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October Newsletter
Fall 2009, Vol. 52
Tree of Life Reiki Center
To all our friends, and fellow Reiki Practitioner’s from around the world International and Domestic welcome to our fall edition of Tree of Life Reiki Newsletter.
Fall has finally arrived! Well not entirely, for those of us living in the desert southwest are still experiencing temperatures above 100 degrees. Mornings and late evenings are beginning to cool down somewhat so surely fall can’t be to far away? Across the rest of the continental US, fall is descending, bringing all of the changing colors to the trees and foliage. Snow has already fallen in some locations. This summer saw many records broken in the desert southwest for extreme heat, and the number of days having 100 plus degree temperatures,
so we are most anxiously awaiting more moderate fall.
Reiki and Other Healing Modalities Questions & Answers: Please e-mail us any questions you might have regarding our classes, or perhaps you have specific questions about Reiki. We will do our best to answer them in upcoming newsletters.
Question: These questions have been asked many times, so I thought perhaps this would be a good opportunity to provide everyone with additional information on the subject of Grounding and Negative Energy.
Answer #1: Grounding
Anytime you feel spacey or disoriented it is a good idea to ground and center yourself. The first step in many spiritual practices is to learn to ground, that is to connect yourself energetically to the core of the Earth even when you wish to astral travel or meditate you will find that beginning from being grounded will help you with inner focus.
Whatever your beliefs are this simple practice can make a huge difference in your life. There are many techniques for grounding and it is wise to look for those that work best for you.
The essence of most methods is to relax and visualize yourself sending an energy cord or light beam into the earth from your root chakra (at the tailbone) and allowing it to reach the earth core. Thus allowing you to get energy from the Earth and return excess energy down the cord. The energy you send down the cord that is not your own is cleansed and used by the earth. Your own energy is cleansed and returned to you. There are spirit beings that thrive on clearing negative energy. A classic form of grounding is to imagine roots growing into the Earth from your feet and spinal column or central energy channel. Some traditions strongly prefer that you ground from the spinal center and not from the feet. I follow the tradition of asking the Earth for permission and thanking her for her healing energy.
Answer #2: Negative Energy
I sometimes have a hard time trying to get rid of some negative energy especially after treating clients. Every time you have an emotional contact with anyone, you create an attachment point to him or her. A cord of energy or chakra cord. Ask to heal the areas where the cords were attached and create a shield around each chakra to prevent further attachments. You can also if possible take a sea salt bath to remove negative energy. Rinse yourself down with the warm water and watch the water go down the drain, taking your negative energy with it.
There are no hard and fast rules.
New Training Courses:
Many new courses have been added to our Tree Of Life Reiki web site this past quarter. Money River Reiki, Money Reiki for a new Reality, Success Flush Reiki just to name a few, A very important new class you might want to take a closer look at is titled: Starburst New Beginnings by Founder Linda Colibert
Star Burst New Beginnings Reiki connects you to the energies of a StarBurst and is the creative energies of new beginnings. Life is born of the burst of energy that happens when a star goes nova and bursts spraying out particles into the atmosphere. These energies create matter and are the result of changes, death of the old, and rebirth of the new. Star Burst New Beginnings Reiki works with these energies to help you bring about changes for the better, creativity, and New Beginnings. Read more about this course and other new offerings on our web site at: http://www.treeoflifereiki.com
Our Incredible Moon:
October Moon is A Waxing Crescent Moon, currently 7% of the full Moon.
October's Harvest Moon
Every few years, the full moon closest to the equinox that earns the name of the Harvest Moon falls in October instead of September. This is one of those years. The moon reaches full stage at 2:10 a.m. EDT on October 4, 2009. On the West Coast of the United States, the full moon occurs just before midnight on October 3. For observers in North America who watch the moonrise at sunset, the moon will look fullest on the 3rd.
On October 7, two hours after sunset, the moon will rise near the Pleiades star cluster. On October 26, the bright point of light by the moon is Jupiter, which shines at magnitude -2.6. Halloween, October 31, will not host the full moon, but it will be 95%-lit because the next full moon is only two days later. The time of sunset on Halloween depends on location. For example, Chicago will see the sun set at 5:45 p.m. while down in Houston the sun will set an hour later, at 6:35 p.m.
