Uncanny

Today, while a raging blizzard confined me to my apartment...watching bad reality TV...I decided to check my email account for the first time in two months to find not 1 not 2 but 872 new messages in my inbox. This amazing insight of a horoscope being one of them:

Your horoscope for January 2, 2010
The answer for you today, Donna, is yes. Explore, reach out, and expand your mind in the far corners of your world and beyond. There is no need to tie yourself down to practical reality. Don't restrict yourself to linear thinking. Take a time out and enjoy some time in the clouds. You should find that information you receive today would be extremely helpful in the pursuit of your wildest dreams.

So the Uncanny part? The bad reality TV I was watching was none other than Real Housewives of Orange County Marathon. My faith in astrology is officially renewed.

ten for ten

As I sit here ten minutes before 2010 commences, I will develop an official list of ten things I want to do within the next ten years:

1) Run at least one marathon.
2) Travel to or at least through Alta, Sask, Man, BC (the provinces I have not been to yet).
3) Learn at least 10 songs that are above a grade 6 RCM level on Classical Guitar.
4) Visit 5 European Countries and Scotland and Hawaii and NYC
5) Complete a Master's in Counselling Psych (thesis route).
6) See top 5 bands/Guitarists that I have not already seen in concert (Ryan Adams, U2, Eric Clapton, Pepe Romero, Dave Matthews etc) **bands are subject to change.
7) Write a song
8) Raise a dog
9) Volunteer in a soup kitchen on Christmas Day
10) Play Classical Guitar for a audience that is greater than 2000 people.

Hope everyone's new year and decade is full of health and happiness.
Peace and Love.
Donna

Inspiring (as far as astrology goes...)

"There is light enough for those who wish to see," wrote French philosopher Blaise Pascal, "and darkness enough for those of the opposite disposition." I'm hoping you will align yourself with the first group in the coming week, Aquarius. More than ever before, what you choose to focus on will come rushing in to meet you, touch you, teach you, and prompt you to respond. Even if all the smart people you know seem to be drunk on the darkness, I encourage you to be a brave rebel who insists on equal time for the light.
Freewillastrology.com

It's time for another one...

Here's a list of good and bad things that happened on the weekend...little insight into my life.
Good Things
-Buying a new cookbook which has been written specifically for moronic non cookers like myself. It actually has instructions on how to boil an egg.
-New cookbook inspiring me to go to grocery store and buy stuff like sesame seed oil and balsamic vinagar and feta cheese and couscous.
-Joaquin Phoenix (sp?)...walk the line...beautiful.
-Red Wine
-The word couscous...it's fun to say.
-Naps.
-Candy Cane hot chocolate.
-New shirt.
-Flavoured coffee.
-Running just as the sun goes down.
-Time to play guitar.
Bad Things
-Bad romantic comedies starring Kate Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Mac-(can't spell his last name but you know him...always type casted as the cocky bachelor who gets saved by the love)
-First failed recipe from new cookbook...potatoe pancakes...they were chewy and tasteless. I might have done something wrong.
-Getting chased and yelled at while running by little kids that I think are from my school and pretending not to hear them.
-Writing sentences with awkward sentence structure.
-Pile of work I must get done for tommorrow.
-Hearing crap like meatloaf and kiss and styx every second song on my radio.
-Chorus of screaming children in big box department stores.
-Chorus of annoying pigeons that congregate on my roof.

Bus Trip

Unlike my last trip there were no digusting stories about the hotel room...bus ride -- different story. It was quite interesting. It involved over hearing people in early 20s' engaging in the following behaviors:
-pulling plastic bags over heads
-drawing happy faces with sharpies in plastic bags while on heads
-popping plastic bags and laughing
-snorting illegal substance
-commenting on effects of illegal substance
-mocking foriegn accents
-laughing hysterically at mocking of foriegn accents
-calling each other bitch
-self diagnosing ADHD (at which point I thought...and your hyperactivity and innattention has NOTHING to do with the fact you snort coke? hmmm interesting. I digress)

bottom line is I need to somehow someway buy a car...

As seen in my Inbox....

Here is a sampler...Assume what you wish.

Granicus has flirted with you!
LOVE SCORE: Moon trine Saturn - you're in control‏
Tip: Eat this cereal to protect your blood vessels . . .
mike1971t is waiting for you!
thesplitsss has flirted with you!
Christoph3r is waiting for you!
Tip: Choose this cancer-fighting party dip . . .‏
Frugeon is waiting for you!‏
Blur: Live this Sunday!
wrabbit01 is waiting for you!
you have meeting requests!
RELATIONSHIP ZODIAC TAROT: Find your true love at last!
Relive Hard Rock Calling‏
kskill has flirted with you!‏
Tip: Eat this steak for your heart . . .‏
guy69er is waiting for you!
Tip: Get the new "it" herb for summer . .
Help Causes Feed America‏
gottaloveme is waiting for you!‏
SOUL MATE TAROT Jupiter retrograde - where's your love match going?‏
pudge49 is waiting for you!

More of the Same...

*Wow! I had a dream that one of my close co-workers was snorting coke! The crazy part of it is I thought it was hilarious and almost told her about it! I am so glad I never. Can you imagine how awkward that would have been. Geez.

*Cleaning out my fridge makes me realize how many good intentions I have to eat healthy. But that is all they are, good intentions. 2 bags of snap peas? Really? Put it this way: they were no longer green when I threw them out. There was so much freezer burn in my freezer, I am surprised my smoke detector didn't go off. I also discovered that ice cream can go bad. Yes it can.

*School's out for summer and things are still crazy as ever. Living in another city for a month. Moving in about two weeks. Haven't figured where I am going to live. Reports not done. Looks like a tornado hit my office.

*But I have a clean fridge and I exercised very good judgement in not telling my friend about the coke dream. So that is good.