i remembered my friend, a real “natural-only” type of person, had done feng
shui on her house. i didnt know much about it other than it was about putting
like stuff together.

so i looked up quite a bit. the “official” ways involving astrology, charms,
and other creepy stuff, which involved the earth’s magnetic poles and was
more about construction of the house rather than decorating and arranging
furniture, making claims that stuff like cancer clusters are caused by “bad
feng shui” rather than pollutants.

what i was referring to were two “western” ways.

the most popular one was called “BTB” and was developed by a new age cult
leader (Black Sect Tantric Buddhism) in the 80s. it laid the room out like a
grid, with stuff based on the front.

There was another one, similar to “BTB”, called “eight aspirations”, but rather
than a grid, it lays out a room like the tai chi symbol and the areas are
based on the earth’s magnetic poles. i thought that was a lot cooler, and with
two exceptions it isn’t a problem for me. it also involves a color scheme, so
that things don’t look out of place.

i kept in mind relics from school and what my mind might interpret souvenirs,
and stuff like that which hangs around, and was able to for the most part
organize my room according to the tai chi symbol. (my window faces almost
exactly west, and certain times of the day i can’t use the computer because
the sun is in my eyes). i cleaned up lots of crap, put lots of stuff away
and have two boxes of stuff to throw away whenever.

this took me two days or so, and i still got a bit to do, but for the most part
keeping things separate and themed seems to be making me less depressed. (that
and a messy room too)

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i’ve also been busy this month with other things. i got the “easy” stuff done
and have the rest of the month for the “hard”.

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and with all this, until writing this blog entry i have completely forgot about
fly papers volume ii. don’t worry, i just need to put in may and june (from the
output of the mediocre wordpress plugin i use) and clean things up for the
final book. but then volume iii starts, of course.

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my dvd drive finally went. i have another one on the way from newegg. it has
lightscribe and wasn’t too much money. i have two dvd drives but the one
that broke was the first computer part to break from my current 3-year-old
dell machine. the machine consists mostly of parts i added myself, and
i’ll probably go back to building computers again. i know a bit more and
will probably get the heating stuff right this time.

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off to dalnet and/or freenode. l8rz

The next day, everything was back, visible, working and fine.

Weird.

You Shine at Midday and Midnight

You’re the type of person who has trouble waking up in the morning, but you’re good to go after a while. And just when everyone else is going to bed, you make a comeback late at night. You have a lot of energy, and you tend to go at full speed. You thrive during the summer when the world is alive at almost any hour.

Blogthings: When Do You Shine?

Your Summer Sense is Touch

You are a very in tune person, and it doesn’t take a lot to overwhelm your senses. You tend to be both mental and physical. Sometimes you need to get moving in order to really think. It’s likely that you dream about the hot summer sun all year long, especially during the winter. There’s nothing like the feeling of being sun kissed – especially if you can follow it up with a dip in the pool or ocean.

Blogthings: What’s Your Summer Sense?

Your Home is Comforting

You believe in putting your needs first, and you avoid depriving yourself. You are likely to have a home full of your favorite things – from soft pillows to delicious food. You believe in living in the moment. If you feel like having home baked pie, then you’ll have home baked pie! You could never feel at home in a sterile or unpersonalized house. The best homes feel lived in.

Blogthings: The Homebody Test

Sited upon small volcanic cone in the high desert midway between Las Vegas & Los Angeles, this 60-acre retreat seems to cap the mountain top with its dome-like roof: Concrete and truss beams form its dome allowing the interior to embrace 360 degrees of stark, strong almost lunar landscape. Main house of two bedrooms, 2 baths and open entertaining areas. Guest house of one bedroom and bath, lake, and ultimate privacy. Truly one of a kind property in the most impressive of settings.

Cost: ……Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars!!!!!