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Has anyone on my friends list read Dhalgren by Samuel R Delaney? What did you think of it?

I've just come across this book by accident, and based on what I've read, I want to get a copy of it like, yesterday.

(Edit: just looking over the wikipedia entry on this book (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhalgren), there's a whole section on Green/Roman mythological parallels and references and a fair few mentions of Apollo...this of course makes this look even more like something I want to read....)

Yet another edit...it's available from Barnes and Noble, just reserved a copy to pick up at the Barnes and Noble at the Harbor.

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Interesting.

Porphyry, fragment #5

And the power of the whole air is Hera, called by a name derived from the air: but the symbol of the sublunar air which is affected by light and darkness is Leto; for she is oblivion caused by the insensibility in sleep, and because souls begotten below the moon are accompanied by forgetfulness of the Divine; and on this account she is also the mother of Apollo and Artemis, who are the sources of light for the night.

http://classics.mit.edu/Porphyry/images.html

More Obama Commentary...

After a couple more days existing in Baltimore and overhearing more conversations about Obama, I have another thought...

While I understand the massive historical significance of electing a black man to office...

For pete's sake people, the pigment in his skin isn't what's going to get the job done.

Additionally, to the three or four people that I've overheard saying that he's "not black enough" and that we need someone with darker skin- the fact that his skin is a little lighter than yours isn't gonna hinder his ability to do the job.

I am sheep, watch me meme

Same old same old...five questions. If you want me to ask you five questions, post a comment.

These questions from heartofmoon

1. What is your favorite thing about chironcentaur?

I love her sweet, smiling optimism and her faith in humanity and the way she just lights up the room when she....sets it on fire.

Hahahaha, but seriously. other than the fact that she's willing to put up with me, which is pretty commendable, and that we can entertain ourseoves literally for hours just by talking about the worst movies we've ever seen, and that she loves my cooking and is okay with my bizarre work schedule and a billion other things, I think that one huge thing that I really love and couldn't do without in a reltationship is that while we aren't quite identical as far as religious things go, we have a lot of similarities, and that she understands what's going on when the going gets weird.

2. What is your favorite way to thank Apollo?

continued devotion

3. When and how did you come to an understanding that you were a really woo sort of person, and how did you deal with that transition?

I don't know. I think I've always been somewhat predisposed to it, I just had to find it. I can't point to a time and say that this was the transition or anyhting like that. As faras this goes, I think the major transition was well into things when my reltionship to Apollo took a turn for the ohmygodohmygoohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod what the hell is this??????? As to how I dealt with it...well, other than being a bit baffled, and scared at times, I pretty much just took it in. I didn't understand it- still don't, I don't think, not consciously anyway- but it makes sense to me on a level that I just can't verbalize, it is "right*

I think at one point, I wanted to but thought that I wasn't, because I thought that whatever it took, whatever was required to be a "really woo sort of person" as you put it...lol...whatever I was, it just wasn't enough, and then I started connecting to certain things- not deities initially- and I had some rather incredible experiences

4. Do you ever get angry with the sorts of things Apollo puts you through, even if you consider them to be completely worth it?

No. I've never been angry. Confused, frustrated, scared. Never angry.

5. What is something that gives you hope for the future of humanity?

Um....I might have to get back to you on that one. Humanity overall, I can't really think of anyhitng offhand. But I am thankful every time I come across a reasonably intelligent person.