Dakotawitch speaks...

Pimping for a fellow Holiday_Wishes Person

2009-11-20T20:49:39Z

Lovely handmade jewelry. I want like...all the earrings....Click for shinies!

Help A Friend Out?

2009-11-20T20:04:42Z

And for once, it's not me :)

My friend thewenchywiccan is going through a rough patch financially right now, as so many of us are. She has a list of awesome books up for sale at her journal, and is also offering her superior witchy wares -- poppets, potions, and the like. Take a look and see if there's anything that strikes your fancy! You can find the goodies here.

I am here..

2009-11-04T19:24:13Z

I have been off LJ since before CMA Samhain for a variety of reasons -- financial stress, my Internet was actually out for a few days, getting ready for CMA Samhain, then being at CMA, then returning to find an epic to do list which has still not abated. I'm trying to catch up on the Flist, but if there is something from the last two weeks you think I need to see, please drop me a comment with a link. I'm going to be caught up with things in the next days, and regular posting will resume.

Not that I think you're all out there waiting to read my ramblings with bated breath, but I know this is the primary way some of you keep tabs on me...

Tarot

2009-10-12T19:04:31Z

Confession time: I'm trying to drum up a little extra cash for CMA this weekend, so I'm still taking reading requests at

dw_divines

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New Content at Betty's Daughter

2009-10-07T02:47:25Z

There is new content up at Betty's Daughter Speaks Out, including a post featuring a story shared by our own lovely chevy49girl

Open Full Moon Thread

2009-10-07T02:33:19Z

Get your Full Moon insight over at dw_divinesPlease feel free to pimp out!

Have deck, will travel

2009-10-01T20:24:46Z

Hey, Dallas area peeps....

Anyone out there throwing a holiday party and looking to hire a Tarot reader? I'm curious about expanding my Tarot experience into this arena. I've done public readings before, and I kinda miss it. I'm also looking to bring in a little extra cash between now and New Years. Rates are reasonable and negotiable....

Request

2009-09-25T15:13:48Z

Hey, Pagan readers,

I'm working on an article that looks at Pagan and Witchcraft books that are marketed specifically to teens. If you have any of these lying aroudn that I can peruse, drop me a comment. Also, if you just have some titles for me to consider, let me know. I'm looking specifically at stuff written for and marketed to teens. I know lots of us read Cunningham, etc., as teens, but the piece I'm doing is a little more focused. (Stuff marketed specifically to teen girls is of special interest.) I'm more interested in the "how to" type of books (Ravenwolf's <u>Teen Witch</u> and its ilk) than in witchy-themed novels, though I will also consider those, especially if they are written by Pagans who also publish the how-to stuff.

I'm on a tightish deadline, and doing my own research (of course),but thought I'd turn to my well-read Flist for some other resources.

My new endeavor

2009-09-23T05:59:39Z

Over at WordPress. Betty's Daugher Speaks Out

There won't be much overlap in content with this LJ -- this is my personal space, and while what I'm talking about over there is personal after a fashion, it is going to be issue focused without the daily stuff. I'll be keeping this blog for my personal exploration, Tarot, etc., and will always link here when I update Betty's Daughter.

I thought some of you might like to see what I'm up to in my role as loudmouthed feminist rabble rouser.

One Card Draw

2009-09-23T04:19:22Z

This is your open one-card draw thread. I will be reading off the Fenestra Tarot.

If you'd like a draw, comment below. If you would like your reading by private email, leave me an address. I'll get to these over the next day to day and a half.

The tip jar is out. Donate if you feel so moved. If you can't at this time, or feel funny about it, that's fine too -- simply pay forward by doing something nice for someone else.

Once More, With Feeling

2009-09-23T04:14:59Z

I met Amber Benson on Saturday. She likes my article idea. She is very sweet.

Full rundown of Houston trip to follow, when I'm more awake.

Show me the money

2009-09-23T04:13:35Z

You will soon see ads on this journal, as in an attempt to earn some extra cash, I've decided to give Google AdSense a go. If it's a royal cluster, I will opt back out, but I can use any little sideline I can get.

Open threads at Dakotawitch Divines!

2009-09-11T17:05:54Z

I've got two open threads -- a one-card Tarot draw and a Medicine Cards draw -- up at dw_divines

Feel free to cruise on over and get some wisdom or insight for the day. Also feel free to pimp the threads and the community. I promise there is more content coming soon, beyond the open threads!

