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More Aztec notes:

-believes that ongoing sacrifice sustains the earth.
- everything is tonacayotl = the “spiritual flesh-hood” “bodily [sacrificial] presence” of the gods on earth.
- Everything springs from the severed or buried remains of the sacrificed gods.
- Humanity is macehualli = “those deserved and brought back to life through penance”.
- Indebtedness connected to this worldview.
- nextlahualli (debt-payment) commonly used as metaphor for human sacrifice.
- Sacrifice = highest level of an entire panoply of offering to the gods.
- offering mound (massive temple-pyramids) crammed with treasures, grains, etc.
- animal sacrifice common
- objects broken as sacrifices
- cult of Quetzalcoatl required sacrifice of butterflies and hummingbirds
- self-sacrifice also common
- people would offer maguey thorns tainted with their own blood, offer blood from their tongue, ear lobes, or penises.
- blood held central place in Mesoamerican cultures
- in one of the creation myths Quetzalcoatl offered blood from a wound in his penis to give life to humanity.
- it has been said that modern Aztecs still practice bloodletting from cuts made by obsidian knives or bone needles on body parts such as earlobes, lips, tongues, chests and calves.
- maguey thorns put into a ball of straw called zacatapayoli and later placed in an adoratorium.

THE 52-YEAR CYCLE

- feared the universe would collapse after each cycle if the gods weren’t strong enough
- New Fire ceremony performed every year.
- All fires extinguished at midnight and a human was sacrificed
- Aztecs then waited for dawn. If the sun rose, the cycle had been enough and the body was list on fire and this fire was taken to every house, city and town.
- Ceremony was older than the Aztecs themselves
- Original Nahua religion and the Aztecs considered themselves to be the main representatives for feeding the gods and this gave them an identity. They were no longer known as “people without face” but as “The people of the sun. This is disputed though.


SACRIFICES TO SPECIFIC GODS
Huitzilopchtli

- tribal deity of the Mexica. Represented character of Mexica people and often identified with the sun at zenith and warfare.
- Victim would be placed on sacrificial stone.
- Priest would cut through the abdomen with an obsidian or flint blade.
- Heart would be torn out while still beating, held towards the sky in honour to the Sun-God
- - the body would be either cremated or given to the warrior responsible for the capture of the victim.
- -Warrior would either cut the body into pieces and send them to important people as an offering or use the pieces of ritual cannibalism.
- Warrior would thus ascend one step in the hierarch of the Aztec social classes, a system that rewarded successful warriors.



Oh, and friends are douchebags.

234.

More awesomeness from Girls With Slingshots. I should probably mention the talking cactus with the Irish accent and moustache named McPedro... [McPedro]

233.

I have just begun reading the webcomic Girls With Slingshots. It is certainly rather dandy. To experience the awesomeness just click [Here]

232.

I'm so stoked. I'm making a patched skirt. So far, it's pretty awesome. I've just been using mostly black fabric, some green and white plaid and a few small pieces of leopard print because I don't have a lot of it. Also, I put the Leper patch I got at the show on it. I think it looks rather dandy. It's pretty short though. Anyway, I'm probably going to go work on that now.

Also, UVic has gotten my application. They didn't tell me whether or not I'm accepted/rejected yet, but they did tell me that they're considering it. I suppose that's a step in the right direction.

231.

I'm currently rockin' my Comp Civ class with Maggi and Alesha. 'Tis rather ballin'. I have no where to put my notes right now so I'm just going to post them here. Cool beans.

Aztec Notes

HUMAN SACRIFICE

Human sacrifice = aspect of historical Aztec culture/religion
Spaniards claimed it was widely practiced in Mesoamerica.
Wide range of sacrifice theories such as the idea that the Mesoamerican diet was lacking protein and that cannibalism of victims was a necessary part of the Aztec diet. (discredited)
May also be special socio-psychological factors or political


THE ANTECEDENTS OF MESOAMERICAN SACRIFICE

Sacrificed victims on each of their eighteen festivities
One festival for each of their twenty day months
First sacrifice reported à sacrifice and skinning of the daughter of the king Cóxcox of Culhuacán à story is part of the legend of the foundation of Tenochtitlan.
Sacrifice given extra emphasis under the guidance of Tlacaelel. (apparently)


THE ROLE OF SACRIFICE IN MESOAMERICA

“Legend of the Five Suns” – all gods sacrificed themselves so mankind could live.
Spaniards commanded the Aztecs to stop, but the priests said: “Life is because of the gods; with their sacrifice they gave us life […]. They produce our sustenance […] which nourishes life.”
Believed a great on-going sacrifice sustains the Universe.