Halloween Night:
October 31st (Halloween) is a favorite time celebrated by many in the United States. On that night children (and many adults) dress up in their favorite costumes and masks. Some choosing to dress as Witches, Ghosts, Devils, etc, etc. some in scary dress while others dress in funny attire, or to look like famous celebrity or even political figures. Once dressed they attend local Halloween parties or many children go door to door in their respective neighborhoods “Trick or Treating” each child must carry a bag or something capable of holding candy and treats that are passed out to them at each home they choose to visit. Most neighbors participating in the one night festivity will leave their porch lights a glow to welcome the young “Trick or Treaters.” This is a tradition that I remember taking part in myself as a child, and now as an adult continue in that tradition by passing out treats to children who ring or knock at our door. The one night event usually begins soon after sunset and ends within a few hours 3-4 at most. We do try to keep an adequate supply of treats on hand to support the children’s fun. Sometimes depending on the number of children going door to door, we have run out of candy treats, so we simply let them know by turning off our porch or outside lights and then they pass us on by. I have included a short poem here of those childhood memories.
Halloween Memories
By Bob Eagleton
Halloween nights, I remember them well,
And the scary stories we all would tell.
Of ghosts and goblins, and vampire bats,
Witches riding brooms with big black cats.
Masquerade parties with games and fun,
With plenty of good treats for everyone.
I’m all grown up now, that’s all in my past,
But those Halloween memories forever will last
A Closing Thought:
Abraham Quote:
You are magnificent beings, in the perfect place at the perfect time, unfolding perfectly, never getting it done, and never getting it wrong. Be more playful about all of it. "Today, no matter where I'm going, no matter what I am doing, and no matter who I'm doing it with -- it is my dominant intent to look for that which I'm wanting to see. I'm wanting to find thoughts and words and actions that feel good while I'm finding them. For in doing so, I am, in the moment, practicing the art of allowing all that I've been telling the Universe I'm wanting, for all of the days of my existence.
--- Abraham
courtesy of: http://www.abraham-hicks.com/
Love, Light, Joy & Blessings,
Wanda….
E-mail us at: info@treeoflifereiki.com or visit our web site http://www.treeoflifereiki.com
Fall 2009, Vol. 52
Tree of Life Reiki Center
To all our friends, and fellow Reiki Practitioner’s from around the world International and Domestic welcome to our fall edition of Tree of Life Reiki Newsletter.
Fall has finally arrived! Well not entirely, for those of us living in the desert southwest are still experiencing temperatures above 100 degrees. Mornings and late evenings are beginning to cool down somewhat so surely fall can’t be to far away? Across the rest of the continental US, fall is descending, bringing all of the changing colors to the trees and foliage. Snow has already fallen in some locations. This summer saw many records broken in the desert southwest for extreme heat, and the number of days having 100 plus degree temperatures,
so we are most anxiously awaiting more moderate fall.
Reiki and Other Healing Modalities Questions & Answers: Please e-mail us any questions you might have regarding our classes, or perhaps you have specific questions about Reiki. We will do our best to answer them in upcoming newsletters.
Question: These questions have been asked many times, so I thought perhaps this would be a good opportunity to provide everyone with additional information on the subject of Grounding and Negative Energy.
Answer #1: Grounding
Anytime you feel spacey or disoriented it is a good idea to ground and center yourself. The first step in many spiritual practices is to learn to ground, that is to connect yourself energetically to the core of the Earth even when you wish to astral travel or meditate you will find that beginning from being grounded will help you with inner focus.
Whatever your beliefs are this simple practice can make a huge difference in your life. There are many techniques for grounding and it is wise to look for those that work best for you.
The essence of most methods is to relax and visualize yourself sending an energy cord or light beam into the earth from your root chakra (at the tailbone) and allowing it to reach the earth core. Thus allowing you to get energy from the Earth and return excess energy down the cord. The energy you send down the cord that is not your own is cleansed and used by the earth. Your own energy is cleansed and returned to you. There are spirit beings that thrive on clearing negative energy. A classic form of grounding is to imagine roots growing into the Earth from your feet and spinal column or central energy channel. Some traditions strongly prefer that you ground from the spinal center and not from the feet. I follow the tradition of asking the Earth for permission and thanking her for her healing energy.
Answer #2: Negative Energy
I sometimes have a hard time trying to get rid of some negative energy especially after treating clients. Every time you have an emotional contact with anyone, you create an attachment point to him or her. A cord of energy or chakra cord. Ask to heal the areas where the cords were attached and create a shield around each chakra to prevent further attachments. You can also if possible take a sea salt bath to remove negative energy. Rinse yourself down with the warm water and watch the water go down the drain, taking your negative energy with it.
There are no hard and fast rules.
New Training Courses:
Many new courses have been added to our Tree Of Life Reiki web site this past quarter. Money River Reiki, Money Reiki for a new Reality, Success Flush Reiki just to name a few, A very important new class you might want to take a closer look at is titled: Starburst New Beginnings by Founder Linda Colibert
Star Burst New Beginnings Reiki connects you to the energies of a StarBurst and is the creative energies of new beginnings. Life is born of the burst of energy that happens when a star goes nova and bursts spraying out particles into the atmosphere. These energies create matter and are the result of changes, death of the old, and rebirth of the new. Star Burst New Beginnings Reiki works with these energies to help you bring about changes for the better, creativity, and New Beginnings. Read more about this course and other new offerings on our web site at: http://www.treeoflifereiki.com
Our Incredible Moon:
October Moon is A Waxing Crescent Moon, currently 7% of the full Moon.
