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Submitted by A.cotw on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 7:38am.

Thank you! I'm quite proud of myself, if I must say so.

It must've been cholera that inspired the old legends, then. It was some kind of outbreak, so that's probably it.

Did you ever see Pet Cemetary? The funeral scene made my skin crawl. It was just absolutely chilling, to me. I agree with your point about fantasy-based horror distracting from things realistically horrifying. I should try your suggestion about the burning/ripping pages.

Sonne, thank you very much! Sometimes I get bored/frustrated to death with some topics on D-Listed, but I ultimately come back because I've met a lot of really cool people on here. I take my little exile breaks but just knowing that I have support on here lets me know I'm welcome here. *hugs*

Uncle Brainfart, I think I might be interested in that Anne Rice book because I find witchcraft very interesting. I agree, though, shutting myself in leads to thinking too much and when I think too much, I tend to find myself in these bad places.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

Submitted by sonne on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 8:36am.
Submitted by A.cotw on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 8:19am.

If anything I said was interesting or helpful, I'm glad. You seem a little blue, perhaps homesick? Being a mother is one of the hardest jobs in the world. It takes great courage, especially in a far country. Loneliness can strike anywhere, though.

Mythology & superstitions are irrational yet useful, if that makes any sense.

It's kind of you to read the musings of an insomniac without saying "Bitch, please, who cares if you collect folklore in your head and on your bookshelf!"( and history books of every type, don't let me get started)
In a way, I think we were all walking away (talking away?) from pain, emotional or physical. Sometimes the witty bitches of Dlisted give each other more than laughter;MK certainly never fails us. He could describe buying dental floss and make it into comedic gold.

*hugs*
*wonders when the library opens*

Submitted by A.cotw on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 8:19am.

I definitely think the danes are too rational now to remember their old superstitions. I can't remember any that anyone has mentioned in my 15½ years here either. You'd think with all the viking heritage they'd have told me something. I'll have to ask around. People these days are obsessed with acquiring stuff and seem more empty inside than they used to. They've lost that spirituality you mentioned.

As always, you make good points. I admire your ability to put your thoughts in print so well. Khensu, too. I have novels in my head that I can't express, lol. At least I have the occasional snappy reply in real life, depending on the company and how shy I feel. :D And I've said it before and will say it again, I love this place and all you great people, so willing to help and understanding the harder sides of life (and not afraid to talk about it either.) *hugs*

Peaches???

Submitted by Dog on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 9:40pm.
*cruises in on Hoveround and throws it into park*

I gotta stop going on crack binges during the week and stick to the weekends. I missed some shit up in here, talk about!

So. Who's got booze?

Submitted by Uncle Brain-fart on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 7:56am.
OP means general conversation. I haven't read "Witching Hour". Thanks for suggesting a book.
*hugs*

Submitted by sonne on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 6:28am.

All the superstitions are fascinating. Never thought to ask about those but maybe today I'll check it out with a dane or two. Part of me doubts they have any but they must. New Orleans seems like a special place in many different ways. If I ever was able to visit, I'd want to go with a local to get the best experience possible. Seems like the best way to really feel a place out.
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You know I'm going to ask questions about Danish superstitions. Maybe I should read up on the mythology and folklore. Sonne, there is a connection between spiritual beliefs and superstitions. Suppose the Danes you speak with are too rational to remember things their grandmothers told them, or folklore they read as children? I don't mean that a person has to believe in a deity,simply that a sense of spirituality makes someone likely to be interested in things illogical,impractical things.

I knew that my better half and I wouldn't have an argument last night because of how I made the pasta sauce, yet I didn't stir with the chopping knife. It would have been a quick way to remove the bits of fresh basil which were stuck to the blade. The idea of sharp objects severing bonds between people fascinates me for what it means about the human condition.

Speaking of connections,your baby sitter/nanny sounds like a cruel boy bitch. Someone who doesn't communicate with you might make your children uneasy-little ones love their mothers and want everyone else to like mommy, right? Not that I know anything about children with autism.