But of course...

2009-09-11T03:09:09Z

...the current President accuratley discussing a section of the health care bill is exactly the same as the former President telling a series of lies that led to more than 4,000 US military deaths.

Never mind, Keith says it better than I ever can...

Tryin' to get it together...

2009-09-03T01:15:33Z

Last night I sat down and made my "HOLY SHIT" master list of all the stuff that's stressing me out. One of my jobs this week is to break that down into categories so that I can start addressing some of the things on it. Two and a half pages of notebook paper. Seriously. I feel better for having it down in front of me, but still....holy shit.

Anyway....

To Dos for the first two weeks of September 2009

Scholarship related tasks
Submit Mothering article
Revise bisexuality article
Submit bisexuality article to editors
Submit abstract to JARM
Peruse calls for papers and flag as needed
Files made for each scholarly project
Finish Folklife articles

Nonacademic writing tasks
Files for each project made
Pull sources for Bitch article
Outline Bitch article
Touch base with Bitch about contributor's agreement
Check upcoming themes for Sagewoman
Check upcoming themes for The Beltaine Papers
Finish and submit three more PanGaia reviews
Check into Examiner writing gigs

Job search related tasks
Peruse job boards daily
Folders made for each job and fellowship app
Due dates on calendar
Update CV with new publishing projects

Freelance related tasks
Put up Craigslist ad
Put up Moonlady ad
Submit DV for dissertation advising service

Career development tasks
Schedule GRE
Follow up with chair at UH

Etsy related tasks
Pay Etsy bill
Take down stagnant listings
Put up new listings

Household related tasks
Photograph sales merchandise
Sales posts
Daily Home Love tasks
15 minutes per day of declutter
Repot garden and toss dead plants

Real life/State of the Dakotawitch

2009-08-28T19:09:19Z

Things have been pretty crazy around here, hence the lack of real updates. I'm trying to get back into the swing of journalling, both here and on paper. So much of the last two or three months has simply been too painful to write about, and there is something about committing it to paper or screen that made it Real in a way that I guess I wasn't ready to handle. However, as I am now emerging from the darkness, I feel like I can take up these pursuits again, and I'm grateful for it.

I am more OK than I expected to be at this point. I still hurt over Bun sometimes, but I also know that right now I'm living the life I'm meant to live -- or at least the beginning stages of it. I am learning to love What Is instead of What Was or What Could Be, which those who have known me longest will realize is a fairly big shift in my concsciousness. I'm starting to get my life back under me and take control back, and while part of that has been a deep sadness at what degree I allowed that control to slip, it feels good. My apartment is slowly becoming mine as I purge the unnecessary and replace what needs replacing. The lovely Betty Bleubird provided me with a "Home Love' routine which is working well for me. My place is no show place, but it is slowly coming together and starting to feel like *mine* rather than the "place I used to share with Bun." There are a number of thigns I will need to replace over the next months -- I could do it all now, but would rather take time to both budget wisely and choose things I really love, rather than choosing replacements for the sake of replacements: dishes, kitchen implements, bed linens, etc. I'm not replacing any large items until I figure out if and when I am moving, though I am getting rid of some things.

Careerwise I'm up in the air. I'm glad I didn't do the breakneck speed move to Houston to do the program at UH. I may still do that -- I put off my application until January, and if they come across with a good financial aid package, and none of the other things I am applying for comes through, I will relocate to th Bayou City to pick up my sociology hours and thus expand my career options. Until then, however, I'm grounded in DFW, and I'm OK with that. I have a metric fuckton of writing projects to get done, and if I were in school and in a new city, I would not be doing them. Plus, I need to know that if I go to Houston, I am going for me. The move to Houston was originally an adventure Bun and I were to have together, and I need to make sure that, if I undertake that move, it is wholly my own. The state of the academic market is rough, but there are jobs and fellowships to be had, so I am exploring all options.

My Mountan View class did not make, which is not the best thing, but I think it will turn out to be a blessing. I need the time to write, and things are busy enough with The Boss and UoP that I am already having a hard time carving out the time I need for my own scholarly pursuits. So I am going to take it as a sign that I need to be writing more than I need to be earning the money I would have gotten from MVC. Besides, now that I am only supporting me, my finances are starting to untangle. Plus, The Boss is now generating new material on the Blaine book, which means I have acres of transcription work, which can be done at home. So I can put in hours on that job at night, or in the early mornings, and still have my writing days at the house. Transcription is actually kind of relaxing for me, and I'm fast at it, so it will work out OK.

