Saturday 26 March 2016

Glad Påsk.

So what is the "real" meaning of Easter? Is it chocolate and netflix as suggested on facebook? Is it strictly the memory of Jesus on the cross and the resurrection, the conviction of my fun-starved cousin? Is it dressing up your kids as witches and painting them in the face because we once got so paranoid that we burned 300 women for a crime that didn't exist,you know that old celebration..? Is it the ancient celebration of Ishtar and the return of fertility after winter? Who knows! I suppose Easter is, just like all the other holidays, whatever you want it to be. 





I see it as a religious celebration slapped onto a pagan tradition and none of them are more real or more important because in the end, they all have the same point. I quite like seeing the old meeting the new in a way.. (and that being the old pagan rituals meeting the newer Christian message and then the commercialisation of eggs! and not fucking ever existing jesus being watered down by heathens because fuck off Andreas.) To be honest I'm really thankful the religious aspect of this season has been taken care of by elderly ladies at children's groups this year because seeing my best friend drift into the dark corners of Christianity before dying has really put me off my annual Jesus-film marathon.


 So this year my Easter will be pagan and my marathon will consist of Häxornas Tid which I definitely recommend if you speak Swedish.
And there is a lot to go around of the Swedish pagan traditions so I'll be busy!
I don't really know any English pagan traditions, partly because I'm not English but also because I think this place has really grown away from it. England has Halloween so I'm going to guess Easter isn't really as much of a big deal.
As a child my favourite holiday was always Easter, it's a lot like Christmas but with dressing up instead of presents and eggs instead of snow. And this year, with Tarot cards.


Ok fine. The lamb will still be eaten!

Wednesday 16 March 2016

Nr 3! Because it's hard to forget a 7 yearold saying "tonight I'll be a fucking legend".

Lastly, and in no particular order, here is my 3d favourite drunk history! 



I wish I found more of them and they were longer but I can always hope.

 








And yes, I do let my child watch them. He especially likes the ones where someone vomits because, well..he is 7. I'm not a huge fan of letting children be children for as long as I  can find ways to lie to them or/keep things away because I suppose I think I prefer being there to explain things to him then finding out from some "cool" 12 year old behind a bin or something, but also, who ever heard a child say they wish they could be ignorant for a little longer. 

Besides, I seem to have inherited the slightly morally grey fondness for teaching children to say way too grown up things! 


 

He's not that into you. Lucky you!

Ok so I'm going to make more of an effort now then just posting and half peeing my self. I have mixed emotions about moving on this time, while it's never been that hard before I now stop my self from doing new things because..well..it's hard to re-distribute the amount of sharing that used to go to one person at the same time as I've heard that it's a good idea to surround one self with energy giving things and people while going trough hard times.

That's the coldest way I could possibly put that so let's move on!




This is the second part of "omg I love drunk history so much!": Henry VIII finds a wife.





But in all seriousness..who haven't been on the reciving end of a "weeell you're ugly anyway!". I think she did way better then all the other ones :D


Monday 14 March 2016

Drunk History

Because this is literally the funniest thing I have ever seen and I literally almost peed my self laughing. Enjoy!
 
 
 

Tuesday 1 March 2016

Welcome to my fairy garden, aka the garden of desperation.




Between two chopped down and misshapen trees in my garden I started building. First it was just one door out of clay that I made on new years day. I thought it would help me take my mind off things since that was the day I found out Amanda was dying.. Now it's grown with another door and a well and some windows to follow. I know I will have to leave it some day but that day on her funeral when I couldn't be there I made one last door. 




Who knows what's to follow..


"You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming, that's where I will always love you. That's where I'll be waiting.." 

                                                                               - Tinkerbell