Walking around a city with someone who lives there is the best way to see any city. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and playing tour guide for visiting friends or relatives became boring until I took two friends to photograph Julia Morgan's buildings.

One more factoid: if you're thinking about someone, and that person calls,writes or suddenly appears on your doorstep, he or she will reach old age with luck. In that case the correct greeting is " Anne, you're going to live long!", hello is optional. :-D

Sorry that i bud into you nightowl`s convo, but I think Ann Rice`s "Witching Hour" plays right into your likings...;-)). And guys, stay positive. This time of year is horrible for depression, but keep some lines of communication open (even if its just the D). The more you isolate yourself, the more you overthink. Nothing but happy thoughts to you guys!

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fuck those goddamn son of a horses i got better things to do like love landwhale and bake some bread and tell some fuckers to fuck off.----charlie m.

Submitted by Genny18 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 6:50am.
Glad you had a good time. Seeing Rocky Horror is one of the joys of being young.

Submitted by Khensu Hetep on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 5:54am.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Damn,why aren't you ecstatic?

I haven't seen the film of Interview with a Vampire,but according to IMDB it was filmed here,there and everywhere. Definitely the cemeteries. Crypts are essential in a place below sea level. I've never heard of an epidemic of the plague in New Orleans-just cholera.

I thought Stir of Echoes was a good film. Oh well, everyone has different set points for what is realistically horrifying. Phobias, on the other hand are completely irrational. Claustrophobia is something you either have or you don't. Didn't understand this until I was reading Frederick Taylor's book on the bombing of Dresden-a 17 year old in a military hospital actually went outside and watched the second wave of the air raid from a hill rather than go into the shelter.

Call me weird. I think the artificial scare of a good gothic/horror book or film makes it easier to cope with scary things in reality. Oh, and think of shredding or burning miserable scribbles from your journal as cleaning up.

Submitted by A.cotw on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 5:31am.

I was singing along to the rocky horror soundtrack both play and movie, I was in a good mood all night. (Until we almost got arrested and into a fight later that night <<

Thanks Genny! I disappeared into real life for a bit. :) Today is better than yesterday, so I'll blame hormones. That'll work.

All the superstitions are fascinating. Never thought to ask about those but maybe today I'll check it out with a dane or two. Part of me doubts they have any but they must. New Orleans seems like a special place in many different ways. If I ever was able to visit, I'd want to go with a local to get the best experience possible. Seems like the best way to really feel a place out.

Submitted by A.cotw on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 5:11am.

Haha...you'd be surprised by what I remember and what I don't. I just remember really strange, random things. Did I tell you I made the Dean's List, BTW?!

I live in Pittsburgh. Everything is slushy and shades of grey and brown. Surprisingly, I prefer warm weather. I adore the air during a thunderstorm and how an overcast sky illuminates nature even more than on a sunny day.

I too get mistaken for a male over the internet sometimes. I don't know why, but it doesn't bother me unless they see what I look like and still think I'm a guy! (I'm hesitant to post my pics because I was picked on at another website.)

New Orleans seems to have its share of ghost stories. I can't remember any in particular, but I've generally heard a lot about plagues...? (Another fascination of mine is the Black Plague.) Interview With the Vampire is partially responsible for why I've fallen in love with New Orleans. Was the movie actually shot there? The scenery is breath-taking.

I can watch scary stuff all I want and it won't bother me too much. I used to be terrified of the first two Hellraiser movies, but I just continued to watch them until they grew on me. Now I love them. I can't watch something too realistic though, especially suffering. I watched "Stir of Echoes" some months ago and found myself shaking because something similar happened to a mentally handicapped girl over here not very long ago, and rape scenes are too close to reality. I also have a problem with decomposing human bodies but at the same time it interests me.

I've only talked to someone who's had a mental breakdown once, over the internet but trust it was completely genuine. It must be horrifying to witness in person.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

Submitted by Genny18 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 4:09am.
Thanks, Genny. I've never heard anything about a broom falling.

