cheerfulolygirl

Cool new form of haiku

2009-08-20T20:17:37Z

naamah_darling journaled about the meta haiku that Heather McDougal had created. They are really cool & innovative, so I want to pass on the link:
www.mobiushaiku.com/index.html

Enjoy!

Same-sex marriage in the early Christian church

2009-05-12T14:39:05Z

Found via clayshaper, an interesting article that points out that while homophobia isn't new, christians have long had a place for Gay Marriage all the same. Who Knew?

http://www.jinxiboo.com/blog/2009/5/3/when-same-sex-marriage-was-a-christian-rite.html

April 30 Sooj concert - who's coming?

2009-04-25T17:15:45Z

Sooj is playing in Olympia this Thursday. Who's planning to come to the concert?
Thursday April 30, 2009 — 7pm
Sage's
903 Rogers St NW
Olympia, WA 98502
Sage's is next to the West Side Co-op.
$6-$10 suggested donation.
with Betsy Tinney on cello!

New word from Malakhgabriel

2009-02-20T21:44:14Z

Omnomsexual. adj. Involving, related to, or characterized by a sexual propensity for people who look nommy; of or involving sexual activity with a person or people who look nommy, or between individuals who look nommy.
(original post here)

Describe me in 1 word - MEME

2009-02-20T17:46:12Z

- Describe me in one word... just one single word. Positive or negative or whatEVER.

- Leave your word in a comment before looking at what words others have used.

- Then copy and paste the meme to your journal to find out how people will describe you when limited to one word.

Obama orders an end to torture!

2009-01-23T16:09:47Z

This is an excellent start to Obama's administration!

Yesterday, at around 11:30 a.m. (EST), President Obama signed an executive order to close Guantanamo Bay detention center. In addition, the order formally:

Bans torture and inhumane and degrading treatment of detainees by requiring that the Army field manual be used as the guide for terror interrogations.
Closes the CIA’s secret prisons and ends the Bush administration's CIA program of enhanced interrogation methods that have included abhorrent procedures like water-boarding.
Provides the International Committee of the Red Cross access to all U.S.-held detainees.
Establishes an interagency task force to lead a systematic review of detention policies and procedures and a review of all individual cases.

We applaud our new president for taking this important step on his second day in office. UUSC believes that any government-sponsored acts of torture, under any circumstances, are profoundly immoral, unjustified, and illegal. These practices can and must be ended now.

President Obama expressed the values and beliefs of all Americans of conscience in his inaugural speech when he stated, “We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our founding fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience’s sake.”

Page 56 meme

2009-01-23T06:11:29Z

As instructed by mlerules:

* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

"Thanks," Cliff said.
"Yes, thank you, Goldie."
Now that he had her attention, Cliff stared down at his coffee, avoiding eye contact. "I have a fairly good notion of how you're feeling just now."
from 204 Rosewood Lane, a romance novel by Debbie Macomber that is set in a fictional small town near Bremerton, Washington

Dragon egg of my own

2008-10-16T17:39:11Z

I finally got a dragon egg of my own:
Please click on it a couple of times. It needs a certain number of views, unique views, and clicks in order to hatch, and then again in order to grow up. Please only click on it a couple of times per day -- it will get sick if the average views/clicks per person is too high.
Thanks!

EDIT: I got another egg that needs clicks too!

And I found some eggs that belong to someone else that need clicks as well -- all of the offspring of Zuan. Here's one: dragcave.net/viewdragon/3Kml

OMG - I'm engaged!

2008-09-23T04:33:31Z

We've talked about it for a while now, and a few hours after aekajin2 gave me his mom's wedding ring to try on, I finally told him yes!
We're not setting a date yet, but I promise to let you know!
Here's his post: aekajin2.livejournal.com/422167.html

NWS - another mistranslation in the Bible?

2008-08-18T22:56:27Z

A theory that the story of Adam's "rib" being used to create Eve was actually about Adam losing his penis bone.

http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/28/gilbert_zevit.php

Birthday meme

2008-08-15T02:12:06Z

Look up your birthdate on Wikipedia. List 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and one holiday

Events

1616 - The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.
1835 - The HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands.
1981 - The United States Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court.
1997 - Google was founded.

Births

973 - Al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048)
1890 - Agatha Christie, English writer (d. 1976)
1929 - Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths

1750 - Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1690)
2007 - Brett Somers, Canadian-born American actress and Match Game panelist (b. 1924)

Holidays and observances

In ancient Greece, the second day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the priests of Demeter declared the public start of the rites.