230.

Last night was pretty much awesome. I was in charge of the door at the show at the Grantham Hall. Will was pretty stoked on that. He gave me a huge hug and a kiss on the cheek. Apparently I was awesome and a few people told him that. He says that my help didn't go unnoticed. Yeah, so a handful of bands played last night. All of them were awesome. I can't wait until the next one.

On the other hand: I have lots of homework. Fuck.

229. History Facebook Statuses: April 26, 2009

"I may have hit one or two Jews with that rock if it hadn't been for Hitler."

I know, it sounds terrible, but honestly it's not what you think nor is it worth my time to explain it.

228. History Facebook Statuses: April 23, 2009

"They taste like squares, but they look like diamonds!"1
"Just stick it in my magic box and tap it twice." "That's what she said."2
"Holy paragraphs, Batman!"3

1. Said by Walter when discussing the shape and taste of the Shreddies I was munching on.
2. I can't remember what Scott wanted us to stick in his box.
3. Ringstead was explaining to us the art of writing a History paper.

227.

You know what I hate? When you go and type out a long string of numbers only to find out that someone had turned off the Num Lock key. I don't understand why anyone would habitually turn it off. There's really no reason to ever actually turn it off when you have a fully functioning keyboard (laptop keyboards excluded, of course). From my experience with keyboards, and let me tell you, I've had plenty of experience with them, they all have a set of four arrow keys to the right hand side of the letter keys. Above the letter keys is another set of less convenient number keys. Above the arrow keys I mentioned, you'll find Instert, Home, Page Up, Delete, End, and Page Down. All of the keys that would be used when the Num Lock is off have their own special place on the keyboard that does not require the pressing of any other button to activate them. Please tell me, why the hell do you turn the Num Lock off?

226.

I really hope I get a 6 on the paragraph I handed in on Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard." If I don't, I'm going to feel like a failure.

Oh, also, I have a new life goal: become an intense Tecktonik dancer. /thumbs up

Lastly, I'm still freaking out about grad. Fuck.

225.

So, I was playing COD5 today and at first I was doing worse than usual. Then, I ended up getting twelve kills with only five deaths! My best ratio yet! (I've only been playing for, like, two weeks) And then, in the next map I got the most kills out of everyone on my team. I can't remember how many it was, but I was fucking STOKED.

In addition to my triumphs in COD5, I also beat the level on Castle Crashers that I was stuck on. Fuckin' A.

224.

I have no idea what I want to do after I graduate. Honestly, I'm starting to freak out a little bit. I'm supposed to be going to AIV, but I have no money to pay for it, student loans won't cover it completely, I have no place to live there and I don't have a job. Also, I'm not even sure if I want to go there. I would rather go to UVic. Fuck. I think I'm just going to go there after AIV. Well, no, I will go there after AIV. I've just got to keep my marks up until the end of the year.

Today, history was very boring. We had a substitute teacher and we were supposed to be doing a CEC chart about the Cold War. Today would have been the perfect day for random shenanigans and Facebook Statuses, but, unfortunately for me, Walter and Morgan decided to skip together. Bastards. Anyway, I didn't feel like doing the CEC chart at that particular moment in time so I just decided to finish a Comp Civ assignment I was working on the block before. Scott was working on his CEC chart and decided to sit with Amanda, Campbell, and John Le because they'd be working on the same thing and all that business. I was completely alone for the entire class with nothing exciting to do. 'Twas incredibly lame. The upside? I finished my Comp Civ assignment and got some notes done.

I can't believe I fell asleep and missed Community Band. I was looking forward to it. Damn.

223. History Facebook Statuses: April 20th

"Doesn't matter what it is; stick it in there! Stick it where? Doesn't matter!" "That's what she said."

Ringstead was impersonating your average highschool student writing a thesis paper randomly jamming information together without it being cohesive. I just couldn't resist.

222. History Facebook Statuses: March 27, 2009

"They should get the fuck out of the country!" 1
"In the states there are-" "Buttons everywhere!" 2
"Capitalism + Communism = CAPCOM" 3

1. Scott Put's remark when he heard about the abolition of the singing of the national anthem in select elementary schools in Eastern Canada.
2. Mr. Ringstead had just finished discussing a bit about nuclear warefare and the proverbial buttons. When moving on to something else, Morgan cut in with the buttons remark.
3. This is pretty self-explanatory.

221.

