Tarot and Other Stuff and 47 Things about Me.

I bought too much stuff Friday.

I bought The Far Sight Tarot, and the Quantum Tarot.

Then I bought make up, Bare Escentuals, a mineral make-up a bunch of people at work use. It's one of those 5 minute make-up things - and anything that takes me 5 minutes is a good thing. I like sleep. But they have lots of cool stuff, so I got the starter kit, and an extra kit that had a few more colors in it for eyes. If I like it, I might buy the beyond the basics kit, and the eye kit.

I can't decide why I have the sudden urge to spend money. I also bought a bunch of clothes this month. Maybe I am trying to fill the hole that Magic left in my life with "stuff?" I tend to not be a big stuff-buyer. Then again, I am really into tarot, and I am into clothes, and I want to start wearing make-up again. So, it's a combination of all those things, I suppose.

Tonight the natives are restless. There are squealing car tires all over, and I can hear someones stereo blaring. I miss the days when we were surrounded by fields on three sides, the fourth side is our gravel road, with one row of houses on one side. I miss the days when horses used to get loose and come galloping down into our field. Not the time we had the perk holes going, but the other times. I miss not having to call the cops at least once a month because something is going on.

I don't really have a topic, I just feel like writing.

The lottery is up to 69 million dollars. That would be enough money. (See previous posts on what I'd do if I won the lottery, LOL.) Enough money to only work if I wanted to. Enough so we could buy my condo in the French Quarter, and TS's house in Hawaii. Maybe even a cabin on a lake in Alaska.

I'm working with the Templar tarot this week. It's kind of weird and creepy. I like it, even though I find images of angels that run through out it kind of uncomfortable. Still, it's no light fluffy-bunny deck. But the angels bug me.

Being raised in an anti-religious family. I just don't get the whole church thing. Or the Bible. Especially the Old Testament. Never been able to get past Leviticus. I keep thinking I should read it again, just because you should read it before you die, and all that, but - ugh. So bloody. So disgusting. I like some of the New Testament IDEAS, but most people who say they are religious use the Bible to judge people instead. And twist it to what they want it to say. Yuck.
Back to Tarot. A non-religious subject. Maybe I should post my tarot reviews on my own blog, just because I can. I don't know. Maybe I should have yet another blog, the tarot blog...no, too much. I can just post it here, I guess, if I feel like it. Tarot is a lot of things to me. A lot of people don't get it; but that's okay. Not my problem, at least not yet.

See this is the really RANDOM part of VG Randomized. It's kind of the way I think, but honestly, my mind is going about a million miles faster than my fingers can type.

I can feel a cold breeze, and I wonder where it's coming from. Probably from the floor, somehow. I am hoping Tink didn't go down under the floor. Sigh. I will be glad when it's all fixed.

TS is in the hot tub. I didn't feel like getting in - I needed some chill out time, and if I go into the hot tub I have to make sure my hair is completely dry, otherwise I wake up all plugged up.

I found another cool site from our Learning 2.0 (27things) class we are taking at work. I am an advocate. Which means, I kind of have a clue about what we're doing, so I get the lessons early, so I can help people who need it. Anyway, the cool site is 43 Things. Like, a giant online LIST. I love lists. I might sign on there.

Well, since I am so bored, and this is going to be a long blog I guess, here is 47 Things about Me.
Yes, List and a quiz both - my favorites.

1. FIRST NAME? Barbra
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? No. Barbra Streisand was still an unknown when my parents named me. They liked the alternate spelling.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Yesterday afternoon, when I opened up the cardboard box that held Magic's ashes.
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes, it is unique. Messy, but unique.
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Roast Beef, but I mostly eat turkey. Pastrami is a runner up. Good Pastrami.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? No. I am not good at the friend thing. I like my alone time. I like the idea of friends, just not the rest.
7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? I have my written journal. I've kept one since I was a kid, off and on, and then from when I was in High School on. Also many blogs.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yep.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? I wouldn't NOW, too fat. I might if I got skinnier.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Rice Crispies.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Usually not. Most of my shoes don't have laces (ugly old Birkenstocks...)
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Mentally, yes. Physically - parts of me are.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Vanilla. But really, I like everything but say, banana, or anything with peanuts.
14. SHOE SIZE? 39 or 8 or 7 www
RED OR PINK? Red
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I am very self-centered, and I am a recovering Drama Queen.
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My dad. I could talk to him about anything, almost.
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? This is a BLOG. That would be very scary.
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS, SHIRT AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? No Shoes ATM. A grey ribbed cotton tank top, and my Gray cotton puppy print BIG DOG jammie bottoms.
20. LAST THING YOU ATE? Udderly Chocolate Tillamook Ice Cream, and Diet Coke.
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The jingle of Nemo's dog tags as he walks through the house on the way to the doggie door, and outside. TS is watching his race, so I can hear the cars on the track, and the commentator. But I'm not really listening.
.22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Scarlett
23. FAVORITE SMELL? Summer Rain
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? TS, calling me to tell me he would be late picking me up.
25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? I am not attracted to people like that anymore. But when I WAS - it was the eyes. Were they kind? Hard? The expression in them was important. Also the lips - I like lips that seem kissable, not tight, angry lips. Lips that seem like they would smile easily.
26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON you stole THIS from? I don't know her. I just ran across it when I was searching for something else.
27. FAVORITE DRINK? Non-alcoholic - Diet Coke, Coffee, Water, Sprite with pom juice, Coffee, and V8, which I can't drink anymore. And did I mention Coffee??? Alcoholic - wine, Vodka Gimlets, Vodka and OJ.
28. FAVORITE SPORT? Karting, to watch...baseball, maybe. Live.
29. EYE COLOR? Gray, but kind of a dark gray.
30. HAT SIZE? Medium
31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Yes, sometimes.
32. FAVORITE FOOD? Too many. The only things I don't like at all are peanuts and raisins in other food, and pineapple on pizza. Okay, there are some things I would not eat, like horse or dog, or even rabbit (for reasons too lengthy to go into).
33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Both. Depends on the mood. I like scary movies with happy endings. I prefer not to watch movies with sad endings. Real life is sad enough.
34 - there's no 34!
35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer! I love the world from May until the end of October...
36. HUGS OR KISSES? Both, please. But only from TS. Not a touchy-feely person.
37. FAVORITE DESSERT? All of them. From fresh fruit to gooey-ooey stuff....
38. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Probably nobody, but I don't care.
39. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Well, that would be the same as 38
40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Biography of Nirvana by Everett True (?), and Good Times, Bad Boys by Melanie Murray.
42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Ugly Betty, that was Tivo'd. I don't watch live TV much. I hate commercials.
43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Rain, Stream in the woods, birds singing. Oh, frogs - I love that.
44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Heh. STONES!!!
45. THE FURTHEST YOU’VE BEEN FROM HOME? New Orleans, I think.
46. WHAT’S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? Writing, understanding people with accents, figuring things out, and pretending I am a nice person, when I'm not.
47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Seattle
48. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? I lifted it from a blog.

Okay, I guess I am done for the night. This has been a VERY random blog. Usually I have a subject in mind, but tonight I was just rambling.

Hopefully I am done buying "stuff" for awhile. Hopefully all this writing will be cathartic.
Wow. I didn't spell one word wrong, according to my friend Spellchecker. That's got to be a first.