To Do List for Tomorrow (Based on My Horoscope)

Last Thursday I participated in a Tarot Card reading where I learned that my life is full of emotional pain. Apparently I have been hurt too many times, and I have basically lost all of my trust in humanity. One of my friends is trying to help me, but I am so upset and distrustful and emotionally hurt, I want none of it!

This - er - insightful? - reading has inspired me to read my horoscope for tomorrow. Naturally, I turn to the experts at Elle magazine, Cosmo magazine, and Seventeen.

Elle magazine tells me that I should be expecting strong vibes tomorrow, but unfortunately, these don't seem like the "Good Vibrations" the Beach Boys sang about. Part of the horoscope says that "A hater in your circle is aiming the negativity wand directly at you..."Gosh. Those haters always getting me down! The wisdom of Elle suggests I kill them with kindness. After all, "she" is definitely just jealous of how awesome I am.

Cosmo surprisingly gave me nothing. I clicked on my daily love and sex horoscope, and this is what I got. How is that helpful at all? I know that my birthday is between those dates!

Seventeen pulled through for me, though. This quality publication provides me not only with a daily horoscope, but a beauty and love horoscope as well. Tomorrow, according to my daily horoscope, I am "like a hurricane" which means I should clean out my junk drawers apparently. Honestly, I really don't feel like doing that, but if my horoscope out of a trashy teen magazine that equates to true quality literature told me to do it, what choice do I have?

According to my Seventeen beauty horoscope, I need to use moderation and balance when exercising and eating junk food. Apparently, with all the junk I eat, going to the gym twice a week for 90 minutes just isn't cutting it. Little do they know I haven't been to the gym in months and months.

My Seventeen love horoscope is not as promising as I would have liked. It says I need to slow things down. To be honest, if I slow things down any more, I'm pretty sure I'll be going backwards. Instead of starting a relationship, I'll be actively trying to un-know that person. But if that is what Seventeen says needs to happen, so be it.

Because Cosmo failed me so terribly, I decided it was alright to visit horoscope.com or whatever to get a third opinion. Horoscope.com has high hopes for my day, however. Tomorrow - get ready because this is pretty exciting - people are going to come to me for guidance, and the answers to their problems will just come to me. I kid you not, the horoscope used the word "omniscient".

To Do Tomorrow

*Kill haters.....with kindness

*Clean out junk drawers

*Go to gym?

*Cut back on junk food?

*Slow down romantic relationships

*Solve all the world's problems

*Stop reading my horoscope

New Music, Pizza, and Another Blog

Remember my posting entitled "Things that are Things that I Think I Should Share"? If not, click away and read. In this particular posting I included a song by the talented, up-and-coming Wisconsin artist, Jake Goergen. The song was "Open Relationship".

Want to listen to it again?



Get it? Because Jesus wants us to love and be with other people! I think it is funny and witty, and you should, too. Plus, while I can't for the life of me ever sing the verses, whenever I hear the term "open relationship", the refrain plays in my head. Play it again now and sing along. Catchy, right?

Now that you are all caught up and have had your refresher course, I can share this next song with you. The mightily talented Mr. Goergen has written and performed another song. Entitled "If You Don't Know by Now" and written while walking to a football game, this particular ditty is a bit more serious. Again, though, the refrain is particularly catchy and easy to learn.



If you are having a hard time understanding some of the lyrics like me (because you are listening to music from the tinny, tiny speakers on your laptop), the artist has graciously provided the lyrics.

"Sitting on a bridge with my legs hanging off
watching memories tangled on the shore
Season's passing by you were the apple of my eye
but I don't see you around anymore

If you don't know by now I guess you'll never know
never know never know

The leaves fall around me As I'm walking down the street
All along they just keep floating to the ground

they leave their impression on the wet concrete
A mark that lasts for months don't make a sound

A road that never ends and a light that never fades
and a pattern in the stars leads me back to you

You look the same, but I forgot your name
The pleasure of home is seeing something new" 

Now you can listen to it again and sing along. Isn't that handy?

And now that you have your dose of new music, take a moment and read this delightfully biting article comparing the merits of Cosmo and Bust. The Protagitron never ceases to amuse.

And in other news, I had pizza last night at "Nick 'n Willy's" with a third grade colleague. I had the Mediteranean pizza minus the chunks of tomatoes, and it was delicious. Today the other Ivy and I went to the Shops at University Square to play some board games and hang out (since both of our homes were too untidy to have company). We ended up eating at Zpizza there. I had the Gorgonzola and Pear pizza, which was delicious. I only ended up eating half the pizza, which means I will have enough for tomorrow's lunch. Then, as we were leaving, they were closing up shop and boxed each of us up a couple of extra slices of pizza on the house. Guess what I am having for dinner tomorrow? I will have pizza for four meals within three days. I am living the life, my friends.