October's Harvest Moon
Every few years, the full moon closest to the equinox that earns the name of the Harvest Moon falls in October instead of September. This is one of those years. The moon reaches full stage at 2:10 a.m. EDT on October 4, 2009. On the West Coast of the United States, the full moon occurs just before midnight on October 3. For observers in North America who watch the moonrise at sunset, the moon will look fullest on the 3rd.
On October 7, two hours after sunset, the moon will rise near the Pleiades star cluster. On October 26, the bright point of light by the moon is Jupiter, which shines at magnitude -2.6. Halloween, October 31, will not host the full moon, but it will be 95%-lit because the next full moon is only two days later. The time of sunset on Halloween depends on location. For example, Chicago will see the sun set at 5:45 p.m. while down in Houston the sun will set an hour later, at 6:35 p.m.
Halloween Night:
October 31st (Halloween) is a favorite time celebrated by many in the United States. On that night children (and many adults) dress up in their favorite costumes and masks. Some choosing to dress as Witches, Ghosts, Devils, etc, etc. some in scary dress while others dress in funny attire, or to look like famous celebrity or even political figures. Once dressed they attend local Halloween parties or many children go door to door in their respective neighborhoods “Trick or Treating” each child must carry a bag or something capable of holding candy and treats that are passed out to them at each home they choose to visit. Most neighbors participating in the one night festivity will leave their porch lights a glow to welcome the young “Trick or Treaters.” This is a tradition that I remember taking part in myself as a child, and now as an adult continue in that tradition by passing out treats to children who ring or knock at our door. The one night event usually begins soon after sunset and ends within a few hours 3-4 at most. We do try to keep an adequate supply of treats on hand to support the children’s fun. Sometimes depending on the number of children going door to door, we have run out of candy treats, so we simply let them know by turning off our porch or outside lights and then they pass us on by. I have included a short poem here of those childhood memories.
Halloween Memories
By Bob Eagleton
Halloween nights, I remember them well,
And the scary stories we all would tell.
Of ghosts and goblins, and vampire bats,
Witches riding brooms with big black cats.
Masquerade parties with games and fun,
With plenty of good treats for everyone.
I’m all grown up now, that’s all in my past,
But those Halloween memories forever will last
A Closing Thought:
Abraham Quote:
You are magnificent beings, in the perfect place at the perfect time, unfolding perfectly, never getting it done, and never getting it wrong. Be more playful about all of it. "Today, no matter where I'm going, no matter what I am doing, and no matter who I'm doing it with -- it is my dominant intent to look for that which I'm wanting to see. I'm wanting to find thoughts and words and actions that feel good while I'm finding them. For in doing so, I am, in the moment, practicing the art of allowing all that I've been telling the Universe I'm wanting, for all of the days of my existence.
--- Abraham
courtesy of: http://www.abraham-hicks.com/
Love, Light, Joy & Blessings,
Wanda….
E-mail us at: info@treeoflifereiki.com or visit our web site http://www.treeoflifereiki.com
Why ask if you don't care? (Re-posted from Tumblr)
Last year I was almost dead set on becoming something in the medical career. I love watching medical shows (House) and especially medical documentaries (i.e. about OCD, conjoined twins, progeria, etc).
However, I've analyzed my life and realized with my laziness and lack of motivation for schoolwork, I cannot become anything in the medical career. Just because I am fascinated with the human body and different conditions, does not mean I am cut out to become a physician. It takes discipline, love of ALL people and able to control people when they are in hysterics/a mad fit of rage/etc, being able to work long hours, MANY years of school along with top marks, and not being grossed out by normal things.
When it comes to myself, I obviously lack discipline, I am not a fan of children (although I honestly love people...especially my friends. I care deeply about all of you...really, I do), I am lazy and therefore would not be able to work long hours, I do not want to be in school for too many more years (and again due to my laziness I have shit marks), and I get grossed out when I see someone bleeding in real life.
What it comes down to, is that last year, I thought I wanted to be in the medical career, but after realizing the above things, I changed my mind. I looked at my interests and decided that history would be much better suited to me, despite the fact it may be hard to find jobs here in T-BAY. I'm sure I will find something though. There are problems with every career path.
