Thursday 21 June 2007

Dionysus

Found this on Joely's blog this morning, and couldn't resist. There's some truth in it...and other parts that couldn't be farther from the truth. :)

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Your Score: Dionysus

0% Extroversion
46% Intuition
100% Emotiveness
85% Perceptiveness

Although deeply emotional, you are extremely lacking in self-knowledge. You are somewhat needy, and when bored, may become very hedonistic. Your life is a quest for meaning, above all else. You are most like Dionysus. You are primarily interested in serving others, but your efforts are almost always unappreciated. You aren't confrontational, you're often out of tune with your own needs and unaware of the consequences of your own actions.

You are, at heart, a good person. You are very affectionate, and you are very loyal to your friends and family. You are very reluctant to burden others with your own problems, to the point that this in itself can become a problem for the people who care about you. This is a particular of a more general problem. Dionysus sends wave of ruin throughout his personal life. He is the photographer who seduces his subjects. He is the teacher who seduces a student. He is the art student who paints nonrepresentational splashes of color, he is the poet who rejects meter and content. You seek sexual partners more than anything else (this is to exploit the nurturing side of others to help fill your own void). If not sexual partners, this desire to become the object of sympathy with other people can manifest itself in other destructive ways. Stinkfist by Tool explains your condition pretty well. It's very likely that you haven't had many experienced mentors. You don't want them either, because you're the sort of person who rejects criticism and boundaries, but they're also your only hope for reaching any kind of emotional maturity.

Famous People Like You: John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner

I'd tell you to stay clear of Hermes, Icarus and Apollo, but you could probably learn something from them. You're least likely to hurt The Oracle, Atlas, Prometheus, and Daedalus, but Atlas and Daedalus won't like you very much. Seek out: The Oracle, Prometheus

Wednesday 20 June 2007

Midsummer Night Dreaming


Midsummer Night Dreaming

That beautiful season the Summer! Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Happy Summer Solstice!

Through the ages, the summer solstice was a time of great celebration. Days were longer, nights warmer, food more abundant. It was a time to dance and sing and spread joy and be filled with love and gratitude.

Summer Solstice, which occurs tomorrow at precisely 3:06pm here in Nova Scotia, is still a time for celebration. Light a bonfire, watch the sun rise and set, take a long walk in the woods, commune with Nature. Enjoy the Midsummer Night and look forward to the days ahead and to Summer's bounty.

Thursday 14 June 2007

Thursday Thirteen #24

THIRTEEN OF
NOVA SCOTIA'S TREASURES
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1. The Bluenose II

2. Pier 21 - Halifax

3. Oak Island Treasure Mystery

4. Grand Pré

5. The Ovens Park

6. Cape Blomidon

7. The Bras D'Or Lakes

8. Cape D'Or Lighthouse

9. Peggy's Cove Lighthouse

10. Peggy's Cove Glacial Boulders

11. The world's highest tides

12. Port Royal/Fort Anne

13. The Halifax Public Gardens

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Wednesday 6 June 2007

Thursday Thirteen #23

THIRTEEN COMMONLY CONFUSED
AND/OR MISSPELLED WORDS


1. a lot: it's TWO words

2. conscious: being aware of surroundings

3. conscience: feeling shame when you do something immoral

4. conscientious: guided by your conscience; painstaking

5. existence: (misspelled existance)

6. development/judgment: no 'e' before the 'ment'

7. lightning: no 'e' after the 't'

8. pastime: one 's'

9. rhythm: one 'y'

10. separate: not seperate

11. there: at that place

12. their: belonging to them

13. they're: contraction for 'they are'


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