FUCK! I honestly fucking hate people. I can't believe how people who are completely fucking vile and self-centered and pathetic can have such a strong fucking fan-basis. Next time the aforementioned person returns to the state they were recently in, I hope they fucking choke on their own puke and no one fucking helps them. They don't fucking deserve it. Aim for your fucking wrists next time.

220.

This is a post of hatred and anger. I hate and am angered by people. I have decided that I no longer have any friends. Or, they just won't be titled as friends. Actually, no, I shall have a seperate list. A list of people that I find acceptable. No one is on that list as of yet as they have to prove that they're not an abhorrent douchebag to be on it and no one has proven that to me yet. Fuck you.

219.

Whoo, I can actually walk around and stuff again. It's rather nice. I can't run around or anything though. That pretty much sucks. Either way, I went to the library and got out more books. I'm rather stoked. I picked up one by Christopher Rice. I'm quite the fan of both his mother and late father's writing so I figured it was about time to see what their offspring has been up to. I may end up being a fan of the entire Rice family. Wouldn't surprise me much. Man, I love Stan Rice.

Also, I'm getting much better at COD5. I'm very pleased with this because I hate looking like a douche to people I don't even know.

218.

So, for the past three hours I've been playing COD5 online. It's pretty fucking awesome. I was doing so bad at first. Like, serious, 'twas atrocious. After a while though, I started getting the hang of it. I'm still pretty crappy at it, but I've only been playing for, like, a day. I shall get better soon. Tomorrow I shall most likely game with a nifty handful of people like Travis Norris-Lepage and John Le. I'm pretty friggin' stoked. That is all for now. Oh, and check out OminousBlood on Nexopia. Hahahahaha, she's a fucking joke. Hahahaha! Good day to you.

217.

Oh, I didn't see you there. I got Live a little while ago. In case anyone's interested: SariusWilkinsus Yeah, it's real original.

216.

Last night I played Call of Duty: World at War for the first time. Sweet. Zombie. Jesus. That was the first time I'd ever played any of the COD games and, wow, I was missing out. I played for a handful of hours yesterday, went to bed, woke up, played for a few more hours. I think I may be addicted. I feel bad about having to kill the Germans though.

215.

Goddamn, I had forgotten how much I love Prussian Blue. They're truly amazing. I'm going to listen to them obsessively for a few days now that I've remembered then. Also, on the topic of remember things, I just remembered that I've got a massive amount of homework to get through this week. Fuck. I hope I can get it all done...

214.

Oh, yeah, I forgot.

213.

I dyed my hair again! Whoo! It's blonde now. I haven't bleached it in quite a while. I'm probably going to do it again though because the lower parts of my hair are rather orange. Then, I'll find another spiffy colour to dye it.

212.

People can be really fucking annoying. I don't understand why no one really seems to actually watch where they're going anymore. Not even just in the obvious sense, but in general. People don't even seem to think anymore. It's really starting to piss me off. Fuck.

On another note: Guy Ritchie's amazing. Honest.

And yet another note: Irvine Welsh is godly.

211.

I'm excited. I have created another blog. This one is going to be for the horror movie reviews I mentioned before. I've already finished the first one. It's on a movie called Shrooms. It's not an amazing movie, but I really enjoyed it. The writing isn't spectacular and it's a little cliché, but the fantastic cinematography, editing, and score make up for that.

Drop Dead Reviews

210. List Three

Top Ten Goriest Movies Ever

01. Braindead/Dead Alive
02. a)Cannibal Holocaust
02. b)Cannibal Ferox (a.k.a. Make Them Die Slowly)
03. The Evil Dead
04. Zombie
05. Dawn of the Dead (original)
06. Bad Taste
07. Zombie Holocaust
08. Re-Animator
09. Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
10. House of 1000 Corpses

209. List Two

Top Ten Horror Movies
www.examiner.com

10. Creep (2004)
09. Black Christmas (1974)
08. Below (2002)
07. Nosferatu (1922)
06. Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
05. My Little Eye (2002)
04. Dead Birds (2004)
03. Frailty (2001)
02. Ravenous (1999)
01. Session 9 (2001)

208. List One

Top Ten Horror Movies of the Past Ten Years
According to some random website

01. 28 Days Later (2002)
02. The Descent (2005)
03. Grindhouse (2007)
04. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
05. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
06. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
07. Zodiac (2007)
08. The Sixth Sense (1999)
09. Slither (2006)
10. Saw (2004)

207.

I think I'm going to start actually watching the movies I have on my lists and start reviewing/rating them here. You know, just for something to do 'cause I'm awesome like that.