#meso's musings

[saucy-mesothelioma]

Made this image to bully my partner and I wanted to share it with the rest of y'all

[saucy-mesothelioma]

What.

There's a fucking BEAR?!??! HOLD ON-

HOLY SHIT

[monstersxxorxxmen]

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SEND ME A FC I'LL MAKE A MUSE

Name: Elias Meso Age: 623 (Presents as 30) Species: Dragon Sexuality: Bisexual Dominant/Switch/Submissive Occupation: Surgeon Bio: As far as Elias knows he's one of the last of his kind. Being hunted or too much infighting has led them to the brink of extinction. Elias is both angry and sad what's become of his once proud kind. But he knows better than to go on some foolhardy search for what remains. No he's focused on his own survival, of staying under the radar and comfortable in his life.

He'll admit to enjoying the finer things in life, insert a dragons hoard joke here, but he's been around a long time. Who can blame him wanting to spend his many years in luxury. He has to move his life every few years. Abandon friends and loves. He thinks he can be forgiven for wanting to keep his possessions. He would love to say he has a hard time letting people close but the fact is Elias wears his heart on his sleeves. He falls in love so quickly it's led to many a broken heart. Either by his loves actions, having to leave his love behind, or to watch them die. But through it all Elias' heart has yet to harden.

[maple-alliance]

I should really get active on this blog more since I have some replies I owe to one or a couple of people--

Although the muse to write on my main blog is real here--

[jiabeewrites]

The Devil Doesn't Bargain

Pairing: Namor x OC

TW: ummmmm dc x marvel, she/her pronouns, slight violence(?), threats being made, possible sexual innuendos, loss of marvel universe... swearing? IF THERE'S MORE TELL MEEEE

A/N: ok look. i had too. SO HERE YA GO, fellow namor simps! (yes he's my new hyperfixation no i dont care go away) Also the rest of the MCU doesn't exist...just wakanda and that's about it.

MASTERLIST

Italics are Yucatec Mayan

Bold is Mando'a (translations at the bottom)

Blue is Atlantean

Normal is English

Italics and Bold is for emphasis

(I'm sorry if anything is incorrect! also dividers are made by the lovely @firefly-graphics)

A light was shining in his face.

He could feel it.

As he regained his senses, he realized that he was tied to a chair. In a room.

He rolled his eyes. Who did his captors think they were?

That train of thought immediately veered off course when he realized that maybe, this was one that he couldn't break out of.

"Tu'ux yanen?" He muttered to himself.

Where am I?

"Bejla'e', wáaj Ba'axten a diría le je'elo'?" An unknown voice pierced through the silence, almost jeering.

Now, why would I tell you that?

"You speak my language?" He asked.

"Of course I do."

"Who are you? Where am I?" He asked.

She merely laughed.

"Kaysh mirsh solus," she said, rolling her eyes and grinning.

He's an idiot.

"What does that mean?" He demanded.

All of a sudden her teasing demeanor turned to one of threat.

"Have care of how you speak," she hissed, eyes turning to orbs of fire.

Once the flames died down, she began to pace in front of him. She turned, and looked at him with a piercing gaze.

"Who are you?"

"My people call me K'uk'ulkan."

"The Feathered Serpent," She mused. "And your enemies?"

"Namor."

"Namor," she said, playing with the word on her tongue.

"I have told you who I am. I would like to know who you are," Namor said.

She turned to look at him, and for a moment, he had the impression that she was about to incinerate him.

"I have gone by many names," she said after a while. "I have been called Anqa, Firebird, Fenghuang, the names have...changed throughout history.

"But my people call me Eternity. It is what Creation decided to call me, and I have kept it throughout my existence."

"Eternity."

She smirked.

"Yes, Eternity, no matter how...what do the teenagers say these days...cringy? Yes, no matter how cringy it may sound, that is what my mother called me."

"What do your enemies call you?" Namor asked.

"They call me the Phoenix."

"So what are you going to do with me?" The Meso-american asked finally.

Eternity grinned.

"I'm going to make a deal with you."

"What is this deal?" Namor asked.

"Before I tell you, I need your word that you will not attempt to hurt or destroy me, my people, or the matters of the trade."

He let out a bark of laughter.

"You kidnap me and tie me up, which I will tell you, is not an easy feat, and expect me to not retaliate?" Namor asked incredulously.

"Yes," she said, "Or do you forget what I can do?"

Brushstrokes of red, yellow, and orange started to appear and dance across her fingertips, and slowly making their way across her hand.

He glared at her, then huffed in defeat.

"Fine."

She grinned, and unlocked the chains that bound him.

"Now, let's discuss matters, shall we? And please don't hurt my people. They are much more fragile than you or I."

"So he is the one who took the children," A man with blond hair boomed as the two deities walked into the room.

Eternity sighed.

"Orin, I'd prefer if you didn't attempt to intimidate our guest," she said.

