My mental health has been in an EXTREMELY bad place lately. I mean, Mom's recovering well from her stroke, which is good, but there haven't been a lot of other positives lately. It doesn't help that I'm turning 40 next month and I'm STILL stuck in excruciating pain and unable to do much of anything, so yeah, great thing to add to the midlife crisis. BUT, next month, in addition to being the month where I turn four decades old, is Star Wars Month. It's the month of May the Fourth Be With You and Lucas's birthday and the release anniversary of all the Lucas-canon Star Wars films plus Solo. I've said it many times before, but I love repeating it: I was born exactly one year and one day after ROTJ's release. If you believe in signs, there's a sign that I was born to be a fan. And despite all the shit going on right now, I still want to have an awesome Star Wars Month, so here are some tentative plans. First off, annual fic exchanges! @MasterOf4Elements, @RensKnight, @idrilhadhafang
The real Saint Patrick had nothing to do with leprechauns or green beer and Irish culture and mythology is much richer and more vast than those things too. Am I saying you can't enjoy your green stuff today? No, I'm just saying that the world of Irish lore is well worth learning about and so is the story of the real Saint Patrick (though the tale of him driving snakes away from Ireland is likely untrue - there's no actual evidence that there were ever ANY snakes in Ireland).
