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June/Brachmond 29, 2010 ERE Tuesday/Ziustac

6/30/2010

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(Brachmond = Fallow Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: no class today…goofing off!

AM Prayer: Tuesday, we pray to Ziu/Tyr and lighting a purple candle (for honor):
Ziu/Tyr, you chained the Fenris Wolf that threatened the worlds. We can’t do that, but we can do other things, some ordinary, others heroic. Remind us of your bravery and your sacrifice. Give us the courage and strength we need to fetter out own Fenris. Keep us mindful of our duties, and help us keep our fears bound as tightly as you bound old Slaver Mouth. Thus doing, we may we share in your glory by imitating you. ZIU/TYR HAIL!!

Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

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AM Rune: Berkana (R): Problems with relating to the feminine, the maternal influence and the feminine mysteries, void of growth and caring, deceit, in need of Mothering. Offset this with extra precautions.

Outcome: Man, this could go MANY ways…

I tried a bicycle ride but the ole gonies just wouldn’t settle…

I spent several hours taking Audie’s stuff out of public storage and taking here to her storage shed on the property. It’s all done but for a few things but I am in need to a truck to finish. Hopefully my brother, who has the truck, will be available after he gets off work.

World Cup matches
http://www.fifa.com/
Paraguay 0:0 Japan
0:0 after 120 min
Paraguay advances on penalty kicks (5:3)
Spain 1:0 Portugal
Eight teams are now left
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/worldcup/bracket?year=2010&cc=5901&ver=us
Now it’s on to the quarterfinals

MLS matches
http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Columbus 2:1 Rochester (huh?)
Chicago 0:1 Charleston (huh?)
Houston 1:0 Miami FC (huh?)
LA 2:0 St Louis (huh?)
Oh, all these must be Open Cup matches
http://www.ussoccer.com/Tournaments/Lamar-Hunt-US-Open-Cup/2010-Lamar-Hunt-US-Open-Cup.aspx

DAMN, even when Audie’s not here I STILL get her drama. The bank just called about some unusual activity on her debit card. Audie’s SUPPOSED to be in a facility somewhere. If she IS in a facility, who is making purchases on her card. How did someone else come to possess her card? If SHE is making the purchases, why is she not in treatment? A bit of deceit going on here…

Storage dilemma tackled thanx to my brother!

So much for the aforementioned goofing off…

I just can’t spend hours on end with the outside cats like Audie does/did. I felt obligated to at least try it. There was no Jelly, but Socks certainly it. I, on the other hand, had to deal with an empty chair on the porch.

Tired…slow evening of tele…haven’t heard from Audie today

PM Prayer: Wuldar/Ullr:
Wuldar/Ullr, god of ski and bow, you glide through the snow-clad forests bringing death to game and life to your people. Remind us that life feeds on life, and that the beauty of the prey is formed generation after generation by the culling ferocity of the predator. Let your Yew-bow be the great World-Yew under another guise, so that through the spirit of the hunter, we may climb its branched to ever higher levels of awareness. HAIL WULDAR/ULLR!!

PM Rune: none

Comments: cared for animals, Meek stays outside

Alaf Sal Fena!

 
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June/Brachmond 28, 2010 ERE Monday/Manostac

6/29/2010

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(Brachmond = Fallow Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: gotta drive-on!

NOTE: I have to imagine Gebo is still in play. Before the crack-o-dawn Audie calls. She’s in treatment somewhere and is being treated well. Seemingly this is not some kind of fly-by-night treatment center; it’s a full 28 day assessment center. This is what I feel she has needed all along and hasn’t received. She wasn’t at liberty to tell me where she is other than a small town north of Wichita.

NOTE 2: @ the crack-o-dawn I took Meeka out to Meeka Park. OMGs she loved it and ran herself into a puppy frenzy! It’s so hilarious to watch her do that! Even that early in the morning and still fairly cool, if I try to extend her walk into the neighborhood, she acts like she’s dieing! LMFnAO!