LOL, your mom sounds cool. That does not sound insane at all, more like a convenient coincidence. My grandmother was convinced that keeping a ouija board or a deck of tarot cards in the house would cause it to catch fire;her neighbors thought she had a psychic streak because it actually happened after she said this.

Have you ever tried singing to yourself before going to any social function? I swear it works.

@A.cotw - did you have yours up too? Sorry, I didn't notice or I would have said something.

Submitted by Khensu Hetep on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 3:35am.
That's quite alright. I wouldn't expect you to remember all of the details of my rambling posts, especially since you're in school! I had two majors, a minor, a job or two and massive amounts of reading when I was in college; during my senior year I forgot my middle name. Not sure where you live, ecept that it's somewhere cold. :-P

Some of my quirks are masculine.(like naming my private parts.) In a straight person the ten-dollar word for this is psychological androgyny. Sometimes, in conversations online I am mistaken for a guy and I rather like it.

New Orleans is VERY spooky. There is a famous house which is haunted inside and out;legend has it that tourist and locals have seen the ghost of a slave child who jumped off the roof. In broad daylight. N.O. sure inspired Ann Rice's best work.(I HATE her erotica.) I love horror/gothic stuff.Only reality, or a close imitation of it, can frighten me. For example, I can read horror stories or true crime in the middle of the night,but I can't watch Jim Carrey in a comedic role because to my eyes he is crazy. I grew up with a paranoid schizophrenic uncle and nothing is as terrifying as the sight of someone having a psychotic break.While we're on the New Orleans theme,can't stand A Streetcar Named Desire for Vivien Leigh's accurate portrayal of madness. Give me vampires and voodoo.

This is random, but I just saw "Wristcutters: A Love Story". Purgatory is an awesome concept.

Submitted by becky n sydney on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 4:58am.

Sorry, I wasn't sure what you meant. I'll tell her.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

Submitted by Khensu Hetep on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 4:54am.
Yeah, she's already saved to contacts.

I don't know where you are going with that - Genny still has her email address in a post for all to see.

Yeah, she's already saved to contacts.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

@Khensu - can you contact Genny and tell her?

@Genny18 - same for you - take your email address down!!!!

@Khensu - I really think you should take down your email address from an earlier post. It's not safe to leave that information out there.

Submitted by Genny18 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 4:01am.

I hear that, LOL. I have terrible sinus allergies. Lately it's been my eyes burning like crazy.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

I love whistling! I only just started 2 years ago, I could never get it down who knows why, maybe for a good reason!

My mom used to tell me that whenever a broom falls a man with bad intentions is coming. This is gonna sound super insane, but shes told me stories about her and my dad. They got into a big fight once because he would never take her to watch the local boxing matches or take her anywhere really, she told him that hes gonna get a flat tire on the way back home and is gonna have to ask her to pick him up.

Well, later that night, the phone wakes her up and its my dad really pissed calling her a witch...haha

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Yeah sounds right, what sucks tho is I sneeze if theres a small amount of dust in the air around me so I spend quite a bit of money on tissues lol

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Submitted by Genny18 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:27am.
We have this in common: curiosity. A.cotw is an acronym for a citizen of the world, with the period in the wrong place to remind me of my password. I went to Foreign Service school after 13 years in the Catholic school gulag.

Don't know anything about Wicca, but I collect books on different religions, cultures, world history, etc.

You ever compare superstitions with friends from different cultures? Those beliefs are about human connections.
Take the sharp stuff: my Chinese friends and room mates told me that dropping a pair of scissors is bad luck if the blades stick the ground, and to never point anything sharp at someone you love when you're cooking. Southern Italians don't put a knife or pair of scissors into the hand of a friend or relative, the correct thing is to place the object on a flat surface if someone asks you to pass it;if you don't the bond between you will be cut. The New Orleans idea is stirring with a knife will create discord.

