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27 Sunday Oct 2013

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That’s my birthday.  It’s an odd day.  Not a lot of people born on it.  I personally only know 2 others, and the list of “famous people” isn’t very long.  Jon Bon Jovi, Mikhail Gorbachev, Dr. Seuss, Lou Reed…  we lost the last one today.  Take A Walk On The Wild Side – how many times did I sing that song over over in my life, for many different meanings, for many different occasions, each one a perfect fit, as he was a consummate story teller.

I am due tomorrow up at AMC for pre-admission testing at 9:30 am.  Thanks.   I can barely function by then, and as I have just found out I have been literally poisoning myself for the last two or three months without realizing it -it’s going to be a fuck ton load of fun getting up, getting ready and getting there. Alone. I had discovered these snack bars – Fibre 90 or some shit.  They were delicious, 90 calories – I ate them like M&M’s.  I noticed they had the Box Top for school things on them, and I grabbed a flattened empty box to ask friends on FB if they wanted the point things.  There, in small lettering, on the bottom, underneath something completely different (no, I am NOT going to break out into Alice’s Restaurant – that is almost  4 weeks away yet) were the words “May contain  traces of blah, blah and walnuts”.  I have odd food allergies.  I am allergic to oranges, but not grapefruit.  Strawberries, but no other berries.  Tomatoes, apples – but my WORST allergy?  Yeah.  Walnuts.  I have been trying to figure out why I haven’t felt good – why I ache so much, am so stiff, why I hurt in the middle of the night, etc.

I am going into this surgery with HUGE trepidation as it is.  This is my 20 somethingth surgery – I know the drill – it’s my second one this year.  WHY is this one such a big deal?  Why am I SO FUCKING SCARED??  Maybe now I know why.  Maybe my own brain was saying well, you’re on your way, may as well finish it. I don’t know.  I am pulling out every stop I know and can think of for this one.  Prayers (I’m not picky), CD’s, jewelry, a quick trip “home” to see the ocean, cry on my friend’s shoulder and have Taylor Ham at a Greek diner – hey – I’m from Joisey – you wanna make sumthin of it, huh??  Phuque Ewe!!  ┌∩┐(◣_◢)┌∩┐

I am going to write a nice letter to the people who make my now ex-favorite snack and explain to them that maybe, just maybe they should put that in bigger writing somewhere on the package so someone DOESN’T die.  Maybe I will be a bitch and CC my lawyers.  I don’t know.  I don’t know ANYTHING anymore!!!  Maybe that’s from the walnuts, too.

I just want to say now, in case I forget and I don’t make it out okay – I love my daughter with my heart and soul, and I know my purpose on this planet was to make sure she got here and was taken care of until she was an adult.  My job is done.  So if it is my time, I go in peace knowing that.  If it’s not – well, then, I will be back to tell more of my story.  Because I haven’t even begun.  And it needs to be told.

Peace out.  RIP Lou.  Be my personal angel.  Walk beside me.  I need you.

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I’m Not One For Things Like This, Because They Are Normally “Grasping at Straws” BUT….

25 Friday Oct 2013

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I’m Not One For Things Like This, Because They Are Normally “Grasping at Straws” BUT….

This line bugged the hell out of me, being the good pagan I am.  And because I have been obsessed with death lately.

“We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Eminem is some kind of warlock, and you should never say his name three times in a dark place.”

The NEW me!!!!

27 Friday Sep 2013

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I will write more when I am not so tired and coming down off a 36 hour self induced sugar coma courtesy of the best baked goods ever from an old friend, but I figure I would copy and paste my Facebook post, which about sums it all up.  I am feeling pretty damn good right about now – I actually like the therapist, I am anti-depressant free for the first time in 30 some odd years, I found the most amazing item on an Etsy store and was talking to my friend who makes jewelry about it, and she said she could make it, so I went to ebay and the stones were OMG so expensive!!  I then spied a pair or earrings, and then a ring that could have been made for each other – both of them very inexpensive – I quickly thought “Goddess Intervention”, clicked buy on both, sent the pictures to Erica who said “How did you do that?????” – I said it was meant to be – please make a pendant out of the ring and I will have a Dragon’s Breath Cabochon pendant and earring set to die for!!!!  More tomorrow on life, being crazy and a new writer I am really really into named Justin Henry Thompson.  His book – The Children of Pandemonium – is available for Kindle on Amazon.  Go read it.  It will blow your mind.  I probably have mentioned him before, but he’s soooo worth mentioning again!!

