Daily Archives: January 21, 2004

Happy New Years!!!

Gong Hay Fat Choy and Saehae Bok Mani Paduseyo!!!

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year…Lunar New Year to be PC about it since not just China celebrates it. The new year is the Year of the Wood Monkey. This is what the new year hold for me according to my
Chinese astrology book:

**update** The parade isn’t until February. I forgot that the parade is usually a couple weeks after the actual new years

From Chinese Astrology: Strange how you always think it’s your year. You get all excited and buoyed up – but it’s the monkey’s year; don’t forget it.

From The Handbook Of Chinese Astrology: The year of the Monkey may present setbacks and some difficulties for the Tiger native. This may be because the Tiger is used to having his way and tends to be short on patience and endurance. The Monkey is the ultimate showman, and extremely competitive, and the Tiger native may feel intimidated by the many challenges the Monkey year brings. This is not the time to let his impulses lead the Tiger into making rash decisions. A good strategy would be for the Tiger to refrain from making quick or long-term commitments unless he gets all the information on the whole picture. Seeking counsel as well as shelter when things get out of hand would be the smartest thing for the Tiger native to do this year. If the Tiger-born refuses to play by the Monkey’s rules or succumb to the Monkey’s ingenious mind games, then he will not become involved in complicated capers that Tigers may not be adept at handling because of their temperament. Can the Tiger resist danger? He must, or the Monkey wins.

From The New Chinese Astrology: You are going to love this year. It’s action packed with changes and surprises. Besides, the Monkey really admires your pep and secretly giggles in complicity behind his paw at your incessant shenanigans. He’s a good ally for you so you can go ahead this year with your crazy outlandish plans and your endless plots and schemes. The Monkey’s atmosphere is there to assist you in becoming a better leader. But don’t push this Monkey year’s good nature because his involvement in your plans will be superficial. This year people will willingly give you a hand or even a leg-up but they won’t invest in your enterprises. Go it alone. And hurry!

From Chinese Horoscope For Lovers: Despite some financial problems and the odd unexpected hurdle, there’ll be plenty of scope and opportunities for the Tiger to make fair progress this year. Emotionally, it’s a time for compromise since people and events will sorely try your patience. Year Trend: Watch out for gremlins.

Will probably head out to the Chinese New Year Parade once again this year, even though it is suppose to be cloudy and a chance of rain. All I need to do is to get sick right before school starts again. I already have enough of an headache going on with the first day of school.

inspirational…

One of the best parts of living in Pacifica is the drive home. I just love the view that I have driving home has I cross over Skyline Blvd on Hwy 1 and head down the hill to the town. A beautiful view of the ocean, the waves crashing onto the pier and the beach, the sun a rosy orange setting in the horizon, the surfers out in the water catching a last wave. And if the right song is playing in the car, the inspirational effect climbs up another notch.
Mark, the new guy, was over to give Barbara a deposit for the room. I’m glad that she finally found someone to rent the second room out, has it will help her out alot. He’s not moving in until February, so that gives me time to clear my stuff off of the shelves and make room for him. Barbara’s daughter is also coming up to spend the weekend. That will good for Barbara, since she wasn’t able to go down to LA to see her for Xmas.

2 cat pile-up

So I should be asleep, but the cats are running qualifying laps for the Pacifica 200 that they are planning on having this weekend.
So yeah, the cats are racing back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. All of a sudden, there is this double thud on my door. It’s quiet for a moment, and then the back and forth continues.
Those crazy cats…
**update** Just heard Barbara get up. Guess she is going to raise the black flag and end the races.

Since we’re talking about Republicans…

Finish reading the two Christian books that Lesa let me borrow. Actually, it was just kind of a forced read just in order to say that I read them. Which means that I need to read them again.
I got some things out of the two books, but not what I wanted to get. Not sure if it was what I needed to get either. I get the point that God sent Jesus to die on the cross to save us and to forgive our sins. And that everything in the Old Testament is superseded by whatever was written in the New Testament. And that Jews, Muslims, and even Catholics are going to hell.
Yeah, I got alot of rereading to do.
I guess it come down to is that I don’t have faith in God/Jesus (I’m still kinda confused on that whole issue too, but I’ll save that for later, I guess). Am I being too arrogant in the fact that I would like God/Jesus/Angel/cherub/Saint to talk to me in person, or send me a clear sign? Am I just too pigheaded/arrogant to hear them talk to me? I am quite willing to be struck by something, whether it is a lighting bolt, or a big white holy bible, in order to knock something into me.
I probably should goto a Bible Study somewhere; that might get some of my questions answered. But it was weird enough going to a church by myself.
Maybe I am just destined to goto hell? Maybe that’s what I need, a sign from the Devil confirming my spot in hell. At least I would know, right?
**sigh**
I need to take some Nyquil and goto sleep.