March 4, 2004
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What a horrible birthday…
I had insomnia for two days before my birthday, so by the day of my birthday, I was bone weary. (The insomnia had nothing to do with my birthday. I just couldn’t sleep.)
My only intended purchase for the day was a DVD player, which the salesperson insisted would be compatible with my TV and VCR. It’s not. Apparently, the fates have decreed that I am not meant to have a DVD player.
We went out to red lobster for lunch -it’s an annual practice for our family. My mother is a lobster junkie. We go every year for my birthday and three weeks later for hers. It was disgusting. We invited my granma along, and while I love her, she’s not the kind of person you want to take out. I swear the conversations we get into, plus she’s hard of hearing and talks overly loud. We talked about religion, bodily functions, gay marriage, and pedophilia. Reminds me of when I was a kid and she’d ask me on a fairly regular basis if I’d had a bowel movement. lol I’m surprised we weren’t asked to leave.
They seated us, then made us get up because no one had cleaned off the table from the previous diners. We didn’t care, they could have just took the stuff away and let us sit… whatever. We ordered, and the caesar salad they brought my mother was all soggy like it had been left in the fridge overnight. Yuck. My garden salad was about the best thing of my meal. Then we waited for lunch, and waited and waited. The server even came out and apologized for the wait. When he finally brought the food, it was over cooked and dry.
I guess we’ll be going somewhere else for my mom’s b-day. Every year it’s been getting worse, but I think this year was the last straw. The only one happy with the meal was my granma, but since her sense of smell and taste have always been weak, it’s no wonder she liked it.
So, since my DVD player and VCR couldn’t play nice with my TV, I went to kmart today to see if maybe they had something that would adapt everything. Well, they were out of adapters, and while I didn’t really have the money, they had a 27in RCA on sale for less than $200. Since my TV is a 19in Daewoo almost 10yrs old, I figured it might be about time I got a new one and kill two birds with one stone.
I got the TV home, hooked it all up, and IT DIDN’T WORK! Wahhhhhhhhh!
So I returned it. I’ll return the DVD player when I head into work today. I give up. I declare my home a 21st century technology free zone. Blah. I’m gonna go live in a cave with my computer and 56 K modem.
Anyway… sorry for not posting the Newsletter yesterday…
A lady was into the bookstore where I work the other day, asking after the elements. So I thought I’d write up an article on them in case any one else had any questions. I also included some information on the elementals for good measure. The Sites of Interest also deal with the elements and elementals, so be sure to check them out.
Long time readers of the newsletter may have noticed a few changes. For instance, I recently added a in-site search engine. Now you can search through every page on my site for the subject you need. Also, the main index page now has a link to the Newsletter Archive rather than the newest newsletter. On the Archive page, the newest newsletter is indicated by an icon. Finally, nowhere on my site is my email located any more. (I was getting a lot of spam.) So instead, the contact link now points to a forum at yahoogroups. I’d also like to start up an “advice column,” so if anyone has any questions or needs advice or help with a spell, feel free to drop me a note at AskCandace.
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Some Sites of Interest
Year 2004 of Chinese Astrology Green Monkey Year
Elements of Personality
Order of the White Lion
Nature Spirits ~ Devas ~ Elementals ~ Trees
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This Pagan Week : March
Humor : Compulsive Talkers
Article : Elements and Elementals
Quote : Ludwig Wittgenstein
Craft of the Week : Doily Daisy Pens
Humor : A Grave Undertaking
Who’s Who in World Mythology : Amathaounta
Quote : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Magi’s Garden : Catnip
Cartoon
Poem : The Beatles
Quote : Zen Master Dogen
The Power of Stones : Bloedite
Humor : Did you hear about the sword-swallower who was on a diet?
A Dreamer’s Guide : Nobel Prize to Nosegay
Quote : James Allen
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Comments (5)
Hello Sorry about your birthday!
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Freedom
As Wayne Dyer stated so eloquently we are our thoughts and since that is a self-manifesting reality I say to you …let them go…..your thoughts…..which become your self….and say yes… yes to becoming one with all . Can you ever be aware if you think you are?…Thinking is the thorn of causality which takes us out of the now and anchors us to form. Being free of thought is so compulsively resisted by that unconscious self that the struggle becomes the very innermost fear, that of non-existence itself. You know this to be an illusion but you can not think about it least you become again trapped within your own mind.. Being Aware without thought is the liberating realization that you choose to place you attention in the now and become….. through felt unity of being…. the consciousness that is dawning within each of us. To rise above the level of thought is the next stage in the evolution of the human condition and ..it is with a sense of urgency that I say~~~ the time is now~~~
Oh…sorry about your birthday; poor you. ::hugs::
Love the new smileys! And I’m too tired to be deep, so I’ll go away now. :Egypt:
Happy Belated birthday! Actually, I remembered because I bought you something. I need to get some of your books sent out before we move- but I need your addy! I cannot find my addy book!!!!!
One of my favorite pasttimes is sleep. There is satisfaction in reading a good book, and sleep can be like that. Lucky for me I recall my dreams. They’re not forgotten in the flow of so-called reality when I awaken. Nearly every night a new story as told to me by my subconscious. Even the “scary” ones are more interesting than daily life. Some times I wish I could sleep forever, but then indulging permanently in ‘the all’ would be just as boring as nothing. It’s the alternation between extremes which makes life interesting, whether it is in dream or reality.
Sleep is the drifting back into that moment before we were born. Dreams are a taste of what was before that.
Your words expand my world…..yes…. I feel I am more after reading you (ego rushes in ~~down boy~~) …this is good!
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