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Daniel:
Subjects of Interest Day 1
Tuesday, November 21, 2006.
** I awaken at 6 AM and immediately recall the thrum of one of the Asia Minor instrumental pieces from The Book of Secrets CD. The thrum is mirrored deep within my pelvic region and I wonder if it is possible to dance while being absolutely still. Perhaps this is the best way to dance, for then every movement would be greatly sensitive, and the inner body could embrace the fires of passion while the outer body relaxes. It is strange to think of the body as three or more bodies shelling one another, but that is what is experienced.
** I look at one of the paintings I have stored on my computer: it is a work of art known as "The Golden Temple" and is ethereal and uplifting at the same time. It reminds me very much of a website I once wanted to erect: The Temple of Inner Light, though other than providing a place for spiritual wisdom, I can think of no specific reason for its existence.
** As I make my way into the living room, which my roommates have grievously cluttered (an understatement), my eyes come across two things which immediately stand out to me: a burgundy and cream topiary floral arrangement I had made recently, with accents of gold-threaded cream ribbon, white rose, and golden seeds. It looks elegant even in its unpainted terra-cotta pot, and stands out like a sore thumb. Also a painting which my grandfather had completed a few years before he died, a mountain shimmers like crystal in the background of a great forest, both of which are reflected in a still lake. It reminds me slightly of the Brokeback Mountain poster, the lower lefthand corner of it.
** In the kitchen, I turn on the burners to heat water for Chai tea, and find the vanilla-flavored creamer. People wonder why I do not drink coffee. It is far too bitter for me, I tell them. Ick.
** At work, I find a slight chaos as the fine jewelry count was off (again) and I wonder what is wrong with the other people in my department. It is a simple and beautiful (the beauty lies in its importance and in the fact that it is an actual application, rather than something theoretic) logic puzzle. Our LP is bugging me again, wants me to find out where the discrepencies are. We've been missing one piece for a week or so, since they said they sent it to us, and they didn't, and we received 16 more of these than we should have on the last shipment. I don't understand what's so difficult about that. Sigh.
** That being completed, I found myself and the supervisor preparing for Friday's sale. Black Friday it is called, and so the little people dread the experience while the accountants rub their hands with glee. Our theme this year is "Love transforms everything." and in the fine jewelry department (to doggedly follow the trends set by the DeBeers corporation) "Love is a journey." Of course, both statements are correct, but if there is one thing I do not need it is a retail industry informing me that purchasing something will add to my spiritual existence. This is a tremendous untruth, and one worthy of public denouncement if I could get away with it and still keep my job.
**I spend most of the morning and afternoon doing what I think I do best: bringing order to chaos. I have not perfected a way to do it in my own life, as I myself am a little cluttered and chaotic, but when at work, my energy for doing such things is multiplied. By the time the supervisor has left, I have reorganized the chaotic mess of backstock for our fine jewelry gemstone merchandise and refurbished a number of our fashion jewelry cases to display colors and styles appropriate to the season. If you haven't noticed, this years colors are red, black (onyx, marcasite, hematite), white (silver and crystal in jewelry), and gold. And sparkle, sparkle, sparkle. Crystals and gold thread in everything. Some of the crystal pieces this year are rather elegant, and the golden pearl is beautiful if you can find the real thing.
**Home again. I tried to watch Boys Don't Cry but my roommates protested too much, so I obligingly changed the channel to Deal or No Deal. That is an exciting game show, and I'm not really even certain why. The whole body tenses up just watching them make their choice to deal or not deal with the banker. Then I watched an episode of 3 Pounds which seems to deal with the modern conflict of science vs. spirit. I enjoyed it immensely.
** I held the cat down so we could put her eardrops in, got a few scratches.
Other than that, no particular interests cropped up. I will try to pay more attention tomorrow.
Lynne:
--- Quote from: Daniel on November 20, 2006, 02:16:00 pm ---Oh, go ahead and post it for me... I'm glad you're enjoying "The Book of Secrets". Get your own copy if you can. I need to order another one for myself. My CD is scratched, I think; it keeps skipping on the first track.
--- End quote ---
Would you like me to make you a copy of mine? I will...just PM me your snail mail.
I posted a long-winded introduction in LJ, quoting you shamelessly, naturally :), and the first three questions. So we'll see what comes! Thank you! You should pop in and keep the discussions on track, Counsellor:
http://community.livejournal.com/latterdaysfans/
-Lynne
Daniel:
No, thanks though....
My CD case for The Book of Secrets was torn up a long time ago, so I need to reorder it for that too. My brother had gotten me a CD holder for christmas one year, but I discovered that I enjoyed storing the CDs in their original cases far more. I'm not exactly certain why, but I think it has something to do with integrity... :) ??? lol
I'm really interested in seeing if anyone will post some answers to the questions... I'll post my own after a few people post theirs.
Lynne:
--- Quote from: Daniel on November 22, 2006, 03:46:56 am ---No, thanks though....
My CD case for The Book of Secrets was torn up a long time ago, so I need to reorder it for that too. My brother had gotten me a CD holder for christmas one year, but I discovered that I enjoyed storing the CDs in their original cases far more. I'm not exactly certain why, but I think it has something to do with integrity... :) ??? lol
I'm really interested in seeing if anyone will post some answers to the questions... I'll post my own after a few people post theirs.
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I bet we do get some replies..something like 9 people commented on my little drabble and these are way more interesting!
About CD cases...I understand. I keep my CDs in holders, but I'm not happy with that solution. I'm also not happy with the way jewel cases break so easily. Ideally, I'd get organized and keep the orginals in their cases and copies in portable holders...like that will ever happen, tho. :-\
Lumière:
--- Quote from: Lynne on November 22, 2006, 03:37:02 am ---Would you like me to make you a copy of mine? I will...just PM me your snail mail.
I posted a long-winded introduction in LJ, quoting you shamelessly, naturally :), and the first three questions. So we'll see what comes! Thank you! You should pop in and keep the discussions on track, Counsellor:
http://community.livejournal.com/latterdaysfans/
-Lynne
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I'm gonna go look this up now! :)
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