The man shot her an annoyed look, then turned to glare at Namor.

"What is his name?" A man in all black asked.

"My enemies call me Namor."

"This is Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Arrow, and the Flash. There are more, but they are occupied at the moment," Eternity said, introducing them.

"Ba'ax tuláakal a máak yaan u k'aaba'ob uts extravagantes?" Namor asked.

Do all your people have such extravagant names?

"Desafortunadamente, je'el. Ba'ale' chuunil laat'a'an utia'al u protección. Wa u yaalab le yóok'ol kaaba' supiera le jach, estarían ti' talamilo'ob."

Unfortunately, yes. But it's mostly for their protection. If the rest of the world knew who they truly were, they'd be in danger.

"What is he saying?" Wonder Woman asked.

"It is none of your concern," Eternity said, with a tad of guilt in her voice. "But onto the matters of the trade. You have someone I want. Actually, it's someones."

Namor looked as if he was deep in thought for a moment, and then realization crawled across his face.

"You mean the children who trespassed into my realm" He said, almost glaring at her.

"They were looking for their comrade. He is know as Aqualad," She said, and pulled up an image of him.

"I have not seen him," Namor said. "Just a group of six children."

"These children?" Batman asked, pulling up an image of Robin, Kid Flash, Artemis, Zatanna, Superboy, and Miss Martain.

"Yes," Namor said, frowning. He then turned to Eternity. "Olak invadieron in reino. Ma' je'el in ye'esik u in wíiniko'obo', k'a'abet a entender le je'elo'."

They nearly tresspassed into my kingdom. I cannot my people exposed, you must understand that.

She nodded.

"I understand, Namor, but we must get these children to safety-"

"If I hand those children over, where is the guarantee that they will not expose them?" He demanded. "And if A wíiniko'obo' decide they want to come along, what is the guarantee that they will not attack in wíiniko'obo'? I have a duty to protect them-"

(Your people/my people)

"And I have a duty to protect mine."

The two deities seemed to be locked into a staring contest.

"Haar'chak," she swore under her breath.

Damn it.

"Fine. Let me speak with the children. Wa ts'aik teech u t'aan u ma' expondrán u a wíiniko'obo', you let them go. If they don't, you are free to keep them under the surface for as long as you see fit."

(If they give you their word that they will not expose your people)

"You can't do that!" Green Arrow yelled.

"Those are our children!" The Flash yelled.

"Your children have trespassed upon my land. That does not go without consequence," Namor said threateningly.

"Our children didn't know of your laws. They can't be blamed," Batman said angrily.

"Just let me speak with them," Eternity said firmly.

"Fine," Namor said. "Ba'ale' ma' dañarás in kaajal. Ka wojeltik u je'el bix u loob wa violencia xu'ullsa'al leti'ob will mean war."

(But you will not harm my people. And know that any form of harm or violence against them)

She shook her head.

"I wish to avoid bloodshed."

"We shall see about that."

A/N:

LMAOOO YALL THOUGHT THAT THE DEVIL WAS NAMOR DIDNT YOU

NOPE NOPE ITS ETERNITY

(pt. 2 is here)

[saucy-mesothelioma]

As a Southerner this is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. Tornado season is a real thing, and I've seen so many times firsthand how damaging it can be. People down here are very much used to it and we might act like it's an inconvenience, but a lot of us take it very seriously if we know it's gonna be bad. Rural areas take up 95% of my state, and up to 43% of people live in those areas. Their homes are usually 30-40 minutes from the nearest hospital, are located in prime areas for tornadoes to form, and live in either mobile homes or incredibly old houses. We act calm because we're used to it and know the basics of what to expect, but that doesn't mean we don't take it seriously. Even if you don't live in the South like I do or where tornadoes are seen as common, PLEASE learn the differences between a tornado watch and a tornado warning as well as ways to prepare and protect yourself for them. Don't fuck around and find out with this shit.

Without looking it up, when you first hear "Tornado Warning", what does that mean to you?

[sylvctica]

FIRST MEETINGS MEME A meme for first meetings and introduction threads, aka a ‘What you will notice about my muse first’ cheat sheet. Repost, don’t reblog. Bold what applies. Fill in details. (Please do not remove the credit + blank meme link.) credit + blank meme.

GENERAL APPEARANCE

Sex: Masculine. Feminine. Non-Binary.  Notes: though presenting as masc, Sylvie doesn’t have a true sex to them nor do they identify as any gender, they are an elemental creature and can easily shape-shift their body into anything they desire.

Race: elemental creature.

Complexion: by default in their preferred ‘true’ form: bronze-toned, PANTONE 722 U, clear and soft to the touch. on their back, they do have quite a number of birthmarks.

Height: 6′3″ / 192cm ( humanoid ) ; 9′6″ / 2.9m ( half-feral ) ; 14″ / 4.3m ( feral )

Body Type: Endomorph. Mesomorph. Ectomorph. Other / More Details: Sylvie very much teeters between endo and meso, being quite built and leans more towards having a boxy torso.

