Lessons from Lugh

I wasn't at all prepared for yesterday's ritual, in the sense of having any awareness that I was supposed to *prepare* for it. My own damn fault, really, for not paying attention closely enough...though it took most of what I had simply to show up. Anyway. There was a point during which we were supposed to offer thanks to Lugh for whatever lessons or gifts we gained through his patronage over the last year.

I sat there for a while, stunned. First off, I wasn't prepared. But after that, I realized I'd done almost nothing with Lugh that year at all. And I couldn't think of a single way in which working with him had superceded other work I was already doing. And then it hit me: his tale was a teaching tale for me, but in the way of a cautionary tale rather than one after which I wanted to model my life. ( to 'splain a bit )

stunning moment of self-awareness

At some point last week, akaashben mentioned that I should try Pandora.com as a mind-expanding musical experience. I started on Friday and had some fun with the whole thumbs up/thumbs down experience. They seem to be narrowing some things down -- I heard a song that I liked, only to click on it and discover that I'd already given it a thumbs-up. So I'm consistent.

Sadly, a song just came on which I liked. Why do I say "sadly," you ask? Well, it's kind of a soft-rock romantic groove thing (so sue me), and when I clicked over to my Pandora window to give it a thumbs up, I saw the artist: Lionel Ritchie. Overcome by the panic of uncool, I gave it a thumbs down and then had to go back and change that to a more honest thumbs up. ::sigh:: Gotta go with accuracy if I want this to work, right? I redeemed myself by immediately liking the next piece to come up: Don't Think Just Move, by Acroma. And, no, I wouldn't have clicked any old thing that wasn't Lionel Ritchie. :) Seriously considering setting up another station just to isolate all the uncoolness that I really love.