Sanil Squee
27 years old, seminary graduate, trans*, autistic.
Personal blog, no single theme.
Fandoms - Glee, Newsies, Boy Meets World, Supernatural, Doctor Who, O.C., Marvel comics, Disney, children's & YA literature, Buffyverse, MLP, Monster High, Mass Effect
Religious/Ministry Interests - Apollo, Frigg, Hellenic and Norse polytheism, chaplaincy, hospice care, interfaith ministry, pop culture religion
Other Likely Topics - funny/cute things, squirrels, cats, GLBTQ, bullying, sexism, gender, autism, education, tarot, art
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You’d be surprised at how often what looks like self-destruction is actually self-preservation.
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I’m not even gonna put it artfully
I love Loki
A whole fucking lot
He’s my whole world and He’s done so much for me, and I’ll...
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So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few...
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“But don’t let your illness stop you!!!1!1!!”
I’m not “letting” my illness... -
My mother used to say that the only reason I survived the 7 months she carried me - despite her body’s many attempts to abort me - and the three...
So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.
Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.
Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.
This time, though. This was a good cry.
(via livewhereyoufeartolive)
I’m reading something by bell hooks and I love it. I came here to write about her, but got distracted. So this post is pretty much all about me, which now that I’ve written it feels dumb. But that’s where my mind is right now, so here’s some self-indulgent rambling about how I might actually have a career as a writer.
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Viz is rereleasing it in 3-in-1 volumes at barnes and noble, and I saw magic knight rayearth. So ill hopefully pick those up!
Excellent! I will have to be on the lookout for those, thanks for the info.
Today I found out about missing e and how to reply to replies. It’s not what I planned to do today, but I’ll call it a success. :D
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Awesome <3 I’m currently trying to wrangle up the volumes of X 1999 cause that was sooo powerful and influential on me.
That’s one I actually haven’t seen. I’ve read parts of it and it seemed interesting, but it never seemed to be in the stores I visited when I was looking for it.
adaoineile replied to your photo: Hey look, a pop culture shrine! I don’t “worship”…
Is that magic knight rayearth? (If not don’t hate me I surely am lacking in my CLAMP education)
It is! It was the show that got me started with anime in high school, and it’s still my favorite. I have the manga in English for reading, but this set in Japanese just has such beautiful covers and reminds me of why I love the series and characters so much every time I pass it. A lot of the show’s messages are sort of the heart of my pop culture paganism, and I like the way religion and belief are explored in the series.
Hey look, a pop culture shrine! I don’t “worship” the ponies, but I do honor them. In many ways they’re closer to me and have a stronger effect on me than the gods. Of course they do, they’re rooted in my culture and I see them all the time. My personal opinion is that these, as well as many other pop culture entities, are not necessarily gods themselves, but that they are embodiments of spirits or deities that were known under other names in other times. But I don’t know, and I can admit that I don’t know. All I can do is try to understand based on my own experiences, and I respect other people’s attempts to do the same with theirs.
Oops, I’m back. So much for productivity.
But seriously, all this arguing over pop culture paganism is pissing me off. I understand why some people don’t like it, they have their own more traditional approach, and I think that’s great for them. But the arguments against anyone else practicing it (from people I generally really like and respect!) seem to boil down to “If you don’t see the gods the way I do, you’re doing it wrong and you have to stop!” And the thing is…most of these people, the reason I do respect them so much is because I’ve seen how much work they’ve done to build a religion that works for them.
Okay enough procrastination I have a speech to give in less than two days and I have not written it yet.
My shrines and altars as they currently stand. I’m going to be changing them around soon, partly because I don’t think the images of Mary belong on them (I have personal reasons for including them and it felt right initially, but I’m starting to wonder if it’s disrespectful) and partly because Holda is kind of taking over and these aren’t really being used as much as I’d like anyway. So I have no idea what I’ll be doing with them but I expect these will all be very different by the end of the month.
Except the one on the bottom. That’s my first “outdoor” altar, and I love it. I’m a very private person and don’t like to be seen by other people, but I love being outside for worship. Turns out my porch windows are not good at blocking out sound, which means I can listen to the outside world during worship without having other people distract me. It’s wonderful.
