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No Bones / Paganism Rant
Mar. 16th, 2002 03:41 pmWell finals are now officially over! I turned my philosophy paper in this afternoon. True it was still 3 and a half pages short of the minimum but, like I said yesterday, I really dont care anymore. It was the best I could do all things considered, and I'm happy with my result. Now I'm just sitting around and chilling. Playing Neopets, IMing Gemma and Heather H, thinking about maybe cleaning in a little while or doing some laundry.
Oh and guess what I found out last night? Next term I'm gonna have not one, but TWO classes with Norman. ROCK ON!!!!!! I haven't had a class with him since spring term of last year! That is way too long to go without having him in class. He is so smart and fun to have around. And since next term will be his last I'm glad I'll be able to maximize the time I get to spend with him.
Digression: When I was over at Clark's last night we were goofing around and this exchage happened
(Carla hits or tickles Clark)
Clark: If you do that again I swear to Goddess...
Carla: You swear to Goddess what?
It occurred to me that we are like the only two people on this campus who could say I swear to Goddess to one another without the phrase illiciting some sort of question or weird look. I got to thinking not many people in my life understand my religion and moreover none have ever really showed an interest in learning about it. My faith is a very big part of who I am and it's very important to me, yet no one I care about has ever seriously asked to learn about what it is I actually do. My mom doesn't ask. I don't think Mike ever has. My friends have a vague notion of what Wicca entails, and none of my boyfriends, all of whom had been strictly oppose to Wicca, ever took the first step to find out what it was all about. I could have recommened books, I could have told them what certain tools are used for. I could explain the concepts. It just saddens me that this thing that is so important to me is yet one more thing that people find repulsive. If only they made an effort to learn.
Oh and guess what I found out last night? Next term I'm gonna have not one, but TWO classes with Norman. ROCK ON!!!!!! I haven't had a class with him since spring term of last year! That is way too long to go without having him in class. He is so smart and fun to have around. And since next term will be his last I'm glad I'll be able to maximize the time I get to spend with him.
Digression: When I was over at Clark's last night we were goofing around and this exchage happened
(Carla hits or tickles Clark)
Clark: If you do that again I swear to Goddess...
Carla: You swear to Goddess what?
It occurred to me that we are like the only two people on this campus who could say I swear to Goddess to one another without the phrase illiciting some sort of question or weird look. I got to thinking not many people in my life understand my religion and moreover none have ever really showed an interest in learning about it. My faith is a very big part of who I am and it's very important to me, yet no one I care about has ever seriously asked to learn about what it is I actually do. My mom doesn't ask. I don't think Mike ever has. My friends have a vague notion of what Wicca entails, and none of my boyfriends, all of whom had been strictly oppose to Wicca, ever took the first step to find out what it was all about. I could have recommened books, I could have told them what certain tools are used for. I could explain the concepts. It just saddens me that this thing that is so important to me is yet one more thing that people find repulsive. If only they made an effort to learn.