Body Build: Small. Medium. Athletic. Muscular. Soft. Curvy. Voluptuous.

Body Hair: None. Shaves/Waxes. Trims/Grooms. Untamed.   Color: matching to their form. Notes: they can easily control the presence of body hair on their forms without needing to trim or groom. they do have body hair in their humanoid forms, mostly in a happy trail and some underarm hair, but keep it relatively neat. in their half-feral form, it matches more the colour of their deer form ( dark fur gradiented to green ) with patches of skin-coloured fur.

Head Hair: None. Buzzed. Short. Medium. Long. Very Long. Asymmetrical Cut. Color: dark green hair, which gradients to light green. Details: regardless of the form they take and regardless of hair colour, usage of their powers will always result in a light green glow at the end of the tips.

Eye Color: dark green with two light green rings around it.

Scars: they only have a scar around their torso which sometimes peeks out from their shirt opening and is present regardless of what form they take; this is a permanent wound on their form and cannot be hidden away.

FASHION

Fashion Style: Vintage. Traditional. Casual. Artsy. Vibrant. Geeky/Nerdy. Tomboy. Sporty. Trendy. Preppy. Girly. Bohemian. Elegant. Formal. Grunge. Punk. Rocker. Gothic. Other: anything that has their boobs out, really. they enjoy more provocative outfits in general and not for the purpose of garnering eyes on them, they just enjoy feeling sexy!!!

Color Palette: all shades of green, varying browns, neutral whites/blacks, sometimes warm colours including oranges and reds.

Typical Clothing: more adventuring outfits that are comfortable and easy to move around in; they’re often out more than in, so they try to keep their clothes pretty loose and comfy. travelling boots, comfortable shirts and snug pants.

Piercings: none, but sometimes they do wear earrings and piercings on their body, though more often in private for the latter; any holes in their skin patch up very quickly so they can do it whenever they’d like.

Tattoos: none.

Other Information: boobie out. on a more serious note they usually make all of their clothes, as a god who can control flora it makes it much easier to make clothes out of processed plant material.

EXPRESSION

General Facial Expression: cheery, confident, relaxed, it’s hard to not find them with a smile upon their face or holding some kind of curiosity behind their look; more often than not, they’re in a pretty good mood.

Default Body Language: relaxed and loose, open and not closed off, also confident.

General Movements: hand gestures, fiddling with their hair or clothes, they’re usually very alive in their movements and often in motion in some way or another.

NOTABLE FOR RP

Presence: bright, cheery, exuding energy, extroverted, quite warm and inviting; Sylvie is just genuinely themselves most of the time which is just a loud and cheerful person. clearly non-human and they don’t try to hide it nor deny it if asked, but they will skirt around exact details. their height may put off people since they tower at 6′3″.

Appearance: clean, neat, often does not show up covered in dust and dirt despite being an adventurer unless they’ve genuinely had no time to clean up. pretty well-kept with their appearance, and they try not to let anything be out of place on them.

Scent: they don’t have a distinct smell on their own unless they are bleeding, where-in they will smell of plant, bitter and strong to the nose and quite assaulting to the senses if you aren’t ready. more often than not, they’ll smell due to external sources like being around other people who have stronger scents, working in the garden and with perfumed plants and flowers, coming back from an adventure and stinking of things like fire smoke, blood, or other things, or just smelling of flowers due to most of their hygiene products being made of natural materials. to a super keen nose, they may generally smell of plant due to being a Dendro being ( and mildly of Geo ).

Voice Description: quite varied in tone and emotion in it, pretty cheerful and light, but clearly masc. it isn’t very deep, lingering more near a middle tone, but they can easily shift to a higher and lower pitch. the easiest way is just to point towards their VAs i’ve chosen: arin hanson for eng, junichi suwabe for jp ( specifically as viktor ), and xiao zhan for cn. as a note, Sylvie can do vocal mimicry perfectly, so their voice is definitely not set in stone, but this is just what they default to.

Accent: yes / no   More Information: due to being a polyglot and knowing most of the Teyvat languages, as well as actively travelling for thousands of years, Sylvie doesn’t have a prominent accent anymore as their usage of their native tongue ( the old language of past Sumeru ) has lessened due to a lack of people using it. when talking in different languages, it does come through that they are used to primarily using Common now, but they speak extremely fluently.

Speech Mannerisms: casual and informal with no qualms about swearing, Sylvie talks to everyone the same, your status and such makes no difference in how they will talk to you. they do integrate slang and current trends in words in their speech as they tend to sponge themselves into ongoing human trends to fit in. although they are informal, that does not mean they cannot hold articulated conversations that can run quite in-depth, causing a bit of a tonal difference from how they usually talk.