However, my main problem standing in my way is my laziness in school. I used to be a straight-A student, but after I went through a bad fit of depression a few years ago, I stopped caring, and stopped doing regular homework. As a result, today I am several weeks behind in all my courses, and brutally failing. I have very difficult courses (2 University courses and 2 advanced placement courses. Maths and Sciences, no doubt) and have dug my self a deep, deep hole in less than 2 months. I have no idea how I'm going to get from failing to above a 70% average before exams…especially with the fact that today I found out that only the first half my Calculus course counts towards my mark, meaning that I got to do extremely well on the last few assignments/quizzes/tests and the exam in order to get a passing mark. It will be hell, but it's something I got to do.
But now that I realize what I want to do in University, I'm asking myself "Why am I taking the extremely hard courses and not doing any work and failing when I could take easy courses, not do any work and pass?" It's obviously because last year I thought I was going into the medical career, but I really should have changed my semester around in September, and then I wouldn't be in this situation. And I wouldn't have to deal with the stuck up, rich, preppy kids either. They keep asking me "What is your mark, Kristal? What did you get on your test, Kristal?" etc etc. I always say, "I don't discuss marks." because it's really none of their business. This therefore poses the question "Why ask if you don't care?" (Hence the title of this blog.) Because really, they are not friends with me, I don't talk to them (and vice versa), and my mark has nothing to do with them. I believe they are asking in order to feel a sense of superiority against me. I don't know if they realize I'm failing (they prob. do) but really, they should be concerned about their own mark, not mine. I feel shitty enough for being selfish and not doing anything, I don't need them laughing at me along the way.
High school is bullshit. It's shit years in which the problems we face do not matter in the long run. Sure, things like pregnancies will affect those girls who get pregnant, but really, 90% of the people in my classes are caught up in the world of sports, student council meetings, drinking with friends and homework, and complain when a teacher they have tries to teach like a university professor to get them prepared for real life. It annoys me that they live in this protective little bubble of meaningless gossip, and unleash their "problems" unto other people.
I'm just glad that I got out of that group many years ago. I believe my friends really do understand the real world, and understand real problems. Of course we all bitch about our problems, but I really do think all my friends problems are true and really matter: they aren't about a basketball game, they are about illness, poverty and drug use. Of course we all worry about friends (myself included) but I believe in order to really be a high school student that's prepared for real life once they get out, we must know and experience bits of reality outside our shell. Of course, we all must enjoy friends: that's the fun! But we mustn’t be ignorant either.
I love you guys, truly and deeply. I'm so glad you face reality instead of ignore it. Don't ever lose that about you.
-Kristal St. Jean
Saturday May 9 - Monday May 11
Kitsune no Tora
Drinking: Water
Watching: Spongebob Squarepants
Body: Stomach hurts
Wants to play: Guitar Hero - bought it last week, but I forgot to grab my guitar from my dad's house. :/
Should play: Kingdom Hearts - but I can't because my mom is watching the tv the PS2 plugs into
Has to do: Finish chapter 1 of RF2 fic, part of my Trig homework, take a walk, make something for dinner because my mom is sick
Have been playing: Rune Factory 2
Wants to: Go to the Secretary of State (aka the DMV) so I can get my license - passed my test~! 8D
Kitsune no Tora is feeling: Calm
Friday night I got to call Taylor again. :3 We talked for about an hour and a half before she had to hang up because the battery on her phone was dying, haha. XD It was like, nearly 1:00 am, though. ^^; I asked to call her that late because that night I went out to dinner with my family and didn't get home until after 10:00. I have such a hard time understanding what she says sometimes, haha. XD I dunno why. She doesn't have a funky accent, and she doesn't speak too fast for me to understand, but it just seemed like her mouth wasn't close enough to the reciever or something. *shrugs* We had much lulz and facepalms over what I heard vs. what she said, haha. XD She sure teased me a lot about Raven, though. ^^; Apparently she hasn't been doing so previously because she thought I was over it, which I most certainly was not. ^^;; I had told her that I had crushed on him last summer and then got over it, and that it came back again, but apparently she didn't get the "came back again" part. I'm kind of regretting that I told her, to be honest. I don't mind talking about it with her, but sometimes she makes it out as something it's not. Every single time Raven is on or has been on recently, she pushes me to flirt with him, or if I talk to him privately, she is adamant that I've been flirting with him. ^^; But I'm nooooooooot. D: It's not like that.... I mean, I like him, more than any other guy. But it's just not at the level of crush that I would go anywhere near flirting with him. I just don't like him like that. (Yet, as Taylor would say. ^^;) He's cute, he's nice, and I like that. And we lead creepily similar lives, haha. XD;; But it's nothing more than that~ Although I did tell Taylor that I had told Raven that "It was no fun worrying about his wellbeing," because he has been sick recently and hadn't told us much of anything. I had to PM him about it. ^^; After I told Taylor, she was in full-on FireWaterModShipping mode. XD;
Jesus, I didn't tease her as much when she was crushing on Shadow as she has in the past few days to me. ^^; It's mildly annoying.