I've been quite social the last month and a half. Doing so very casual dating -- and I do mean very casual. I've gone out with three very nice young women, all of whose company I enjoy very much. And that's the extent of it for now -- spending time, enjoying company, getting to know interesting and attractive people, and enjoying the fact that they are enjoying me. I don't need to be involved in anything serious right now, but it's fun to feel attractive and to get to enjoy the fun of meeting new people.

I'm spending time on Facebook of late, which is sort of new, but sort of fun. I have an account from waaaaay back when you had to have a college email to sign up, so if you want to add me, comment here.

Life is beautiful. It is occassionally painful still, and sometimes confusing, and sometimes empty-feeling. But on balance is it full, rich, painted in bright colors and calming neutrals. And most of all, it is mine.

Week of August 24

2009-08-24T20:49:36Z

With the semester starting and The Boss going back into heavy writing mode, things are going to change shape around here a little bit. Full update to come in the next couple of days. In the meantime, you know what to do....

Scholarship related tasks
Folders made for each writing project (already underway, finished by 1 Sept)
Religion and Motherhood article drafted (1 Sept)
Revisions to Bisexuality article (8 Sept)
Touch base with Folklike editor
Print guidelines for Multimedia Encyclopedia
Pull sources for Mulitmedia Encyclopedia
Drafts for Folklife Encyclopedia (1 Oct at the latest)

Teaching related tasks
~~Finish late feedbacks for UoP class (by tonight)~~
Grade Week 2 CheckPoints (by tonight)
Grade DQs (by Friday)
~~Grade DQ threads for participation (by Friday)~~
Weekly Feedbacks for Week 2 (by Friday)
Reminder for CheckPoint (tonight)
Reminder for Assignment (by Friday)
Reminders for late assignments (Wednesday and Saturday, as needed)
New weekly classroom posts (on Sunday)
Respond to student emails and phone calls (daily)

Non-academic writing related tasks
Touch base with Bitch editors about contract
Start pulling sources for Bitch article
Look at themes and calls for other magazines and respond as appropriate

Job Search related tasks
Peruse job boards and DL as necessary
Update CV to include new and forthcoming publications
Touch base with AFA chair about the program chair position
Check into website editor position sent by Sis
Draft Craigslist/Moonlady ad for editing services

Household related tasks
Keep up with daily Home Love tasks
~~Couple loads laundry~~
~~Clean litterbox~~
Clean guinea pig cage
Meal plan
Freecycle
Make Costco list
List new Bookmooch/PaperbackSwap books
Wrap books to be mailed out
Mail books
Mail insurance paperwork
Mail Lily paperwork
Return Irving Library books
Produce run
Take pictures of clothing items to sell
Draft sales posts for inbetweenies an fatshionista (Can't post until next week, but want to have them ready)
Check status of Sallie Mae account
Get Homeowner's insurance debit switched to new account

Dreaming Priestess related tasks
Pack orders
Mail orders
Update Etsy
Pay Etsy bill
Brainstorm new scents and holiday products
Submit ad to Moonlady
Check on status of Quick Books files from Bun (she needs to email them)

Self-care related tasks
15-30 minutes of movement
Go buy yoga classes
Put yoga classes on schedule
Pay for fitness center at SMU for the Fall
Pedicure feet
15 minutes of journal time daily
~~Shop for new bras~~
Organize supplements and take them daily

Baaaaa

2009-08-19T18:24:58Z

[[[Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. They don't have to be the greatest books you've ever read, just the ones that stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.

Copy these instructions and tag your friends - because I'm interested in seeing what books are in your head. ]]]

Ok, here goes....

ravenShadow by Win Blevins
The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Calling the Circle by Christina Baldwin
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham
All Quiet on the Western Front by Eric Maria Remarque
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Orientalism by Edward Said
The Vulnerable Observer by Ruth Behar
Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards
Fargo Rock City by Chuck Klosterman
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horowitz
Cane River by Lalita Tademy
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd

So gay he can start a fire with two sticks and a backhanded compliment..

