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Things have been going pretty well around here. The buzz from Hawaii has worn off and tomorrow is another work week. The weekend was typical. On Saturday we got together for my sisters graduation party at the park. It was supposed to be just the girls, but us guys ended up crashing the party. I hadn't seen some of the relatives in a while so it was a good opportunity to see everyone and just catch up. Actually I should rephrase that, catching up meant everyone started asking about my trip and which island I went to and did I enjoy myself etc... I don't understand why everyone asked which island I went to. Honolulu island is the main populated one. Where the fuck would I stay on the other islands? Sunday was fun. I mostly slept in because Saturday was a late night and when I did wake up, I had to get ready for a early dinner at my aunts house. That was fun as always. They really know good conversation which in my family is hard to come by if you're looking for something outside family gossip. After we ate, we all enjoyed a cup of good Armenian coffee(i love my jet fuel). I wanted to read my coffee cup and I had it turned upside down in my saucer and noticed that my aunt, mom and uncle had done the same. After a few minutes, I turned my cup over and took a look. Nothing. Of course thats what I see in my own cup. I don't think I did it right... Next, my aunt turned her cup over and handed it to my grandma for a reading. She isn't very good because she doesn't know how to do it properly like her mom who refused to teach anyone. After a failed examination, I asked her for the cup and took a look. I saw a bunch of stuff in her cup and gave her a decent reading. Next, my mom handed me hers and had me give her a reading, which I was more than happy to do. After their readings, it was my uncles turn. I have to say his cup had the best reading, from all of us. After all was said and done, everyone was rather amazed at my skill. Shit, even I was surprised. I mean I don't doubt my ability, but its just when I try to read my own cup, I hardly ever see anything. Anyways, it kind of got me thinking about looking further into coffee cup reading and the lot. Now that I have it swirling around in my head I kinda want to possibly pursue it, but I also want to first work on my runes and tarot before coffee cups. I guess since I'm already decent at it, I can put it on the back burner and focus on runes and tarot especially. It think thats one of the few aspects of the craft that I need to focus on right now. Most everything I have down pat for what I'm looking at learning, but divination needs some work. In the mean time, if anyone wants their coffee cup read, hit me up and we can work something out...lol
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Found It (Old Post)

I've always read about how a witch can connect to nature and the divine energy through a single blade of grass. When I left for Las Vegas, I had the feeling that I wasn't gonna be able to have that connection until I got back. It turned out to be true for the majority of the trip. Being surrounded by all this city life I felt uncomfortable without any nature. It wasn't until we were at the MGM grand waiting for our car did that feeling leave me. I was standing in between the building and there came a strong wind. As soon as it hit me, I felt better. The wind surrounded me and I felt the energy lift me. Like I said in my elemental me blog entry, air took away my feeling of being uncomfortable. Right now as we leave the city of Las Vegas, I start to feel better and better. I am definitely going to a park and enjoy the nature when we get back.

This post was something I had written on my phone that I planned on posting, but for some reason it never made it. I feel it still needs to be shared.

Anniversary

Today marks the two year anniversary of my conscious decision to begin my path in Wicca. I hadn't realized it until a couple of hours ago when I was getting ready for my Esbat ritual. I pulled out my book of shadows because I needed to look something up, and I opened it to the first page of my book which contains my book blessing/simple prayer. I noticed the date at the bottom that I had written to be June 15, 2009. My first reaction was shock. How did I miss this important date? It had been on my mind, but the date I had in mind was about nine days earlier which was June 6, 2009. After the initial shock, I felt really overwhelmed. I whirlwind of emotions filled me and I almost burst into tears from joy. When I composed myself, I stopped and thought back on the previous year and all that I had accomplished. It truly brought a smile to my face when I thought back at the years accomplishments. I have grown so much as a person both spiritually and physically. I can honestly say that I'm exactly where I want to be spiritually at this point in time. I know this post is a bit scattered and unorganized, but its just when I think about it, I become overcome with emotion. In a few days, I will put up another post when I'm a bit less excited explaining things better. I know the Goddess smiles down on me tonight as she fills the sky with her full moon. I wish all of you Love, Light, and Divine Blessings.
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Getaway part2

So I had to cut the first part of this short because I was running late to the luau. Boy, that was definitely an amazing experience. It felt as though we were back in the old times where the old religion was present and the people lived off the land. The unique Hawaiian culture reminded of those times. I thought to myself how amazing it must be to live in a place with such deep cultural roots. I often get the impression that this idea has been lost back home. It's like our grandparents always said, "You kids are so Americanized these days, you have no connection to your roots. It seems our heritage will die with my generation." I have to admit even I have fallen prey to that fact. However, it was short lived to much of my relief. Actually, I probably have one of the stronger connections to my people. The reason for this is that I chose to follow the old religion. I chose to continue what my great ancestors left behind in order to escape war. The Armenians were originally Pagan people like many other peoples around the world. Unfortunately, they had to abandon those beliefs quiet forcefully because of the Ottomans or modern day Turkey. Now I'm just going to leave it at that because I seem to have fallen into a ramble which seems weird to say seeing as how I could easily just delete what I wrote and continue like nothing changed. But that wouldn't be fair. I want to keep my blog as raw as possible. Urgh, this ramble has cost me a considerable amount of time. It looks like I'll have to turn in cuz I want to catch a quick swim in the moonlight before I head to bed.

BLESSED BE~

Getaway part1

So as some if you may already know, I recently went on a trip to Hawaii. I'm actually still currently on that trip as I write this up. Anyway, the trip was really a great adventure. I was really able to take in the culture and experience a lot of different things. On the day that I arrived, after I checked in at the resort, I headed down to historic Pearl Harbor. I took a tour of the SS Missouri which was really interesting as well as hot and kind of cramped. On the second day, I headed down to Wikiki. I was planning on going down to the beach that's famous here, but unfortunately, the GPS on the rental was being strange and didn't lead me to the right place. Luckily there was a galleria area near the beach and I ended up doing some gift shopping. After filling up my bag with goodies to take back home, I walked over to a California Pizza Kitchen(what it was doing so far from home, I will never know...) . I had a quick bite to eat then headed out to make the hour long drive out of the main city down to the resort. I was smart enough to leave the air on before I left for the day so I came back to a very cool room. I took off my shoes and jumped onto my bed. I was still a bit jet-lagged so I ended up falling asleep after only an hour. The next morning, I headed down to the restaurant in the resort for a bit of breakfast. After quickly scanning the menu, I decided upon a traditional Hawaiian breakfast called Loco Moco; boy was it loco. The dish consisted of a plate full of steamed rice with a burger patty on top with a fried egg on top all covered in a delicious gravy. I have to admit, it looked a bit strange, but still a part of me kept saying, "just try it,"so I ended up licking my plate clean.
The next day, I headed down to Honolulu for a little museum hopping(yeah cuz I'm a nerd). I made my way down to Bishop museum which showcased a lot of items pertaining to Hawaiian culture and heritage. After that, I headed to the Pacific Aviation Museum near Pearl Harbor. That trip was fairly good, but honestly war planes aren't high on my list, but it was still informative. To round out the rest of the day which was still fairly early thanx to screwed up sleep patterns that had me up at 6 in the morning, I headed down by Wikiki again and saw the famous King Kamehameha statue as well as the palace. There's going to have to be a part two to all this because I'm headed to a Luau in a few so I need to get ready for that.