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Diary of a Wolf Spirit
Running Ink
Created on 2001-07-31 20:18:11 (#283366), last updated 2009-11-20
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Basic Info| Name: | Raen |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 1976-09-22 |
| Location: | Denver, Colorado, United States |
BioThis is the point you're wondering... who is this person, and do I want to read the odds and ends of their life?
Well, opening up this journal is like cracking open the door to peak at who I am. You're not going to get everything. What you are going to get are snippets of me... memories that I want to hold onto, ideas that cross into my head long enough to get nailed to a digital medium before I forget them, oddments that you may or may not want to read. If you read here, you're going to find that I'm a lot of things: a loving mate (and I will talk about![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
last_bastion endlessly), a loyal friend, an artist who argues with her muse, a would be poet and a writer who struggles with her words, and a non-boot-stomping feminist. I pray to many gods and have woven a spiritual path out of many tapestries. I am a wolf spirit. I walk listening for the voices of the trees and the wind, feeling the close comfort of the ground beneath my feet, and always embracing the refuge of the places that man has not 'tamed'. I am equal parts ordinary, extraordinary, insane and grounded, weak and powerful, brave and afraid, fragile and made of fucking adamantium. I am a walking contradiction... or, in simpler terms, I'm human.
If you want to read, go ahead. I hide very little about myself. I have only two requests. If you start reading, let me know who you are and why you deciced to read my journal. Second, if you do happen to know my real name, don't use it here. Raen works just fine... in fact, I've gotten so accustomed to it that I respond to it just as readily as my actual name.
That said... onto the original reality show: the blog.
Raen.
LEXICON OF RAEN
Rain Shadow:(noun) (1) A region of reduced rainfall on the lee side of high mountains. (2) Varient spelling, 'Raenshadoe'; A strange migratory woman of a wolfish spirit currently living in Colorado. Abbreviation: Raen.
Mouse:(verb) (1) To obsess strongly over something for a period of time. Example: Over the last month, I have been completely mousing vampire games...
Grok:(verb) (1) To understand something not simply on an intellectual level, but deeply spiritually and emotionally as well. (2) To understand in the fiber of one's being, not simply as a concept. Origin: Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlin.
Pack:(noun) (1) A group of domesticated animals trained to hunt or run together. (2) A group of often predatory animals of the same kind. (3) An assocation of friends so close to Raen that she has no other sensical way of referring to them except for as part of her 'pack'.
Squishy:(adj) (1)The state of being misty eyed because a thing was very touching. Example:last_bastion started telling me how beautiful I am and it made me all squishy.
Stuff important to Raen.
http://www.wolfeducation.org/
~A Colorado based wolf sanctuary focused on teaching the public about wolves. Victims of one of the worst smear campaigns in human history. Please take the time to read and understand.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
~Addicted to shopping? A consumer by nature? Take a look at the process and understand it a little better.
http://www.equalrightscolorado.org/site/c.qkI0KeMWItF/b.3809035/k.30A5/Equal_Rights_Colorado_Home_P
~A Colorado based non-profit organization pursuing equal rights on an issue to issue basis.
http://www.hrc.org/
~Because being gay shouldn't make you less human.
Well, opening up this journal is like cracking open the door to peak at who I am. You're not going to get everything. What you are going to get are snippets of me... memories that I want to hold onto, ideas that cross into my head long enough to get nailed to a digital medium before I forget them, oddments that you may or may not want to read. If you read here, you're going to find that I'm a lot of things: a loving mate (and I will talk about
last_bastion endlessly), a loyal friend, an artist who argues with her muse, a would be poet and a writer who struggles with her words, and a non-boot-stomping feminist. I pray to many gods and have woven a spiritual path out of many tapestries. I am a wolf spirit. I walk listening for the voices of the trees and the wind, feeling the close comfort of the ground beneath my feet, and always embracing the refuge of the places that man has not 'tamed'. I am equal parts ordinary, extraordinary, insane and grounded, weak and powerful, brave and afraid, fragile and made of fucking adamantium. I am a walking contradiction... or, in simpler terms, I'm human.If you want to read, go ahead. I hide very little about myself. I have only two requests. If you start reading, let me know who you are and why you deciced to read my journal. Second, if you do happen to know my real name, don't use it here. Raen works just fine... in fact, I've gotten so accustomed to it that I respond to it just as readily as my actual name.
That said... onto the original reality show: the blog.
Raen.
LEXICON OF RAEN
Rain Shadow:(noun) (1) A region of reduced rainfall on the lee side of high mountains. (2) Varient spelling, 'Raenshadoe'; A strange migratory woman of a wolfish spirit currently living in Colorado. Abbreviation: Raen.
Mouse:(verb) (1) To obsess strongly over something for a period of time. Example: Over the last month, I have been completely mousing vampire games...
Grok:(verb) (1) To understand something not simply on an intellectual level, but deeply spiritually and emotionally as well. (2) To understand in the fiber of one's being, not simply as a concept. Origin: Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlin.
Pack:(noun) (1) A group of domesticated animals trained to hunt or run together. (2) A group of often predatory animals of the same kind. (3) An assocation of friends so close to Raen that she has no other sensical way of referring to them except for as part of her 'pack'.
Squishy:(adj) (1)The state of being misty eyed because a thing was very touching. Example:
last_bastion started telling me how beautiful I am and it made me all squishy.Stuff important to Raen.
http://www.wolfeducation.org/
~A Colorado based wolf sanctuary focused on teaching the public about wolves. Victims of one of the worst smear campaigns in human history. Please take the time to read and understand.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
~Addicted to shopping? A consumer by nature? Take a look at the process and understand it a little better.
http://www.equalrightscolorado.org/site/c.qkI0KeMWItF/b.3809035/k.30A5/Equal_Rights_Colorado_Home_P
~A Colorado based non-profit organization pursuing equal rights on an issue to issue basis.
http://www.hrc.org/
~Because being gay shouldn't make you less human.
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