Now she's going to bug Raven endlessly about the collab again, trying to get my character paired up with his. ^^; Well, she said she would, but I don't know if she'll go through with it. Probably. And she'll probably get Shadow and Mima on her side, too. ^^; Although those two would just do it for the sake of adding more shippings. XDD
I don't think I've mentioned the collab much here, maybe only in passing. We're starting the collab fic again. We're using the same basic plot, but most all of the characters that were in the old one either belong to people who aren't participating again or are being altered (like mine, Alessandra doesn't have the same team nor does she look the same anymore). So we'll be having the same adventure, but it will be drastically different. Soaring was going to participate, but she had a big blowout fight with me (for no reason, really, I just didn't like most of her ideas and she took it personally) and dropped out. Since we all like the plot, we're going to keep it, but we will mention that the basic idea and Mary Sue are her creation.
Since we have forum couples now, they'll be of course in the collab. ^^ Pinchshipping, which is Taylor/Shadow, and Tickleshipping, which is Mima/Dai. Those two are set and have ideas planned out for them. FireWaterModShipping does have two ideas, but it only ended up that way because Taylor and Shadow volunteered Alessandra for the role. ^^; We'll see. I talked to Raven about it a while back, but he was set on the idea that his character would either end up getting Flannery (which is pretty much his character's entire driving force for running around Sinnoh, which is the region we're going to do it in), or end up with no one at all.
I.... do want FireWaterModshipping in the collab, even if I am embarrassed by Taylor and co. pushing it so much. XD;
Okay, enough rambling, back to what I'm supposed to be blogging about. XD
Since I stayed up so late talking to Taylor, I was beat for my driver's test Saturday morning. :/ I couldn't answer any of the questions she asked me right, haha. XD I COULDN'T THINK LIKE THAT SORRY. XP But, I passed my test~ I'm still not all that good at parking, but apparently I parallel park really well. XD My mom was really impressed. BUT I HAVE MY LICENSE FUCK YEAH~ Well, I have my certificate. I have to go to the Secretary of State to get my actual license, which I was going to do this afternoon, but my mom is sick today. I dunno if she ate something she shouldn't have or what, but she was pretty sick this morning.
Sunday was Mother's Day. I spent Saturday night at my dad's, and after picking up my sister from mom's we headed to my grandma's for brunch. I hung out with my cousins and ate food, like usual. Felt like a third wheel, like usual. :/ My cousin Angela has such a fixation with my sister; she sits there and talks to my sister the entire time, leaving me and my cousin Kelsey just sitting there bored. :/ And Kelsey and I have similar personalities, so we don't really converse well. ^^;
So after that (and after receiving some delicious chocolate-chocolate chip brownies, yum~), we headed back to mom's, gave her her present and her card, listened to her rant about something stupid my uncle did at dinner on Friday, ate dinner and went to bed. Yadda yadda.
Today I went back to school for my summer semester. I had Trigonometry from 9:30 this morning until 12:30. Ugggggh. Trig is SO not going to be fun. The summer course is 7 1/2 weeks, while it's normally 15 weeks. :/ And that's besides the fact that there's so much memorization and stuff, which besides failing at Trig in general I'm not that good at. Grr for my parents making me go to school for the summer, and why did I have to pick a math class, much less take almost a full load. :/ I should have seen a counselor, I should have~
Tomorrow I have Humanities from 12:30 to 3:30, Wednesday I have Trig again from 9:30 to 12:30, and Thursday I have Humanities again from 12:30 to 3:30 and then Information Systems (a class that I don't have to take, but my mother made me take) from 6:00 to 10:00 pm. Woo for parental fail. DX I'm going to die with ten credit hours accelerated to the same amount of material in half the time. FUN. This is going to go on until July 1st.
WOO I'M EXCITED /sarcasm
ANYWAY~ That's kinda all I can think of to talk about, so this is where I leave off~
Goodnight, digital abyss.