AM Prayer: Monday we pray to Mano/Manni, god of the moon, and lighting a white candle (symbolic of the moon):
Greetings to you Mano/Manni, silver messenger on high, as you fly silently on your way reflect into our souls the glory of the High Ones that we might aspire to the realms of the gods. Bathe our world in soft brightness, and whisper to our souls of joyous realms beyond our knowing. Mano/Manni let us see the goodness within us and without us, all the nights and days of our lives. MANO/MANNI, HAIL!!

Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune: WOW! The Runes were VERY talkative this morning; FOUR RUNES!

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Isa (irreversible): Ice: dormancy: a calming, stilling effect: self-control: the concentrated self: ego: the living soul: das Ich (the unified, whole, principle or force), the composite plurality of Ich, be still and gain control of the Self (in all its forms): grounding, a lowering of vibration levels.

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Inguz (Irreversible): Yngvi Ing Fro/Freyr, the god of Ar: prosperity, abundance, sexuality and fridu, gestation, the womb and the tomb, fertility, completion of one stage and progressing to the next, internal growth, wait.

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Sowulo (Irreversible): The Sun, Sonne/Sunna, a lightening bolt, victory, success, spiritual guidance, and leadership.

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Othilla (R): Problems in relating to home, heritage, spiritual heritage, and ancestors; Family difficulties, difficulties at home. Offset this with extra precautions.

Outcome: Without going into any great detail, this pretty much sums it up. This is a great shot of the big picture of what has been and is going on: WOW!

Class went really well. We had our first exam in Intro to Rad Tech and I know I did just fine!

Lunch at McDs; I don’t think I have had more fun at a McDs! As this guy was going out I noticed his Germany futball t-shirt. We struck up a moment of solidarity. As he went out the door I said, “Germany’s doing well”; noticing there were a couple of Hispanic guys there too, I added “…but Mexico isn’t!” We all got a good laugh out of it. I struck up a bit more futball conversation with the Hispanic guys and, typically, they were supportive now of teams like Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Portugal. It’s just like I am supportive of teams similar to my heritage, like Germany and Netherlands.

CPR class…now I’m CPR qualified!

Off to Target to get a bicycle pump and some food for Meeka

I made the mistake to try pulling Pye (Audie’s cat) out from dangerous situation. She was so freaked she attacked my hand. I tired just to hold her down but she had nothing to do with that. I picked her up by her harness to move her inside the house.

Didn’t hear from Audie all day; I hope she is gaining control, taking her time, and becoming successful at getting her house in order.

PM Prayer: Scata/Skahdi:
Scata/Skahdi, fleet on your skis and let me be the game you bag with you bow. Stun me with your grace and beauty, tuck me in the skin-sack at your side, and then take me to your home where wolves howl. There, teach me to know the pleasure of the hunt, the joy of exertion, and the crisp freedom of winter and wilderness. Brand my soul with wind-burn, so that even in the tedium of daily life, I will feel your warm breath, warm on my check, telling me to be strong, able and worthy of you. SCATA/SKAHDI, HAIL!!

PM Rune: none

Comments: cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

 
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June/Brachmond 27, 2010 ERE Sunday/Sonnestac

6/27/2010

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(Brachmond = Fallow Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: I dunno anymore…gotta study

AM Prayer: Sunday, we pray both to Sonne/Sunna, lighting a yellow candle (symbolic of the Sun):
Greetings to you Sonne, Lamp of Wodan/Odin: newly risen! Hail to you who has shown on all our ancestors, who shines on us, and who will shine on our decedents yet unborn. Share with us some of your light, your energy, your power, so that we might better fight our battles and attain our goals. SONNE/SUNNA HAIL!!

Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

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AM Rune: Gebo (irreversible): The gift and giver, repay gift for gift, an exchange between people or gods and the Luck that accompanies it; freely exchanged, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality.

Outcome: That’s odd…

Trip to the City Library to return Audie’s books…(tears)…

It’s just…so different…around here…now…

Tended to some nasty business with Heritage College…certified, return receipt mailing.

World Cup Matches
http://www.fifa.com/

Germany 4:1 England (WOOT!)

