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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus philosopher Bertrand Russell gave this testimony about what motivated him: “Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and an unbearable pity for the suffering of humanity.” To be in maximum alignment with cosmic rhythms, Taurus, I suggest that you boil down your desires to a slightly altered version of Russell’s: a longing to both give and receive love, a hunger for knowledge, and a yearning to alleviate the suffering of your fellow humans.

Mind Weasels

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I’m letting myself feel swamped by a perfectly reasonable amount of homework. I even have plenty of time to do it in. It’s an easy excuse for slipping into a panic, I think.

For the first time since I hired on in March, I’m actually annoyed with my boss. That’s okay, because I’m certain that he’s annoyed with me too. With the honest professional relationship that Tom and I have, I’m certain we’ll be able to work it out.

I’ve been using as a crutch to avoid an emotional trough, I think. When she’s not around, I’ve been having flashes of irrational anger and frustration, followed by happy-shiny moments. Not that she’s a stabilizing influence or anything. I am someone who places self-reliance at a high priority, so since I’ll be alone for pretty much the whole day, today will be an exercise in re-learning that I’m fine all by myself, too.

I think that writing and editing will reinforce that nicely.

My mail accounts are getting swamped by spam lately. Gmail still catches most of it, but I have one less email account forwarding to my gmail address, and two thousand more spam emails per month. I do not envy tech support professionals for having to deal with this trend.

I’m at Gone Wired for now. I love this place.

New semester, same game.

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I made the Dean’s List again last semester. This is cause for happiness, methinks.

2.0 – ISP 205L – Last general education course ever. Astronomy lab.
4.0 – JPN 101 – Re-learning Japanese.
4.0 – REL 310 – Judaism. This was NOT EASY. Heh.
3.0 – WRA 210 – Intro to Web Authoring. It wasn’t a 4.0 due to my inability to finish projects.

2.1315 – GPA before my return
2.3130 – After my first semester back, Spring Semester 2005
2.4444 – After Summer Semester 2005
2.5572 – After Fall Semester 2005

This semester:

JPN 102 – Continuing to re-learn Japanese
REL 330 – Islam
REL 410 – Modern Jewish Thought
REL 471 – The Ritual Process

Holidays 2005

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Here are some pics from our holidays this year. My mom was nice enough to send them, and we were too busy to take a single picture. Thanks, mom. :) You can see the whole gallery here.

Thanksgiving was at our house this year. Kind of made me feel like we were a reall family.

We went to the Beans’ (my mom’s family) Christmas outside of Jackson, and brought Buddy along.

We celebrated Christmas morning at my parents’ house. :)

Horoscope

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): For the last nine years the daffodils in my yard have blossomed in mid-February. This time around, however, their yellow blooms sprouted in the first week of January. Another sign of global warming? I don’t know. So far the flowers’ early arrival hasn’t been a problem. They’re still going strong, showing a hardy resistance to sporadic bursts of cold and rain. According to my astrological analysis, Taurus, you have also ripened a bit prematurely. Ahead of schedule, you’ve accomplished your upgrade and are ready to try your hand at a spicier challenge. Like the daffodils, you will probably do fine. Just one piece of advice, though: Don’t scrimp on your efforts to protect and nurture yourself.