Chasing Down A Daydream

Hey! I'm Meagan, 24, Aquarius sun, Gemini moon. I like traveling and zodiac stuff. My blog is a mess of tv shows, books, astrology, and pictures of the sky, message me anytime!

[thegodsaremyhome]

Offerings for Aphrodite

Incense/Candles: A pretty simple offering. Use ones with scents that she’s associated with or that remind you of her. Rose and ocean scents, as well as myrrh, apple, and myrtle, are all candle or incense scents you could offer. I personally, though not typically associated with Her, offer strawberry incense that smells really sweet and reminds me of Her.

Roses: Anything rose related. A whole rose, the petals, or even rose water! Roses are one of Aphrodite’s sacred plants and I’m sure she’ll appreciate it greatly.

Chocolate: I’ve never actually tried this offering myself, but I hear She loves chocolate!

Orgasms: Another one I’ve yet to try but, seeing as She’s the Goddess of love and pleasure, it’s a very popular thing to offer.

Apples: Especially ones yellow/golden in color. 

Jewelry: Offer her a piece of jewelry and keep it on your altar when not wearing it.

Makeup, lotion, perfume, etc.: You could offer your beauty products to Her! Bonus points if they’re colors or scents that remind you of Her.

Art: Any form of art that you made for Her. A story, poetry, sculptures, drawings, anything! And don’t fuss over it beings absolutely perfect for our lovely Goddess, She will love it and think it’s perfect no matter what because you made it and you made it for Her.

Seashells: Especially scallop and abalone shells. Decorate your altar to Her with them! You could even use a scallop shell as the offering bowl on your altar for Her.

Olive oil: The olive tree was very important in Greek culture and it’s branches, as well as olive oil, were given as offerings often! So it’s a pretty safe bet.

Honey: Call me out if I’m wrong but I believe honey was also important in Greek culture. Bees are also associated with Aphrodite so honey would make a good offering.

A letter: Pretty simple! Just write a letter to Her! You can tell her anything you want!

Cinnamon

[timesomewhere]

I will simply NEVER shut up about how each of the Crows have a parallel character who then foils them in other ways.

Nina and Jesper are both outgoing, flirtatious characters who struggle with addiction. However, Nina's addiction was something she induced to save herself and the others, and something she knew she would have to fight to overcome. On the other hand Jesper spends most of the books in denial of his addiction, and it has dire consequences (Inej's stabbing and his father's farm being put at risk.) They are both Grisha, something that has had a devastating impact on both of their lives, however, Nina was able to grow up learning to harness her powers and Jesper was taught to fear his instead.

Matthias and Inej are both faith-driven people with strong beliefs. However, where Inej's beliefs have made her stronger and positively guided her decisions, Matthias' have made him full of hatred and eventually lead him to his death. Their respective romances cause them to go against part of their beliefs, or, in Matthias' case, completely unlearn them. They also both arrive in Kerch a captive and spend their first few months there imprisoned in some way.

Wylan and Kaz are the only characters who grow up in the same country, and while their class differences mean they begin their lives in very different ways, this does not stop them from arriving in the same place. Both of their stories in the Barrel begin with them narrowly escaping death, dragging themselves out of a canal and simply making the decision not to die no matter what the cost. Morally they are starkly opposite, with Wylan being the only Crow to blatantly confront Kaz on his actions and motives throughout the series. They are both quick-thinkers and good liars. By the end of Crooked Kingdom, Wylan begins to match Kaz' intelligence when it comes to 'criminal mastermind' thinking. They are also the only Crows who subvert expectations from their own POV, making you think they've failed when actually that was the plan all along. (They also have the same number of 'WANTED' posters in that one scene in CK.)

[novelconcepts]

The defintion of hell is knowing a show is incredibly well-received in its first season, but if people don’t become machines churning out tweets, content, and rewatching 24/7, there’s no likelihood it’ll get a chance to tell its whole story. This shit is madness. Shows in different genres shouldn’t have to pit-battle for dominance. First seasons are MEANT to be baselines establishing worlds and characters, not complete storylines. The idea that this golden age of television has turned into “get it done in one or get out” is revolting.

[djgrannyglasses]

I like both Katie and Jeanette.

