Virgo:: Futurologist David Brin talks to a diverse range of scientists. Over the years, he has noticed that many of them have become "much livelier, more open-minded, and more interested in fields outside their own" than they were when he first met them. Physicists are more interested in biology, biologists in astronomy, and engineers in cybernetics. According to my reading of the astrological omens, Virgo, this is a perfect moment for you to have this kind of fun. You will attract unexpected benefits into your life if you wander outside your areas of specialty and check out the action in other genres. It's high time for exuberant cross-pollination.

1. You know what are awesome? Fridays.

2. Agnes and I had a great night last night. Casual dinner, then a stroll through the forest buffer by the stream. Getting hit in the face with spider webs aside, we did have fun catching fireflies.

3. It's official, I have found the best icon on all of livejournal, and it was made by boomstick. Witness:


4. Health-wise, I've ordered lots of good herbs and a bottle of UTI clear to have on hand to help out with my kidneys. I've downsized my morning coffee and am drinking about 2 litres of water a day. Plus the acupuncture thing tonight. Fingers crossed-- I'm hoping to avoid a hospital stay this summer.

5. Stolen from efface, who stole it from somebody else...

Every year, english teachers from across the country can submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays.

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6. Somebody really needs to explain to me why Tony "Who's The Boss" Danza was in my goddamn dream last night.

7. Thanks for your concern, Noelle. I didn't get your IM because I'd already gone to sleep, but everything is ok. :)

8. Everyone in WWYD seems to have a fondness for Mr. Eko this year. Well, tough, y'all. Ewan McGregor needs to be in, and I will picspam with a mighty fury to see that he is. Ahem.

Okay-- I have work and stuff to do. I have other things to ramble about, but for now, I'm just going to enjoy my (small) hazelnut latte and cheese danish. Mmm.

For the few of you who were curious, I got an acupuncture treatment today to help with my chronically fucked up kidneys. Dixie, my roommate, who has been an acupuncturist since before I was born, administered the treatment in our living room.

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All in all, I don't feel much different, but Dixie says that I really shouldn't until tomorrow morning. This was all very basic stuff-- she wants to do something more intensive next week.

In the meanwhile-- water, water, cranberry, uva ursi, UTI Clear, water. I'm almost completely out of herbs, so that will be my Sunday morning mission when I'm out with my parents. And, as my mother places all of her stock in Western medicine, she did call today to yell at me for not going to the hospital. I told her it wasn't that bad just yet, and if it does get that bad, I'll at least go to a clinic.

But as for now, I'm going to bed after I have a mug of chamomile tea. Acupuncture makes a girl sleepy.