200 things meme - I've done those in bold

2008-08-13T03:33:30Z

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it.
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game [does football at the University of Washington or Mariners baseball count?]
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg. / Walked on a glacier.
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's nappy
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier.
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favourite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a six in cricket
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment.
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states in the US
50. Loved your job
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign.
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip.
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice.
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Bench pressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your CDs
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke.
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theatre
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog.
83. Dropped Windows in favour of something better.
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken.
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Sword fought for the honour of a woman.
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight.
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Had sex in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand.
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off.
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror.
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy
128. Followed your favourite band/singer on tour.
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written to your Member of Parliament/Representative in Congress
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. ...more than once?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds.
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone's heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a TV game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph.
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse
158. Had major surgery.
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing.
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than US states
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground.
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten vegetarian sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school
176. Parasailed
177. Changed your name
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad
181. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196. Dyed your hair
197. Been a DJ
198. Found out someone was going to dump you via Livejournal
199. Written your own role-playing game
200. Been arrested.

I get to see Phantom on Sept. 11!

2008-08-12T04:43:47Z

With my birthday coming on September 15, my grandmother asked me for a birthday list. I started the list with the most important things -- kisses, hugs, more kisses -- but I knew she would insist on giving me tangible things as well. I don't really want much in the way of things at the moment, so I put down a carwash card and tickets to Phantom. Today she called me and said she apologized that it wouldn't be a surprise, but she figured I had better get the tickets myself for a performance that would fit my schedule, and she would pay for them -- Would that be all right? Of course! She specified that the tickets were for me & aekajin2, so I got the tickets after checking that he would have the time off work:

Phantom of the Opera - Seattle
Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 02:00 PM
Seat location: section MEZ 21, row M, seats 8-9

If you are going to that performance too, let me know where you're sitting & maybe we can hook up!

Yay, camping & dancing with faeries!

2008-08-05T06:04:13Z

Not time to journal much now -- will replace this entry with real one later. Faerieworlds was great!!!

For all who love Mr. Rogers

2008-07-28T23:05:38Z

Can You Say "Hero"? - one man's multi-day interview with Mr. Rogers

15 cool facts about Mr. Rogers

Better ending for Dr. Horrible?

2008-07-21T15:06:53Z

For those who were disappointed with Whedons' ending for Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog, you may wish to read this alternate ending written by a fan: http://amaliedageek.livejournal.com/279788.html?page=1#comments
I like it better, as do most of the people who have commented.

I get to come to Faerieworlds!!

2008-07-16T15:47:14Z

I will not be going out of town as I had planned, so I will get to enjoy much fun here in the PNW: Wiggles & Thumps, Tricky Pixie at Danceworks, & Faerieworlds -- YAY!
. The reason I am not going out of town is less good. I had planned a river cruise in Russia with my parents, but my mom is experiencing moderately severe back & leg pain to the point that we decided to cancel the trip rather than go and not really enjoy it. Because they had purchased trip insurance, my parents will get most of the money back. Now I'll just wait to see what we can do for my mom's pain.

Wasn't the root canal supposed to help?

2008-07-08T23:34:47Z

After 1 1/2 hours in the dentist's chair (and $741 more), my mouth hurts worse than it did before the root canal. My jaw aches, my cheek is swollen, I feel exhausted, and the area around the tooth in question is more painful than before. Not fair! I think applying ice just makes it ache from the cold, and I'm not supposed to take any more Vicodin until 4 hours after the 800 mg of ibuprofen they had me take just before I left the dentist's office at 3:30. I just want the pain to stop!!
*whimper*

Acronym-speak

2008-06-26T18:25:29Z

Just received in an email: "I am having my E.D. put together an MOU b/w OTW and IW"
Translation: I am having my Executive Director put together a Memorandum of Understanding between Out of The Woods and Interfaith Works.

That one took me a minute!

What a nice thing to say

2008-06-24T18:52:00Z

"I lose track each day of how many times I smile when I think of you." - aekajin2 in an email I just received

The Four Agreements

2008-04-22T20:07:41Z

We had a church service about The Four Agreements several weeks ago at All Souls UU Community, and I found them very inspiring and helpful:

1. Be Impeccable With Your Word

Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

2. Don't Take Anything Personally

Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

3. Don't Make Assumptions

Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

4. Always Do Your Best

Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

I have been doing 2 & 3 pretty consistently for several years now, and they definitely make a difference. Number 4 is problematic, because I am often not sure whether I am doing my best (one viewpoint is that each person is always doing their best).