Argentina 3:1 Mexico

MLS Matches
http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Philly 3:1 Seattle (Great home opener for Philly! Great atmosphere! Great new PPL Park
http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/content/ppl-park-0)(30,000+ attending)
New England 0:1 Chicago

It’s been 24 hrs since Audie left in a cab and no one has heard anything from her. Once again, just like when I was first getting Audie some treatment, her family calls. I haven’t hardly talked to them at all until lately. All of a sudden they’re interested in what I have to say.

I feel like I’m once again on the sacrificial altar of relationships.

Studied

It’s pretty quiet without her…kinda good, kinda unnerving

Calling it an early evening…

PM Prayer: Paltar/Baldr
Blameless Paltar/Baldr, shining god, let your goodness and your reconciliation smooth our paths on Earth. When our days here are over, light up death’s darkness with the promise of rebirth. Help is to avoid evil, and seek the good. Inspired by you, we will keep our reputations spotless that our lives be proclaimed a victory of the Spirit, and out leaving this life a tragedy. PALTAR/BALDR HAIL!

PM Rune: none

Comments: cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

 
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June/Brachmond 26, 2010 ERE Saturday/Sibbastac

6/27/2010

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(Brachmond = Fallow Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: Rheinwood’s Midsummer fest!

AM Prayer: Saturday, normally attributed to the fertility goddess, Saeter, we pray to Sibba/Sif, lighting a green candle (for fertility):
Sibba/Sif let us see you in all the growing things that sustain our lives. Help us look beyond the packaging and promotion, to the richness of the Earth from which all bounty comes. When ordinary eyes see only corn, let me see your golden hair hid in its silk. When others see only bread, let me see the grain, beyond that, your smile and laughter. Feed our might and main, Holy Sibba/Sif, that we may do our work in the world. HAIL SIBBA/SIF!!

Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

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AM Rune: Wunjo (R): Sadness, disruption in the Clanic relationship, questionable social contacts, shunning, social and domestic disharmony, failed social relationships, Fridu/Frith is challenged, the shadow side of Wodan/Odin. Offset this with extra precautions.

Outcome: Finished the yard and sculpted the Solar Cross

Power napped

A nap for me is one thing, but when Audie falls asleep in the porch that is a WHOLE ‘nother ball game! Now there’s a 50/50 chance she could create some problems. It’s 3PM: the Kindred is scheduled to be over here around 6-isch or so.

The Knockout Round of 16 begins today @ the World Cup
http://www.fifa.com/
Uruguay 2:1 S. Korea
USA 1:2 Ghana (in extra time)(now THIS is sad…)

Luckily Audie went back to sleep after A brief awakening thinking she was puking. After a bit of time I was able to literally throw her back onto the bed and she went back to sleep. Not taking any chances I had to move Rheinwood’s Midsummer to Kami’s. I AM SO FUCKING FURIOUS!

Audie’s gone and I don’t know where she went. She was coherent, but…I dunno…

Midsummer at Kami’s

Alone…sad…

MLS matches
http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Toronto 0:0 LA
Columbus 2:0 DC
Houston 2:2 Colorado
KC 0:3 NY (sad)
Chivas 1:2 Dallas

PM Prayer: All you gods and goddesses bless and keep your Holy Folk. From the cold shadows of the glaciers to the colder shadows of space, always, we have been your people. Guide and guard your North folk as you did in ages past. Wodan/Odin, give wisdom and craft to wits shaped by ice and fire that our foes be foxed. Donar/Thor, give us strength and the will to use it. Ing Fro/Freyr and Uualburga Frouwa/Freyja, give full wombs so that bodies will be found for the souls of heroes. Let your Northern Folk grow in number and in power, so that our kind may live, love, survive and thrive, not just today, not for a millennium, but for ever and ever!

PM Rune: none

Comments: cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

 
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June/Brachmond 25, 2010 REER Friday/Frowastac

6/25/2010

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(Brachmond = Fallow Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: Audie doc’s appt, yard, World Cup…

AM Prayer: Friday, we pray to the glorious siblings, Walburga Frouwa/Freyja and Ing Fro/Freyr, and lighting a gold candle (for Freyja’s tears and Freyr’s golden boar, Gullinbursti).
Walburga Frouwa/Freyja, who could not love you? Women admire you for your own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. HAIL WALBURGA FROUWA/FREYJA!!

