Rites of Passage
I’ve been working my ass off the last few days (I’m talking HOURS per day), reformatting my completely fubared World of Darkness e-zine known as De Vita In Excessum. It’s not the prettiest layout, but it’s completely more functional. (I haven’t updated it for years, so you can imagine how mess it was). So yes.
Went down to the druids grove last night for a lore meeting. We mostly talked about Rites of Passage and what could be considered a Rite of Passage. I’m hoping to learn a lot about the topic, because I’ve been casually planning my sisters own rite of passage.
Sati asked me to take her down there every thursday, to help them reward Wendy (14) for getting good grades. I don’t mind helping out, I just hate committing myself to things like that in case something comes up and then I feel all guilty if I can’t go. But I already said I would so I’m going to try hard.
Huge handfasting this Saturday. The two Senior Druids are getting handfasted (Finally!). Someone asked me what a handfasting was, it’s basically just a pagan wedding. Our own ritual for joining two people together. It is legal if you’re certified, which I believe they are?
I’ve been debating on doing a series of entries here soon that will basically allow me to archive certain, even trivial events in my past, so I can look back on them later. I doubt anyone would have any interest in reading them, but this is my journal, so quite honestly, I don’t give a rats ass lol.
There was a discussion brought up last night during the Rites of Passage discussion, about the different points in your life that society has kinda, set up for you as a rite of passage. 16 and getting your drivers license, 18 and being able to smoke AND considered a legal adult, 21 and being able to drink Alcohol. And it really annoyed the hell out of me.
At 18, you are able to wield a gun and kill people by joining the military, yet you can’t put a bottle to your mouth? At 16 you can drive a car (which is one of the TOP reasons for death), yet you can’t purchase an addictive stimulant?
We even talked about how even just 100 years ago, you were considered an adult at 15 and 16. These days, it’s like society is trying to lengthen childhood beyond what it EVER should have been. It’s almost sickening the way society has completely poisoned everything and they generate laws to make things the way THEY want it to be. Blah.
It honestly made me think about the whole “I can’t wait to be 21 so I can buy my own alcohol” deal. I went through that, from the time you’re 15 until 21 it’s something everyone wants. We like the thrill of drinking alcohol ILLEGALLY. But once you hit 21…..it’s no longer fun. That’s actually when I stopped drinking much. It was like “What’s the point..?” It makes me wonder if we should just lower the drinking age so less people are so excited about drinking.
Just so you know, I’m an active ANTI-smoker, and really the only alcohol I drink anymore is a casual drink that TASTES good. No piss water (beer) just to drink. And I’m even thinking about giving that up completely.
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One Response to “Rites of Passage”
September 27th, 2003 at 10:26 am
please please don’t feel like you have to! if you’re free and want to go down, we’ll go. if not, it’s no biggie. i know there are going to be thursdays whjen you don’t want to go, and there will be thursdays when i don’t want to go.
(and if will changes lore meetings the way he wants, the point my become moot, as wendy may not want to go anymore)
NO GUILT! *brings out the can of whoopass and threatens to open it if you feel guilty*