Before sleep, because I can’t believe I’m still awake. Many small stories to tell from the first day of Year 2 (Technically Year 5, but who’s counting?) of my university career. Anyone who reads this blog should know that I suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and crowds are a huge triggering factor for that. [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Alan Moore, BDSM, Cybele, Lynn C. Chancer, PTSD, Sadomasochism in Everyday Life, The Great Goddess, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, University
Filed under: Jade' Kinks, Jade's Diary

Been thinking a lot about the future lately. Suppose, I’ve had time. Especially now that I finally got my year, impressing one psychology professor. Truthfully been up and down. Still dealing with things. It won’t let go, and has been resurfacing. I had a conversation with a friend who has dealt with PTSD longer than [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: BDSM, Cybele, The Great Goddess
Filed under: Jade' Kinks, Jade's Diary

Having a bit of a rough night, progress on my novel isn’t happening so I figured I would watch documentaries, read Wonder Woman comics and post here. Hello, all. First, the mood isn’t related to Germany loosing to Spain (the fuck?). if you read this blog with any regularity you’ve probably noticed the German football [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: BDSM, Blizzard, Cybele, Football, Germany, Starcraft, The Great Goddess, The Lady General, Wonder Woman
Filed under: Jade's Diary

I’ve been wanting to do a generally uplifting post for a while now. So I’ve decided to list my favourite people, places, things and give them the Jade Castillo award for being awesome, incredible and or inspiring. I might do more of these, and some entries are going to be bleeding obvious. Still, for some [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: BDSM, Cybele, Day9, Epica, George Orwell, Jacuqline Carey, Kushiel's Legacy, Nightwish, Santa Olivia, Sean Plott, SRS, Starcraft, Steam, Tarja Turunen, The Great Goddess, Theatre of Tragedy, Valve, Within Temptation, Xandria
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade' Kinks, Jade's Diary, Starcraft

But first our top story. Dentist says my teeth are in excellent shape. *smiles* Which is good because Germany advances to the Round of 16 and that makes me smile. Actually Germany beating Ghana 1-0 and heading towards the Ro16 is probably the biggest news as it just happened. After the ref was a fucking [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: BDSM, Cybele, Cybeline, Germany, Stephen Harper, The Great Goddess, World Cup
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade' Kinks, Jade's Diary

Thought I’d make a special post now that I have energy again. Last Sunday (May 30th) my mother became ordained as a United Church minister! I had the privilege of coming along and being part of the ceremony. Basically it was a normal church service, coupled with the ordination of seven candidates and coupled with [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Anne Hines, Christianity, Cybele, Parting Gifts, Sophia, The Great Goddess
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade's Diary

Joy I’m quite pleased, it took hours of work but I finished and edited the first part of the novel. Of course I still have a year to get the rest done, but that should go smoothly. Two major inspirations came to me in the last few days and I’m really excited as they work [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: BDSM, Cybele, kickboxing, Kushiel's Legacy, Network Neutrality, Starcraft, The Great Goddess, The Lady General
Filed under: Jade' Kinks, Jade's Diary, Starcraft, The Lady General

I forget how we got onto the subject, but two days ago I was riding in the car with my mother and we got talking about ceremony. I forgot why I was thinking of this, but I was reminded of Boston.com’s Big Picture collection on Christianity’s Holy Week. The time during the final week of [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Anne Hines, Boston.com, Christinaity, Cybele, Gallae, Islam, kickboxing, Parting Gifts, The Great Goddess
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade' Kinks, Transsexuality

Still having a lot of trouble writing lately, so I’ll share two links and some (very brief writing). First, a link to discussion on Hare, Cybele/ Kebele, the Gallae/ Galli and worship in ancient times. Second, ‘The Thunder, Perfect Mind’. A poem reflecting The Goddess. Finally, shifting gears, I managed to get a little bit [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Cybele, Gallae, The Great Goddess, The Lady General
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, The Lady General

From The Independent UK: “India’s ‘Third Sex’ Win a Measure of Public Acceptance” A friend passed this article to me this morning and I thought I’d do a quick comment on it; both in regards to the Hijra’s progress specifically as well as it’s reflection of wider themes. While far from perfect, as one woman [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Cybele, Gallae, Hijra, Transsexuality
Filed under: Transsexuality