2009-08-19T16:52:48Z

But seriously, Barney Frank rocks my rainbow-striped, butch little socks. These people are morons. I am all for dissent -- if you don't agree with the health care reform bill, that's fine. But get educated. Don't believe what people like Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, and Glen Beck -- and all their contemptable and ill-informed ilk -- spew. (Malkin's now investigating the family of the little girl who asked Obama a question at the New Hampshire town hall. Seriously.) Get your facts.

Read some history.

Or sit down and shut the fuck up.

Open Thread

2009-08-14T22:49:46Z

There's an open thread at dw_divines so feel free to dop by and get a reading

Donations to the tip jar are appreciated but not required.

If you requested a reading last time, right before my life imploded, I'll be getting that reading to you in the next day.

Goals for the week

2009-08-11T16:11:39Z

Monday was lovely, a nice day to get back into routine and come down from a fabulous weekend. Made even more special by an impromptu pizza date with a new friend -- amazing conversation until nearly midnight is a wonderful treat for a Monday night.

However, it's a busy week, and so.....

Job search related tasks
~~Peruse academic job boards and DL as necessary~~
Peruse nonprofit job boards and DL as necessary
Add new publications to CV
Revise academic CV into nonprofit/corporate appropriate resume
Put relevant due dates on calendar
Make hanging files for each job
~~Email UH about application for January~~

Scholarship related tasks
Make files for each writing project
Put due dates on calendar
Touch base with Folklike editor
~~Send stripped copy of article to Bisexuality editor~~
Pull sources for Religion and Mothering article
Draft Religion and Mothering article (due 1 Sept)
Finish Folklike articles (1 Sept)
Abstract for Mothering article
Look at CFPs for interesting calls

Non-academic writing related tasks
Outline Bitch article
Complete two more PanGaia reviews
Submit Pangaia reviews
Look at upcoming themes for several magazines and pitch as necessary

Housekeeping related tasks
Litterbox cleaned
Pig cage cleaned
Laundry
~~Meal plan made~~
Fridge cleaned
15 minutes per day of declutter
~~Half Price books run~~
Goodwill run

Teaching related tasks
~~Grade final CPs for UoP class~~
Grade final papers for UoP class
Final grades for UoP class (due Sunday)
~~Reminders for new UoP class~~
~~Grade first CPs for UoP class~~
~~New class posts on writing policies for new UoP class~~
~~Verify textbook for MVC class~~
Syllabus for MVC class

Etsy related tasks
Pack orders
Mail orders
Update listings
Touch base with people who might want a show
Pour at least one new scent

Self-care related tasks
15 minutes of journal time
15-30 minutes of daily movement
Pedicure feet

Monday Morning

2009-08-10T16:32:26Z

My life is beautiful.

It is complicated sometimes, and busy, and confusing in turn, but it is beautiful.

Spent a fabulous weekend in Houston with threerings and shotfromthehip , with guest appearances by quietlywatch343 and unkyjar . Drank far too much beer, laughed a lot, talked a lot, and enjoyed the Houston Free Press Summer Fest. Explosions in the Sky, whom we went to go see, was amazing. Octopus Project (whom I love) and The Sword were nice bonuses, and Broken Social Scene was a nice suprise.

Took the Greyhound for insanely cheap, and will do so again.

Slept wonderfully, ate good food, enjoyed good company, and spent time in the Texas sun along the bayou.

My life is filled with so much love, friendship, joy, and abundance.

Request

2009-08-05T16:40:18Z

Tarot readers and other oracular-types on my Flist....

I need a one-card (or whatever) draw, badly, today. Anyone willing to help me out? I'll reciprocate when I'm feeling a bit more centered.

You can either comment here or email me at dakotawitch @ gmail dot com

Bitchin'

2009-08-04T20:18:27Z

Clever readers will infer from the subject line which magazine just bought a story of mine.

Dakotawitch speaks...

Pimping for a fellow Holiday_Wishes Person

Help A Friend Out?

I am here..

Tarot

New Content at Betty's Daughter

Open Full Moon Thread

Have deck, will travel

Request

My new endeavor

Other Readings Available

One Card Draw

Once More, With Feeling

Show me the money

Open threads at Dakotawitch Divines!

But of course...

Tryin' to get it together...

Real life/State of the Dakotawitch

Week of August 24

Baaaaa

So gay he can start a fire with two sticks and a backhanded compliment..

Open Thread

Goals for the week

Monday Morning

Request

Bitchin'