Okay so, got here from a book on animal behavior but: Vulcan stand-up comedy as a competitive activity.
Because most Vulcans don't actually pretend they don't have emotions, it's all about self-regulation, right? And good comedy usually hinges on manipulating the relationship between our faculties of recognition and surprise in various ways, you can get pretty scientific with it.
So Vulcans go to the comedy act, and the idea is the comedian is trying to make you crack up, and the audience is trying to not even crack a smile, and if you do laugh, you lose. Like all in good fun, but Vulcans are both really competitive and really aware of how dangerous that urge can be to a society, so this could actually be classified as highly orthodox Surakian practice.
So of course the comedian has to actually be funny, or there's no challenge and the game is boring.
Which means the really good Vulcan comedians (most of whom tend to extremely dry delivery of their bits) are going to go around playing to packed houses, which mostly sit staring stonily back at them, with occasional breaks when someone loses it and reacts.
And after a show you'll have Vulcans walking out discussing with great approval how very humorous that was, with varying degrees of muted smugness or chagrin depending on if they won or lost.
I bet there are human comedians whose grandest fantasy is being good enough to do a set in Vulcana Regatta and have people going around bragging about not laughing at them.
Eu acho bárbaro a nossa vida ter fases. Fases boas, fases ruins, fases de intolerância, fases de falta de paciência, fases de extremo torpor, fase da adrenalina, e etc. Eu já passei por muitas delas, ainda vem muitas por aí. Tô pronto! Pode mandar a próxima. Eu aprendi com essas fases, pessoas aprenderam de mim com essas fases e eu aprendi com as pessoas por causa dessas fases. Não há nada na vida melhor do que aprender! Informação não ocupa espaço. Quero agradecer a todos que não só hoje mas durante meus 34 anos me fizeram aprender e aprenderam comigo. Que me fazem sorrir a cada detalhe dessa vida louca e maravilhosa que vivemos JUNTOS! E assim vamos indo! Eu amo vcs, a minha vida certamente seria uma besta se faltasse qqr pessoa que eu conheço hoje #dreikfaz35 #thirtyfive #trintaecinco #aniversário #maisumpraconta #amor #gay #lgbt #pride #meudia #canceriano #câncer #meumes #riodejaneiro #família #amigos #amores #fizerammeudia #teamo https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf2t5OTuI2L/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I’m not talking about self-care in life, like resting when you’re tired or taking days off- although those are important, lol.
I mean to take breaks from your craft from time to time.
I did an impromptu break recently and when I did, I felt like the words that left my lips praising Hekate were more genuine, from the heart. No longer routine. I felt like my actions were meaningful, not a part of another thing I just had to do.
She was no longer just an obligation; I had time to reevaluate my connection to her. Through a break I felt like my bond to her was stronger after it. 🖤❤️🤍
If you’re feeling kind of tired of witchcraft, if you’re wanting to focus on other things- that’s okay. You’re a spiritual being having a human experience, after all. Answer that and come back when you’re ready. ❤️🔥
Ando fingindo que estou bem há tanto tempo
Que passei a acreditar na minha mentira
Mas ela é fraca, frágil, volúvel
Como minha alma quebradiça
E assim que a realidade me atinge
Desmorono como uma monção
Sem conseguir me conter,
Pelos olhos, lágrimas
Gritos me cortam a garganta,
Meus cortes sangram
Não consigo comedir nenhuma emoção
É no escuro que liberto meu coração
Finjo naturalidade quando há Sol
E assim os dias passarão
Reprimindo e matando minha alma,
Com desespero e com calma
Correndo de volta para a linha de partida
Achando que assim se chega mais rápido à chegada
Mas vai ser só uma linha
Sem vitória e sem troféu
how. did. isreal. get. through. to. the. final. WHO voted for them?? WHY wasn't there more boo-ing??? why were they included at all???? is this real life
See, the first time I grew parsnips, I fucked it up good. I hadn't seen parsnips sprouting before, right, and in my eagerness I was keeping a close eye on the row. And every time I saw some intruding grass coming up, I twitched it right out, and went back to anticipating the germination of my parsnips.
But it turns out parsnips take a bit longer than anything else I'd ever grown to distinguish themselves visually. It's just the two little split leaves, almost identical to a newly seeded bit of kentucky bluegrass when they first come up, and they take a good bit to establish themselves and spread out flat before the main stem with its first distinctive scallopy leaf gets going.
I didn't get any parsnips, not that year, because I'd weeded them all out as soon as they showed their faces, with my 'ugh no that's grass' twitchy horticulture finger.
The next year, having in retrospect come to suspect what had happened, I left the row alone and didn't weed anything until all the sprouts coming up had all had a bit to set in and show their colors, and I've grown lots of parsnips since. They're kind of a slow crop, not a huge return, but I like them and watching them grow and digging them up, and their papery little seeds in the second year, if you don't harvest one either on purpose or because you misjudged the frost, so it's worth it.
Anyway, whenever I see someone stuck and struggling with their writing who's gotten into that frustration loop of typing a few words, rejecting them, backspacing, and starting again, I find myself thinking, you gotta stop weeding your parsnips, man.
“Paul’s always been a workaholic. I think even now he goes regularly to his studio every day and there’s nothing wrong with that. Paul was the most organised of the quartet in terms of music and I think that Paul would have made a great arranger if he’d really set himself to it. But I guess he didn’t need to do it. I wish he had done. I mean he was always frightened of learning music properly in case it took away something. He was frightened of losing that spark of originality. But he’s got such good understanding music, he’s a profoundly good musician and he has a great understanding of orchestral colour, so that now I think that he is a fine composer in a classical sense—I think he’s got that quality. But out of all the people I’ve worked with, he was the most articulate in terms of what he wanted.”
[—George Martin interviewed sometime around 2004(?), quoted in Paul McCartney: Now & Then, Tony Barrow and Robin Bextor]
Whenever I want to perform spells or rituals, for some inspiration I always search up some key words: metaphysical, spiritual, meaning, witchcraft etc. What I usually end up doing is taking someone’s spell or ritual they share online and make it my own. In my eyes, that’s how we continue to make this craft that’s become widespread a community- through our shared experiences through the medium of magic. 🌙
That being said, here’s some overall things I found in regards to the solar eclipse 2024:
The Solar Eclipse falls on the day of a new moon. New moons traditionally mark new beginnings. On these days they’re reserved for cleansing, reflection and spending time to recharge. For a Solar Eclipse this magnifies that kind of energy: I’m taking the day to do a deep clean of the home, to meditate and to reset my energy going forward.
As I said, the Solar Eclipse means new beginnings. Next month I’m getting married. I’m going to tie my handfasting cords together on this day, marking the new beginning for my partner & I. 💞
Rituals and spells are always welcome, though not required. I’m going to use candle magic to welcome in the newfound energy. Black is a good one and is used to dispel negative energy among other things. White promotes cleansing and in general is a good basic color used to manifest any sort of spell you’re wanting to bring about. If you’re setting intentions for a new path, this is a good color to choose.
Whatever you may choose, it’s still a magical, thrilling day to watch an astrological phenomenon occur in our sky. Unfortunately where I live it’s cloudy in the city and if you travel both north and south it stays that way, so I’ll be enjoying the energy from afar.
May you all have a blessed and wonderful Solar Eclipse 🌒🌕🌘