Number 1 is where I am most focused on growth. I remember that when I did a 10-week Landmark workshop on integrity several years ago, just being in integrity about fulfilling my commitment to be there every week was a struggle! I also have a tendency to gossip, though I sometimes catch myself, and appreciate it when others alert me when I am gossiping.

(Thank you to waterfaery for reminding me about this!)

My busy schedule

2008-04-22T18:42:06Z

Between having a boyfriend who lives 80 miles away and having my sister & her kids come visit from Korea, I have spent a lot more time than usual away from home. Last night at dinner, one of the foreign students who lives at my house told me, "Welcome to dinner! It has been a long time. We have missed you." I thought about it, and I had not had dinner at home since last Tuesday!

Where I was for the last week
Wednesday: work, then aekajin2's house
Thursday: aekajin2's house, Redmond (lunch, window shopping), Seattle (window shopping, the Grind), aekajin2's house to sleep
Friday: work, otterdaughter's house (talking, dinner, TV, healing), home to sleep
Saturday: home, otterdaughter's house (deliver antibiotics), mom & dad's house (help prepare for guests), home to sleep
Sunday: church, mom & dad's house (spend time w/sister & her kids), [Edit: Scrabble at poly_good_girl's], home to sleep
Monday: work, mom & dad's house (spend time w/sister & her kids), counseling appointment, home before dinner!

Being so busy is actually going amazingly well - thank goodness!

Crying

2008-04-18T18:36:56Z

Virgo Horoscope for week of April 17, 2008 (from faerievixen2's LJ post)

"The Japanese believe that crying babies grow fast," wrote John Flinn in the San Francisco Chronicle, "and that the louder an infant wails, the more the gods have blessed it." The astrological omens suggest that a similar principle will soon hold true for you: The more you sob and blubber, the smarter you'll get. The louder you howl and moan, the more likely you'll be to attract benevolent influences and unexpected help.

Maybe that horoscope explains the crying jag that hit me last night. I certainly hope something productive comes from all of it, because I really did not understand where it came from and was pretty disappointed that I wound up feeling drained and exhausted. I am ready for benevolent influences and unexpected help!

My love languages

2008-04-15T14:48:48Z

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Physical Touch
with a secondary love language being
Acts of Service.

Complete set of results

Physical Touch:		10
Acts of Service:		7
Quality Time:		6
Words of Affirmation:		6
Receiving Gifts:		1

http://www.youthnetsouthampton.org.uk/breakout/lovelanguages.php

My busy life

2008-04-14T19:46:57Z

I had a great but busy weekend.
Friday afternoon and evening was spent at my parents' house east of Lacey. My sister & her 3 kids are coming from Seoul, Korea, for a visit, and my mom's mother, sister, and brother decided to come see them, so my parents will have from 3 to 6 extra people living at their house from April 20 through May 8. Needless to say, I was there to help make room for people to sleep! It was pretty fun, because the project was to pick up my mom's sewing room, so I got to handle lots of pieces of pretty fabric in lots of different colors. Then they fed me & we played Upwords. (My family normally plays games during meals if we are not watching TV.)
Saturday morning I did chores (laundry, room cleaning) while listening to the radio. I really enjoy the comedy show on KAOS 89.3 Saturdays from 9-10 a.m. Saturday afternoon my friend otterdaughter came over & we talked for hours - it turned out she had a lot she needed to talk about. At one point she commented that her shoulder hurt, and I offered to put my hand on it. I focussed cooling energy on the area, and wound up doing my first Reiki! I guess hanging around people who do healing & energy work was bound to rub off eventually.
Saturday evening I went contradancing with

poly_good_girl, goldfish42, and anansi133. It has been several years since I last went contradancing, and I am so glad I went back! I danced every other dance, which was plenty (my thighs are still sore). I will be going back regularly!
About 10:15 p.m. I drove out to Sidhehaven in Rainier, where aekajin2, tisonlyherself, and ladydrakaina had been since late afternoon. Sunday morning I ate an egg scramble with the early risers, then I drove back to Lacey for my church service & board meeting, then back out to Rainier to see the newly dedicated shrine to Grandmother Spider, hang out, go hot tubbing, etc. I was sorry to miss the altar dedication, but I could feel the charged energy around the new shrine.
This week is fairly full too: this afternoon with otterdaughter working on her taxes & on fused glass, Tuesday night at the Interfaith Works annual meeting, Wednesday night at ecstatic dance in Seattle, Thursday night orientation & dancing at the Grind, Friday afternoon with Grandma Mickey, Sunday morning church, Sunday afternoon greeting my sister & her kids. Wait - nothing scheduled on Saturday? Amazing!