Chat Thread: Chopsticks and teacups

[Kuroiban]

saint dreya

TeaDidikai

Celebrating the 4th of July with my English Husband is always a kick in the pants.

is it up there with Thanksgiving?

"Happy Thursday Honey!" blaugh  

[aoijea23487]

TeaDidikai

Seattle Tacoma have a pagan scene, but the overlap is more about stretching along the I-5 corridor from Portland to Seattle.

As for the quality of the scene itself, it depends on which section you indulge. Different Tradition can mean the difference between dealing with people who were convicted of Frostian style rape or someone like me.

Do you have an opinion on the Aquarian Tabernacle Church?  

[maenad nuri]

So I've read 4 books in the past ...2 days. 3 are off a Queer Teen Lit reading list and the other was historical fiction ....a mary sue who unfortunately was supposed to be Deborah Sampson.

And uh....I need more. Man, I always forget how much I love teen lit, and why I want to study it at a higher level.  

[Calixti]

maenad nuri

So I've read 4 books in the past ...2 days. 3 are off a Queer Teen Lit reading list and the other was historical fiction ....a mary sue who unfortunately was supposed to be Deborah Sampson.

And uh....I need more. Man, I always forget how much I love teen lit, and why I want to study it at a higher level.

I wish I'd had one of those in high school. sweatdrop  

[patch99329]

TeaDidikai

Celebrating the 4th of July with my English Husband is always a kick in the pants.

Ohhhh it's tomorrow isn't it?
Happy 4th of July Americans!  

[Recursive Paradox]

@United States of America:

Happy birthday, you guys! Have fun shooting explosives at those pesky clouds! <3 Don't let NY ruin your fun either. She's always been a really stuck up b***h about fireworks but she's nice when you get to know her.


@Everyone who isn't a state:

I'm trying to find the time to get started on building a symbol circle out of cloth or something (basically something I can fold or roll up when I don't need it and just roll out onto the floor when I do) and use it for heavier forms of Aspect channeling where I need a greater level of psychodrama and ritual to reach connection point and get the energy flow to move.

Any suggestions on materials I should use and what I should use to put the symbols onto the channeling mat? Paint? Sewing?  

[Nines19]

Recursive Paradox

I'm trying to find the time to get started on building a symbol circle out of cloth or something (basically something I can fold or roll up when I don't need it and just roll out onto the floor when I do) and use it for heavier forms of Aspect channeling where I need a greater level of psychodrama and ritual to reach connection point and get the energy flow to move.

Any suggestions on materials I should use and what I should use to put the symbols onto the channeling mat? Paint? Sewing?

I'm not sure building is the right word...

If you're using fabric, I wouldn't recommend paint. Even fabric paint, to be honest. It gets all hard and crustyish and personally I'd find that annoying. (Ymmv, of course, I'm just throwing stuff out there.) Sewing stuff on there can be better because the thread/yarn/whatever you end up using is usually a soft material, but it can also be annoying if you're going to be stepping on these things barefoot.

If you're open to materials you can't actually literally roll up but that can still be put away pretty easily (depending on size), I've had experience with a wooden circle that worked for similar-but-not things for me. Painting on wood is also (IMO) easier than sewing or painting on fabric.  

[Wrath of Ezekiel]

Calixti

maenad nuri

So I've read 4 books in the past ...2 days. 3 are off a Queer Teen Lit reading list and the other was historical fiction ....a mary sue who unfortunately was supposed to be Deborah Sampson.

And uh....I need more. Man, I always forget how much I love teen lit, and why I want to study it at a higher level.

I wish I'd had one of those in high school. sweatdrop

O_____o I want that list! I need ample reading material this summer and my local library rarely stocks new sci-fi books and I've almost read them all. I just made myself read a steampunk with heavy Christian overtures of all things.

Send list please? xD  

[Ainwyn]

Grrrr! I was going to go to a really awesome symphony concert tomorrow, involving fireworks and Tchaikovski's 1812 Overture... which was such an awesome idea that it kept me from driving to the other side of the state to visit the gf. Well, when looking up where the concert was, I discovered that it's actually at the end of July!

Who puts a fireworks concert 3 weeks after the 4th?!?!  