That might be unpopular.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[huhuahuhuah-deactivated20210203]

i know pansexuality is not just going to dissapear just because its inherently transphobic and biphobic, but when celebrities can say shit like “I always hated the word “bisexual, because that’s even putting me in a box.” in regards of being pansexual. and still no one can see how pansexuality directly harms bi people. 

how many times tv shows and movies about lgbt issues have shied from saying bisexual by saying “no labels”, and how they’ve found a new way to avoid saying bisexual. how this feeling of “bisexuality is too restricting” has become so mainstream, how so many people are convinced pansexuality is freer, more fluid than bisexuality. how dating a trans person automatically makes u “not fit” into bisexuality.

its just so sad

[haonsowmqpoznwk-blog]

[normal-with-adhd-is-a-joke]

This is the bare minimum of decent human behavior for ANY gender. If you are an adult and someone who is not an adult wants to have a relationship with you, it is your duty to, at bare minimum, turn them away.

[glorious-spoon]

and like... having crushes on adults is a Normal Adolescent Thing, but it doesn’t mean they’re ready for--or for that matter, want--an actual relationship with said adult. it’s a goddamn developmental phase for kids working out their sexuality, and treating it as a chance to get laid is fucking monstrous.

[bendingsignpost]

Recommended tactics to deal with a child hitting on you:

“kiddo”

“buddy”

inform a friend to ensure you’re never left alone with them

refer to own age in conversation

“yeah, I know I look young, but you wouldn’t BELIEVE how awkward it is being mistakenly hit on by a teenager!”

upon that child turning 18:

“Happy birthday, kiddo!”

“Have you registered to vote yet?”

“Man, being a baby adult was so hard, good luck with that”

[awed-frog]

And as a reminder, teenagers often have crushes on older and/or unavailable people like celebrities precisely because psychologically/emotionally they’re not ready to have a relationship. On a subconscious level, fantasizing about someone you know you can’t be with allows you to experiment with your emotions in a safe way. And obviously an adult taking advantage of that will disrupt the entire thing.

[stateoffelicity]

Sign the Petition

Justice for Lakeith Smith and A’Donte Washington!

Please sign the petition!!!

[vpiuke-deactivated20240227]

if you can, not only sign but also donate to his GoFundMe, run by his mother and cousin. Lakeith has been denied visitation from any family members for the two years he’s been at the correctional facility. he has a daughter who was born after he was arrested that he has been never allowed to see. lets get him out of there.

https://gf.me/u/ykgw4w

#JusticeForLakeithSmith Campaign organized by Lakeith Smith

Trying to raise at least $30,000 for lawyer to get guaranteed appeal release #BLM… Lakeith Smith needs your support for #JusticeForLakeithSm

[ololygas]

writers & lovers, lily king

[sparebutton]

Now that it’s 2021 that means anything that came out in 2001 will be 20 years old so here’s a bunch of movies that will be 20 this year

[mistermustachio]

[afrorevolution]

[zzzz-m]

☝☝☝☝☝☝

[hankhillexpress]

JESUS CHRIST 

[bringiton]

“Sure, what’s a pair of knickers between cousins?” Louisa Harland as Orla McCool in Derry Girls (2018–)

[whitepeopletwitter]

[reasonandempathy]

[liquidstar]

anyone else get the constant fear that there are unspoken social rules you dont know about (especially in new situations, like when i first started taking the bus, i was afraid i was doing it wrong lol) so youre just always on edge and kind of… watching how other people act so you can copy the “correct” thing to do

[twitblr]

My free time includes me time and that means me without you time. (x)

[shitidoinmysparetime]

I listened to the audio version of Hidden Valley Road a few weeks ago and enjoyed it. The book is about the Galvin family, which was comprised of parents Don Sr. and Mimi and their 12 children–six of whom have schizophrenia.I had two major takeaways from this book. The first is that even though schizophrenia is basically like, the prototypical mental illness, we still don’t actually understand it very well/at all. Despite over a hundred years of research on the subject, we’re still very much in the dark about what schizophrenia is and how to treat it.

Part of this is–SHOCKINGLY–the fault of drug companies. Apparently they developed the two types of drugs that are used to treat schizophrenia back in the 1950s and have more or less just been riffing on them ever since. These drugs are largely just sedatives and cause such horrible side effects that two of the Galvin brothers DIED from them, but they’re cheap and easy to make. So who cares, I guess?

My second takeaway is a little harsh, but kind of a duh: Don’t have 12 children. A lot of what happened in the Galvin family happened because so many members of it were ill, but plenty of the dysfunction was due to the fact that there were too may children for the parents to effectively, you know, PARENT them. Both of the daughters were molested by multiple older siblings, something that happened because their parents’ attention was so hopelessly divided. The Galvins clearly loved their kids and fought for them, but I couldn’t help but think that I’d have been reading a very different story if there’d been, say, four Galvin kids instead of twelve.

Overall, a great read. I definitely recommend it.