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pierceheart
They say everybody writes a journal with the hope that someday somebody will read it. I think most people in the explicitly-public LJ-land list interests in the hope that someday somebody will ask about them. This meme, like a dating service, turns all that hoping-somebody-will-ask into a straightforward request. Viva communication!
Explicitly request it in a comment and I will choose 7 of your LJ profile interests for you to explain/write about.
pierceheart asked me about these:
1. Anahit: She was the mother goddess, the fertility goddess, of the pre-Christian Armenians. I learned about her in the process of researching Armenian Paganism. I liked the idea of taking the name of an Armenian goddess as a dance name, and while I wanted to use the name of the goddess of love, Astghik just didn't sound as pretty as Anahit.
2. Crowley Cream Cheese: Crowley Foods is a dairy foods company. One thing they make is cream cheese. This is (or was) the cream cheese sold with the bagels at the Espresso Royale on Newbury Street, where we used to have Wicca discussion group meetings. The name amused all of us. Thelemic cream cheese.
3. Dave McKean: He's an amazing artist who has often worked to illustrate Neil Gaiman's works. I love his eerie, surrealistic style.
4. Mr. Stabby: blame geoogo. :) It's better if you just see for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vk5htS8bFU
5. Quixote: I find something charming about Don Quixote, but also utterly exasperating. Quixotic is one of my favorite words, after gazebo.
6. Xenoglossy: The idea of people speaking spontaneously in languages that are unfamiliar to them is a fascinating one to me. I like the idea of using it in science fiction and fantasy stories, with various explanations and various outcomes.
7. Zorak: He's a giant, evil praying mantis on Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, basically a reinvention/rip-off of the original Space Ghost. He plays the keyboard. He has almost all the best lines. He likes the Ramones. In addition, Zorak or Dzorak also appears to be the name of an Armenian town. OMG!
pierceheartThey say everybody writes a journal with the hope that someday somebody will read it. I think most people in the explicitly-public LJ-land list interests in the hope that someday somebody will ask about them. This meme, like a dating service, turns all that hoping-somebody-will-ask into a straightforward request. Viva communication!
Explicitly request it in a comment and I will choose 7 of your LJ profile interests for you to explain/write about.
pierceheart asked me about these:1. Anahit: She was the mother goddess, the fertility goddess, of the pre-Christian Armenians. I learned about her in the process of researching Armenian Paganism. I liked the idea of taking the name of an Armenian goddess as a dance name, and while I wanted to use the name of the goddess of love, Astghik just didn't sound as pretty as Anahit.
2. Crowley Cream Cheese: Crowley Foods is a dairy foods company. One thing they make is cream cheese. This is (or was) the cream cheese sold with the bagels at the Espresso Royale on Newbury Street, where we used to have Wicca discussion group meetings. The name amused all of us. Thelemic cream cheese.
3. Dave McKean: He's an amazing artist who has often worked to illustrate Neil Gaiman's works. I love his eerie, surrealistic style.
4. Mr. Stabby: blame geoogo. :) It's better if you just see for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vk5htS8bFU
5. Quixote: I find something charming about Don Quixote, but also utterly exasperating. Quixotic is one of my favorite words, after gazebo.
6. Xenoglossy: The idea of people speaking spontaneously in languages that are unfamiliar to them is a fascinating one to me. I like the idea of using it in science fiction and fantasy stories, with various explanations and various outcomes.
7. Zorak: He's a giant, evil praying mantis on Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, basically a reinvention/rip-off of the original Space Ghost. He plays the keyboard. He has almost all the best lines. He likes the Ramones. In addition, Zorak or Dzorak also appears to be the name of an Armenian town. OMG!