[Recursive Paradox]

Nines19

Recursive Paradox

I'm trying to find the time to get started on building a symbol circle out of cloth or something (basically something I can fold or roll up when I don't need it and just roll out onto the floor when I do) and use it for heavier forms of Aspect channeling where I need a greater level of psychodrama and ritual to reach connection point and get the energy flow to move.

Any suggestions on materials I should use and what I should use to put the symbols onto the channeling mat? Paint? Sewing?

I'm not sure building is the right word...

Sometimes words and I have small spats and we don't make up until after I write a post. sweatdrop

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If you're using fabric, I wouldn't recommend paint. Even fabric paint, to be honest. It gets all hard and crustyish and personally I'd find that annoying. (Ymmv, of course, I'm just throwing stuff out there.) Sewing stuff on there can be better because the thread/yarn/whatever you end up using is usually a soft material, but it can also be annoying if you're going to be stepping on these things barefoot.

Yeah true. I really don't want grossness on the mat.

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If you're open to materials you can't actually literally roll up but that can still be put away pretty easily (depending on size), I've had experience with a wooden circle that worked for similar-but-not things for me. Painting on wood is also (IMO) easier than sewing or painting on fabric.

What about sewing circles and simple symbol lines over the mat and then rigging up small circular pieces of wood with the more complex Aspect or Essence symbols on them and then simply placing them on the outer smaller circles when I unwrap the mat? That could work pretty well.  

[TeaDidikai]

Recursive Paradox

I'm trying to find the time to get started on building a symbol circle out of cloth or something (basically something I can fold or roll up when I don't need it and just roll out onto the floor when I do) and use it for heavier forms of Aspect channeling where I need a greater level of psychodrama and ritual to reach connection point and get the energy flow to move.

How big does it have to be?

Larger than a few inches, I recommend weaving or crocheting a mat. You can pick up and cleanse Good Will sheets in a color of your choice, rip them into strips and then weave, "embroider" or crochet the design in.

If it's smaller, I would recommend buying some fabric or leather.
Fabric isn't hard to embroider, and the leather can be pyro-etched or dyed.
Pyro-etching, while dramatic, isn't as durable.  

[TeaDidikai]

Illiezeulette

Do you have an opinion on the Aquarian Tabernacle Church?

Yep.  

[maenad nuri]

True Colours of Destiny

Calixti

maenad nuri

So I've read 4 books in the past ...2 days. 3 are off a Queer Teen Lit reading list and the other was historical fiction ....a mary sue who unfortunately was supposed to be Deborah Sampson.

And uh....I need more. Man, I always forget how much I love teen lit, and why I want to study it at a higher level.

I wish I'd had one of those in high school. sweatdrop

O_____o I want that list! I need ample reading material this summer and my local library rarely stocks new sci-fi books and I've almost read them all. I just made myself read a steampunk with heavy Christian overtures of all things.

Send list please? xD

I'm Here, I'm Queer, What the Hell do I Read?

I really rec the works of Alex Sanchez, David Levithan, the books Parrotfish (I know I've read it, but I can't remember reading it, but it's main character is transgendered) and Absolutly, Positively ..... NOT and Geography Club.

A lot of the queer teen lit has a similar theme to it: person (I've mostly read books with male leads) starts thinking he's gay, freaks out, but the local queer realizes and helps sort him out. In the end, there's now a GSA at the school, or some sort of club to help other queer members.

A little formalistic, but a lot of teen lit is, and the writing makes it really good.  

[Recursive Paradox]

TeaDidikai

Recursive Paradox

I'm trying to find the time to get started on building a symbol circle out of cloth or something (basically something I can fold or roll up when I don't need it and just roll out onto the floor when I do) and use it for heavier forms of Aspect channeling where I need a greater level of psychodrama and ritual to reach connection point and get the energy flow to move.

How big does it have to be?

Larger than a few inches, I recommend weaving or crocheting a mat. You can pick up and cleanse Good Will sheets in a color of your choice, rip them into strips and then weave, "embroider" or crochet the design in.

If it's smaller, I would recommend buying some fabric or leather.
Fabric isn't hard to embroider, and the leather can be pyro-etched or dyed.
Pyro-etching, while dramatic, isn't as durable.

It would probably have to be big enough to sit on in the center and still have some circular area outside of that central point for channeling inflow to the central conduit (i.e. myself). So probably a weave or crocheted mat then.

I should learn crochet. Crocheting? This word is giving me difficulties x_X