1. Be more patient. I don't know if I've been stressed out, if I'd previously been lucky and not had it tested often, but my patience has been failing me lately, and I need to work on that. Even someone who's irritating me deserves a basic level of civility.
2. Keep going to the gym. I've been doing it 3-4 days a week, should be upping that to 4-5 with a new friday class. Woot! I've gone down a pants size so far, and 2 inches off my waist. Here's hoping that continues.
3. Be more thankful. Like with patience, I don't know if it's stress or what, but I have some amazing people in my life, a good job, and I spend too much time thinking about things I want or want to change. It doesn't make me any happier.
4. Get married! Here's one I know I can do!
- Location:Home with cat
- Mood:
lazy - Music:Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
Your result for The Mythological Goddess Test...
Isis
Indeed, you are 79% erudite, 71% sensual, 58% martial, and 33% 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.
The Fifteen Goddesses
These are the 15 categories of this test. If you score above average in
all or none of the four variables: Neit.
Erudite: Minerva.
Sensual: Aphrodite.
Martial: Artemis.
Saturnine: Persephone.
Erudite & Sensual: Isis.
Erudite & Martial: Sekhmet.
Erudite & Saturnine: Nemesis.
Sensual & Martial: Hera.
Sensual & Saturnine: Bast.
Martial & Saturnine: Ilamatecuhtli.
Erudite, Sensual & Martial: Maeve.
Erudite, Sensual & Saturnine: Freya.
Erudite, Martial & Saturnine: Sedna.
Sensual, Martial & Saturnine: Macha.
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone
W. H. Auden
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
- Mood:grieving
Ulysses - October 1989 - October 2008
- Mood:Grieving
Copy this list into your blog, including these instructions:
- Bold all items you've eaten.
- Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
1.Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Alligator
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. Raw Scottish Bonnet Pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a big fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolinyes - say what?
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost or brunost
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant Not yet!!!
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam and/or ScrappleUm, those are not at all the same
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta - Last night, even
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
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machineiv . Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 random things, facts, goals, or habits about yourself. At the end, choose 5 people to be tagged. You can't tag a person who has tagged you.
1. I just got an ice cream maker for my birthday, and it's making me incredibly happy. I've made strawberry and peach so far. A cinnamon dark chocolate is on the way, as is a limoncello gelato.
2.My bosses don't actually understand what I do most of the day, which makes me nervous. I'm afraid they'll start thinking that I'm not doing much of anything.
3. I recently figured out that I don't actually want to head forward in my current field. I need to get shit together to head back to school for an M.S. Accounting (I want to do forensic accounting). This is, however, a big change, and pretty fucking terrifying.
4. I'm getting married in less than a year, which isn't scary at all. I even have most of the planning done. I've turned out to be girlier than I knew I was, and I've cared about some pretty dumb crap in the process, but I think it's going to be an awesome party.
5. I've gotten less nice since I've moved to PA. Whether it is related to simply growing up, or my work environment, or people I know, or just the amount of stress I deal with, I have no idea. I do know that I don't like it, and I'm trying to take steps to move back towards a kinder, gentler version of me.
6. I don't actually like chocolate that much. I will take mint or caramel over it any day.
7. At some point I realized that I don't care if other people think my music is cool, which is when I started listening to Danzig again (among other things). It's a lot of fun...both the Danzig, and the not caring.
8. I've had my cat for almost 19 years, which means that I've known him longer than anyone else I know that isn't a relative.
9. I'm a really lazy knitter.
10. If I could just lay around and read for a living, I would be one of the happiest people on earth.
Tagging:
xmanderx, paperdollxxx, quietlywatch343, cassandrasimplx, taische- 16:25 Housewarming party went well, I had a blast. Hope everyone else did too. #
- 10:51 @xtopher42: Oh, if I realized you hadn't already done it, I would have mentioned it! I did it months ago. Wacky. #
- 10:52 @dyethewinter: So how's the new job? #
- 13:38 Acquiring an ice cream maker and a gym membership in the same month is not a coincidence. #
rainyday22 and I helped a family look for otters they'd seen from their balcony, but neither she nor I saw them. I think this trip might be the best of the summer trips so far. We didn't even award a sandy this year! I feel like people were much better about keeping stuff calmer and not making a huge mess, which are things that up my stress level pretty fast. I also got the chance to talk to K's girl, which was nice. I don't know her very well, so any time she really talks is pretty cool. And, of course, I got to hang out with
rainyday22 which will always make me have a good time. We went to the beach Sunday early evening, which was great because it was still bright out, the water was just cold enough to be refreshing, but there was no crowd to contend with. The waves were high and frequent because of a storm system, so there was a good deal of splashing, getting tipped over, and body boarding. That, combined with being in the pool once or twice a day, and I actually woke up a little sore today.
The cooking and food situation seemed to work out equitably, and
outinleftfield's idea about an even contribution really helped with the grocery costs. He made chili friday night, which was delicious, but did mean the place had to get aired out on Saturday.Thank you to everyone who came down, I hope you had a great time.
- Mood: lazy
***EDIT*** Also, honestly, all of us who plan on going to the party this saturday should go back over there on sunday and help clean up. Assuming that I don't freak out about actually expressing my irritation and hide.
For every 1 cup of de-stemmed, halved strawberries, toss with 1/4 cup sugar and let sit for 15 minutes. Then put into a sauce pan with 1/2 tblspoon good balsamic vinegar. Simmer for 15 minutes or longer, with the lid on. Cool, puree. Devour. It's probably fantastic on ice cream, mostly I'm eating the extra out of the bowl with a spoon.