Ing Fro/Freyr, you are the god of “Ar”, the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the lusty enlarger of life. When the day to day wears us down, remind us of pleasures and joys. Help us recall the wonderful excesses that brought our lives into being and which sustain the human spirit during good times and bad. Without you, there would be no life and certainly little delight. Thank you, Ing Fro/Freyr, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful. ING FRO/FREYR, HAIL!!

Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

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AM Rune: Inguz (Irreversible): Yngvi Ing Fro/Freyr, the god of Ar: prosperity, abundance, sexuality and fridu, gestation, the womb and the tomb, fertility, completion of one stage and progressing to the next, internal growth, wait.

Outcome: The morning did not start so well. I don’t know how much longer I can wait, or fully understand for what I should be waiting. Audie missed a doctor’s consultation because she just wasn’t all together enough: seizures and episodes.

Meeka for a quick walk; her exercise and me to clear my head a bit.

Mowed and edged front yard

Called my best FB friend to unload a bit…if you had any idea how cool she is…

Veg-kill cracks in driveway

It’s mid-afternoon; what started with seizures this morning continues as a sleep episode (non-stop repetitive movements). I think this is the first time this has continued this late into the day. I am constantly monitoring her; making sure she’s okay…she mostly came out of it around 3:30 or so…or not: she’s still under the grip of her episodes that have gone on all day. JsMrFnChst! What’s it gonna take for a bit or normalcy around here? Is it too much to ask?

World Cup matches http://www.fifa.com/

Portugal 0:0 Brazil
N. Korea 0:3 Ivory Coast
Switzerland 0:0 Honduras
Chile 1:2 Spain
Portugal and Brazil advance. Here are the brackets for the Round of 16:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/worldcup/bracket?year=2010&cc=5901&ver=us

Grocery shopped and ready for Rheinwood’s Midsummer feast!

Moved Audie’s patio furniture from storage to my patio. I don’t have a truck so it took several trips; not asking for help (did it by myself) and using the Vue

Audie didn’t come fully operational all day. She became marginally functional just in time for me to give her her nigh-time meds and tuck her in.

MLS Match
http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Real Salt Lake 0:0 San Jose

PM Prayer: The Norns:
The Norns all three are present at birth
To weave our Fate from merriment to dearth
Urd, Verdandi and Skuld, the dark queens renowned
Glorious ladies ‘neath the Tree, work your mysteries in us now

That which “was” we clearly see
That which “is” formed now in our deeds
That which “will be”, will yet be; but cannot see
We celebrate the Norns, the Ladies Three, for eternity

PM Rune: none

Comments: cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

 
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June/Brachmond 24, 2010 ERE Thursday/Donarstac

6/25/2010

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(Brachmond = Fallow Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: class…

AM Prayer: Thursday, we pray to Donar/Thor, and lighting a red candle:
Donar/Thor, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, let us advance. When we would be weak, help us be strong. When we would shun life’s pleasures, sharpen our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Help us grow from strength, and teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own Hammer, and slay the giants who appose our will. HAIL DONAR/THOR!!

Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

 
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AM Rune: Mannaz (U): The human, cooperation between people, the human intellect, the ability to work well within a social structure and be effective within it, social interaction & order, Divine structure.

Outcome: After last night Audie had a rough, emotional morning…

Class continues to go well.

Sharon’s Charter Country for lunch

Audie to Town West...me…resting…I’m exhausted

World Cup Matches
http://www.fifa.com/

Paraguay 0:0 New Zealand

Slovakia 3:2 Italy (Wow…Italy gone!)

