It's all god's fault, really. That god I don't believe in but that my husband does. His friends at work told him about a church in the northern suburbs that had the trifecta: Catholic, lots of Hispanics, and gay-friendly. (Amazing, when you think about it.) I thought I'd be nice and go with him the first time and... I got eaten by the music ( Read more... )

A very happy All Hallows' to those who celebrate it. Same goes for Samhain ( Read more... )

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Today is Beltane and in my mother's religion, neo-paganism, it is the day to celebrate the union of the Goddess (also known as The Lady of the May) and her consort, the Horned God Cernunnos (also known as the The Lord of the May.) Mom took Beltane seriously. Robin, Julian, and I were always bundled off to grandparents so she and my father could ( Read more... )

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Someone sent me the New Year's meme and it was f'ing huge, so I took out the stupid questions, the ones that had no relevance to my life, and the ones I didn't want to answer and got it down to a modestly sleek 17 questions.

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Well, the parents arrived yesterday and so far things are going well. Alonso put them to use making tamales yesterday afternoon and tonight is the tamale party, so I plan to stuff myself. ^_ ( Read more... )

Alonso and I are doing e-cards for the holidays this year. If you would like one (and we'd love to send it to you!) please PM me an email address for you.

Thanks! ^_^

A happy, if belated, autumnal equinox to all of you, especially those who are neo-pagan or wiccan. Although the ancient Celts didn't celebrate the equinoxes, neo-Pagans have included it as one of the 8 Great Sabbats that they celebrate, coming between the August 1st Sabbat of Lammas and the Neo-Pagan New Year on October 31, Samhain.

It's finally here! International Talk Like a Pirate Day™, September 19, 2010. Ye may be land lubbers the other 364, but today, me beauties, ye must take up the cause and mutter some of the salty language of the sea. Fear not, boys and wenches! I'll not be leaving you linguistically three sheets to the wind (you can do that yourself.) Here's a list ( Read more... )