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[August 07, 2010 / 10:37pm] |
I think I might need to get out of this place after all.
Chris, I was wondering if I could talk to you for a minute. If you have time. Before you go off wit [deleted]
I might still be on for that trip after all, Chloe.
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[July 30, 2010 / 3:22am] |
 This can't be happening. I can't breathe. Damn it.
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[June 30, 2010 / 5:59pm] |
He’s never mentioned her before. Who is she? Why do I care…
The quad is really quiet now. I mean, it’s not like he made much noise or anything, but it’s somehow quieter than before. I never thought I would get used to living with someone so much that when they’re gone something feels like something is missing. I guess that’s what I get for letting myself get comfortable with other folks.
Speaking of other folks, I should probably try to call Nate again. Assuming that he’s even got his damn phone on him this time around. Oh, and Chloe — I’m not really sure when I’d want to make that trip. You got any dates in mind that sound good to you?
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[June 25, 2010 / 2:06am] |
This is why I don’t typically do the laundry of a guy. And that doesn’t include the obvious unwanted desire of knowing whether it’s boxers or briefs, either. Although… Well anyway. Now typically when something falls out of the pocket of a pair of pants that don’t belong to me, I don’t pry — but let it be known on record that it fell opened so I couldn’t just avert my eyes, alright? Alright.
But sheeze Chunky, I’m actually beginning to wonder if you’re a closet musclehead or you really are on the ‘roids, considering this picture from your S.T.A.R.S. ID whatever that is [deleted] you weren’t exactly always a mondo huge guy, now were you?
Have to admit, though, you certainly were a little cutie pie (emphasis on the little.) ♥
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[May 22, 2010 / 10:25pm] |
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I don’t know why I put myself through this. Sit around and watch the Food Network when I’m hungry, this is like a slow torture. It wouldn’t be too bad if I knew how to cook like that, then again if I were on a show like Chopped I think I would slowly (or quickly, really) lose my mind to the ingredients I end up being given. This show is psycho, really. I think they really do all lose their minds, some of these things are freaking insane.
Alright, after indulging in the show for a while longer I think I’ll get back to work.
…Maybe.
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[May 17, 2010 / 9:46pm] |
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I am so glad my bedroom door was closed. That was probably the most embarrassing thing that’s happened to me in the longest time, too. Drooled on your notes, really Elena? Really? [deleted] Apparently the coffee that I picked up from the shop last night was decaf or something, because that just didn’t work at all. I really cannot remember the last time that I fell asleep at my computer like this before. At least not to the point that I was drooling. [deleted]
Note to self: Triple check that it’s non-decaf next time you go to the café to pick up some coffee for the night.
That was just… Not so good. Not so good at all.
Or you are joking.
Son of a bi…
Of course he called when I was dead to the world. Fannnntastic.
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[May 08, 2010 / 4:55pm] |
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I didn’t realize it before, Chunky, but I’d met your sister. I think her being in the hospital bed and whatnot, I didn’t think about it. Talking to her, however, I just remembered — I’d gone out for coffee with her before, so I guess the coffee bean intake doesn’t fall far from the family tree for you two. She’s a sweet girl and I’m glad that she’s doing well, all things considered, of course.
I think I’ve just about got this Kali research finished with. Well, the research on herself anyway, there’s still a lot more to do with her dagger, the mythology about that and where to locate it, but that can all wait a bit longer. I’m tired of reading and I think my fingers were cramping up from holding that pen all evening. Now, it’s time to get ready for my evening class and see what they’re telling me about Ra or Zeus today.
Honestly kids, a bit of variety, really now.
Maybe I’ll try to ring Nate before I go…
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[May 01, 2010 / 10:25pm] |
( private )
And of course, monkey-boy is nowhere to be found. Or rather nowhere to be heard from, unless he’s called you, Sully? Either way, I have zero messages and zero phone calls showing on the callerID. I am not surprised at all at this point.
I’m going to forget about it and go back to grading some of these projects. Of course, I was hoping for a few more less widely known gods or goddesses for my students to report on. Maybe the next time that I hand this out as a project, I will tell them to look for some lesser known gods rather than the ones they’re reporting on now. Everyone knows about Zeus — or rather, most people know about him, the point was to pick someone with little roles. Oh well.
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Mythology: Maternal Kali
Another myth depicts time of in which the infant God Shiva calmed the destructive Goddess, Kali. In this story, Kali has again defeated her enemies on the battlefield with her destructive abilities and has begun to dance out of control, drunk on the blood of those she has slain. To calm her and to protect the stability of the world, Shiva is sent onto the battlefield as an infant, crying aloud. Sensing the child's distress, Kali brings her dancing to an end in order to take care of the helpless infant lying before her. She then picks up the child, kisses his head and proceeds to feed the infant Shiva. This myth depicts Kali as her benevolent, maternal aspect of her personality; something that is revered in Hinduism, but not often recognized in the West.
She gets more and more interesting, I think the next thing I have to do though is to work on how she’s depicted in art and the like. After that, I think I might finally be through with her enough that I can get on with the dagger itself, its funny how wrapped up in things that I’ve managed to get into.
It’s funny, but I never thought that I would miss stalker-boy. Maybe I’ll get to see him again sometime, we’ll see.
