So after Buffy last night, I flipped through channels looking for my weekly The West Wing fix. What did I get instead? The Mists of Avalon. Part One. Sigh. The severity of mental gear-shifting was almost painful.

I finished Cryptonomicon yesterday. Neal Stephenson really has a problem ending his books, doesn’t he. I mean, don’t get me wrong; I’m all for the “life goes on” feeling in a novel, but sometimes I wish there was a bit more… well… finality.

Just recorded a telephone interview with CJAD, our local talk radio station. Being one of the local Pagan Poster Girls, I get a lot of calls around Friday the 13th and Hallowe’en. And now, evidently, Valentine’s Day. I love the producer; he’s terrific. We talked about the historical and ethical issues surrounding Valentine’s Day and spellcraft, which is terrific, because I hate shallow gag interviews about love potions. There’s a new host that they paired me with though, who asked me my areas of specialty (academia, historical practices) before we started, then proceeded to completely ignore all the pre-production work to ask me, in the interview, how to do a love spell to make Meg Ryan fall in love with him.

You know, it’s people like this who laugh at the concept of magic who really tick me off.

I was as polite as possible while telling him that he was an idiot and it’s a serious topic, but it really burned me up. On top of it all, this happened only a couple of hours after I turned CFCF (a local TV station) down for a TV spot. We’re short-staffed today, and a TV interview takes up a chunk of time and manpower that we simply didn’t have. I told them courteously that we’d be delighted to do an interview at any time, with two days notice so that we could get in an extra staff member to meet their needs. Who wakes up on Valentine’s Day expecting to go on TV and talk about love potions (ugh)?

Well, obviously I should.

Now I hear you all wondering, “Magic? A serious topic?” Heck, yes. That, however, is a topic for another day.

CURRENT READING:
Player of Games, Iain M Banks. Excellent. Nice, smooth read. An author who is obviously right at home with making you feel like you’re wherever his protagonist is.