EJ Sept 17 2002

 

 884 horoscopes

 

• Sep. 17, 2002

   

  Taurus
  Horoscope (by astrocenter.com)
  Sex and romance should be very much on your mind today, dear Taurus.
  If you are currently involved, you'll want to plan a romantic evening
  with that special someone in your life. If not, you might find
  yourself attracting more appreciative glances than usual! An old
  friend might suddenly appear in a different light. On the downside:
  This is not a good day to make investments or any major purchases. If
  you do, you probably won't get the results you want.
  
  Gemini
  Horoscope (by astrocenter.com)
  A minor conflict between responsibilities toward work and towards
  family, particularly romantic partners, might arise today, and could
  cause some tension. Be careful, dear Gemini, not to let your
  attitudes swing with your mood. Try to be consistent, for this could
  only exacerbate frustrations between you and your mate. Your ability
  to compromise, however, is operating at a very high level today, and
  therefore you can find a solution. Make the most of it!
  ------------------------------
  
  Jen called last nite--her temp job is boring. She has an interview
  tomorrow that she's not interested in. Ah well.
  
  She says I should tell A some spiel about how Tom isn't sure if he
  is going, and I have alot of errands to run that morning, not sure
  exactly when I'll be leaving, bla bla, and "I wouldn't want to
  inconvenience you, so why don't we just meet there?" I didn't make up
  stuff but I did end up suggesting that we just meet there.
  
  

  886 letter to mom

   

  •  

    Sept. 17, 2002
    
    
    
    Hi Mom!
    
    Sorry it's taken so long for me to write to you—life's been pretty
    quiet around here. We had some voluntary Overtime at work, and all my
    coworkers were trying to milk it by staying more hours but wasting a
    lot of time chatting and goofing, but I worked my butt off and now
    we're caught up. Haha. I managed to screw `em without doing anything
    wrong. Win-win.
    
    Thank you for all the little goodies you've been sending. I liked the
    little funky button/beads & the hedgie beads are great. I need to get
    my work room clean & organized so I can do some bead projects.
    
    The city finally finished our backyard, so I need to get back there
    and weed-whack, etc. They took away 4 or 5 of our trees, and of the 3
    they left us, one died. I think too many of its roots were destroyed
    by the construction & it died of shock. One of Tom's fellow VW-club
    people is a landscaper, so we are going to talk with him about
    cutting it down, now that the weather is getting cooler & you can
    spend time outside without getting heatstroke.
    
    We went to the discount movies with Alex on Friday—he wanted to see
    Attack of the Clones again. The action scenes & special effects were
    good, and I loved the costumes, but the love scenes were so
    embarrassing. It was only the 2nd time I'd seen it, but I don't think
    I'll want to see it again.
    
    Saturday, I just wandered around town. There's a shop called the
    Arabic Bazaar that was having its first anniversary party. Free
    bellydance lessons & all kinds of sweets. I wish they'd had Turkish
    coffee. Anyhoo..it was a nice shop. I hadn't been in before. Austin
    seems to be experiencing a lot of interest in Middle Eastern culture.
    There are a couple of restaurants that have opened up, there was a
    big middle eastern themed party at one of the clubs, with food and
    dancing and stuff. Café Mundi has been hosting a wonderful
    bellydancer named Z Helene (you'd like her—she is so smart & tough &
    beautiful. She is so strong and such a wonderful dancer. She also
    teaches Yoga. She reminds me of you.) I wonder if the interest in
    Middle Eastern culture is a nationwide phenomena or just an Austin
    thing. I think it's really interesting/refreshing that everyone isn't
    hating everything that comes from the Middle East and being totally
    irrational.
    
    The thing with Iraq just makes me sick. It's like if Canada or
    someone started making announcements that George Bush is evil and
    needs to surrender. No citizen or group of citizens has the power to
    capture him and turn him over to Canada's agents, but yet Canada is
    going to come bomb MY house because my leader is corrupt. It just
    makes me so sick and sad. And it's a total no-win situation. Bush is
    going to destroy Iraq no matter what they do or say. If someone
    backed me into a corner like that, I'd fight, too.
    
    Anyway…that was a lovely tangent. I'm glad your kids are sensible &
    peaceful. Hope for the future.
    
    I think public schools are far more into teaching kids to toe the
    party line, be patriotic, don't ask questions. Here in TX we are now
    spending 19 weeks a year preparing the kids for standardized tests.
    So they test well. Do they know anything? Are they critical thinkers?
    Do they understand history and what impact the past has on the
    present? Probably not.
    
    Anyhoo…I just wanted to write. You've been writing so many great
    letters & stuff, I feel bad for not writing as often.
    
    I love you & I'm glad you're doing well in NM. I hope the dust
    situation gets better—it's a hassle to have to work around a headache
    every day.