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Quote:"Eternity is not the hereafter...This is it. If you don't get it here, you won't get it anywhere."
- Joseph Campbell
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January 6, 1999
Yes, ladies and gentlemen - it was a national holiday today commemorating the birth of yours truly. It was #29 for me!
I did something today that I get to do precious little of - browse through the bookstores and just pick whatever I want off the shelf and buy that puppy. No - I'm not totally broke or poor but...a cheapskate with myself. I hate spending money on me. Anyone else and there's no problem.
Let's see - I bought Albert Taylor's book, Soul Traveller and a book called Civil War Curiosities (Did you know that Robert E. Lee had a pet hen that followed him for weeks and laid an egg nearly every day? She nested under his cot every night.) I also ended up with another addition to my Time-Life Civil War series. My mom gave me another book on strange facts about the Civil War as well as one about Princess Diana. I must say that I did pretty well in the book department today.
My 100+ horse collection has grown by two Breyers: Cigar and the AQHA quarter horse. I love them both but I must say that Cigar is my favorite. He was the Thoroughbred Horse of the Year (The real horse, that is). It is tres cool.
Can't tell that this the house of a Child of Epona, can you?
There was one small event darkening the day for a bit - my mom is convinced that there is going to be a fire here and that Kitt and I are going to die in a fiery; torturous, thoroughly painful way. She is about to drive me crazy by trying to convince me that I need all kinds of smoke detectors. She actually told me that she would feel safer if I had them in my house. I don't know why - I'm too far away for her to hear the damn things if they ever went off. She also brought my cats into the argument to try to change my mind. I understand why she's doing it - partially - but it is going far beyond parental concern right into paranoia.
I do not like someone telling me that I need to do something for the sole purpose of making them feel better. It is totally ridiculous and it, well, doesn't honor me as a person. It strikes me as a form of negative programming that tells me that they think that I can't live without their supervision.
Still, all in all it was a good day. When I got back, I did have a card from my dad - he came by and taped it to the door. He wants me to call him sometime between 7 pm and 7 am tonight or tomorrow. I think I'll throw him a curve ball and call at 2 or 3...
Oh yeah - one interesting note: William Henry was on Art Bell again last night. It's really strange to hear someone you know (even if only as a acqaintance) on national radio. I remember when he came into Bookworld and was telling D. about the possibility of appearing on the show...and now he's been on there twice. Looks like he won't be needing that lunch money for much longer...
Well, I think that's it for me. I'm going to go read for a while and unwind. Good night, Sweetie.
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