now but don't plan on picking up anyone we don't know. I'm still trying to find my sisters.   After I get the northern people we're heading south to get anyone else we can.  We'll get more boats if we have to but it's our best bet. After we get everyone we can, it's the Keys to resupply then out to the ocean to wait this out. 

I'll check in as long as the internet is up. 

Later.

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