[mercysought]

FIRST MEETINGS MEME A meme for first meetings and introduction threads, aka a ‘What you will notice about my muse first’ cheat sheet. Repost, don’t reblog. Bold what applies. Fill in details.  (Please do not remove the credit + blank meme link)

tagged by: @mindsmade​ ( round twoooo ) tagging: steal thiis ✨

blank meme: x

MAXIMA AURUM

GENERAL APPEARANCE

Gender: cis woman.

Race: caucasian.

Complexion: light skin with some light brushes of freckles that are barely visible on her shoulders and cheeks. You really need to squint to see them though. A single blemish on the right cheek.

Height: 5′6′’ / ~168 cm.

Body Type: I think it’s probably a mix of Meso and Endomorph? She is shapely and that means that she has some more volume around her hip and tights area.

Body Build: ^^^^

Body Hair: she has what I would consider to be the average amount of body hair, light brown

Head Hair: light brown to auburn, always kept long past her shoulders and down her back. Naturally she has some tighter curls but usually has her hair kept with brushed waves that frame her face

Eye color: really dark green

Scars: some faded scars. One from getting stabbed as a teen in her abdomen which was healed to the point where is barely visible in verses where that is possible. Also very old faded burn scars around her wrist (from lightning magic as a child before she was able to control it)

FASHION

Fashion Style: purely classic. The theme will always be light colours in clothing (mainly white) with simple patterns that fit her shape. Gold jewellery, specifically rings and her locket. A cloak with gold embroidery where it makes sense. It is the sort of style that can be seen as simple but impactful, especially given how the way that she dresses is very much its own way of communication (from cuts to colours).

Color Palette: white, gold, dark green, red.

Typical Clothing: draped white silks with long sleeves (much like this)

Piercings: none beyond her earrings

Tattoos: I’ve written about this in the past. She only has three hand tattoos and all of them are script. I don’t use these really often outside of the dragon age verse.

Other Information: —

EXPRESSION

General Facial Expression: hmm I would say smiling, overall just a very open energy 

Default Body Language: maxima carries herself as a tower of a person (despite not being that tall). Gracious, open for dialogue, those two things are important as someone that works most of the time as either a diplomat or as an information broker. At the same time, I could totally see how her presence and way of dressing could be incredibly intimidating.

General Movements: you’ve never seen someone as gracious as her in your whole life. the trick is to make calculated movements seem as natural and part of her person as possible without letting anyone see that is part of the act, part of being in a public setting and knowing she is being perceived. 

NOTABLE FOR RP

Presence: in most verses where she is already in a position of power, Maxima carries herself as that: a lady, a ruler. She is the type of person that will walk in a room and everyone’s eyes will inevitably fall on her.

Appearance: maxima, while being naturally beautiful, has always gone above and beyond to make sure that she is the most stunning as she could be. From clothing, to her presence, to the way she talks. She will always have red lipstick and red nails, will have her hair brushed to perfection. It is clear that she cares about her looks, even in the most dire of circumstances (which speaks about her need for control)

Scent: flowers, roses if she’s been working on them or is wearing a real crown of roses on top of her hair. A light perfume.

Voice Description: I’m going with the descriptions that were given to me in one meme a while back by @cllgood​ (here) and @orphidian​ (here) which are exactly the sort of tone. Thank you both because it is wonderful ❤

Maxima’s voice has a sing-song melody to it, something light that can easily be mistaken for childlike and girlish –which she is absolutely aware of and uses to her advantage. - @cllgood​

he hears a sort of lower pitch, almost silky smooth and very pleasant to listen to. it’s soft in a way that doesn’t /translate/ as softness, more like something hard and sharp wrapped in soft velvet. there’s a smokiness there too that he finds intoxicating, like a sort of refined roughness that just flows so beautifully. - @orphidian​

Accent: depends on the verse and depends on the situation. Maxima can easily mimic accents that she’s familiar with. She has her native French (or Orlesian) but will usually use and lean more heavily in a Italian (or Tevinter) one instead. 

Speech Mannerisms: You will never hear her call anyone by the diminutive of a name (Krem instead of Cremisius, for example). She finds it demeaning, unless the person specifically asks to be called by the diminutive over their actual name. More often than not she won’t use contractions (’will not’ versus ‘won’t’). Nothing else really comes to mind!

Anything else to add? —

[sigynthevictorious]

Sigyn

This is likely to updated regularly

Overview:

Name: Sigyn Vanadottir

Nicknames: Sig, Siggy

Titles (verse dependant): Goddess of Fidelity, Goddess of Victory, Princess of Asgard, Queen of Asgard and Jotunheim, (other kennings)

DOB: September 13th

Age: 1800+ but general appearance early thirties 

Place of Birth: Vanaheim

Sex: Female

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual & a switch

Pronouns: She/Her

Alignment: Neutral Good

Physical:

Eye Colour: Blue

Hair Colour: Golden blonde, curly

Skin: White, heavily freckled (post-Ragnarok Sigyn has burns/scars covering her hands from the venom) 

Build: Toned figure, well-built, strong arms. Meso-ectomorph

Height: 5’9”

Misc. information:

Sigyn was born on Vanaheim into a humble family. Her mother served as Valkyrie to Freyja and her father was a blacksmith turned homemaker. For more information see this post and this one.

