What’s wrong with you all?
by V.E. on May 1st, 2006
filed under fyi, ladyamedeus, meta
My friends page hasn’t changed in over four hours, and THAT’S only because I updated ![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
5reasons. So, technically, it hasn’t changed in over SEVEN hours. Don’t you people ever update anymore?
C’mon! I’m boooorrred. I need a break from this evil 15-page paper.
PS: Happy Beltane!
Day Fifty-one
by V.E. on May 1st, 2006
filed under 5reasons
- The beeee-youuuuu-tiful day.
- End of classes = a new start! (Just three papers left to finish!)
- The morning d-hall woman who lets me use flex to get Bennett into breakfast.
- Richard Gibbs’ and Bear McCreary’s Battlestar Galactica: Season One soundtrack.
- Today is Beltane. Celebrate with a May Pole, fertility rituals, and DANCING.
Finally, amidst the bad–some GOOD
by V.E. on May 1st, 2006
filed under fyi, ladyamedeus, politics
Come as you are to Greeley Park
A Telegraph Column By Stacy Milbouer
Published: Monday, May 1, 2006
The ongoing debate over illegal immigration seems to be
This jewel of Nashua’s park system is so much more than a lush green space with blooming gardens, shade trees and barbecue grills. It’s also the city’s great equalizer – ground zero for democracy with a small “d.†On this sunny weekend day, at least three or four different languages could be overheard – mostly lilting with laughter. And the air was filled with the scent of fresh spring flowers and ethnic cooking.
Women wearing burqas prepared picnic spreads. Others, like the Fernandez family, originally from Mexico, were there to celebrate birthdays and tied colorful balloons to low-hanging branches of shade trees. It was baby Christopher Fernandez’s first birthday – an Elmo pinata hung from a nearby tree, waiting for the party’s finale.
“We chose to have the party here because we live in an apartment on Canal Street and there really isn’t much grass or room for the whole family,†said Tiffany, Christopher’s mother.
Her husband, Jose, was busy cooking steak and warming tortillas on one of the park’s grills.
In another corner of the park, members of the Sagefire Fellowship of Manchester – a pagan community – were holding a Beltane celebration, an ancient ritual usually held around the first of May – the midpoint between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice. It’s meant to celebrate rebirth and fertility.
On Saturday, the members made a circle around a Maypole, the women with flowers in their hair and some of the men dressed up in costumes. There was drum banging, tambourine shaking and even one person running around with a CD player blasting out Peter Gabriel and country-western tunes.
One man wore a horse saddle on his back and clapped coconuts together to mimic the sounds of hooves. And yes, he meant it as a kind of homage to “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.†Still another member of the group wore a purple gown and a horned, turquoise headpiece.
“We call him the Grand Poobah you know, like The Flintstones,†said Deb Jarvis, the founder of Sagefire.
“There are a lot of serious pagan rituals, but Beltane – which emphasizes love and fertility – is meant to be kind of silly,†Jarvis said.
Sagefire used to be headquartered in Nashua but even after it moved to Manchester several years ago, the group continues to hold the Beltane celebration at Greeley Park.
A lot of people were keeping their eye on the pagans during their ceremony.
Lyn Tyler lives in Hudson but keeps coming back to Greeley Park because of its beauty and its possibilities for adventure.
“I’m fascinated by this,†said Tyler, who was at the park with her daughter and grandchildren. “This whole Maypole thing – I remember doing this in school when I was a child. I’m going to go home after this and look it up on the Internet.â€
Tyler said when her children were growing up in Hudson they played in their big back yard. “But you know what was so funny? They always wanted to come to Greeley Park. In fact, the last time I was here was right after 9/11. I had this need to get my whole family together – my five children and my 11 grandchildren. But I wanted to come here. Because everyone is here to have a good time. No matter how many people are here – it never feels crowded and no one gets rowdy or disrespectful. No one bothers you. You can do what you want.â€
Today, several protests – dubbed “A Day Without Immigrants†– are scheduled around the country. The goals of the events are to protest legislation in Congress that would tighten U.S. borders and define illegal immigrants as felons as well as show how immigrants effect the economy and culture. Fueled by shock-jocks and politicians, some of the arguments on both sides have degenerating into name calling. But at least for this sunny spring day in Nashua, it was all good in Greeley Park.
[Viannah's note: In case you don't know where Greeley Park is, like I didn't, it's in Nashua, New Hampshire.]
9/11 Conspiracy?
by V.E. on May 1st, 2006
filed under ladyamedeus, politics
Loose Change
Was 9/11 a government conspiracy cover up? What if it was? What if?
Three years after September 11th, the American People are left with more questions than answers. This documentary addresses those questions, as well as providing the evidence necessary to begin answering them.
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Honestly, I’m not sure what to think of this, but I’m torrenting it so watch the documentary for myself.
I’m skeptical. We’ll see.
Gotta keep typing!
by V.E. on May 1st, 2006
filed under ladyamedeus, school, to do
Last paper post was a couple of days ago.
Eng464: final paper, 10 pg, due morning of May 2
His373: cartoon analysis (final draft) due May 2
His420: final paper (final draft) due morning of May 2
Pages left to write: 14-16
Last paper is due in: 2 days
