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April 4th, 2008
02:18 am - Dog Breed
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April 26th, 2005
04:38 pm - Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate...
Isis
Indeed, you are 66% erudite, 70% sensual, 54% martial, and 41% saturnine. | | This Egyptian supreme Goddess is certainly the most influential deity on subsequent cultures. She was the ideal figure of womanhood, usually compared with the Greek Goddess Demeter or her Roman version, Ceres. Isis was one element of a Holy Trinity, the remaining two figures being her brother and husband Osiris and their heroic son Horus. She was the Goddess of Magic for her brilliance, as well as the Goddess of Love because of her tenacious devotion. She is often shown with wings, curving to caress coffins and sarcophagi of many a king. In certain papyri she is shown with her falcon wing headdress, covering her ears. One of her sacred symbols is the sistrum, a musical instrument that was believed to ward off evil spirits. Isis' sistrum was carved bearing the image of a cat and was representative of the Moon. Isis was the High Priestess and an omnipotent magician as well as the only being ever to discover the secret name of Ra. She invariably carries the ankh, the symbol for eternal life. Her name is, by the rules of numerology, adding up to the number “2” and she just so happens to be depicted on the tarot card “Key 2 – The High Priestess”. |  | | Take The Mythological Goddess Test written by Nitsuki on Ok Cupid |
Current Music: We all come from the Goddess, and to Her we shall return...
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03:48 pm - 1 2 3 4 ...
OK, well, I'm not actually feeling energetic at this moment, but I did go to my "health club" yesterday for I think like an hour and a half... I kind of did a bit of everything... I was going to do 25 minutes on the elliptical machine, but my calves were kind of hurting, so I only did like 10. I started off with 10 walking on a treadmill. And I did a bit of biking a couple of times.
I think I'm going to try a class this evening. Tomorrow at 11:30am is when I have my orientation with a trainer which should give me a better idea of how to do with strength training/circuit training machines. I tried them all yesterday, but I just lifted light amounts to see what each one did and stuff... I mean I've done them all before, back at Davis, but it's been a while...
Well, so, that's that...
Current Mood:  energetic
Current Music: Some Jane Fonda workout music or something ;)
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April 25th, 2005
11:09 pm - Wild
Gray light new day leaks through the window
An old soul song comes on the alarm clock radio
We walk the forty blocks to the middle
Of the place we heard that everything would be
And there were barricades to keep us off the street
But the crowd kept pushing forward
Until they swallowed the police
Yeah they went wild, yeah the went wild, yeah the went wild,
yeah they went wild.
Current Mood:  mellow
Current Music: "Old Soul Song (For the New World Order)", Bright Eyes
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01:31 am - mid night-morning madness
To the night
walking toward somewhere
we're going
beyond transcendance
and into the dream of the soul.
The dreamer
lost dreaming
in more directions than
can be seen
whirling, trembling
shivering in the night.
Current Mood:  groggy
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April 23rd, 2005
10:04 pm - A Good Day
It was a good day. :) I was supposed to go with Melanie to these Earth Day things, but then I didn't want to, but of course she pressured me. Eventually I managed to get out of it. She was not happy, but I just don't care. I swear I will never agree to go anywhere with her again! I will make sure any possible outing discussion involves several maybes and a tentative! Grrrr.
I discovered that Jasmine and I have a similar philosophy on leisure plans, which is different from Melanie's. Although I still maintain that the core issue with Melanie is that she wants you to drive her somewhere. And you know what, oh well. I don't owe her a damn thing.
Anyways, I got to go work out, woohoo :D, although I took forever to get going, so it was only 35 minutes, but that's still something. I LOVE working out. I really do. Some people don't, but I really do. I guess it's weird. I don't know, but it feels good.
Anyways, I had dinner at Pasta Pomodoro with Jasmine, Rhiannon, and Evelyn. It was yummy and really fun. :) Rhiannon wore a gorgeous pink princess dress. Then we went to Neil's band's gig at Cafe Aragon, and Rhiannon danced her little heart out. I had a green tea smoothie. It was interesting. ;) Poor Evelyn got very lost, but she finally got there.
Now I am exhausted, even though I've only been up 11 hours. I think I will make my bread in the morning. Tomorrow is a big day.
Current Mood:  happy
Current Music: On Conjurers' Seas, Bjorn Lynne
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04:53 pm - Insane thought
I had this crazy thought: technically (very technically, but hey, even today these things are not uncommon in this world!) I could have an 18-year-old child.