Drinking: Water
Watching: Spongebob Squarepants
Body: Stomach hurts
Wants to play: Guitar Hero - bought it last week, but I forgot to grab my guitar from my dad's house. :/
Should play: Kingdom Hearts - but I can't because my mom is watching the tv the PS2 plugs into
Has to do: Finish chapter 1 of RF2 fic, part of my Trig homework, take a walk, make something for dinner because my mom is sick
Have been playing: Rune Factory 2
Wants to: Go to the Secretary of State (aka the DMV) so I can get my license - passed my test~! 8D
Kitsune no Tora is feeling: Calm
Friday night I got to call Taylor again. :3 We talked for about an hour and a half before she had to hang up because the battery on her phone was dying, haha. XD It was like, nearly 1:00 am, though. ^^; I asked to call her that late because that night I went out to dinner with my family and didn't get home until after 10:00. I have such a hard time understanding what she says sometimes, haha. XD I dunno why. She doesn't have a funky accent, and she doesn't speak too fast for me to understand, but it just seemed like her mouth wasn't close enough to the reciever or something. *shrugs* We had much lulz and facepalms over what I heard vs. what she said, haha. XD She sure teased me a lot about Raven, though. ^^; Apparently she hasn't been doing so previously because she thought I was over it, which I most certainly was not. ^^;; I had told her that I had crushed on him last summer and then got over it, and that it came back again, but apparently she didn't get the "came back again" part. I'm kind of regretting that I told her, to be honest. I don't mind talking about it with her, but sometimes she makes it out as something it's not. Every single time Raven is on or has been on recently, she pushes me to flirt with him, or if I talk to him privately, she is adamant that I've been flirting with him. ^^; But I'm nooooooooot. D: It's not like that.... I mean, I like him, more than any other guy. But it's just not at the level of crush that I would go anywhere near flirting with him. I just don't like him like that. (Yet, as Taylor would say. ^^;) He's cute, he's nice, and I like that. And we lead creepily similar lives, haha. XD;; But it's nothing more than that~ Although I did tell Taylor that I had told Raven that "It was no fun worrying about his wellbeing," because he has been sick recently and hadn't told us much of anything. I had to PM him about it. ^^; After I told Taylor, she was in full-on FireWaterModShipping mode. XD;
Jesus, I didn't tease her as much when she was crushing on Shadow as she has in the past few days to me. ^^; It's mildly annoying.
Now she's going to bug Raven endlessly about the collab again, trying to get my character paired up with his. ^^; Well, she said she would, but I don't know if she'll go through with it. Probably. And she'll probably get Shadow and Mima on her side, too. ^^; Although those two would just do it for the sake of adding more shippings. XDD
I don't think I've mentioned the collab much here, maybe only in passing. We're starting the collab fic again. We're using the same basic plot, but most all of the characters that were in the old one either belong to people who aren't participating again or are being altered (like mine, Alessandra doesn't have the same team nor does she look the same anymore). So we'll be having the same adventure, but it will be drastically different. Soaring was going to participate, but she had a big blowout fight with me (for no reason, really, I just didn't like most of her ideas and she took it personally) and dropped out. Since we all like the plot, we're going to keep it, but we will mention that the basic idea and Mary Sue are her creation.
Since we have forum couples now, they'll be of course in the collab. ^^ Pinchshipping, which is Taylor/Shadow, and Tickleshipping, which is Mima/Dai. Those two are set and have ideas planned out for them. FireWaterModShipping does have two ideas, but it only ended up that way because Taylor and Shadow volunteered Alessandra for the role. ^^; We'll see. I talked to Raven about it a while back, but he was set on the idea that his character would either end up getting Flannery (which is pretty much his character's entire driving force for running around Sinnoh, which is the region we're going to do it in), or end up with no one at all.
I.... do want FireWaterModshipping in the collab, even if I am embarrassed by Taylor and co. pushing it so much. XD;
Okay, enough rambling, back to what I'm supposed to be blogging about. XD
Since I stayed up so late talking to Taylor, I was beat for my driver's test Saturday morning. :/ I couldn't answer any of the questions she asked me right, haha. XD I COULDN'T THINK LIKE THAT SORRY. XP But, I passed my test~ I'm still not all that good at parking, but apparently I parallel park really well. XD My mom was really impressed. BUT I HAVE MY LICENSE FUCK YEAH~ Well, I have my certificate. I have to go to the Secretary of State to get my actual license, which I was going to do this afternoon, but my mom is sick today. I dunno if she ate something she shouldn't have or what, but she was pretty sick this morning.
Sunday was Mother's Day. I spent Saturday night at my dad's, and after picking up my sister from mom's we headed to my grandma's for brunch. I hung out with my cousins and ate food, like usual. Felt like a third wheel, like usual. :/ My cousin Angela has such a fixation with my sister; she sits there and talks to my sister the entire time, leaving me and my cousin Kelsey just sitting there bored. :/ And Kelsey and I have similar personalities, so we don't really converse well. ^^;
So after that (and after receiving some delicious chocolate-chocolate chip brownies, yum~), we headed back to mom's, gave her her present and her card, listened to her rant about something stupid my uncle did at dinner on Friday, ate dinner and went to bed. Yadda yadda.
