Chapter One, part 1 For the purposes of this series of articles, a spirit companion is more than a spirit guide or a spirit friend. While technically each of these could be considered companions, the term “spirit companion” was created with a specific dynamic in mind. Simply put, a spirit companion (SC) is a spirit Continue reading →
The Woes of Internet Marketing
29 January 2010 By 4 Comments
“Internet Marketing” should really be a four-letter word. The, let’s face it, conquering of the Web by sound-bite sized content providers (Facebook, Twitter, et al) is enough to make a wordy person like me cringe and shudder at the prospect. I lack the profoundly well tuned time management skills to juggle umpteen social networking sites Continue reading →
The Experience of Avatar
5 January 2010 By 12 Comments
I will probably cry during the writing of this post. Possibly more than once. I’m just saying. Sunday when I came out of the theater as everyone else visited the restrooms, I started crying (again), hyperventilating a little and fighting to regain control of myself as people passed me entering and leaving the theater. This Continue reading →
My Blog is, Firstly, For Me
7 June 2009 By 18 Comments
An article in the NYTimes online today attempts to determine why people blog when they should be doing things like “homework and swim practice, or perhaps even housework and parenting.” Their determination is that bloggers assume that just the act of starting a blog will provide an instant audience, followed by fortune and/or fame. While Continue reading →
Kali! I Wanna Be Inspired
5 May 2009 By 10 Comments
“I love my car. I miss my car.” — Sandra Bullock as Annie Porter in Speed I miss my blog. I am way sick of all the demands on my time, but the ones I’d give up aren’t optional. Damn. So how are you? I can’t remember if I mentioned this book or not, but Continue reading →
Meridjet Motives in a New Light
12 February 2009 By Leave a Comment
I was reading Wikipedia a bit ago, about schema therapy. There was a link at the bottom to their page on Cognitive Dissonance, in which I found this gem: Most of the research on cognitive dissonance takes the form of “induced compliance without sufficient justification.” In these studies, participants are asked to write an essay Continue reading →
Happy Endings Take Too Long
12 February 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’ve just finished watching Definitely, Maybe. I’m crying more than a little bit, and trying to figure out why, and trying to understand how a movie can be good yet make me never want to see it again. P.S. I Love You had the same effect. Normally I don’t watch so-called “romantic comedies” because, for Continue reading →
OMFG
20 December 2008 By 5 Comments
I didn’t plan to post tonight (hey, it’s still dark…), but this was too intense. First of all, let me thank those who commented to my last post. I’ll answer tomorrow. I was away today, but it’s been decided that Rending the Veil will go on hiatus after the Yule issue, until I can get Continue reading →
Updates – A Waste of Time?
24 November 2008 By 2 Comments
I’ve been working my ass off on the blog, which is probably very naughty of me since I need to be working on moving Rending the Veil. However, I am justifying this indulgence with the rationale that I’m familiarizing myself with the CMS, of which this blog layout is a facet. With all the code Continue reading →
Weird Feelings
2 June 2008 By 4 Comments
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve noticed a number of timely developments in my circumstances that I would call synchronicity if I only had a better handle on it all. I mentioned that I started schema therapy about 6 weeks ago; this has generated a lot of back-burner thought processing and semi-conscious contemplation that, Continue reading →
Personal Growth Discussion
29 May 2008 By Leave a Comment
I was having a chat with a long-lost, rediscovered friend today that resulted in some stuff I wanted to save. Skim if you like, but I recommend reading. We were discussing qabala, and I found some quotes… Sheta: “The word nephesh (soul) designates the lower self in the time of sleep, whilst the term ‘ruach’ Continue reading →
