Ironed Orchids

recent epidemic of adaptations that take lots of liberties with the source material and also, separately, are bad. but then if you say "this is bad" you get hit with "you're just being a source material purist and you don't understand the vision"...like. well actually I think it rules when people do new and different things with classic works. I just think these particular new and different things suck ass.

hate when people say something along the lines of "we must get along so well because you are/i am [some astrological sign]" to me. what are you fucking talking about. we get along because im fucking nice. a decision which i regret when you say shit like that

this post is a good rent lowering gunshot. in case anyone needs one of those

puttering around the house is an underrated form a self-care. make some tea or coffee. put on a podcast. sort the mail. tidy some pillows and fold some blankets. start the laundry. thaw some soup. just casually wander around aimlessly doing little things to make your space and life a little nicer. who cares if you get distracted or only do a little. you aren't being productive. you're puttering.

My life has gotten measurably better since I reframed the period from 3-4 pm as “puttering hour”. No it’s not me avoiding work or failing to force myself to concentrate during my mid afternoon slump. It’s puttering hour.

more ppl need to get hooked on this drug called album in order. not enough people on album in order these days

oh hey I have a thing like that last one that I like to do sometimes, but I do it lying down in bed. it's a very satisfying pop/shift in my hips/lower back, but doesn't always work. maybe I will try his version and see if it is more effective for me

if you love downloading pdfs you are likely to never use again you have GOT to get into knitting

U literally cannot save your mother like it cant be done

[Image Description: a chat bubble that says "I have ivermectin I can give you next time I see you. But the food grade diatomaceous earth is great, cheap, and easy." End I.D]

Many occultists are ignorant of, or actively hostile to, notions of philosophy and are thus terrified of constructive occultism.

Building a little shrine to hecate is easy, and has its place. But consider what exactly you are praying to, it's relationship to you, and how it exists within reality, is a difficult and time-consuming task that involves (stares into the middle distance for a long moment) reading Plotinus.

destroy the idea that you will remember that thing later without writing it down

"I have never seen a cat that showed affection/love for it's owner" is the pet ownership version of "I don't believe in Female Orgasms they don't exist, after all, my wife has never had one"

reading about the participation of children in rituals as a form of play in ancient greece and came across an incredibly charming story from julius pollux's onomasticon where a flood prevented the adults from reaching a sanctuary to sacrifice a ram to heracles, and the children solved the problem by....sticking a bunch of sticks in an apple to give it "legs" and "horns" and offering it as a sacrifice instead. it's such a charming thought and i can perfectly picture kids these days also pretending at sacrificing an apple "goat" at recess

[Image ID: Text reading: They took a ripe apple and place four twigs under it, and added two twigs on top—these were the horns—and according to the poets, they said that they were offering the sacrifice of the apple as if it were a horned animal (probaton).^278 /End ID]