Current Mood: weird
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April 22nd, 2005
01:23 am - Bien sûr!
Your Inner European is French! |
Smart and sophisticated.
You have the best of everything - at least, *you* think so. |
Current Mood:  silly
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April 21st, 2005
11:53 pm - Nice things
So, today was pretty good. I stayed up too late last night so it was not possible for me to try out the beginning yoga class like I had hoped, but nonetheless, I did get up and shower and get to Tessa's house on time. Tessa is a 12 year old autistic girl. Watching her consists of very, very little, and it's mostly a time for me to read. $10 an hour to sit there and do my own stuff. How the hell can you beat that? ( About Tessa and her interesting hobbies )
So, anyway, that was 5.25 hours of work. A bit of money, much needed of course. Then back to San Jose and to church.
The social justice meeting was good. John was there, and later Lorelei and Melanie showed up. I brought up anti-racism (I'm so impressed with Nancy's past work in that domain and her editing of a book and everything!). John and Bob Meiss and I discussed this and other things afterwards. I also talked a bit to Jerry Cluney whom I had talked to before about an anti-racism curriculum (weaving the threads of diversity, or something like that) that apparently Geoff has (somewhere). I want to do it in the Fall.
I also got rid of the last of the stuff I had (in this case flyers and brochures I drug all the way from Boston that have been sitting in my closet ever since). So glad to be rid of that stuff! Met Carol Stephenson (social justice coordinator) for the first time. She's nice (although far too thin and attractive :P) and hosted a fun game of Jeopardy based on social justice in the past and present at FUCSJ.
Two important things that were said to me:
1. Lorelei said: "How've you been? You seem more calm and centered lately." "Oh?" "Yeah, you seem more light and pleasant". I couldn't help but quip "So I was dark and unpleasant before?" :P But I did say thank you. :)
I wonder what that's about. I can't say I feel any different than I ever have, per se, but perhaps just feeling little positive/hopeful has had an effect. But it's definitely interesting.
2. Bob Meiss and John assured me: "We won't stop loving you just because you flake on something. We don't love you for being reliable. We love you for being you." It was very sweet. And surprising. Hard for me to really believe, you know. Oh, they also said that I'm missed when I disappear. Awwww.
I learned, much to my chagrin, that Ed (Massey) has gone to work in Texas, I guess permanently, or at least longterm. Patty apparently has remained here in their house. I didn't think of it before, but one has to wonder if everything is OK between the two of them, but at any rate, I will really miss Ed!!
Speaking of missing, I will SO, SO, SO miss Lilia. I have to put June 18th on my calendar. Her going away party. I know I will cry and cry. She is such a wonderful person. But she has important things to do. She is well on her way to becoming the very first Latina/Latin American UU theologian. She's going to be instrumental in the growth of UUism in Latin America. I wonder if some day her name will appear on the the "Famous UUs" site... She has so much exciting work ahead of her!
So I followed up with Lilia from Tuesday's convo and told her about the parts expository I had written. She was very happy I think. She told me I must read a book that was apparently huge in the early 90s called The Artist's Way. I will have to look into it. It has a 12-week program that involves, among other things, writing three handwritten pages every morning when you first wake up. I wonder if I could possibly do it...
We discussed how I don't know why the rebel is so angry and what to do with her... Obviously she has to be seriously contained, but ultimately she has to be transformed, it seems to me, but I guess time will tell...
I guess that's all I can think of. I hope I sleep well and no stupid nightmares.
Current Mood: content
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11:44 pm - Possible TMI personal problem rant!
I have a deodrant disaster/dilemma going on! Grrrr. OK, so here's the deal: all the deodrants the sell in regular stores have aluminum, and this is a very bad thing. It's toxic and has been implicated in breast cancer. So, I've used various kinds from Whole Foods in recent years. Sometimes they're OK, but sometimes they're not. And also, they are only deodrants and not anti-perspirants, and I need both. I'm really hoping my dreadful perspiration problem will subside when I loose weight, but for now, I have serious need of a product that seriously works!!
By halfway through tonight's event, I stank. It was horrible. I was mortified. I can only hope and pray others did not notice, but I fear they did. This product I'm using is obviously not cutting it. I've got to try something else. I don't want to poison myself with aluminum, but damn it, I can't be stinking, I've got enough problems. *sigh*
I'm debating whether I should ask John if he noticed. He says he wants to be friends. I really don't know how to navigate the male friend scenario.
Current Mood:  annoyed
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