"Oh, I used to have one like it. Do you know what it means?"
"Nope, nobody's ever known what the wings are..."
"Those are lotus blossoms. You know, the ankh stands for life, and the lotus stands for love...so the lotus and the ankh mean life surrounded by love. I have a tattoo of a design like it, see?"
Life surrounded by love.
What a wonderful meaning for one of my favorite pieces of jewelry. I picked it up at a RenFaire this summer because it wasn't a design I'd ever seen before, and I'd lost my pentacle a couple of weeks earlier.
Sometimes, chance brings me what I need, even when I don't know what it is I need.
A survey from Aries Moon via Catherine's Weblog...- IS VOTING MANDATORY IN YOUR COUNTRY? IF IT'S NOT, SHOULD IT BE?
No, and no. Mandatory voting...*shudder* As a friend of mine said about the recent passage of a completely idiotic tax bill that cut one of the main revenue streams for my state to almost nothing, "The people have spoken, and the people are stoopid." If you're not bright enough to want to vote, I don't want you having any say in my life.- WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY?
Toilet paper. Okay, that's not the 20th century. I'd have to say the telephone, which made the world much, much smaller.- WHAT BOOK INFLUENCED YOU MOST AS AN ADOLESCENT?
I'm sad to say that it was the original Dragonlance series. That's my dark secret...that I spent my teenage years being heavily influenced by bad pulp fantasy. I'm so ashamed.- WHAT RELATIONSHIP IN YOUR LIFE DO YOU MOST REGRET, AND WHY?
The evil boy. I really could have done without him. He crunched up my ego and my self-esteem into a little ball and threw it away.- YOU HAVE A GUN, ONE BULLET, AND COMPLETE IMMUNITY -- WHO DO YOU KILL?
I'm going to have to plead the 5th on that one.- DOES THE END EVER JUSTIFY THE MEANS?
Depends on the ends and the means.- HENRY KISSINGER OR CHOU EN-LAI?
Who?- MARILYN MONROE OR AUDREY HEPBURN?
Is this a trick question? Jeez. Dysfuctional dead starlets.- SINCLAIR OR SHERIDAN?
Sheridan. At least he's human. sinclair is an ice princess.- NAME YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITE.
This morning, I hate the Web. Ask me that again in a month.- WOULD YOU APPEAR ON THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW IF YOU WERE INVITED TO?
Never.- WHO WOULD MAKE THE IDEAL MC FOR 'WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE'?
What?- WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD, CASSETTE, OR CD YOU BOUGHT?
Men Without Hats, "Pop Goes The World" on cassette. David Arkenstone, "Citizen of Time" on CD.- MOVIE/TELEVISION CHARACTER YOU FEEL MOST EMPATHY FOR:
Violet, from "Bound". Those who know me know why.- WHOSE CELEBRITY DO YOU FIND MOST BAFFLING?
All of them. I don't get famous people.- DO YOU THINK UNUSUAL NAMES ARE COOL AND CREATIVE, OR A SIGN OF DERANGED PARENTS?
Cool and creative. i would have loved to been named something distinctive. Instead, i got stuck with "Kristie" for a legal name. A few weeks ago, I was at a party, and someone asked me what Kris was short for. I told her, "Kristie" and she said, "Really? That's your legal name? Oh, your parents didn't, did they?... oh, they did. I'm so sorry." Moral of this story: do your kids a favor and name them with a full name and just call them by the silly little nickname with an i on the end. Your children will thank you sincerely.- NAME THE PLACE THAT MOST FASCINATES YOU, IN OR OUT OF THIS WORLD, THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY NEVER VISIT FOR FEAR IT'LL DISAPPOINT YOU:
I never let fear of disappointment stop me from doing anything, silly.- IF YOU COULD HIRE SOMETHING TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOU, SOMETHING YOU HATE DOING BUT HAVE TO DO, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Cleaning out the cat box.- COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE: "YOU COULD NOT PAY ME ENOUGH TO ..."
Be a professional sysadmin. nothankyou.- IF YOU HAD TO CHANGE YOUR NAME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE IT TO?
Check in with me in a couple of weeks on that. I'm in way too nasty of a mood to even think about redefining myself.- IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF, PHYSICAL OR OTHERWISE, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
I'd speed up my metabolism.- WHERE/HOW DO YOU WANT TO DIE?
In a flaming car crash when i'm 87. Preferably just after having sex.- WHAT VEHICLE -- CAR, PLANE, BOAT, ETC. -- WOULD YOU LIKE TO DRIVE REGULARLY?
A silver new Beetle. I have no idea why I want one so badly, but I do.- WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE SO DRUNK YOU GOT SICK?
The one and only time I've been drunk enough to get sick, I was extremely unhappy with a boy I was dating, and I thought alcohol poisoning would be a good way to get his attention. Boy, was I wrong.- WHICH IS MORE THRILLING, SPEED OR HEIGHT?
Speed. Height's scary.- IF YOU COULD MORPH BACK AND FORTH INTO AN ANIMAL FORM, WHAT ANIMAL WOULD YOU BE?
a gyrfalcon.- IF YOU COULD WALK INTO ANY PAINTING AND EMERGE IN THE WORLD IT PORTRAYS, WHICH PAINTING WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
Flaming June.- A TIME MACHINE WILL TAKE YOU ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO FOR ONE DAY. WHERE DO YOU GO?
A deserted island, 27 years ago. With a boat, so I could row to the mainland easily. (Why 27 years ago? Because I wasn't born yet, that's why.)- YOU CAN ONLY WEAR ONE SET OF CLOTHES, WHICH WILL BE MIRACULOUSLY CLEANED AND REPAIRED EVERY MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE UP -- WHAT WILL THEY BE?
A pair of black jeans, a tight black v-neck shirt, and my big black boots. Yes, I like black clothes.- WHAT IS THE PERFECT MEAL?
I have to choose just one? Damn. I'd have to say that the perfect meal involves filet mignon, garlic, exotic mushrooms, ice cream, strawberries, raspberries, cheese, and scallops. Maybe not all at once, though.- SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU:
Catherine keeps one of my very favorite journals, ever.
how goes the war?
I WILL NOT LET MY HORMONES CONTROL MY BRAIN.
