out with the old and in with the new. It's SPRING and I am ebullient. I posted this when I came back around the first of the year (2012). Time to move on but there is some part of me that looks at these summaries as journaling exercises anyway so I'll start keeping the castoffs here. =)

I don't have a particular timeline or agenda here but I know the possibilities of actually meeting someone wonderful here are multiplied greatly if I have a profile up...lol.
I have been gone from here for a long time. Just figured I would restart my profile and see what all you folks have been up to.

I'm a Portland native so rather than list all of the Portlandy things I do, I'll list the ones I don't do:
I don't drink coffee. I used to drink copious amounts and then, overnight a few years back, it just turned on me. I have turned my hot beverage passion to tea and am perfectly content. (Same deal with microbrews and wine. Shrug. Waddayagonnado?)
I don't ride a bike. Not that I can't or wouldn't but I don't have one and I don't have storage for one and I live in the burbs (Tigard) which aren't nearly as bicycle friendly as the city seems to be. That said, I walk where I can and I recycle and I plan my trips so I don't drive all over hell and back just because I can. I try and minimize my carbon footprint where I can...except in the shower. I make up for that by picking up trash when I'm out and about. Balance in all things, people...balance.

I like yoga and consider myself spiritual rather than religious, I meditate and do breathing exercises. I pray to a god that I don't necessarily believe in but would like to. I am one of those quantum physics people who believe that thoughts become things so I pick the good ones. I'm not easily ruffled. I'm happy-go-lucky almost all the time. getting my nickers in a twist has never solved anything.

I love music and sing at the top of my lungs. My kids used to offer to pay me to not sing in the car. They are buttheads like that and I love them to pieces. They are blazing their own paths and it is kind of exciting to see...and sometimes terrifying.

'Nuff for now. I might rewrite every word tomorrow and contradict everything I wrote today. Sometimes, I do that. I change my mind.​

My boss just told me GC didn't write this. I don't care who wrote it, every bit of it is sadly true. 

Take a breath. ~S 

    

 

A Message by George Carlin:
 
 The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
 
 We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

 We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
 
 We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.
 
 We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
 
 These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...
 
 Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
 
 Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.
 
 Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.
 
 Remember, to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.
 
 Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.
 
 Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
 
 AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
 
 Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
 
 If you don't send this to at least 8 people....Who cares?
 
                         George Carlin 

Scorpio Horoscope for week of July 23, 2009

 
In behalf of all the other signs, I'd like to express our gratitude for the jumpstarts you Scorpios give us. The jolts aren't always bliss-inducing, true, but in retrospect we often say, "Thanks, I really needed that." We also appreciate the debates you embroil us in. They force us to take stands on issues we've been wishy-washy about. Our gratitude also goes out to you for those times you help us lose our excessive self-importance. It's hard to cling to our pretensions with you around, and it's easier to get to the root of the truth. Keep up the good work. Continue to be your warm prickly self even in the face of protests from faint hearts. Know that at least some of your fans out here respect the way you push us and trick us and inspire us to go places we don't even realize we'll benefit from going. 

 

Well shit. You're welcome, I guess. Just know that it hurts me more than it hurts you...at least you end up with a new perspective (in retrospect) the only new perspective I end up with(in retrospect) is 'Doh!!!! WHY didn't I just leave well enough alone?'

Eh, Haven't tossed a blog up in a while. There ya have it. My inspiration is laying low.........

LOL. Gotta love the math whizzes who calculate our answers and give out personality awards around here. I have a friend who has analyzed his awards thoroughly and while that's certainly one way to go....the fact that every time I change anything I get different awards leads me to believe it would be time consuming OR I should just keep answering questions until I have the awards I WANT and then STOP.....FREEZE.......Which isn't likely because the quizzes are fun and the questions are so rediculous I just HAVE to know what the next one is going to be!

I can't just 'stop' today because, While I am fairly spontaneous and I do intentionally run the red light from hell into my condos if I don't see a cop (especially if I have to go pee...)which probably makes me 'less law abiding', I miss all the other awards that I've apparently cancelled out by continuing my activity here....like 'more pure' AND 'more desiring of sex'I've had them both and I want them both back......

Simultaneously.

I will keep doing tests and answering questions until I am an Ultra-conservative Anarchist. (Who knows, it may actually be my niche.)
In the meantime, I guess if you want to go rob a bank this evening, I'm your gal...

Is it a requirement that you communicate with your significant other daily, in some way (phone, email, in person, etc.)?

• Yes, no matter what
• Yes, unless otherwise specified
• No, it's not necessary
• No, I'd prefer not to communicate daily

Gawd, this question sounds so RIGID...I'm usually in touch in some way with all my really close friends, why not my ideal match as well?