2003-10-05 - 9:54 p.m. - kitten, Josh, Damien, astral projections - what more could you want???

It's been a while and what I'm about to write won't do justice to all the thoughts wandering about in my head that I've been wanting to disclose here.

Quick update: I adopted the cutest kitten on the planet last weekend, and presently she is sleeping on my lap as I type this. She is part Siamese with blue eyes, a gray face, tail and paws and a white body. If I had the "know- how" and gold membership (like I used to have), I'd post a picture of her, but alas, I have neither.

I did another flash mob event recently. We played red light/green light and I got to be "it" to start us off. It's quite amusing to see a group of strangers suddenly meet at the exact same time and randomly start playing this game for 8 minutes and then clap their hands for 10 seconds and disperse. Pure silliness and fun.

I have fallen in love with the music of Josh Ritter - a singer/songwriter who has been compared with Nick Drake and Bob Dylan. He just released a second CD called "Hello Starling" and I heard him play a few songs from it at a local record store last Saturday. I liked the first couple of songs and then he had me on the third one - especially since my name is its title, and there's something really cool about hearing your name in the middle of a beautiful melody. When I spoke with him afterwards as he signed my CD, he said he wrote it for me - hahahahahahaha. He's quite charming and we found out we're both former residents of the same state back East. He's so down to earth, too; He gave me a nice big hug after talking with me - it was like we had been longtime friends, and he made me feel special. He's that type of wonderful person. So if you like singer songwriters and are looking for some great music - pick up his CD - I guarantee you'll fall in love with it as I have.

I saw Damien Rice perform at a local theater this past week and he is wonderful as well. Still, I'm a bit stuck on Josh at the present moment. Maybe when Damien writes me a song, I'll drop Josh for him. ;)

I'm volunteering at a haunted house and hope to be able to scare some people over the next couple of weekends. I worked at the preview night this past Sat. but was behind the scenes moving this spiked wall in on people after closing the door on them when they entered this one room in the haunted temple of doom. I love Halloween and by doing this, I can extend the holiday to more than just one night. :)

I don't know - what else??? Those are all events...I guess emotionally I've been doing well lately. I've been so busy I don't always check in with my emotions. Being preoccupied is good way to avoid that I guess, and to not realize that I am still lonely at times and not always happy. But I'm reading this great book called "The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment" by Eckhart Tolle. I'm hoping to be able to learn to live more in the present moment and not focus on the past or worry about the future.

I'm not that happy right now with my job - I feel as though my patience has worn thin with my freshmen, and I can't keep blaming it on PMS unless my PMS now lasts a full month. I don't know if I'm just burning out or what...they just seem to be trying my patience more this year.

One last thing - it seems like two of my buddies who were among the missing have recently updated their journals - %%diary-perceptions%% and %%diary-dumb-john%%. Welcome back guys - I've missed you. And thank you, Flood for your password. This place wouldn't be the same without you, my dear friend.

Two of my friends and I are doing an experiment tonight - we're going to try to astral project ourselves and meet at this location we have selected at exactly 1:00 a.m. tonight, so I guess I better prepare myself for the journey - like falling asleep for starters. I'll let you know if it works. Yeah - you can roll your eyes, but it's way cheaper than flying and you don't have to worry about packing. If it does work, I'm going to astral project myself to Josh Ritter's next show - I think he's touring Ireland next and it's been far too long since I last visited that beautiful Emerald Isle.

On that note, I shall excuse myself from Diaryland so I can enter Dreamland.

Fare thee well, my friends.

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