In Norse Mythology the World Tree, Yggdrasil, is the center of the nine worlds

I am adventuring in a far away land, and my heart is no longer here nor there, materially in one place, spiritually in another - It now finds its home in cyberspace, inextricably bound to the World Tree, whereby it may remain connected to every world in which I have ever lived. Let our minds leave our private worlds, let our thoughts, ideas and experiences course freely through the roots and branches of Yggdrasil where they may be shared and united.


"An Ash I know, Yggdrasil its name,With water white
is the great tree wet; Thence come the dews
that fall in the dales, Green by Urth's well does it ever grow.
Thence come the maidens
mighty in wisdom, Three from the dwelling
down 'neath the tree; Urth is one named,
Verthandi the next,--On the wood they scored,--
and Skuld the third. Laws they made there, and life allotted
To the sons of men, and set their fates."

- From the "Voluspo" in the Edda of Snorri Sturleson

Friday, January 11, 2008

Butler, Beer and Buddies

Went out Friday night with Irene and Mary Catherine (co-workers at Rennaisance Montessori) to see the new Gerard Butler/Hilary Swank movie P.S. I Love You. I really enjoyed it -both Butler and Swank have awesome versatility as actors, and they had good chemisrty together, which was surprising cuz i never woulda seen that. The movie is funny, sweet, sad , endearing and original. My only real complaint was that there was one too many weird kissing scenes, like the characters were bent on kissing anyone and everyone to find out if they were the 'right one', especially Hilary Swanks BFF, played by Lisa Kudrow, but then again she was supposed to be extreme and ditzy for comic relief, so, what can ya' do? Anyway, overall, i'd say it's worth the $, i liked it, but it's definitely chick flick material.

Anyways, afterwards we met up with some girls from the local Catholic YA group, and hit O'Meara's for a pint, in the spirit of the movie. It was really nice to just hang out, chat and get to know some cool new people.


Irene, Maria, Gina, Mary Catherine, Amanda


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