something for the (magickal) weekend....

[shewho]

much as i loathe the summer, despite it containing my birthday, summer weekends do have the potential to be amazingly magickal.

this weekend contained, in no particular magickal order:

♥ fugitvemotel's birthday drinks at the faltering fullback with football on t'telly.

♥ dancing to dr_f_dellamorte and co in a bar in Hoxton that wasn't full of gunts and was actually much fun.

♥ BONVING!!!! or more accurately spectating at the bonving in Regents Park whilst drinking champagne and eating strawberries.

♥ playing in the sandpit, courtesy of thechild. You should have seen our castle! it was HUGE! though we did have a bit of help from a crack team of Kosovan labourers and a small child that followed me around silently. hmmmmm.

♥ slimelight. yeah yeah, shudduppaya face.

♥ early morning wandering through Dalston in search of cider. it already being baking and only 5am or so.... market traders doing things......

♥ party with ace folk until well into sunday.

♥ my first ever visit to the open air theatre in Regents Park - what a glorious venue! surrounded by trees, sitting in the end of the sun towards the end of the day watching my top magickal thing of the weekend.....

♥ ....which was Daniel Kitson. marvellous, absolutely marvellous. first half comprising a set of excellent stand up, second half being told stories in the dark with tears rolling down my face, interspersed with songs from a chap whose name i have forgotten but with a lovely voice and a guitar.

Seriously, chaps, that was the happiest i have been in a long time. i love that man. i may be feeling post-weekend toxic, but i'm still up there.....

Comments

[shewho.livejournal.com]

what what what? since when was june *not* summer?

[thermaland.livejournal.com]

Since at least February 1582. Every late spring we have this conversation. And indeed every time barrysarll mentions obscure pagan rituals and equinoxes and what have you and insists it's the world that's out of step with him.

[shewho.livejournal.com]

but that article does not cite its sources! tis all a filthy lie! don't make me agree with barrington or something.....

[thermaland.livejournal.com]

Yes it does:

Gregorian reform of the calendar: Proceedings of the Vatican conference to commemorate its 400th anniversary, 1582-1992, ed. G. V. Coyne, M. A. Hoskin, and O. Pedersen (Vatican City: Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Specolo Vaticano, 1983).

Footnotes
^ House of Commons Journal Volume 8, 9 June, 1660 Regicides.
^ Mike Spathaky Old Style and New Style Dates and the change to the Gregorian Calendar: A summary for genealogists
^ The Month Poem

External links
Inter Gravissimas, Gregory XIII's bull introducing the new calendar (Latin and French)
Inter Gravissimas (Latin and French plus English)
British Calendar Act 1751
Frequently Asked Questions about Calendars
The Perpetual Calendar Gregorian Calendar adoption dates for many countries.
Synoptical Julian - Gregorian calendar Compare Old and New Style dates 1582 - 2100.
Gregorian Calendar Printer
Chronology of change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar"

[shewho.livejournal.com]

This article or section does not cite its references or sources.
You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations.

there is at least one lie on that page! wikipedia does my head in.

[perfectlyvague.livejournal.com]

WHEN IS MIDSUMMER'S EVE THEN YOU GOOF!

[thermaland.livejournal.com]

Over there. *points*