During the Æsir-Vanir war, Sigyn’s father and mother were killed leaving her orphaned. With no remaining family she was sent to Asgard as a child refugee.

Sigyn is gifted with prophecy like many Vanir, but hers come in the forms of dreams/nightmares which are often forgotten soon after she awakens

She is talented with magic/seiðr and is competent enough to fight with it as well as use it for various tasks/tricks

When it comes to fighting her preferred weapon is an sword and shield but is still able to fight fiercely with a axe and daggers

Her preferred clothing colours are blue and gold, though she never wears black in any way unless she is in mourning 

Neither of Sigyn’s pregnancies were easy. Narfi was a very large baby whilst Vali was born prematurely. During Vali’s delivery Sigyn lost a significant amount of blood and almost lost her life. 

When she speaks she had a distinct accent to the rest of the Aesir due to her being raised on Vanaheim

Verses

Every verse is AU unless discussed beforehand. I primarily write a mixture of MCU and Myth as default but am more than happy to explore others

If you are an OC with a relation to my muse please check with me first before interacting

Headcanons

Aesthetics

FC- Rebecca Ferguson

Teen Sigyn FC - Freya Mavor

Male!Sig FC - David Schütter

[tipsycad147]

EVOKING THE GODDESS

By  Karen Charboneau-Harrison,

When working with Goddess energy, it is always a good idea to consult various sources to determine which Goddess is ‘in charge’ of the energies of the ritual which you are planning to pursue. While the Goddess is quite rightly known as ‘The Goddess of One Thousand Names’, you will find that some specific aspects of a particular Goddess energy will be more aligned with the type of working you are planning. Your ritual will work more quickly and efficiently if you directly align your energies and that of your ritual with the aspect which works specifically with the goals of your ceremony. Just as you are known by many monikers - Ms. Smith at work, Mom at home, Sweetheart to your life partner - aspects of the Goddess are also addressed by different names according to the way that the Goddess energy most easily manifests itself within each setting. Below you will find a listing of various ‘flavors’ of energy and the Goddesses best addressed for that specific type of energy. Here is a key to the abbreviations for the cultures which originally used the various names:

Key: Am(Native America) Af(rica), Aus(stralia), Cel(tic), Ch(ina), E(gypt), Es(kimo), Gno(stic), Gr(eek), Ha(iwaii) I(ndia), J(apan), Mes(opotamia), Mex(ico), N(orse), Pho(enicia), Pol(ynesia), R(ome), Sum(eria), V(oudoun), X(Christian)

CREATION - Goddesses evoked to aid in the creation of new projects and goals: Gaia (Gr) Nzambi (J) Coatlicue (Mex) Ayida Wedo (V) Inari (J) Rhea (Gr) Fjorgynn (N) Nerthus (N) Heket (E) Nut (E) Aruru (Sum) Asherat (Ph) Nitya, Maha Kali (I) Izanami (J) Sussitanaho (Am) Huruing Wuhti (Am) Imberombera (Aus) Ninkhursag (Sum) Tiamat(Sum) Fakahotou(Pol) Haumea(Ha)

BIRTH - Goddesses evoked to aid in the manifestation of ideas, goals, protection of children and fertility: Isis (E) Demeter (Gr) Mary (X) Ala (Af) Mawu (Af) Putaunegak (Es) Kwan Yin (Ch) PiHsiaYuanChun (Ch) Puchan (I) Sati (I) Ganga (I) Mammitu (Mes) Danu (Cel) Brigit (Cel) Maia (R) Meskhint (E)

HEALTH - Goddesses evoked for healing, vitality and physical energy: Aetna (R) Angitia (Ital) Argante (C) Bast(E) Changing Woman (NA) Sulis (R) Coventina (C) Brigid (C) Neith (E) Eir (N) Kami Musumi (J) SungTzeNiang (Ch)

INSPIRATION - Goddesses evoked for artistic expression inspiration: Ixzaluoh(Mex) Cerridwen (Cel) Neith(E) Seshat(E) Athena(Gr) Shekinah(Heb) Sophia(Gno) Pasowee(Am) KwanYin(Ch) Ixchel (Mex) The Muses (Gr)

LOVE/SEX - Goddesses evoked to aid in relationships, marriage and romance: Pele(Ha) Sheila na Gig (Cel) Huitaca(Col) Erzuli Freda(V) Bast (E) Aphrodite(Gr) Inanna(Mes) Ishtar(Sum) Shakti (I) Chalchihuitlicue (Mex) Lakshmi (I) Freya (N) MahuiIke (Pol)