Today I went back to school for my summer semester. I had Trigonometry from 9:30 this morning until 12:30. Ugggggh. Trig is SO not going to be fun. The summer course is 7 1/2 weeks, while it's normally 15 weeks. :/ And that's besides the fact that there's so much memorization and stuff, which besides failing at Trig in general I'm not that good at. Grr for my parents making me go to school for the summer, and why did I have to pick a math class, much less take almost a full load. :/ I should have seen a counselor, I should have~
Tomorrow I have Humanities from 12:30 to 3:30, Wednesday I have Trig again from 9:30 to 12:30, and Thursday I have Humanities again from 12:30 to 3:30 and then Information Systems (a class that I don't have to take, but my mother made me take) from 6:00 to 10:00 pm. Woo for parental fail. DX I'm going to die with ten credit hours accelerated to the same amount of material in half the time. FUN. This is going to go on until July 1st.
WOO I'M EXCITED /sarcasm
ANYWAY~ That's kinda all I can think of to talk about, so this is where I leave off~
Goodnight, digital abyss.
A good day.
My cat wants some attention. XD But, anyway, that`s not what I came here to tell you about.
Well, she`s gone now anyway. Time for her to go bug somebody else. :)
My day was good. In Math, I have sufficiently started my Juliet POV. Actually, I started a scene of it - I only wrote about a paragraph`s worth. Then I had an appointment with my guidance counselor halfway through class, and I discovered that I got into all the courses I chose for next year. I was happy about that. She also gave me this sheet that described College and University costs for certain stuff. She asked me what my chances of going to University were, and I said "Zero." Everybody says I`m smart enough to go, though. It's very weird. I also told her, since I had originally wanted to drop back down to Applied English - to keep me in Academic English. The knowledgre and stuff I learn in the University level course will do me some good in life, I suppose. She also asked if I wanted to move up to Academic in Religion, since, typically (and apparently) Academic English students choose to do Academic Religion as well. I told her to keep me in Applied.
She asked me how my classes were and how my semester was going, you know, the odd check-up. She also stated that the Sociology course I wanted was College/Uni level instead of Open - but she said I would have problem with that. Odd.
So that makes my schedule:
Math
Religion
English
Parenting
Peer Mentoring
Communications/Media
Sociology
Computers
W00tzorz! :3
In English, we watched the modern version of Romeo and Juliet - the Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes version. :3 My teacher, Ms. Gudall, was gone today - which was good, because I really didn`t want to face her today due to the fact that my humiliation could have returned. Only two people have seen the movie, which was me and this other girl in my class. Chantal was so confused, so I had to keep her up to date on who was who and what was going on.
Oh, my cat`s back. XD
In History, we did some more research on the 1920`s. And Randy (yup, same guy in Math), recently got grounded and his Video Game were taken away due to him not doing any work. So he`s really depending on me to help him with it, to which, I complied - because I enjoy helping people, of course. ^^
In Computers, our Powerpoint unit is nearly over, so my teacher says.
...My cat won't leave me alone. She's all purry. XD I`ll have to give her some attention once I get this blog up.
10 Days till my fieldtrip to Stratford. I'm so excited! ^^ And I have my little get-together with ML tomorrow.
I had like, a three hour nap yesterday - which resulted in me staying up until around 2:30 A.M. I was so tired when I woke up. ...Must not fall asleep today, I hope. Mom told Dad to keep an eye on me to make sure I don't fall asleep.
Oh, and dad's painting the house, for some reason. Our paint is old, and it's been there ever since I was a little girl - so there's a lot of odd splotches and stuff like that.
Well, she`s gone now anyway. Time for her to go bug somebody else. :)
My day was good. In Math, I have sufficiently started my Juliet POV. Actually, I started a scene of it - I only wrote about a paragraph`s worth. Then I had an appointment with my guidance counselor halfway through class, and I discovered that I got into all the courses I chose for next year. I was happy about that. She also gave me this sheet that described College and University costs for certain stuff. She asked me what my chances of going to University were, and I said "Zero." Everybody says I`m smart enough to go, though. It's very weird. I also told her, since I had originally wanted to drop back down to Applied English - to keep me in Academic English. The knowledgre and stuff I learn in the University level course will do me some good in life, I suppose. She also asked if I wanted to move up to Academic in Religion, since, typically (and apparently) Academic English students choose to do Academic Religion as well. I told her to keep me in Applied.
She asked me how my classes were and how my semester was going, you know, the odd check-up. She also stated that the Sociology course I wanted was College/Uni level instead of Open - but she said I would have problem with that. Odd.
So that makes my schedule:
Math
Religion
English
Parenting
Peer Mentoring
Communications/Media
Sociology
Computers
W00tzorz! :3
In English, we watched the modern version of Romeo and Juliet - the Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes version. :3 My teacher, Ms. Gudall, was gone today - which was good, because I really didn`t want to face her today due to the fact that my humiliation could have returned. Only two people have seen the movie, which was me and this other girl in my class. Chantal was so confused, so I had to keep her up to date on who was who and what was going on.
