The Mortician in Training

A Personal Blog ab The Experiences of a Transgender Hellenist

[secondhandvampire]

My Goals to "Win at Life"

This is my list of things I want to accomplish in my life. I'm writing it here to hopefully inspire you to do the same so neither one of us ends up wasting half of our lives petrified in a state of overwhelming confusion and fear.

I want to post more creative things online regularly. ( I make fashion content on YouTube and arguably Instagram though that might become geared more towards my traditional art in the near future)

I want to join and audition in my local community theatre in the warmer months that my disability will allow me to.

I want to set a habit to write more regularly and send it to magazines to publish as well as online sites (hey! like right now!)

I want to paint and make physical art and donate it to my favorite cafe as well as other spaces in my community (maybe in the future I'll even create murals again)

writing my aspirations down help me visualize and achieve them and I hope this reminds and/or convinces you to do the same!

I just graduated (yay class of 26!!) and I am struggling to figure out how to replace the time I used to save for school and school adjacent activities :/ I suppose that means you'll be hearing from me more :D as well as making more moneyyyyy at my job >:9

[charlesoberonn]

The boulder pushing punishment is iconic. But I think more people should know the reason Sisyphus was punished to begin with, which was for cheating death, twice.

The first time he cheated death, Sisyphus had just angered Zeus by revealing the location of the Asopid Aegina whom Zeus abducted. Which is super valid, fuck Zeus.

Sisyphus knew that Zeus would send the god of death Thanatos after him, so he prepared a trap and trapped Thanatos in the chains meant for him.

After that, nothing on Earth was able to die so long as Thanatos was in chains. Which meant no animals could be sacrificed to the gods. This angered the gods, who made Sisyphus' life so miserable with pain and illness that he would beg for death. And so he released Thanatos.

But then came the second time Sisyphus cheated death. As he was dying, he asked his wife to dump his naked corpse in the middle of the public square. Denied a proper burial, his soul ended up on the far side of the river Styx, unable to cross.

He complained to Hades and Persephone about how his wife disrespected him, and begged them to let him return briefly to the world of the living to scold her and make her bury him properly. They agreed, and Sisyphus returned to life. He then embraced his wife, and refused to return to the Underworld.

It's only when he finally died of old age that he was sent to Tartarus and punished with the boulder.

I don't remember where I've seen it, but I like the interpretation that Sisyphus doesn't have to push the boulder. He can choose to stay in Tartarus and rest. But he was promised that if he managed to push the boulder to the top of the mountain, he'll ascend to Elysium.

And Sisyphus, in his stubbornness and cleverness, refuses to give up on a challenge.

One must indeed imagine Sisyphus happy, planning and scheming about how he'll cheat the gods next.

[secondhandvampire]

Happy Earth Day!!! 🌍

Hail Lady Gaia!

On this day it is of utmost importance that we share the effects we as a society are having on our environment and what we can do to stop and/or reverse the effects.

Some ways you can help:

Start A Home Compost Bin for Your House Scraps

Buy Local Whenever You Can

Reuse Glass Jars Your Food Comes In

Plant Native Flora

Organize A Volunteer Clean Up Group

Air-Dry Your Laundry

Repair Your Old Clothes instead of Throwing Them Out

Take Advantage of Your Areas Public Transportation

Recycle Old Electronics & Batteries

Foster A Safe Environment for Native Bees

These are also great acts of devotion in regards to Lady Gaia if you are a Hellenic Polytheist such as myself :]