OMG – I am the HAPPIEST person ever!! Just got back from the doctor’s – no more anti-anythings!! For the first time in 30 some odd years. He said I am happy, healthy, I look great – he is thrilled with my progress!! On my way out I was chatting with the nurse, and she said “Look at you!! You are amazing! Look how far you have come since you first came here 4 years ago! You are a different person – a totally amazingly positive different person! It’s so wonderful to see you – you are shining!! And after your surgery you will be all set, and then watch out world!!” I, of course, immediately burst into tears, thanked her profusely, and went out to the car feeling like a million dollars!! What a ride it”s been, so OMG how totally worth it is!! I feel SO GOOD!!! Not a huge fan of Katy Perry, but some of the lyrics to one of her songs totally sums up how I feel right now –

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter,
dancing through the fire
Cause I am a champion and
You’re gonna hear me ROAR!
Louder, louder than a lion
Cause I am a champion and
You’re gonna hear me ROAR!

   

Plus, on my way home, I stopped at the supermarket, and they had this on sale – a total Glamorina cane if I ever saw one in my life – black and silver and screaming my name!! So I will be recovering in total Ame style!! 

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Pisces Daily horoscope for September 15, 2013 – Ren Fest and Craziness!!

15 Sunday Sep 2013

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Pisces Daily horoscope for September 15, 2013.

So I let my daughter and her boyfriend take my car down to Sterling Forest for the Renaissance Festival – after the whole tire fiasco on Friday, I am a LITTLE worried, but they have my AAA card and they should be okay.  I just have to save up for 2 new back tires by December – sigh.  Maybe Santa will come early!!  I can’t remember if I blogged about what happened or not – the Effexor is messing with my brain, and I don’t need that on top of the already Swiss cheesed menopause brain!!  Hopefully, it will be a nice, safe, quiet ride for them – they have good weather (albeit a bit chilly, but still nice).  I miss being there with them – maybe next year, when I can move around a bit more!! Lots to do here anyway, including finishing up some blog posts and getting ready for my author host day – so excited!!  😀

I slept most of yesterday, so I am hoping I can stay awake enough today to get things done!! Wedding pix are up, so I want to peruse those and pick out some faves!!  Don’t know if I can make the NJ run this Saturday, due to the stoopid tires, but I know everything happens for a reason, and Debbie’s show will be ongoing, so I will just miss the reception, which is probably a good move, as I don’t need to be smooshed in a crowd at 4′ 11″ and everyone drinking wine!  I will go when I can enjoy her work with so much distraction!!  Have a wonderful Sunday – I am going to go listen to “Sunday morning music” and get some stuff done!!  Love and Light!!

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It’s being called “the most beautiful, haunting infomercial you’ll ever see.”

14 Saturday Sep 2013

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As someone who spent almost 20 years of my life working on a 400 acre biodynamic farm, sending my daughter to the school on the farm, and helping my colleague, Gary Lamb, do research and realize what companies like Monsanto were doing to our foods without knowing the consequences, I began being more and more careful about what I eat and knowing where it came from. “Frankenfood” is one of the scariest things out there, because we DON’T know the long term side effects from what it can do to you or your offspring if you eat it; yet they have have a lock on the farms in this country because of money and politics – of course. GMO‘s have been banned in most European countries for a good reason – there is NO PROOF that these thing are not harmful!! This “commercial” from Chipotle is amazing – I may be eating there more often, if I have to eat out. I urge you to watch and do the same!!

From Gawker:

And with Oscar-ready animation from the acclaimed visual effects wizards at MOONBOT Studios set over a score of Fiona Apple covering “Pure Imagination” from the 1971 cult children’s film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, is it any wonder that Chipotle’s “stealth” promo for a free iOS game is already on a fast-track to become one of this year’s most successful marketing campaigns — all without barely mentioning the word “Chipotle.”

Add to that a powerful anti-factory-farming message, and all other ads should just give up:

In a dystopian fantasy world, all food production is controlled by fictional industrial giant Crow Foods. Scarecrows have been displaced from their traditional role of protecting food, and are now servants to the crows and their evil plans to dominate the food system. Dreaming of something better, a lone scarecrow sets out to provide an alternative to the unsustainable processed food from the factory.
Already America’s favorite “Mexican restaurant chain,” Chipotle has shied away from running ads on TV, believing its target audience — Millennials — “are skeptical of brands that perpetuate themselves.”

Since parting ways with its former majority owner McDonald’s, Chipotle has tried even harder to live up to its mission statement of “food with integrity.”

Back in July, for example, the company announced plans to become the first US restaurant chain to strip its menu items of all genetically engineered ingredients.

Chipotle has high hopes that The Scarecrow will officially cement its status as a fast food chain with a brain.

A little PS, if you will:http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/11944-banned-foods.html