Good Friends

It's the friends that you can call up at four a.m. that matter.
Marlene Dietrich

There's way too much backstory to explain in this small space, but I just want to say that it's nice to reconnect with old friends. Sometimes the trivial everyday things just seem to get in the way and you forget how good it is to talk to someone.

Of course!

Freya Indeed, you are 83% erudite, 87% sensual, 58% martial, and 66% saturnine.

Freya, twin sister of Frey, is a member of the Vanir family, the Norse clan of Fertility Gods. Like her counterparts, Aphrodite, Isis, Venus, and Ishtar (Greek, Egyptian, Roman and Indian mythology), she concerned herself with sex and all that goes with it. She was quite fond of cats, by the way. In fact, she was said to travel about in a magnificent chariot drawn by her two regal black cats named Bygul and Trjegul (Pronunciation? You're on your own...) that were rumoured to be possessed. After serving Freya for 7 years, the cats were rewarded by being turned into witches, disguised as black cats. Even many of her personal traits seem cat-like. For instance, she always wore a brilliant jewel studded collar symbolizing her authority over the fiery aspect of sexuality. Besides being the Goddess of love, cats, the moon, magic, and of course sex, Freya was also skilled in a form of magic called "seithr" (meaning "sayer" or "seer") which consisted of putting oneself into a deep meditative trance so that the secrets of the future might be revealed. She also owned a feather coat which she could use to fly between the worlds. 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.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 71% on erudite You scored higher than 64% on sensual You scored higher than 62% on martial You scored higher than 68% on saturnine

Link: The Mythological Goddess Test written by Nitsuki on Ok Cupid

Telemarketers

Well, not exactly telemarketers but the people who go door to door soliciting money for causes. There must be a million of them in Berkeley alone.

I wish there was a "Do Not Knock on My Door" program.
Not because I'm unwilling to donate to the cause,
but because I don't give people money at the door.
And I'm not sorry.
I like information. I like researching who's behind what and where my money is going to go. I like to know what percentage of my donation goes to the actual cause and not administrative fees. Plus, if I supported every cause that walked up to my door, I would be broke within 24 hours.

I've also noticed that they aren't looking for $5 or $10 one time donations. They are always looking for $25 monthly donations. So if I donated the minimum $25 per month to the 5 or 6 causes that walk up to my door per week. Let's call it 5 for calculation purposes, that's at least 20 causes at $25/month for a grand total of $500 a month. Frankly, that would pay for a hybrid car or installing solar panels, which would cover 75% of the causes.

Please don't call me callous or uncaring. I do care about most of the causes. I just don't run a foundation that provides grants to every cause out there. I've got limited funds, so I've got to be choosy about who gets the funds I can spare.

Arrrgggghhh!!!!

I wish this day would end. *said in dinosaur voice*

Not only have I broken a drinking glass and a bottle of dish soap, I've now cut my foot on a piece of broken glass I missed. Minor, but enough to make it hurt. And all because for the next 2 weeks there are people who will be at the house. Well, one set is potentially at the house and the other set is a definitely at the house. So I'm cleaning up. Especially since the house has been in a construction zone for the past few weeks. I've let the dust dogs go wild and have those suckers multiplied. Ahhhh, the problem and hence the need to use the dinosaur voice. Who's doing all the cleaning? Me. Who's not helping? RTL. Let's not even go into the "why" part of the answer. I laugh because the only reason we went and bought the dishwasher is because I made her wash dishes one weekend.

So it's Friday night around 7 and I'm hungry. No RTL. She's still at work. I know she had a big client meeting today and there was supposed to be some shindig after work, but as of this morning she was skipping it. (The shindig was suppose to be the reason why I'm not getting to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tonight. check out the games especially Fudge Frenzy - hee hee.) And I've tried to call but no one answers. So I finally got wise and called the stupid cell phone. She's sitting in a frickin' bar drinking! Thanks for calling to tell me that you were going to be late.

So I'm pissed off. and annoyed. and I feel like whining about it. Arrrrggggghhhhh!