1. Abby, I woke up with Mary Prankster stuck in my head this morning. I blame you.

2. Have many thoughts about 300. ( Cut for some spoilers.Collapse )

Which reminds me of a Buffy quote:

Gwendolyn Post: Faith, do you know who the Spartans were?
Faith: Wild stab-- a bunch of guys from Spart?

3. Speaking of Buffy, it's the 10th anniversary of the show! I have a whole sappy fandom post about How Buffy Changed My Life OMG, but it'll have to wait a little longer.

4. My zills came in! They are clang-y goodness. Now I can practice and not look like a chimpanzee. Goodness.

Erm, I think that's all I've got right now. I mean-- beads beads beads, 'cause I've got a sort of obsessive personality and a one-track mind at present, but nothing really interesting. I'm kind of boring today.

The Shadow: The Shadow describes the part of the psyche that an individual would rather not acknowledge. It contains the denied parts of the self, often the result of the way an individual learns to cope with a traumatic experience. Since the self contains these aspects, they surface in one way or another. Bringing Shadow material into consciousness drains its dark power, and can even recover valuable resources from it. The greatest power, however, comes from having accepted your Shadow parts and integrated them as components of your Self.

I've been doing a lot of private and paper journaling, processing through the emotional fallout of my relationship with Skyler, and working out how I feel about the way he's working on himself. It's been very helpful to be able to name and give voice to my feelings. When I understand them, when I understand their roots, I can more easily grasp how to take action and heal. Though I am not undergoing therapy for Shadow Work (though I may take the Women In Power course in September), I have been working on my own personal Shadows, and this is something that requires a great deal self-honesty.

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Addendum to my earlier commentary on 300. Non-spoilery.

And so, so true.