Dianic is cool, I've been interested in Her for some time but...the female-ness of the path jars me. Not to say that I think the path is incorrect, far from it...lol I guess we are drawn to that which we are best able to serve, yeah?
My thesis deals with discrimination of transgendered persons by the medical system/ insurance companies, and the more I research the more pissed off I get with the entire thing.
I think its awesome that your mom is supportive. Mine told me, when I was about 14 or 15, that I would never make a career of it. And yet my professor is confident I will be one of the few students to actually get published. *shrug* even with my style, which is influenced by 80s sci-fi and fantasy novels. LOL. I miss those, and now I cant even remember the titles of my old favorites.
And, btw, fwtw I never worry about my sanity. I lost it so long ago, I doubt it was ever really there XD
My mom's fairly supportive. I've been doing a lot of theatre work lately, which makes me happy beyond words, but all she wants to do is talk about how much I get paid. Ugh.
The transgender community gets a lot of shit from all sides. My partner's a pre-op FTM. I hate how he gets treated. But the medical profession in general, watch them closely. 9 times out of 10, they treat one class of people completely different than another. My bosses hated that I refused to do that. It actually caused me a lot of problems.
I dont doubt that if you stood up to them, they would cause you issues. I've had my own share of that sort of bs, in several different fields. As a (and here I am going to pidgin-hole myself) a pre-op/non-HRT ftm myself, I fear the system. I hate to think of what would happen if I even tried to get insurance. The whole process is just insane, and I find the report (from HRC or off of birls, I forget where I saw it) that 70-some percent of ftm-identified people had 'positive' experiences with their medical care-takers outlandish at best.
I work for the theater at my college, I know the pay sucks. But you know what, I wouldnt trade the work for anything....lol, stage crew rocks, is all I have to say. My mom also has issues with the pay-rate but...then again..with the economy, I would rather get paid next to nothing than nothing at all. The awesomeness of the job is a bonus though eh?
can I patent that phrase, 'sanity is fleeting'? I want to put it on a tshirt. :D
I'm guessing Taciturn because you sort of seem quiet and thoughtful.
Chaos magic? I am definitely in the dark about this... care to elaborate? I am always interested in learning new things.
I'm curious about your description of yourself as "morally destructive"... do you mean against society's morals or against morals in general? Or do you mean something more like self-destructive to your own morals?
I really enjoyed reading the novelizations of the LARP game Werewolf: The Apocalypse and some of the game books b/c of the illustrations and elaborate backstories and integration of world mythology. What do you think of them? Your tattoo kind of reminded me of the illustrations from the books. I love half-Animal people and love drawing them.
Re: Taciturnheathen_wolfMarch 20 2009, 21:04:15 UTC
Chaos magic is the art of using whatever works. 'Nothing is true, everything is permissible' is a central motto for the path. It is not so much a destructive or dark path as it is one of enlightenment
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Re: TaciturnvitaminceceMarch 20 2009, 21:21:23 UTC
I agree about morals being rules for behavior, and I'm not a fan of where most people get the rules (society, religion, ignorance...) but I think that most people have them even if they're not verbalized, and even if they've come by their rules through personal experiences and choices from moment to moment--even the decision to decide how to act in a case-by-case way is a behavioral rule/moral
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Re: Taciturnheathen_wolfMarch 20 2009, 22:12:59 UTC
Argh, this week has indeed gone by too fast. I have to work on my thesis and a midterm...grr. Stupid time flux.
You have a good point that even a case-by-case person makes judgments of how to react, which could be called a moral structure. I like code of honor, but thats a personal thing. You live and die by a code, you know? Morals can be warped around, as you said, by religion, society, etc. If what you believe comes from within, not without, the correctness of the belief is more true. In my humble opinion, lol.
I never did get into the Basset, or the other creatures although Ive seen overviews of them. I more focused on the Garou (specifically the Get of Fenris and Wendigo), but then I am partial to wolves.
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My thesis deals with discrimination of transgendered persons by the medical system/ insurance companies, and the more I research the more pissed off I get with the entire thing.
I think its awesome that your mom is supportive. Mine told me, when I was about 14 or 15, that I would never make a career of it. And yet my professor is confident I will be one of the few students to actually get published. *shrug* even with my style, which is influenced by 80s sci-fi and fantasy novels. LOL. I miss those, and now I cant even remember the titles of my old favorites.
And, btw, fwtw I never worry about my sanity. I lost it so long ago, I doubt it was ever really there XD
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My mom's fairly supportive. I've been doing a lot of theatre work lately, which makes me happy beyond words, but all she wants to do is talk about how much I get paid. Ugh.
The transgender community gets a lot of shit from all sides. My partner's a pre-op FTM. I hate how he gets treated. But the medical profession in general, watch them closely. 9 times out of 10, they treat one class of people completely different than another. My bosses hated that I refused to do that. It actually caused me a lot of problems.
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I work for the theater at my college, I know the pay sucks. But you know what, I wouldnt trade the work for anything....lol, stage crew rocks, is all I have to say. My mom also has issues with the pay-rate but...then again..with the economy, I would rather get paid next to nothing than nothing at all. The awesomeness of the job is a bonus though eh?
can I patent that phrase, 'sanity is fleeting'? I want to put it on a tshirt. :D
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Chaos magic? I am definitely in the dark about this... care to elaborate? I am always interested in learning new things.
I'm curious about your description of yourself as "morally destructive"... do you mean against society's morals or against morals in general? Or do you mean something more like self-destructive to your own morals?
I really enjoyed reading the novelizations of the LARP game Werewolf: The Apocalypse and some of the game books b/c of the illustrations and elaborate backstories and integration of world mythology. What do you think of them? Your tattoo kind of reminded me of the illustrations from the books. I love half-Animal people and love drawing them.
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You have a good point that even a case-by-case person makes judgments of how to react, which could be called a moral structure. I like code of honor, but thats a personal thing. You live and die by a code, you know? Morals can be warped around, as you said, by religion, society, etc. If what you believe comes from within, not without, the correctness of the belief is more true. In my humble opinion, lol.
I never did get into the Basset, or the other creatures although Ive seen overviews of them. I more focused on the Garou (specifically the Get of Fenris and Wendigo), but then I am partial to wolves.
What sort of law are you studying?
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