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un-aesthetic little pic of Hel's valentine's day flowers

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sorry for the absolute run-on sentence of this post haha I'm a wee bit inebriated 💀

Hel and I were having a little valentine's day date night and since my godphone is garbage I was consulting the cards to hear how her day was said it was stressful and chaotic haha and I asked her if pouring her another shot would help (we were having tea and whisky on the side lol) and the next card I pulled was the ten of hearts/cups lmao. equivalent of her going "oh HELL yeah 😩"

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Hel and I were having a little valentine's day date night and since my godphone is garbage I was consulting the cards to hear how her day was said it was stressful and chaotic haha and I asked her if pouring her another shot would help (we were having tea and whisky on the side lol) and the next card I pulled was the ten of hearts/cups lmao. equivalent of her going "oh HELL yeah 😩"

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Nichole Rae Klein’s It Hurts and I’m Lonely

instagram: @rae_klein

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dreamt I had to recite my rosary style prayers for a tram full of people in a sort of ted talk like situation. very odd.

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man I miss my wife so much tonight it's not even funny anymore 😭😭😭 some days this whole long-distance cross-realm relationship is harder tha others, oof

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my kink is more subversive and avant-garde than yours. your kink could be easily understood with a few googlé searches but mine requires lengthy knowledge of classical and modern literature. and it’s more taboo as well.

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Annointing this year’s Morana/Smrtka doll, the Morana embroidery, and Morana prayer beads in the first snow of the season.

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You can tell a lot about a theology by how humans are supposed to handle gods being assholes.

Off the top of my head I can think of several different reactions (for "God" read: any God in particular)

If you think God is being an asshole, you are the asshole.

God is an asshole sometimes. This is a metaphor for reality, which is also an asshole sometimes. Ahh, well.

God is an asshole sometimes. There is nothing we can do about it.

God is an asshole sometimes. Everybody gets cranky when hungry. Do not forget to feed your God!

God is an asshole sometimes. It's our fault, somehow, and we must make up for it.

God is an asshole sometimes. It's our job to point this out as politely as possible, so it doesn't go too far.

God is an asshole sometimes. This is why we avoid interacting with God as much as possible.

God is an asshole sometimes. Fuck that guy.

God is an asshole sometimes. Eh, so am I. We'll talk it out.

God is an asshole sometimes. This is why knowing other gods is useful. Go tell his wife and girlfriend he's being an ass again. They'll handle it.

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whenever someone buys one of the more ‘unpopular’ items from my shop, I’m like yay!!! the ugly duck found a home!!

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As I'm writing this Gävlebocken (2024) is till standing. Been following its livestream on YouTube and it's quite fun to see all the comments. I myself expect it to burn around new year. I do so hope the tradition gets to live for a long time .... not that they necessarily have to burn it every year tho.

I know most connect julbocken with Krampus and the devil which is cool because it shows how culture and faith mix . I prefer the idea of it being a surviving remnant of Tor's Tanngnjóstr and tanngrísnir ( the goats pulling his chariot ). In Prose Edda it's told that one of the goats got a broken leg ( don't know which and if it was permanent) when Tor and Loke in their journey stopped at a peasants farmer's home. The goats which could be resurrected were cooked and the peasant family was invited for dinner. The son ( Tjalve/ thjalfi) ended up breaking open one of the bones to suck out the marrow ( guess poor dude was still hungry but still not a good choice, however some say it was loke pulling the strings ) and when the goats were resurrected one of them was limping. As payment the peasant's two children became Tor's servants.... not sure why the daughter ( Röskva) had to go too but .... it's not healthy to argue with gods.

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A foolish man is all night awake, pondering over everything, and when morning comes, all is lament as before.

The Elder Eddas

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Yule Goat is here to greet you and wish you a merry solstice, may your winter festivities be joyous and safe ✨

[prints available here]

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a suneater for solstice

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The Emperor/The Lord, by Ted Enik