At some point the congestion in my head will stop making my eardrums squeak. I think I'm better today than I was yesterday, but I can't actually tell -- it was worst when I was trying to sleep, I think from position shift, so we'll see how awful I feel when I lie down.
brooksmoses and I took the train into San Francisco to meet
fyrekat and go to a little shop hidden away in the deep back corners of somewhere. It was, shall we say, an Explore, but there in the depths of the city was this little cranny with a well and goldfish and a nook of a shop with a wood fire and a thick smell of frankincense. I wound up picking up some incense and a copy of the Thoth tarot, which I'd been intending to pick up for a while just out of curiosity.
Had long bath, using some of the bath salts I picked up from the amiable herbalist and the friendly random. Felt much better afterwards. Finished Tooth and Claw in the bath; spent a long time resisting the urge to flip to the end to see if I could confirm the resolution of a particular ambiguity, actually had tears happen when the tension was resolved in the normal course of reading. Wrote
papersky to inform of successful writingage on that account.
Did full moon ritual. A little late, but I was feeling bad enough yesterday that I wasn't comfortable trying to do ritual in that condition. Mumbled a bit. Offered the incense to Nut and, in a fit of mild whimsy, the Thoth tarot to Djehwty, Who I hope is amused at such. Managed to get through some of my feeling of catastrophic emotional detachment when
brooksmoses helped me produce fire; not sure it will last, unfortunately.
Tracked down and read a whole lot of trainwreck, because I'm either a masochist or a moron. Deeply depressed by the triumphant viciousness of humanity.
Had long bath, using some of the bath salts I picked up from the amiable herbalist and the friendly random. Felt much better afterwards. Finished Tooth and Claw in the bath; spent a long time resisting the urge to flip to the end to see if I could confirm the resolution of a particular ambiguity, actually had tears happen when the tension was resolved in the normal course of reading. Wrote
Did full moon ritual. A little late, but I was feeling bad enough yesterday that I wasn't comfortable trying to do ritual in that condition. Mumbled a bit. Offered the incense to Nut and, in a fit of mild whimsy, the Thoth tarot to Djehwty, Who I hope is amused at such. Managed to get through some of my feeling of catastrophic emotional detachment when
Tracked down and read a whole lot of trainwreck, because I'm either a masochist or a moron. Deeply depressed by the triumphant viciousness of humanity.