PROSPERITY - Goddesses evoked to aid in prosperity, abundance and luck: AccaLarentia (R) Habondia (R) Anapurna (I) Anu (Cel) Athana Lindia (Meso) Ceres(R) Copia (R) Bahu(I) Nortia(R) Lakshmi (I)

PROTECTION - Goddesses evoked to protect and bring justice: Agasaya (Meso) Sekhmet (E) Aife (Cel) Anahita (Gr) Badb(Cel) Maat(E) Athena (Gr) Belit-Seri(Meso) Astrea (Gr) Carmenta (R) Egeria (R) Nanshe(Meso) Themis (Gr) Caksusi (I) Kike(Gr) Nemisis (Gr) Nahmauit (E)

PSYCHIC ABILITY - Goddesses evoked to aid in development of intuition, dreamwork and the use of psychic tools: Airmed (Cel) Angerboda (N) Nephthys (E) Cerridwen (Cel) Aricia (R) Ban Noaomha (Cel) Buan(Cel) AnnaPerrena (R) Nina(Meso) Pythia (Gr) Shaushka(Meso) Tlazolteotl(Mex)

DEATH - Goddesses evoked to aid in death, loss and transitions: Kali Uma (I) Erishkigal (Sum) Hecate (Gr) Morrigan (Cel) Tara(I) Ala(Af) Mawu (Af) Maman Brigitte(V) Libitina (R) Medb(Cel) Hel(N) Amenti (E) Hina (Pol) Hikuleo (Ha) Nepthys (E) Belit Sheri (Mes) Izanami (J)

This is not intended to be a definitive guide to Goddess names and energies (there are just too many of them!). This guide is intended to get you started on your discovery of Goddess energy.

http://www.isisbooks.com/Evoking-the-Goddess-s/458.htm

[saucy-mesothelioma]

OH HONEY THAT GLOW UP DID YA SO FUCKIN GOOD

YOU GO TORMENT THE WORLD QUEEN YOU DESERVE IT <3

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A Year in Language, Day 328: Musing: What is logical to a human, anyways? A common topic in pop linguistics is the old question of linguistic relativity: does language effect the way we think, and if so, how? More interesting to me personally though, is the reverse: what impact does the human brain have on language? After all, there are systems of communication possible that are complex and comprehensive like human language, but that nevertheless would never occur, or are at least unlikely to, in human languages. Let's consider writing for a moment. The majority of languages today use an alphabetic script. In less compact terms, these languages choose to record their spoken language by means of a system of symbols, with each symbol ostensibly representing one sound of the language, arranged in a linear fashion that lines up with the order that those sounds are produced while speaking. Of course, if you recall my post about English orthography, no alphabet is truly perfect, but the idea is still sound. This seems a pretty great way to do writing. It malleable, allows you to write everything possible with just 20 or so symbols to memorize, is easy to adapt for multiple languages, easy to write and to program, its basically the ideal system. Why then, is it the least common system humans create? It may be a shocker to consider for modern humans, in a world where the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic alphabets have long dominated much of the world. But consider that all of those scripts are children of just one common ancestor: the Phoenician alphabet. And that wasn't even actually an alphabet, but an Abjad, which lacks written vowels. That was added in by the Greeks and from there spread to Cyrillic and Latin. The most noteworthy alphabet not descended from Phoenician is Korean Hangul, which was not invented until the 15th century. On the note of Korean and Abjads, both of which treat vowels like a different class of letter (Abjads normally omitting them outright) one of, if not the most widespread class of writing system is neither alphabet nor abjad, but the abugida. These systems include vowels, but only as permutations or diacritics on the consonants. All the scripts of the Brahmi family, from India to Maritime Southeast Asia, plus Ethiopian Ge'ez, are Abudigas. Why are vowels so troubling? But this is all still getting ahead of ourselves. All the abjads and abugidas, alphabets and syllabaries, are still just secondary human inventions, most coming from barely a handful of common ancestors. The original scripts, developed in Africa, Mesopotamia, China, South and Meso-America, just to name the ones we know about and have deciphered, are all character scripts, many of which share many similar features. Chinese characters, Cuneiform, Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Mayan script all contain meaningful ideograms that have alternate forms or designation for use as phonetic symbols, often combining to the effect of "means like symbol A but sounds like symbol B". Most of them use a class of determinative, symbols that are not pronounced or reflective of spoken language, but simply add a meaningful class to the word, i.e. "this is a type of profession" or "this is a deity". All of them are, frankly, quite complex, require memorization of hundred or thousands of symbols, and are not easy to adapt for other purposes. Why then did mankind invent these types of writing many times, in completely disparate civilizations, whereas the more "logical" system was invented maybe once or twice and had to be borrowed world over? And, I stress again, why is "write the vowels" so difficult? In this post I've mostly stuck to writing systems, but similar conundrums can be seen at all levels of human language. Past and present tenses are much more common than future ones. Singular and Plural are common while Dual is rare. Why don't more languages contain evidentials (markers for how one knows or how reliable information is)? It is more likely, I think, that universal features of the human brain make their impact on our collective ability to speak than vice versa. That said this kind of data can be difficult to gather, and even more risky to draw conclusions from. Nevertheless I find my mind always drawn to it whenever I notice something, wondering what patterns are coincidence, and which are reflections of some universal human cognition.

