Imitations
It's faking spring outside and I love it. I know Nature's just fucking with my head, but I'll go ahead and let her do it. I've smiled more today than I would have without it.
Having one of those days where I just feel more...alive than others. Not just more alive, but more Pagan, in a way. I'm not sure whether to blame the weather or some internal twitch for it. It's nice, though.
Speaking of Pagan, I figured one of the best ways to get myself reading again was to pick up there. Right now I'm meandering through Scott Cunningham's The Magical Household, a collection of "home n' hearth" lore. I know, I know- it's a dorm. But it's my home for at least the next year and a half, and I might as well make it fit as well as I can. Stuff I should know, anyway. I'll have a house of my own someday. Turns out I learned some of it from my grandmother already, without the reasons behind it. Like never moving a broom from one house to another. She told me that years ago, and according to Cunningham, it's because the old broom will drag all the house's bad luck and negativity with it. I also picked up 777, finally, and will be working my way through (thesaurus in hand) the scattering of essays that come with it.
There was one thing I found interesting in the book...on the positioning of a bed. It recommends positioning a bed to sleep with your head to the east and your feet to the west, so you rise the same way the sun does, and says it is best for encouraging the flow of energy and magic. I can't bring myself to sleep that way. Sure, I don't sleep well anyway- but that makes it even worse. I had my bed like that first semester, actually, and decided it was crap. Now I sleep south-north, said to be encouraging of illness and the like, and I sleep much better. It's how I've slept most of my life. Though the early part of it I slept north-south.
Erm...may tack onto this later- got to rush to meet Chris for dinner now.
(Tacking on 5 hours later)
So Assembly tonight was interesting...A bill came up to form a committee to hear grievances against Chris and make a recommendation to the general Assembly whether to recall or retain him. Surprise! None of us had heard about it coming, or even had any idea what the alleged issues were. Vague mention of "complaints from the staff" was the best answer we got.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong here, but basic human decency and courtesy (not to mention acting like a grown up and not a middle school brat) includes approaching someone when you have a problem with them, don't they? Chris had heard none of these issues. The vice chairs had heard nothing.
Not to mention the fact that we have a committee already which is supposed to deal with these things: Budget and Standards. Which also heard nothing of this. I know, I'm on it.
The good news is that Chris found he has support from a majority of the assembly. Most of us would have resigned with him. I would have stayed just long enough to be a thorn in the side of the leftovers and elect an asshat to his former position.
I did make clear to the assembly- as I always do when it's a matter concerning Chris directly -that when I am in that chamber, I am nobody's girlfriend, nobody's friend, nobody's enemy. In that seat, I am a Representative of the College of Natural Science, nothing more. My loyalty is to my constituency, not to the chair nor to any other representatives on the Assembly. I consider having the integrity of my position and my personal honor questioned to be offensive. I understand the concept of a conflict of interests, but believe me, any interest which is not of the College of Natural Science students I represent is left at the door.
Neither of us can quite believe it happened. The bill failed, by the way, but the idea is disturbing. A second look at the bill also brought forth the fact that in the proceedings outlined therein held no speaking time for Chris himself, unless called as a witness. Nowhere for him to defend himself.
A witch hunt if I ever saw one.
Having one of those days where I just feel more...alive than others. Not just more alive, but more Pagan, in a way. I'm not sure whether to blame the weather or some internal twitch for it. It's nice, though.
Speaking of Pagan, I figured one of the best ways to get myself reading again was to pick up there. Right now I'm meandering through Scott Cunningham's The Magical Household, a collection of "home n' hearth" lore. I know, I know- it's a dorm. But it's my home for at least the next year and a half, and I might as well make it fit as well as I can. Stuff I should know, anyway. I'll have a house of my own someday. Turns out I learned some of it from my grandmother already, without the reasons behind it. Like never moving a broom from one house to another. She told me that years ago, and according to Cunningham, it's because the old broom will drag all the house's bad luck and negativity with it. I also picked up 777, finally, and will be working my way through (thesaurus in hand) the scattering of essays that come with it.
There was one thing I found interesting in the book...on the positioning of a bed. It recommends positioning a bed to sleep with your head to the east and your feet to the west, so you rise the same way the sun does, and says it is best for encouraging the flow of energy and magic. I can't bring myself to sleep that way. Sure, I don't sleep well anyway- but that makes it even worse. I had my bed like that first semester, actually, and decided it was crap. Now I sleep south-north, said to be encouraging of illness and the like, and I sleep much better. It's how I've slept most of my life. Though the early part of it I slept north-south.
Erm...may tack onto this later- got to rush to meet Chris for dinner now.
(Tacking on 5 hours later)
So Assembly tonight was interesting...A bill came up to form a committee to hear grievances against Chris and make a recommendation to the general Assembly whether to recall or retain him. Surprise! None of us had heard about it coming, or even had any idea what the alleged issues were. Vague mention of "complaints from the staff" was the best answer we got.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong here, but basic human decency and courtesy (not to mention acting like a grown up and not a middle school brat) includes approaching someone when you have a problem with them, don't they? Chris had heard none of these issues. The vice chairs had heard nothing.
Not to mention the fact that we have a committee already which is supposed to deal with these things: Budget and Standards. Which also heard nothing of this. I know, I'm on it.
The good news is that Chris found he has support from a majority of the assembly. Most of us would have resigned with him. I would have stayed just long enough to be a thorn in the side of the leftovers and elect an asshat to his former position.
I did make clear to the assembly- as I always do when it's a matter concerning Chris directly -that when I am in that chamber, I am nobody's girlfriend, nobody's friend, nobody's enemy. In that seat, I am a Representative of the College of Natural Science, nothing more. My loyalty is to my constituency, not to the chair nor to any other representatives on the Assembly. I consider having the integrity of my position and my personal honor questioned to be offensive. I understand the concept of a conflict of interests, but believe me, any interest which is not of the College of Natural Science students I represent is left at the door.
Neither of us can quite believe it happened. The bill failed, by the way, but the idea is disturbing. A second look at the bill also brought forth the fact that in the proceedings outlined therein held no speaking time for Chris himself, unless called as a witness. Nowhere for him to defend himself.
A witch hunt if I ever saw one.