Denmark 1:3 Japan (Japan advance)

Cameroon 1:2 Netherlands (Netherlands advance)

Here is the latest roller coaster ride. Audie made some seriously bad decisions. Last night after I had left to go to my niece’s, Audie decided she’s going to take the Whizzer and go alone to a new neighborhood bar. While there she goes into seizure twice. Leaving the bar she gets dinged up trying to start the Whizzer. She leaves it at the bar; seemingly trying to hide it next to a dumpster. By this time I have a already returned from my niece’s and in bed. Audie walks home only to go into yet another seizure in the middle of the night at home. The next morning she is sobbing, really sobbing over a couple of things and I go off to class. After class she is wired beyond belief and is on my last nerve the rest of the day. Running errands, we go back to where she had left the Whizzer and it was gone. BTW, the Whizzer is her motorized bicycle
http://www.piratepathy.com/whizzer/whizzer003.jpg she purchased not too long ago: not cheap. It’s extremely exhausting living like this and I am so certain how much longer I can do this.

It was all I could do to remain cooperative…

PM Prayer: Era/Eir:
Era/Eir, whose loving hands and sweet breath brings healing and health, PRAISE YOUR NAME AMONGST NORTH-FOLK! We thank you for your gentle caress, your soft ministrations and your care. When stress, strains, aches and pains plague is, you come with your lithe figure and flowing hair to ease our distress. Eir, goddess holy and wise, we honor you. HAIL ERA/EIR!!

PM Rune: none

Comments: cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

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June/Brachmond 23, 2010 ERE Wednesday/Wotanstac

6/23/2010

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(Brachmond = Fallow Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: Intro into the hospital, class, WORLD CUP!

AM Prayer: Wednesday, we pray to the Divine couple: Wodan/Odin and Frija/Frigga, lighting royal blue (for Wodan/Odin) and light blue (for Frija/Frigga) candles.
Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! WODAN/ODIN!! We call out to you, not as a slave or on bended knee, but on our feet and opened-armed as befits your offspring. Watch us as we struggle, but the fight and fame must both be ours! Grant us that victory which we win by OUR might and mane! If we live well, Wodan/Odin, grant us access to one of the Great Halls where we may feast, drink and be merry with those who have gone before us until the time comes to live or fight once more. WODAN/ODIN, HAIL!!!

Frija/Frigga, teach us to be patient but not passive; wise but not haughty in our wisdom; far seeing yet not blind to that which is before us. May we nurture life, increase life, and live our own lives more fully. Through you we give honor to our human mothers. Through you we see all the beauty that surrounds us as well. FRIJA/FRIGGA, HAIL!!

Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

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AM Rune: Thurisaz (R): Thorn, Outside the favor of Donar/Thor, the strong One, beware of enemies from the outside, defenselessness, disruptive opposition, lack of fertility, shadow of the unconscious. Offset this with extra precautions.

Outcome: Intro to Wesley Hospital as a part of Newman’s Radf Tech program went very well!

World Cup Matches
http://www.fifa.com/

England 1:0 Slovenia (England advance to the round of 16)

USA 1:0 Algeria (USA score in stoppage time)(ADVANCE AS WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Germany 1:0 Ghana (Germany and Ghana advance)

Australia 2:1 Serbia

I got home from class at the hospital to catch the last half of the USA/Algeria match. OMGs! Landon Donovan’s match-winning goal in stoppage time was FUCKING AMAZING! Their next opponent in the knock-round of 16 is Ghana on Saturday.

World Cup brackets are starting to form:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/worldcup/bracket?year=2010&cc=5901&ver=us

Trip to Lowes http://www.lowes.com/ for alotta stuff! We continue to battle ANTS, of all things; those fucking little creatures that have invaded our home from the outside!

Audie has been doing so much around here I stopped by the flower shop and got her a bouquet: she was so surprised and appreciative!

She said she told me about going bowling with a friend. I certainly know she did not. At first I got pissed, but then I said sure, go, I can go out to my niece’s. Coming home and she’s not here. I know she’s on the Whizzer, so… Could this be my “enemy from the outside“?

PM Prayer: Heimdall:
HEAR ME HEIMO/HEIMDALL, the genetic link between gods and humankind. Your keen eyes and sharp ears guard the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from the Rainbow Bridge leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining home. HAIL HEIMO/HEIMDALL!!