Everyone has a theory about bringing evil spirits or bad luck into a house-in Tawaiin AND in Catholic countries or regions, it's said that girls who whistle indoors cause this.
Started whistling at four years old and I've been scolded for it by grandparents,parents,a Hungarian immigrant co-worker,my Swiss boyfriend, an old lady in Vienna... On the other hand,Chang Chia-Ling and I used to whistle ourselves spitless when we lived together.
It was liberating. :-P

For me, cleaning is relaxing because it keeps my mind on picking up the mess and getting out of there. That I can work at my own pace also is a huge stress reducer.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

I honestly detested cleaning as a chore but it helps relieve my stress, I wonder what it is about cleaning that makes us feel better

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Submitted by Genny18 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 3:35am.

I will remember that any time I'm feeling anxious going out, thank you! Also, I'm glad I'm not the only person who finds cleaning therapeutic. That's the only thing I like about my job.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

Submitted by A.cotw on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 3:13am.

Well, taking a trophy is kind of quirky for a woman, but quirky is fun so it's all cool.

I'm sorry, I thought you actually lived in Louisiana. If you've told me that before, I apologize for my failing memory. That's still really neat, though.

It's strange because I was having a similar conversation with my mother some days ago that New Orleans is different from the south. While I believe that the south does have a charm of its own, New Orleans appears to have a lot of mystery to me. Out of all of the places in the US I'd love to go, it'd be New Orleans. It's kind of gothic-influenced, wouldn't you agree? There's just something wonderfully spooky about it.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

Say nice things about yourself! Every time I look in a full length mirror I think nice things about myself, sounds crazy but I dont leave the house feeling like Im spilling out of my clothes anymore.

Hey w.e makes you happy! I bake for my family or clean my room.

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sonne! im here for you as well! my niece is autistic although idk what its like to be with her 24/7, I used to babysit her sometimes and we got along pretty well. However I hear a lot of the stress my sister goes through from my mom, who is our diary basically. so you know if you ever just wanna rant, hit me up

Thats an alternate hardly used email anyway, just to check in

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Submitted by sonne on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 3:04am.

Your conversations with your babysitter fit my conversations down to a T. It really bothers me that any time I initiate conversation, I get the same dull one-word answers. It's like, "Really?". Of course it doesn't help that months at a time, we're all at different schools AKA hours away from each other, so most of our conversations are texting or some form of Instant Messaging. It makes me feel so dismissed. I can understand being "busy" to an extent but when you're cavorting on Myspace/MSN/social networking of choice, you're not too busy to talk or even just say hello; now you're just being a snot.

I started feeling miserable since New Year's Day because I feel that it's going to be another waste of a year for me socially/romantically. Then, everyone just sort of lost touch with me and to be honest, I'm very disappointed in more than a few friends. Like I said, I made a few friends last semester but I'm no longer speaking to one of them because I guess not enough was in for her, even though I was the one sitting with her for three hours on Christmas Eve listening to her talking about herself. She never once asked me about how I was doing because she was so consumed with who her ex boyfriend might've or might've not been fucking. I'm not sure how she'd affect me if she was still in the picture.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

Submitted by sonne on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 3:04am.

Your conversations with your babysitter fit my conversations down to a T. It really bothers me that any time I initiate conversation, I get the same dull one-word answers. It's like, "Really?". Of course it doesn't help that months at a time, we're all at different schools AKA hours away from each other, so most of our conversations are texting or some form of Instant Messaging. It makes me feel so dismissed. I can understand being "busy" to an extent but when you're cavorting on Myspace/MSN/social networking of choice, you're not too busy to talk or even just say hello; now you're just being a snot.

I started feeling miserable since New Year's Day because I feel that it's going to be another waste of a year for me socially/romantically. Then, everyone just sort of lost touch with me and to be honest, I'm very disappointed in more than a few friends. Like I said, I made a few friends last semester but I'm no longer speaking to one of them because I guess not enough was in for her, even though I was the one sitting with her for three hours on Christmas Eve listening to her talking about herself. She never once asked me about how I was doing because she was so consumed with who her ex boyfriend might've or might've not been fucking. I'm not sure how she'd effect me if she was still in the picture.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

Submitted by Khensu Hetep on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:23am.
About the burying boxers thing: the bottom of my lingerie drawer seemed to work just fine. LOL, I did that to the last dude before Mr. W, just to remember him by. Is taking a trophy is quirky behavior for a woman?