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[April 08, 2010 / 7:05pm] |
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I’m beginning to think that my stalker has up and found a new target, considering I haven’t seen the man around for a few days at the coffee shop. I do know that the guy was pretty busy with, well, something or other — to be honest, he’s never really mentioned what it is that he’s doing here, just that he’s on some sort of business, whatever that may be. But like I said, it’s been a while so I wonder if he’s finished whatever it was that he came here to do? Either way, the coffee chatter isn’t nearly as amusing without someone else to talk too; really it just makes me look like a psychopath talking to myself.
Even with breaks from this Kali research, I’m beginning to lose my mind on it. I think I just might have to stop the teaching business and look into going back to just being a researcher on my own, I feel like I barely have time for anything right now. And I know that the students come first, of course they do, I never look at my findings until I’m done grading things and making sure I have my lesson plans all put together — but that’s the problem. I barely have time for plans and the like, how am I supposed to keep up with my researching? I know the solution is to stop one or the other, but I don’t know that I could do that. I really love my class and I really love my other work.
I guess I’ll just have to give it a bit more time.
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[February 12, 2010 / 11:35pm] |
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This is really getting awkward. Maybe I do have a stalker? Oh well, at least he’s a cute stalker and is rather interesting to talk too.
I tried to call Nate, but he’s not answering. No surprise there, really. I should be used to that and I’m not, why am I never used to that? I need to just stop thinking I can call him whenever I’d like apparently.
Besides, I’m busy with my work. I don’t know why I keep thinking he’ll call. He’s off on some grand adventure, I’m not a part of his life for the moment. [deleted] I should get back to my research and get everything in order for the rest of the article and whatnot. I suppose this means it’s time to go to the library, finish reading up on this goddess and then get to work on finishing the rest of my students’ papers graded. They’re doing so well, I’m really proud of them.
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[February 06, 2010 / 8:05pm] |
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That was unexpected.
I think I’ve managed to get a coffee buddy out of this guy, weird. We just keep ending up there at the same time, it seems. Well that’s interesting, unexpected, but interesting nonetheless. Could be worse I suppose.
The research project that I’ve given my class seems to be going well enough. What happens next, I think, is to tell them to get it down to a minimal and base it into an article for a column in a magazine or some such, probably something like National Geographic. All in all I think that it’s going well enough for the time being.
I am getting somewhat droopy though, maybe my caffeine high’s finally wearing off. I’m going to finish grading these tests and then go to sleep.
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I found my old recorded shows and God, looking back at them, I look awful on the camera but I suppose that doesn’t really matter considering I’m not the treasure I’m going on about throughout the series. I had forgotten about this one, it’s interesting, really, because I just realized that I’d heard about Nate for the first time while I was in Egypt filming this. But anyway, if you still want to look them over be my guest, Mr Mulder, but there isn’t anything like undead Spaniards in any of the episodes that got recorded. Just lost treasures, their histories and how we went about finding them which I suppose I find incredibly fascinating.
I think I’m going to head into town to get some coffee, read over the works of Kali in the books I’ve ganked from the library and see what more I can come up with considering I haven’t got any classes this afternoon, I think it’s probably the best time to go about that. Reminds me, though that I have to yank out my folders with some tests I gave the kids to take last Friday. I should probably get on grading those. I can’t believe I’ve put them off this long, geez…
Oh right, Sully — thanks for the ‘heads up’ about Nate. Not that it matters since you forgot mostly everything and he won’t call until he’s back in town, but the thought was sweet. [deleted]
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Mythology
The most famous of myths involving Kali begins with the goddess Durga and her assistants known as Matrikas. Along with her Matrikas, Durga binds a demon by the name Raktabija in a variety of ways with an exceptional amount of weapons in an attempt to destroy him. However, this particular demon is blessed with a promise from the gods he is working for, that when a drop of his blood reaches the ground a duplicate of his body is born in the form of a clone as his complete equal, both on terms of ability and stature.
Durga’s battle with the demon consists of his binding and being beaten which of course leads to many a drop of blood reaching the ground and thus an overbearing quantity of clones are bred from his life source. This causes the battlefield to become covered in clones and the war seems to be lost to Durga and her Matrikas. To resolve this, she then summons the assistance of the goddess Kali then known as the annihilator, who easily overpowers the demon and his clones and brings calm to the battlefield with a victory for Durga.
The more and more I read about this goddess, the more and more interesting she becomes. I might have to go ahead and have my students look up and do research projects on their own Hindu god or goddess of their choice.
Actually, that’s not a bad idea.
There are a lot of them to go through, to be honest and they’re all neatly knit together too. If not a god or goddess, then even the demons. Most if not all of the demons are incredibly fascinating, so why not put them into it as well?
But to do with Kali I think I’m going to have to go back and take another look over her origins, I’ve found a large amount of information to do with her origins and various different names, too. That means there’s a lot more to her than I originally thought and if I don’t know all the information, how can I possibly find one of her possessions? It might be called the ‘Dagger of Kali’ but that doesn’t mean it didn’t belong to one of her other forms. I need to know everything before I even think of hiring people to maybe find this artifact.
Oh well. Back to work, I suppose.
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