PM Rune: none

Comments: cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

 
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June/Brachmond 22 2010 ERE Tuesday/Ziustac

6/23/2010

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(Brachmond = Fallow Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: World Cup, class

AM Prayer: Tuesday, we pray to Ziu/Tyr and lighting a purple candle (for honor):
Ziu/Tyr, you chained the Fenris Wolf that threatened the worlds. We can’t do that, but we can do other things, some ordinary, others heroic. Remind us of your bravery and your sacrifice. Give us the courage and strength we need to fetter out own Fenris. Keep us mindful of our duties, and help us keep our fears bound as tightly as you bound old Slaver Mouth. Thus doing, we may we share in your glory by imitating you. ZIU/TYR HAIL!!

Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

 
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AM Rune: Uruz (U): The Auroch beast, an impulse towards action, creation taking shape, expansion, tenacity, vital strength, instinct of survival, taking risks, foundation, a stabilizing effect, good health and energy.

Outcome: Prior to class I dropped Audie off at Town West Mall.

Class went well. Yesterday after our “diversity” discussion I offered to share some info about Heathenry. I had my opportunity today; speaking briefly and superficially. There were actually some interesting questions asked that let me know they were indeed paying attention and perhaps a wee bit interested in what I had to say. I felt very strong and stable as I gave my brief presentation.

World Cp Matches
http://www.fifa.com/

Mexico 0:1 Uruguay (wooooooooow)

France 1:2 S. Africa (equally woooooooooooow)

Greece 0:2 Argentina

Nigeria 2:2 S. Korea

Mexico, Uruguay, Argentine and South Korea all advance to the Round of 16.

Still keeping an eye on group outcomes:
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/standings/index.html JsMrFnChst! The heat is most definitely on…and people wonder why I hibernate in the summer…ROFLMAO!

OMGs, Audie bought me a TON of summer clothes!

Audie off on the Whizzer

Enjoying home…

Ya know, when I ask direct questions concerning her whereabouts and get vague answers, what else am I supposed to think?

PM Prayer: Eger und Rahana/Aegir and Ran:
Eger und Rahana/Aegir and Ran, keeper of the deep hall at ocean’s bottom, host to the drowned and the sea lost. Your dwelling might be thought sad and gloomy, but you are known to be kind and hospitable ale givers. In your goodness then, cheer us when waves of misfortune pound our life’s fragile boats to the bottom. For even at the bottom, there is warmth, cheer and hope. Be our assurance and our inspiration to strive on despite the swells and swirls of fate. HAIL AEGIR AND RAN/EGER UND RHANA!!

PM Rune: none

Comments: cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

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June/Brachmond 21, 2010 ERE Monday/Manostac

6/22/2010

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(Brachmond = Fallow Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: World Cup, class

AM Prayer: Monday we pray to Mano/Manni, god of the moon, and lighting a white candle (symbolic of the moon):
Greetings to you Mano/Manni, silver messenger on high, as you fly silently on your way reflect into our souls the glory of the High Ones that we might aspire to the realms of the gods. Bathe our world in soft brightness, and whisper to our souls of joyous realms beyond our knowing. Mano/Manni let us see the goodness within us and without us, all the nights and days of our lives. MANO/MANNI, HAIL!!

Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

 
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AM Rune: Naudiz (Irreversible): The Rune of Need (whether physical, emotional, spiritual), a stress indicator, friction, transformation, resistance leading to strength, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate. Time to hold a personal inventory.

Outcome: Once again class went well. We also set out our clinical observation dates. The problem/stress came when it came time to enroll for fall. I could get logged onto Jetstream: a website within Newman U. I could get into email and Blackboard but just could not get into Jetstream. I was asked to go to the registrar’s office but they were less than friendly. I went back to the library to try it again; even though I know that repetitive actions expecting a different result is a sure sign of insanity. I finally saw where I could have the University send me the info that was giving me fits: not letting me log-in. They did and I figured out the problem. I hurried back to where fall enrollment was taking place and the VERY LAST PERSON was walking out as I walked back in. With the proper info in hand I was quickly enrolled for the fall semester. I’m taking:

Radiographic Positioning w/a lab

Radiologic Physics

Clinicals

Some online stress with someone who seems to rely more on UPG than basing her faith on things more stable…um, like history and lore: I DON’T GET IT! She’s GOTTA BE Wicca-tru.

