broomcloset ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You might be a Techno-pagan if... Okay, so this isn't a real entry, but I really wanted to share this with you. Guess how many of these items this little wiccan is guilty of? (apologies for the poor gramar) ____ You might be a TechnoPagan if: -You call your corners on a cellular phone. -You've had to remove candle wax off your keyboard. -You charge your ritual tools- with a Visa. -You use a remote control in place of an athame. -You download your book of shadows. -You cast your circle in a chat room. -Your familiar is a mouse. -You attend ritual skyclad because it's too much trouble to get dressed for a computer. -Your Yule ritual involves defragmentation. -Your altar cloth is a mouse pad. -Your cauldron is a crock-pot. -Your cone of power has a surge suppressor. -Your magical name, e-mail address, and on-line name are all the same. -If you end a circle with Ctl-Alt-Del. -Your athame has a SCSI interface. -Your OBE's begin with a netsplit. -Your ritual robes conceal a pocket protector. -You calculate the phases of the moon with Windows '98. -Your altar has a keyboard. -Your drawing down a circle is a POST (power on self test). -You do most of your correspondence by email and sign off with Blessed Be. -You don't call it a ritual, you call it a Macro. -You have ever attached ribbons to a May Pole using a staple gun. -You invite the God and Goddess to come online. -You keep a Disk of Shadows (with encrypted backups). -You participate in online rituals more than you do FTF. -You refer to eclectic ritual as cross-platforming. -Your Beltane ritual includes more than one news group. -Your candles have batteries. -Your deities include Murphy and Gates. -Your drumming is done on a CD player (pre-recorded). -Your herbs are always mail-ordered (express, overnight). -Your idea of a great retreat has a Computer City, electricity, and a TV nearby. -Your incense is by Glade. -Your magic wand is a laser pointer. -Your magical writing is done in binary code or C++. -Your pentacle is made of computer chips. -Instead of asking what tradition someone comes from, you ask what operating system they run. -Your coven is spread over a 12,000 sq. mi. area. -Your Book of Shadows has a 6-digit version number. -You refer to deities using 3-letter acronyms (ODN, LKI, THR). -You do cord magick with ethernet. -You ritually down your server for Samhain. -When your quarter candles burn out, the UPS backup system kicks in. -Erecting the temple entails formatting more than 4 disks. -Casting the circle changes an (int) to a (float). -Your Star Trek screen-saver signals when your meditation period is over. -Passing the cakes and ale entails using a /me command. -Your search for truth involves regular expressions. -You draw down the moon using a light-pen. -Your tarot cards multi-task. -Your daemons collect news for you. -Your crystal ball has a horizontal-hold control. -You refer to solitary practice as a stand alone. -You tap into the collective unconscious using a web browser. -Your favorite deity has a homepage. -The address of your covenstead begins with http:// -Your circle is a token ring. ____ HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Too funny! Now you know how much of a computer geek I am. *blush* Look out, I'll start telling the physics/math jokes next... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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