March 3, 2009

  • Leg of Lamb

    The Ipod shuffle quiz... put you IPod (or comparable MP3 device) on shuffle and fill in the blanks. (Don't cheat! lol)

    IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY?
    Way Down the Line -The Offspring (wow, depressing)

    HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
    Evil Ways -Santana (ha!)

    WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
    Where the Streets have no name -U2 (... interesting)

    HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
    Irresponsible -Voltaire (hmm, okay, it's my day off. I can feel this way if I want.)

    WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
    World Go Round -No Doubt (pretty accurate actually)

    WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?
    We are the Champions -Queen (Well OKAY! lol)

    WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
    Six Shooter -Queens of the Stone Age (Gah! I hope not!)

    WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
    Someone Said Goodbye -Enya (yeah...)

    WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
    Whatever -Godsmack (LOL! hahahaha! The retail worker's motto!)

    WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
    Duck and Run -3Doors Down (hmmmm)

    WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
    Toccata & Fugue  (lol I am the Phantom of the Opera all misanthropic and crap)

    WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
    One Step Closer -as performed by Richard Cheese (WTH?? a comedian apparently lol)

    WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
    Psycho -as performed by the Mannheim Steamroller (OMG LOL hahahaha NICE!)

    WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
    Birthday -The Beatles (Yay! lol Figures this one would show up Somewhere)

    WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
    Pretty Noose -Soundgarden (I can see that...)

    WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
    London Calling -The Clash (apparently... I want to go to London??)

    WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
    Gasoline -Audioslave (apparently I want to leave...)

    WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
    Harder to Breathe -Maroon 5 (um... )

    WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
    Leg of Lamb -Queens of the Stone Age (okay then!)
    March 3rd

    Aegir, a Teutonic sea god is honored today. He and his Christian counterpart, St. Winnal, control the sea's tide and weather. This day is associated with storms.
    First comes David,
    Next comes Chad,
    Then comes Winnal,
    Roaring mad.



    The Japanese Doll festival, O-Hinamatsuri, is celebrated with paper dolls designed to either draw off illness and evil spirits or to act as representatives of the good attributes people want to draw to themselves. The Girls Festival, Jomi No Sekku or Munakata-no-kami, also occurs today. Most Shinto temples actively participate in the Hina-matsuri, Momo-no-sekku, or Jomi-no-sekku.

    There are mainly three kinds of dolls: the hina, the tachibina (a paper doll and probably the oldest) and also wooden dolls. Every town is decked with dolls, and every doll-shop in Tokyo, Kyoto, and other large cities is gaily decked with O Hina Sama, the whole Japanese Court in miniature. Many hina dolls are family heirlooms, handed down from mothers to daughters for generations. The regular set (Dairi-hina) consists of fifteen dolls: the lord and lady (Dairi-sama), three ladies-in-waiting (Konjo), five musicians, two retainers and three guards. Many modern hina now represent actors, actresses, baseball players, etc.

    Placed beneath the main dolls are various tiny household utensils and furniture, including trays with food bowls, mirrors, musical instruments, boxes, smoking units and many other things. The dolls are offered mochi (rice cakes) dyed in three colors - red, green and white, as well as shirazake, a sweet mild rice wine. New furniture is often added annually. Traditionally, this festival is said to commemorate the birth of the three Muna Katano-Kami, the three daughters of Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess. It is also a favorite day for marriages.



    Rhyfeddod Lleiaf o Rhiannon, the Lesser Mysteries of Rhiannon, begins at sundown and continues till dawn of March 6th. Rhiannon is the Welsh ancestor goddess of the moon and horses. The horse is a shamanic animal symbolic of movement between worlds. Rhiannon is similar to Epona and Mare, two other goddesses of horses. Mare brings dreams and Epona has the power of transformation at her disposal.

    An old Irish custom has it that if fires are lit just before dawn at each corner of a perfect crossroad (according to the cardinal points) before sitting down at the side, you may be able to spy Epona fleeing from the coming sunrise.