World Cup Matches
http://www.fifa.com/
Portugal 7:0 N. Korea
Chile 1:0 Switzerland
Spain 2:0 Honduras

Shaun of the Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/

PM Prayer: Nirdu/Njord:
Nirdu/Njord, god of harbors and seas close to land, Father of Freyr and Freyja, help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. HAIL NIRDU/NJORD!!

PM Rune: none

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Alaf Sal Fena!

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June/Brachmond 20, 2010 Sunday/Sonnestac

6/21/2010

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(Brachmond = Fallow Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: Audie’s parents…

AM Prayer: Sunday, we pray both to Sonne/Sunna, lighting a yellow candle (symbolic of the Sun):
Greetings to you Sonne, Lamp of Wodan/Odin: newly risen! Hail to you who has shown on all our ancestors, who shines on us, and who will shine on our decedents yet unborn. Share with us some of your light, your energy, your power, so that we might better fight our battles and attain our goals. SONNE/SUNNA HAIL!!

Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune: Two Runes:

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Jera (irreversible): Harvest, the Rune of return, two halves of a cyclic whole, harmony-in-movement-in-balance, improvement, the number 12, cycles, the result of a previous action, reward for the right (or wrong) action.

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Raido (R): Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, a breakdown in order, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, void of progress.

Outcome: What immediately came to mind was the reading on June 17th where I said:

Here is an example of a harvest of a wrong action” I am feeling a bit distanced from my faith. I opt to plant my ass in front of the tele or spend my time doing things with Audie. Things are a bit complicated now with classes, too. Doing things with Audie is just the product of nurturing a relationship. Planting myself in front of a tele choice that will need to change; well, after the World Cup. Whatever the case, my faith is equally important, if not more important than many things in my live. The problem is achieving the proper harvest for it. I take my responsibilities seriously and must maintain a certain amount of studies for it. Oh sure, I go out to the Hof every day, but sometimes even those become hollow words. I must once again be in search of that for which I hunger and desire.

I have yet to deal with this. There has been no movement. I am thinking this is my reminder!

OMGs the heat is on!

WOW! Major Astro’s obit was in the paper today:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansas/obituary.aspx?n=tom-b-leahy&pid=143635483&fhid=4861
He was one of my heroes growing up. I also waited on him as a customer at McDs. I know he frustrated the hel out of his wife, and if I remember correctly, at one time he was a drunk. All that aside, Major Astro was my television hero at a time when my father was dieing with MS; because of that he was pretty much an absent father, but I could count on Major Astro being on the tele every day after school at 3:30. He would tell me, ‘…everything is A-ok and all systems are go. Happy orbits boys and girls; bye, I’ll see you tomorrow”.

I spent the money I made yesterday for doing the wedding. I got a complete set of under, a pair of cargo-shorts and a book-bag! Shot the whole works except for a couple of bucks. Happy Father’s Day to me!

We went to Audie’s parent’s house for Father’s Day. I only get along marginally with them. There hasn’t been much movement on that; neither has there really been an effort to rectify it. Luckily, her sister was in from Arkansas and in certain ways became a buffer for me.

Today’s World Cup Matches
http://www.fifa.com/
Slovakia 0:2 Paraguay
Italy 1:1 New Zealand (Wooooooooow…)
Brazil 3:1 Ivory Coast

Finished back yard close to sunset; 90F still kicked my ass…

Father’s Day has never really meant much to me. I never had much of a relationship with my father because, as previously mentioned, he had MS for as long as this 5-yr old could remember. At the same time I was robbed of being a father by my ex-wife; so Father’s Day is a bit difficult.. I doubt that much will ever change about that for me. It probably always will remain as my failed harvest with little movement.

PM Prayer: Ostara/Idun:
Ostara/Idun, keeper of the golden apples of youth, keep us young inside. When we are starving for laughter, hungry for the lightness that comes with having few years on our shoulders, slip us one of those gleaming fruits that we may see the world through youthful eyes. Let springtime be in our steps, love in our hearts and a song on our lips. Change us to the core! Fill us with optimism and dreams for the future. HAIL OSTARA/IDUN!!!

PM Rune: none

Comments: cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

 
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