E-Day 2006!

Posted on January 23, 2006 by Heather

Today is Election Day here in the Great White North. Oddly enough, tomorrow is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year (Boston Globe story about this). I guess we will discover the truthfulness of this when we find out that we have a Conservative government tomorrow morning. *sigh*

As disenchanted as I am with the whole Canadian political system, I did get off my bum and vote. Oddly enough, I had planned to vote for one party and quanta for another. But we both convinced the other to switch our votes as we walked to our polling station. I guess in the end it worked out the same way.

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A Few Changes in Direction

Posted on January 22, 2006 by Heather

I’ve been giving some thought to the direction that I want this blog to take. My blog description is “Reflections on life from a somewhat confused spiritual seeker.” Because of this, I feel like all, or at least the majority, of my entries should be of a spiritual bent. And since I am Wiccan, I usually feel like they should have some Wiccan slant. Well, that doesn’t feel right anymore.

I guess it comes down to this: being Wiccan is part of my entire life, whether I am meditating or cooking dinner. So, in a way, everything I do and everything I write has a Wiccan slant. This means I’m going to change the focus of my blog just a little bit. I’m going to talk a little more about my “regular” life, my attempts at writing, and my thoughts about everything in general. I still plan to write about spirituality, but I won’t limit myself to that alone.

I’d like to say that I hope this won’t cause me to loose too many readers. But, as much as I enjoy having people read my blog, ultimately this blog is for me. If you enjoy reading my upcoming entries, all the better.

And my new blog description: Reflections on life from a woman discovering herself and the world.

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Cantonese vs. Egyptian

Posted on January 14, 2006 by Heather

I’m having a hard time deciding if I should learn Cantonese (the language of quanta’s family) or if I should learn to read Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs (the writing system of my biggest passion, outside of quanta of course). I know that my poor brain is only capable of learning one, but I don’t know how to decide.

So, the pros of learning Cantonese:

  • can talk to quanta’s relatives (all of which speak English anyway)
  • may get better deals in Chinatown
  • helpful if we ever visit Hong Kong (highly unlikely)
  • helpful when teaching future children (if any) about their heritage

The pros of learning hieroglyphs:

  • can read inscriptions first hand
  • can be a form of worship of Isis
  • something I have always wanted to do

What is more important, family or faith?

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Beauty of the Past

Posted on January 11, 2006 by Heather

The beauty of the objects in the museum sometimes depresses me, mostly because they make me aware of the poor quality of objects in my own home and for sale everywhere. It is unlikely that anything I have right now, with the exception of a few special pieces, will last 100 years, let alone thousands.

Truly, some pieces in the museum are very naïve; some of our cheapest toys look better made and more realistic. But neither Barbies nor Xboxes are handmade with one individual in mind, instead they are mindless reproduced in the hundreds of thousands. The treasures in the museum are special and I feel very lucky to connect with long gone peoples, no matter how tenuously.

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It’s a Wild World

Posted on January 7, 2006 by Heather

Well, I am very glad that one of my New Year’s goals wasn’t to post to my blog every day. I obviously would have failed on that one. I have been busy with a new part-time, freelance job which is pretty interesting. I have even started my own business with my own GST number. Wow, eh?

I’ve also become totally addicted to Animal Crossing: Wild World for my Nintendo DS. I am wasting way too much playing that game. But it is so much fun!

So, life goes on. I’ve at least managed to extricate myself from my very annoying job and find something I’m enjoying that I can do at home. I’ve also spent a very busy week getting the last of my name changes done, gift cards spent, etc. Next week looks free and quite, which hopefully means I can finally spend some time writing here and on my main site.

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My New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on January 1, 2006 by Heather

I thought about resolving to do the typical things–loose weight, eat right, exercise everyday, etc. But we all know how long it takes for those sort of resolutions to be broken. Then I thought I could resolve to keep the hose cleaner (it is already nearly spotless) or call my parents more often (isn’t twice a week enough?), these resolutions didn’t seem right either.

Ultimately, I decided to choose resolutions who’s success for failure is will be difficult to judge, but will probably do me better in the long run than resolving to spend less of eat more salad. I won’t bore you by sharing all of my resolutions, but here are a few:

  • start developing my own voice as a writer
  • stop caring so much about what other people think about me
  • write to have something (anything!) published in 2007

Good luck in coming up with your own resolutions, and best wishes for a happy, prosperous and peaceful new year.

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Year in Review – 2005

Posted on December 16, 2005 by Heather

I found this “Year in Review” meme over at Steph’s blog Following Flidhais.

Go to your Calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2005. Post the first line of it in your journal, and that’s your “Year In Review.”

January 2005
Happy 2005! Let’s hope that this year is a wee bit quieter then the one just past.

February 2005
I don’t think that I make a very good eBay seller.

March 2005
I have recently heard from a few old high school friends.

April 2005
I think that finding one’s own style, whether it be in fashion or home decor, can be a very difficult thing.

May 2005
Well, I’ve finally had enough of PayPal and eBay.

June 2005
I’m thinking about leaving my job again.

July 2005
I was finally starting to feel good again, yesterday morning.

August 2005
Our wedding is just under two months away, and there still seems like there is so much to do: one more dress fitting for me, finding the right suit for quanta, sending all our paperwork to Mexico, etc.

September 2005
My quanta has just posted an entry that has made me re-evaluate him a little bit (For Richer or Poorer).

October 2005
Late Wednesday afternoon I became Mrs. quanta.

November 2005
Blessed Samhain to all my Pagan readers. A day late is better then not at all.

December 2005
Regardless of how often I manage to mangle it, I love the English language.

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