I was born in California, and never lived in New Orleans. However, I was brought up by a displaced New Orleans family. Both sides of my mother's family were there for generations;her father's side since 1827(?). She moved here as a teenager with her parents & siblings and STILL refers to the Crescent City as "home".

Surely you've noticed that immigrants carry their customs and culture with them. The South is a separate place, and New Orleans is separate from the South. Mr. W. came West after college, but he's assimilated...up to a point. Did I mention that my headbanging,homesick mother and Mr. W. have a mutual adoration society? When they say I'll never truly understand the South because I didn't grow up in the culture-never mind those years of instructions-I remind them that I'm a citizen of the world, and I like it. The only thing I regret is that i've never been to Mardi Gras there-it would have been great before the Girls Gone Wild era!

Talking to someone will help, Khensu. It's probably time for me to make an appointment with my go to counselor. Everyone who helped Khensu has helped me, too, so thank you guys. :hugs: Kokoskitten, I isolate myself, too, which is all too easy living in a country where I still don't understand the unwritten social rules. Try to joke with people or smile at them and they often just look at you without cracking a smile. Other days, it's better.

My babysitter these days is like sitting with a wall. Yesterday when he showed up before the kids, I tried to start a conversation with him. Blah response or just a yes/no answer and then silence. We used to have lively convos but apparently not now or only when he feels like it (?). The crap thing is when this happens, my issues of feeling ignored/invisible come up and I get more negative, thus less fun to talk to. :( LOL, it's funny (if I don't laugh a bit, I'll start crying again, argh) except it's sad. Working on it and need to remember his responses are also his problem but then I also wonder why I keep him around or why am I afraid to say, "dude, what's your problem? Quit being so rude"... I've put up with so much shit from people, it's embarrassing. Truly.

There's more but for now I'll wrap it up with mid-life crisis rolled up with depression rolled up with living with two autistic kids, no friends, no boyfriend, no sex 'cause I won't do one night stands anymore and that seems to be all danish guys want, etc. etc. Can't tell you how much I miss good american men!

Thank you Genny! *hugs*

I also think way too much, Koko. I'm not agoraphobic as much as I'm just generally embarassed in public but on the other hand, I want to go out and do social things. If I'm leaving the house, it's for school or work. I can relate to the reluctance to be in public, though, definitely.

Genny, I'm really good at masking my pain with humor. My way of coping I guess isn't really healthy. It's grounding sometimes to make fun of yourself, but I'm beyond self-deprecating. I believe every negative thing said about me. I tell people really cruel jokes about myself and laugh my ass off, but later on I'll just bawl my eyes out.

And anyone who finds me cool is automatically cool in my book. Thank you guys so much. You're all awesome.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

Khensu,

I'm not trying to compare any situation I have had with what you are going through but I have a tendency to isolate (and be depressed). When I go through these phases I sit at home, actually stay at home almost to the point of agoraphobia. Overthinking doesn't help...but I always do it. So I guess I'm just saying I'm wishing you the best and you seem like a cool chick...

forgive the horrible grammar in my story post lol Im sleepy

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Khensu, it'll really help, I spoke about things no one knew about and did a lot of crying, before then whenever Id remember something that hurt me deeply Id cry but now if they happen to pop into my head I dont cry anymore. If you ever wanna talk to someone, I can give you my email

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Submitted by A.cotw on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:16am.

Ive been very interested in learning about all this, I had a wiccan friend in high school (not comparing just mentioning). I once accompanied him to a near by creek and he was calling the spirits to make it rain ( to show me that Wicca was real), as he yelled louder and louder the wind picked up and I could barely hear him anymore. He was 10 feet away, I started to get freaked and having just left a christian school I started to pray....BAD IDEA! The wind picked up enough to break a branch and it almost hit me! I had my hair up in a hair tie and felt the branch brushing against my hair.....