Oh, my cat`s back. XD
In History, we did some more research on the 1920`s. And Randy (yup, same guy in Math), recently got grounded and his Video Game were taken away due to him not doing any work. So he`s really depending on me to help him with it, to which, I complied - because I enjoy helping people, of course. ^^
In Computers, our Powerpoint unit is nearly over, so my teacher says.
...My cat won't leave me alone. She's all purry. XD I`ll have to give her some attention once I get this blog up.
10 Days till my fieldtrip to Stratford. I'm so excited! ^^ And I have my little get-together with ML tomorrow.
I had like, a three hour nap yesterday - which resulted in me staying up until around 2:30 A.M. I was so tired when I woke up. ...Must not fall asleep today, I hope. Mom told Dad to keep an eye on me to make sure I don't fall asleep.
Oh, and dad's painting the house, for some reason. Our paint is old, and it's been there ever since I was a little girl - so there's a lot of odd splotches and stuff like that.
My Course Selections. :)
Well, as you know - I received my course selection sheet on Friday, and yesterday, I went over it with my mother - asking her for her opinions on which courses I should take, would this one be more valuable than that one, etc.
So... Here are my results! Opinions are welcomed! :) (There are four courses per semester, so there'll be eight in all... - Oh, and ones with the * beside them are required; which means you HAVE to take them. The rest we got to choose on our own.)
English*
Religion*
(I attend a Catholic school, although I'm not Catholic... My school offers what I need when the rest of them don't.)
Math*
Peer Mentoring
(This is like, for people who are interesting in "working with children" - like a teacher, or a child and youth worker.)
Computers
(Yup, basically the same thing that I'm taking this year. I figure I should go on with it; since one of the things I'm interested in is web design - plus, our world is always advancing - especially in technology.)
Parenting
(Yeah, go ahead and laugh. :) I figured it would do me some good eventually!)
Sociology
(Basically the study of the human mind.)
Communications Technology
(This is working with like, producing media - I guess you could say. Cameras, photography, film editing, that sorta thing.)
--- Alternate Courses (just incase I don't get into one of the ones I chose, then they replace that course previously chosen with one of these...)
16th Century History.
Drama.
---
I have a new career option; if you wondering about the peer mentoring and working with youth - I have a small desire to become a child and youth worker (basically one of those people that kids/teens go to talk to and get advice about their issues in their lives). Don't ask me why; I just think I should put the empatheticness that I currently possess to good use. Plus, from what mom told me, you can go to College for that. Which is where I plan on going.
Whadd'ya think? I must admit, it was REALLY stressful to choose - since you have so many you want to choose, but yet you can pick so very few. Added to the fact you want to make the "right choices"... I hate this time of year. So pressuring. XD
Just thought I would share my choices with you. I hope I made some good ones... *Bites nails*
Oh, and if you seem confused about something, drop me a note and lemme know! :)
So... Here are my results! Opinions are welcomed! :) (There are four courses per semester, so there'll be eight in all... - Oh, and ones with the * beside them are required; which means you HAVE to take them. The rest we got to choose on our own.)
English*
Religion*
(I attend a Catholic school, although I'm not Catholic... My school offers what I need when the rest of them don't.)
Math*
Peer Mentoring
(This is like, for people who are interesting in "working with children" - like a teacher, or a child and youth worker.)
Computers
(Yup, basically the same thing that I'm taking this year. I figure I should go on with it; since one of the things I'm interested in is web design - plus, our world is always advancing - especially in technology.)
Parenting
(Yeah, go ahead and laugh. :) I figured it would do me some good eventually!)
Sociology
(Basically the study of the human mind.)
Communications Technology
(This is working with like, producing media - I guess you could say. Cameras, photography, film editing, that sorta thing.)
--- Alternate Courses (just incase I don't get into one of the ones I chose, then they replace that course previously chosen with one of these...)
16th Century History.
Drama.
---
I have a new career option; if you wondering about the peer mentoring and working with youth - I have a small desire to become a child and youth worker (basically one of those people that kids/teens go to talk to and get advice about their issues in their lives). Don't ask me why; I just think I should put the empatheticness that I currently possess to good use. Plus, from what mom told me, you can go to College for that. Which is where I plan on going.
Whadd'ya think? I must admit, it was REALLY stressful to choose - since you have so many you want to choose, but yet you can pick so very few. Added to the fact you want to make the "right choices"... I hate this time of year. So pressuring. XD
Just thought I would share my choices with you. I hope I made some good ones... *Bites nails*
Oh, and if you seem confused about something, drop me a note and lemme know! :)
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