Mood: chillin'
Now Playing: Tyrone-With His Bone
Topic: Layin' Low
Happy New Year-It is the Islamic New Year today. I wish for there this to be the year that respect and hope for a better future wins over intolerance and hope for annihilation.
Many changes are possible with the powerful Pluto aspect coming up starting the 4th (Saturday)-through the end of our calender year (Dec. 28 when it conjuncts Galactic Center). Pluto being the planet of the Phoenix-it is possible at any point to rise from the ashes, and begin again.
Sit for a moment and picture this year in the middle east as a lush, desert oasis. People are draped in colorful silk and enjoying good food and conversation. There is plenty to go around and the fire is no longer fueled by the pressure of the free world to produce more and more oil, since Americans have reduced their need for both gasoline and Adkins by slowing down, and enjoying life instead of racing around looking for the biggest bargain in town on things they didn't even know they needed!!!! (That goes for me too!!! I'm no Saint-I just play one on t.v.)
If you ask me about the rising gas prices, I say-GOOD! It's not that I want to see the rich getting richer (want to buy some art?), by pricing the little guy out of existence. I want to see the little guy think hard about what he is supporting when he fills up the tank on his S.U.V. (so he can feel like one of the big guys). I want us to respect oil as a precious and finite resource, so that maybe we will finally get serious about finding an alternative before we have no future to plan for.
One of the nice things about working from my home is that I don't have to drive there. It's a small step, but one I've resolved to build on this year. I live in a city where it is possible to get to most of the places that I go as fast, or sometimes faster on a bike-plus that will help compensate for the fact that I am not running (literally!) around getting other people their food for 6 hours a day. I'm gonna be a little bit of a weenie on that last part for a little while while it is still MONSOON season in the Pacific Northwest, but I'll try to make up for it in other ways for now...Paper or Plastic? Just say NO.
Posted by mandalafly
at 4:25 PM PST