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Waiting for Athena

Cead Mile Failte (Irish Gaelic for a 100,000 Welcomes)

About Me

The most exciting moment of my life was scuba diving in the South China Sea. We were at about 150 feet when a wall of darkness came toward us. Soon I made out a hammerhead shark, and then another and another. I started counting, but lost track after 45. I figure there were close to 200 sharks in that pack, anywhere from 4 feet long to about 14 feet. I had no fear, because that was my Jacques Cousteau moment, and was what I had been waiting for. My saddest moment was when my father died, and I realized that I would never be able to introduce him to a daughter-in-law. My proudest moment was when I chose to leave the well trampled highway of organized religion, and strike out on a path of my own choosing. My most thrilling moment was when I got a tattoo of a Pendragon on my arm, and as I walked out of the parlor, I actually heard my pagan ancestors roar, as though welcoming me as one of them. I think life is what you make of it, adventure can be found anywhere, don't expect love if you don't give it, everyone deserves a second chance but probably not a third, there is a higher power and we are capable of touching it, and if you expect good things to happen they will; sometimes it just takes a while.
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My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

Alessandra Ambrosio, who I consider the most beautiful woman in the world, and Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, whom I would love to talk to about Mythology. Sean Connery I've already met (I hope I'm that cool when I'm his age), and I have also already met the Dali Lama, so now I'd like to meet Mikhail Gorbachev. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------- ------------------

Music:

Evanescence, Lacuna Coil, Porcupine Tree, Michelle Branch Counting Crows and Loreena McKennitt. For oldies I like Boston, Styx, Led Zeplin and Jethro Tull. ----------
You Are a White Rose
You represent youthfulness and purity.

Your vibe: Sweet and heavenly

Falling in love with you: is like falling in love for the first time What Color Rose Are You?

Movies:

Lion in Winter, Underworld, Lord of The Rings, V is for Vendetta, all the Austin Powers movies, Shrek, Tomb Raider, Basic Instinct, Kill Bill 1, Pirates of the Carribean, Resident Evil, the Human Stain, Sixth Sense, the Star Wars trilogy, the Matix Trilogy, anything with Jessica Alba (except Honey, I hated that one), and the Usual Suspects. The latest great movies are 300 and Casino Royale; the best Bond flick ever. --------------------------------------------------------

Television:

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is my main source of news, and that's sad that the only unbiased news show on tv is a fake news show on the Comedy Channel. I also watch South Park, Two and a Half Men, Supernatural, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, La Femme Nikita (off the air), Painkiller Jane, the Simpsons, and my guilty pleasure Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also off the air). -----------------------------------------------------

Books:

The Dark Tower, American Gods, Dune, the DaVinci Code, the Sparrow, the Lord of the Rings, in my youth anything by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the Hero With a Thousand Faces and anything else on mythology. ------------------

Heroes:

All legends and all mythology probably have their bases in fact and in real people. I would like to meet those people and learn who they really are. And for those stories which were made up solely as entertainment or moral stories, I would enjoy meeting their creators. ----------------------- ------------------ ------------------- Aphrodite ~ IsIs ~ Demeter ~ Arinna ~ Yemaya ~ Diana ~ Inanna ~ Ishtar ~ Hecate ~ Brigid ~ Freyja ~ Nammu ~ Astarte ~ Sophia ~ AuLat ~ Maat ~ Minerva ~ Nut ~ Otohime ~ Hathor ~ Mawu ~ Kanayama-hime ~ Luna ~ Kali Ma ~ Quan Yin ~ Selene ~ Kore ~ Amaterasu ~ Pandora ~ Medusa ~ Nathor ~ Venus ~ Gaia ~ Funadama ~ Sedna ~ Iris ~ Corn Mother ~ Dana ~ Kannon ~ Cerridwen ~ Irene ~ Macha ~ Rhiannon ~ Kishimo-jin ~ Hel ~ Mary ~ Benzai-Ten ~ Frigga ~ Vinca ~ Lady of the Beasts ~ Uba ~ Rowan ~ Artemis ~ Ma ~ Ki ~ Gabjauja ~ Lhamo ~ Amentet ~ Gabija ~ Laka ~ Selene ~ Allat ~ Uac Rapito ~ Pavasiya ~ Lahar ~Zemyna ~ Securitas ~ Sechat-Hor ~ Pandara ~ Saps ~ Rheia ~ Ma-Zu ~ Ran ~ Quiritus ~ Prende ~ Kishi-Bojin ~ Flora ~ Mayahuel ~ Chup-Kamui ~ Mafdet ~ Diti ~ Fauna ~ Aradia ~ Kaminari ~ Vaisgamta ~ Atabey ~ Pales ~ Zeme pati ~ Kaupuole ~ Rasyte ~ Marisha-Ten ~ ----------------------------------------------------- Oh Goddess of Love Lend me Your Bright Powers That my essence may Sparkle Draw to me my own True Beloved Spark our beings with the Magic of Love Let no impediment hinder our Path to Ecstacy Guide our Pairing with Wisdom Fill our Hearts with Tender Devotion Let us dance the Love & Passion of Equals Radiant, joyous beings sipping from Eternity's Cup ----------------------------------------------------------- Love brought by Aphrodite is powerful, passionate and affirming. It is not the weak and insecure love that demands you abandon parts of yourself. The Goddess in Her aspect of Aphrodite is an empowering Goddess.True Love is found when you are truly yourself, in all your power and humaness. Aphrodite is attracted to those who dare to be themselves and live life to the fullest. She delights in sharing Her sensuous blessings with all who are open to adventure, self-love and sensual pleasures. She is the heart's Venus.Aphrodite shuns those who are prone to self-pity, recklessness or envy. Her gifts are an expression of the joys of the physical world. She is Life and its many gifts. Her abundance is available to all who seek Her company with an open and generous heart. ---------------------------------

My Blog

Evolution

Where does it come from, this quest? This need to solve life's mysteries, though the simplest of questions can never be answered. Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we'd be be...
Posted by Waiting for Athena on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:52:00 PST

My Bloodstained Rose

Yesterday.I was thinking of you. Voice of an angel.Eyes of sunlit gold.What you asked of me. How it made me feel. Smiling, I changed for you. Grew my hair. Changed my friends.Tattooed my skin. I chose...
Posted by Waiting for Athena on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:35:00 PST

Dreams of Gods

  In 1983 I had the following dream:  I was on a quest to find. . . something. . . and whatever it was could be found on top of a certain mountain. Problem was, there was a monestary in the ...
Posted by Waiting for Athena on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:24:00 PST

Epiphany

  A true Epiphany is a rare event, but it is a moment of insight, where all of a sudden the light breaks through the clouds in your mind and suddenly you understand one more piece of the puzzle t...
Posted by Waiting for Athena on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:37:00 PST

Demon Children

  Okay, here's another dream that has stuck with me for many years. Problem is, I have no idea what it means. Possibly it could just mean 'never go into scary caves with me'.   The initial s...
Posted by Waiting for Athena on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:35:00 PST

Leader of the Pack

  I am the proud owner of four dogs right now, two adults and two puppies, (though one of the puppies is going to a girlfriend soon). They are all Shiba Inu's, which if you don't know what those ...
Posted by Waiting for Athena on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:32:00 PST

Epiphany on Relativity

  I was listening to a lecture on General Relativity recently, a theory which I had struggled to conceptualize for some time.   It was easy for me to integrate Einstein's Special Theory of R...
Posted by Waiting for Athena on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:28:00 PST