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What Music Genres Have Just about Died Out, And When?

Bear in mind the halcyon days when musical genres had distinct lines? This same basic level also suggests that sociologists of culture and scholars in associated fields ought to proceed with warning when making generalizable claims about the ostensible decline or continued significance of style as a boundary making system. Fairly, style boundaries could simultaneously be extremely porous in some complexes and extra impenetrable in others. For single or small N case-studies of musical genres, the properties of style boundaries unearthed might not signal wider developments, but relatively the meso-stage complexes during which the genre or genres underneath question function. Classical music is still one of the most common music genres ever. It is completely totally different than anything and it is more than just beneficial to listen. Just relax in top-of-the-line therapeutic massage chairs , activate the music and relax. Initially, this music is always produced by some of the largest and the very best musicians ever recognized. Mozart, Beethoven, and literally many others have formed the classical music in accordance with their beliefs. Now, we will merely take pleasure in that literally perpetually. And yes, this music can be known for vanita0928219164.wikidot.com increasing the IQ. Rap music is widely recognized for www.audio-transcoder.com its emphasis on lyrical expression and rhymes with using synthesized sounds and bass. When coupled with the lifetime of a Christian spreading the gospel, it is a wonderful genre of music. An artist that's price taking a look at is Lecrae. His song Don't Waste Your Life" is an trustworthy one about residing a genuine Christian life and never losing the time we've got here on meaningless stuff. Whenever you watch the video for this track (In The Higher Right Corner of this page), you can see how genuine for Christ he's and how proficient he is too. That is why I've chosen this lyric video on this text. It additionally features UK's Dwayne Tryumf in the song. Entice music fist emerged coming primarily from the south, a genre crammed with a tough angle that you can really feel in the sound of the brass, triangle, triplet hello hats, loud kicks, snappy snares and low end 808 bass samples which can be used when composing tracks. The percussion samples of selection when making trap music are usually originate from the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine. When talking of the originators" in the trap music game, southern rappers like Waka Flocka Flame, Gucci Mane, Young Jeezy, Three 6 Mafia, and Manny Fresh come to thoughts. In addition to some of the iconic trap music producers like Lex Luger, Zaytoven, and up and comer Younger Chop. Professor Scott Harrison is Director of Queensland Conservatorium Griffith College Scott has experience in educating singing and music in primary, secondary and tertiary environments, and in efficiency, opera and music theatre as both singer and musical director. He's a recognised leader within the analysis on masculinities and music with publications together with Masculinities and Music (2008), Male Voices: Stories of Boys Studying by means of Making Music (2009) and Worldwide Views on Males and Singing (2012). Scott served as President of the Australian National Associate of Academics of Singing , and revealed books embody Perspectives on Instructing Singing (2010) and Instructing Singing in the 21st Century (2014). Scott is co-editor of the International Journal of Music Training, recipient of an Australian Award for University Teaching and a Fellow of the Australian Authorities's Workplace for Learning and Instructing. Throughout this time, Trinidadian calypso was the Caribbean's top musical export, and the time period "Calypso" was used generically utilized to Jamaican mento as effectively. Way more usually than it was referred to as by its correct identify, mento was called "calypso", "kalypso" or "mento calypso". Including to the confusion, Jamaica had its personal calypso singers that didn't document mento, such as Lord Creator. (The Trinidad-born Creator later became a ska singer for Studio 1.) And mento artists would often perform calypso songs in the mento style, or report a mento tune with calypso affect. Some mento artists followed the calypsonian apply of adding a title resembling "Rely" or "Lord" to their title. But make no mistake, mento is a distinctly totally different sound from calypso, with its own instrumentation, rhythms, pacing, vocal styles, harmonies, and lyrical considerations. What's jazz to you? Is it the slightly irregular rhythms? The acquainted sound of an upright bass? Or is it the freedom to interpret and improvise? Naturally, there isn't a single answer to this question. By its nature, jazz evades strict definition — especially when its affect is so enormous, and what jazz was" has since remodeled into a whole bunch of different types and genres. Persevering with on our recent exploration of the ways jazz has influenced rock, pop, and hip-hop , I wished to look into how digital artists are infusing jazz into their work.

