Horoscope 12/13 December 13, 2006
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A friendship may create tension in your life now. As you are feeling more optimistic about the direction you have chosen, there is also an inner insecurity that nags at the back of your mind. Don’t be afraid to speak out if anyone attempts to exert too much influence on your choices, but be careful not to inappropriately bring up old baggage. Instead, focusing on the present — and not the past — is the best way to breeze past hidden pockets of trouble. Wednesday, December 13, 2006
From Tarot.com
I wish I had read this yesterday because I was starting to doubt my decision but I think the cold was getting to me. Anyway, I’m back on track which makes me happy in the midst of my misery.
The Cold from Hell December 13, 2006
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Somewhere I picked up a chest cold that is unlike any other chest cold I’ve ever had. First off everytime I cough (which is often) I sound like I’m barking. A few times even I looked around the room, hoping some imaginary dog would appear out of nowhere that I could hold up and say “See! See! It’s not me! It’s the dog! The dooooggggg!”
The most annoying thing is that I can only sleep on my left side. I can’t sleep on my back or my right. If I do, the walls start to shake with sound of the most annoying wheezing. Coupled with my barking cough, I’m quite the one woman band.
To add insult to injury, my wireless card died on me and I could not get on the internet. It plugs into my usb port and for some reason the back of my computer gets really hot. I’ve only had it for a year so I wonder if the heat just melted the circuitry until finally Sunday it just blipped its last breath of internet access before going to that computer store in the sky.
So for two days I’ve been without service and really felt like I was missing an arm. I suppose this was the universes way of telling me that first I’m working too hard (hince the cold) and second I’m addicted to the internet a point duly noted and taken. The good part is that I finally got around to actually doing some writing in between barks. Yay me!
My Past Life December 10, 2006
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So I was doing some blog surfing over at BlogSoldiers and happened upon this blog with a link to a past life analysis website. What you do is enter your birthday and a psychological blurb (randomly picked I’m sure) pops up. Here’s mine:
Your past life diagnosis:
I don’t know how you feel about it, but you were male in your last earthly incarnation.You were born somewhere in the territory of modern France around the year 1800. Your profession was that of a seaman, dealer, businessman or broker.
Your brief psychological profile in your past life:
Bohemian personality, mysterious, highly gifted, capable to understand ancient books. With a magician’s abilities, you could have been a servant of dark forces.
The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation:
Your task is to learn, to love and to trust the universe. You are bound to think, study, reflect, and to develop inner wisdom.
Do you remember now?
Now I know that this is just for entertainment purposes only but the second paragraph describes me as I am now (except for the dark forces reference) and the third describes pretty much what I’ve felt my purpose to be my entire life even though I’ve been distracted from it. Strange.
This is a random anomaly but at the same time it isn’t. One of the things I’ve learned about the universe is that whatever is in your head will eventually manifest itself and if you have questions eventually they will be answered. Even if the answer comes through a random visit to a website that can’t possibly know anything about you it is still an answer. The trick is that you have to be paying attention enough and be open enough in order to recognize it for what it is.
Step Two Completed December 8, 2006
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I had started blogging about my goal to get my degree in computer programming over here. However, I’ve decided to keep all of my personal bloggings on one blog and to keep the focus of that blog to talking about computer and console gaming and the industry in general.
I completed step two of the process which was to take an aptitude test to see what class level I tested into. I did really well. I tested directly into college level English and Math although I barely missed testing into Algebra directly by two points and must take Pre-Algebra. I’m not sad about that. I love math but because I haven’t used it as much as I have my writing skills, I’ve become weak in it so I’m glad I’ll be getting a review in it.
The counselor I spoke to told me that because I got such a high score in English that I could probably take what is called a CLEP test and bypass the first level English course (basically 101) and go directly into the second level (102). CLEP stands for College Level Examination Program and is th equivalent to challenging a course. The test costs $85 total as opposed to $300 tuition and is about one hour long as opposed to 3 months class time. I kinda wanted to take an English refresher course but seeing as my skills are much stronger than even I thought I will probably take the test and bypass English 101. I figure the intenet has so many resources, I’m sure I can find one that will provide me to a refresher in basic grammar, punctuation and style.
So this semester, I think I will either start with Pre-Algebra or the required Intro to Computers course. It really is a coin toss between the two. Maybe I’ll do that. Heads or tails?
The Power of Corporate Advertising December 6, 2006
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I started my menstral cycle so already I was feeling yucky. To add to my misery, I ate or drank something that disagreed with my digestive system so nothing would stay in my stomach. It was crazy, I would get hungry but anything I ate would skip my stomach entirely and go straight out the backdoor. You think its gross reading about it. Trying having to deal with it.
Well driving home was an experience. My stomach grumbled all the way. As I was approached the corner drug store that’s close to my house, all of a sudden I hear this in my head:
When you’ve got Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion, Upset Stomach, Diarhea take Pepto Max!
And a picture of the mythical monsters, Paul Bunyan, the 50 foot woman, Godzilla et al doing the Pepto Bismal dance popped in my head.
I just shook my head as I pulled into the parking lot. Subliminal advertising strikes again.
Oh and yes I am starting to feel better.
