Ten Things I Can't Wait to Do In College: Pagan Edition

Moon: First Quarter; Scorpio
What Made Me Smile: The fact that my best friend gave me kraft microwave stuffing before leaving me to go to school.
Song In My Head: The Smiths - How Soon Is Now

I have about 11 days until I leave Connecticut to go to Emerson College to study Writing, Literature and Publishing. There is so many things I want to do and see, and I'm so excited. Here are ten of the most important, in no order, that have a little to do with religion.

1. Get my tattoo! When I hit Boston, and as soon as a friend of mine turns 18 (she's going to BU) we're going together to get our first tattoos. NOT matching, obviously, ugh. I have a few in mind. Like the Hungarian word for apple on the inside of my left wrist. "Alma". (It's a loooong story. Maybe I'll blog it sometime). Or, '142' on the inside of my left calf. or "Jennie" on the right side of my mid-back (my middle name, and my grandmother's first name. She passed of ovarian cancer 5 months before I was born). Still deciding exactly what it will be. 

2. Go for a run through the Common. My campus is literally on the common, my dorm is right across the street. So maybe I'll get some exercise that way.

3. Hitching a ride to Salem, MA for Samhain! I love Salem so much and I've always wanted to be there for Samhain, or any sabbat for that matter!

4. Going to see one of my favorite bands in October, This Providence. (Okay, not so Pagan. Aren't I allowed one?)

5. Hopefully finding someone who shares the religion! Someone I can talk to, learn with, laugh with. Someone who will understand when my chakras are out of whack and will help me fix it. 

6. Experiencing the wheel of the year in a completely different place than I'm used to. It'll be a trip! But I'm excited to see how the world works outside of my little hometown.

7. Going to a gathering to dance under the full moon. 

8. Being someplace where nobody knows me. I can finally reinvent myself and be the girl I want to be in the skin I want to be in. Have the beliefs I want to with no hiding at all. HERE I AM WORLD. I'm Wiccan, I practice Witchcraft and I'm DAMN PROUD. 

9. Having new inspiration for my writing. I think part of my writers block problem is the fact that I have the same old stale atmosphere. Boston will help in that way. Something new!

10. Carrying on with my life. Growing, shaping, forming. Moving on. 

and you? 

Blessings,

Ellen