Canada has an extended tradition of singer-songwriters and that's partly in due to its personal folksong laureate", Gordon Lightfoot. Coming out of the Toronto 60s folk music scene, Lightfoot's native nation would grow to be his lifelong muse, penning such classics as ‘Canadian Railroad Trilogy' and ‘Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' and yet universal enough to appeal worldwide, turning him into Canada's most successful contemporary folks artist. A beloved cultural icon, he is been the beneficiary of countless awards and honours including the Companion of the Order of Canada - Canada's highest civilian honour. We have all been there. It is Friday evening and you're alone. That asshole you've gotten a crush on isn't texting you back. But this does not need to be a bummer of an evening. In line with Carly Rae Jepsen's video for Celebration For One," you'll be able to dance round in your Calvin Klein underwear and order Postmates. (Doesn't sound like a nasty night tbh.) That is largely due to Jepsen's uncanny capacity to show any shitty state of affairs into an absolute delight. If we're talking about pop music—specifically pop music that can assist us escape the looming hell that's our real world—then any CRJ is the perfect antidote of the instances. It's a sound that can treatment a lonely evening. It could actually heal a damaged heart. It will possibly allow you to forget no matter fresh hell Donald Trump has delivered to us at the moment. CRJ is all we'd like.By mainstream" I'm assuming you imply why isn't Rock more distinguished on the Billboard chart?" Properly, if Hollywood motion pictures or Country music is any indication, it may't be the race or gender of the performers. Nation music stations have achieved properly to incorporate new artists into their programming. Hollywood still basically worships euro centricity because the gold commonplace in it is products. There is no such thing as a shortage of whiteness or maleness in either of those. Changing demographics hasn't stood in the way in which of the most recent Avengers or Deadpool film. I would contend that with Rock music the issue is twofold: Publicity and fashionability.

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Musings from our CI/CD Meetup: Using Screwdriver, Achieving a Serverless Experience While Scaling with Kubernetes or Amazon ECS, and Data Agility for Stateful Workloads in Kubernetes

By Jithin Emmanuel, Sr. Software Dev Manager, Verizon Media

On Tuesday, December 4th, I joined speakers from Spotinst, Nirmata, CloudYuga, and MayaData, at the Microservices and Cloud Native Apps Meetup in Sunnyvale.

We shared how Screwdriver is used for CI/CD at Verizon Media. Created by Yahoo and open-sourced in 2016, Screwdriver is a build platform designed for continuous delivery at scale.

Screwdriver supports an expanding list of source code services, execution engines, and databases since it is not tied to any specific compute platform. Moreover, it has a fully documented API and growing open source community base.

The meetup also featured very interesting CI/CD presentations including these:

A Quick Overview of Intro to Kubernetes Course, by Neependra Khare, Founder, CloudYuga

Neependra discussed his online course which includes some of Kubernetes' basic concepts, architecture, the problems it solves, and the model that it uses to handle containerized deployments and scaling. Additionally, CloudYuga provides training in Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos Marathon, Container Security, GO Language, Advanced Linux Administration, and more.

Achieving a Serverless Experience While Scaling with Kubernetes or Amazon ECS, by Amiram Shachar, CEO & Founder, Spotinst

Amiram discussed two important concepts of Kubernetes: Headroom and 2 Levels Scaling. Amiram also reviewed the different Kubernetes deployment tools, including Kubernetes Operations (Kops). Ritesh Patel, Founder and VP Products at Nirmata, demoed Spotinst and Nirmata. Nirmata provides a complete solution for Kubernetes deployment and management for cloud-based app containerization. Spotinst is workload automation software that’s focused on helping enterprises save time and costs on their cloud compute infrastructure. 

Data Agility for Stateful Workloads in Kubernetes, by Murat Karslioglu, VP Products, MayaData

MayaData is focused on freeing DevOps and Kubernetes from storage constraints with OpenEBS. Murat discussed accelerating CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps, using chaos engineering and containerized storage. Murat also explored some of the open source tools available from MayaData and introduced the MayaData Agility Platform (MDAP). Murat’s presentation ended with a live demo of OpenEBS and Litmus.

To learn about future meetups, follow us on Twitter at @YDN or on LinkedIn.

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🍰 - For our muses to share some Christmas cake. (north)

Na verdade, Denali não era lá tão chegada em bolo de frutas. Mas parecia que o mundo inteiro era, especialmente no Natal. Não tinha procurado por eles, mas acabara sendo testemunha de muitas pessoas acabarem sem uma fatia enquanto buscava por um chocolate quente. Entretanto, estava disposta a fazer um esforço em nome de sua amizade com Niko. E acabara por conseguir a última fatia naquela manhã, quando decidira convidá-lo para um café. Meso sob o pretexto de dividirem, a usava uma pequena estratégia para garantir que o mais velho comeria mais: oferecia pedaços de seu próprio garfo enquanto conversavam. Simplesmente porque parecia distraída com a conversa e não dava espaço para que o outro recusasse. ━━ E as fotos do grindr? Alguma interessante? ━━ A loira ia dizendo. ━━ É uma boa maneira de não passar o feriado sozinho, se for rápido. 

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