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Submitted by Genny18 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:15am.

I'll talk to someone. :)

I'm a little bit nervous about it, but I don't have much to lose. This keeping everything to myself isn't healthy.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

Submitted by A.cotw on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:16am.

Now you're just filling my head with ideas! LOL

The superstitions are really neat though. How do you learn about all of these things? Living in Louisiana? Like an urban legend deal? Either way, it seems fascinating.

I was kidding about the Citibank thing, heheh. Well. Kind of. They just really suck.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

Submitted by Khensu Hetep on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:04am.
Submitted by A.cotw on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 12:54am.

When reality is unbearable, take refuge in symbolism. Destroying a page of miserable scribbles erases the sadness.

Gris-gris is one of the New Orleans words for a hex/charm. Guilt set in 5 minutes after I did the impromptu curse on my college sweetheart. When I called my mother, she told me that placing sugar on his chair would reverse it!

The interesting thing about every N.O. hex/charm/jinx/spell I've ever heard of is that the tools are so ordinary. Sugar,salt,red pepper, making voodoo dolls from potatoes, reading fortunes with an ordinary deck of playing cards, enthralling a man after intercourse by burying a pair of his clean underwear beneath a rose bush-it's all so simple. The superstitions are fun. Dropping a knife on the kitchen floor means that a hungry man will arrive soon, stirring anything with a knife will "stir up trouble", entering a house through one door and leaving through another will bring bad spirits in, leaving a handbag on the floor will cause a sudden loss of money, accidently touching someone's foot with a broom while sweeping means the person will go to jail-the list goes on. If a female puts on a man's hat, he must kiss her to get it back. Mr W, who is from Tennessee, said something raunchy when I put on a pair of his jeans.

I'm not a voodoo priestess,but I like joking about it. Haven't the faintest idea how to "fix" an entire corporation like Citibank, but I could ask...

Khensu, you sound like me when I started getting depressed. Do me a favor and talk to someone? It's no fun being me lol (well the old me, I'm getting better)

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Hey CSG and genny.

CSG- I haven't spoken to a counselor. I just hope that this is temporary, but it's felt like the longest month and a half ever.

I don't know why I don't contact people first. I guess it's probably because I'm too worried about appearing clingy or worrying that they won't respond. It's really stupid.

The longest I've gone without talking to some of my friends is two months. I didn't like it one bit, but at least some of them did stick around. This time it just feels like all of them are done with me, and I was feeling fragile to begin with.

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)

Hello late night crew.

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Guess I'm a little too tardy to the party. Oh well, sweet dreams everyone! Hallmark Channel has a few hours of Cheers reruns, those are always good for a laugh.

One last thing - where the heck is Cappy? CAPPY - are you out there? And are you OK? Knock once on the screen for "yes", twice for "no". (((HUGS)))
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"Everytime I lower the bar of expectations, you limbo right under it".

I gots the insomnia too. Luckily it seems quiet in here now, kinda nice late at night. So what's new with everyone? I saw your message Khensu, I'm sorry you're feeling lonely. Have you tried talking to a counselor about what's going on? I've done it when I've hit some bad times myself, and I found it really helpful. It can be a little hard at first, but in the long run it's worth it.
I learned that I have a tendency to wait for others to approach me, so I've been actively trying to reach out and invite people to do things, instead of waiting to be invited. And it's worked out pretty well. I've also learned that other people really aren't out there having all these wild adventures while I feel like I'm buried in work and family. Although I work with a few crazy bitches who regale the rest of us with their escapades on Monday mornings, the majority of the people I know are quietly living their lives. Of course, that may just mean the majority of people I know are kind of boring!
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"Everytime I lower the bar of expectations, you limbo right under it".

He and david faustido could be brothers. they're both short, they both look like elves and oh and again, they are both short!

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"If a lady treats other people as she'd like to be treated, she's allowed to roll in the grass if she wants to ..."

Lena Horne

Submitted by A.cotw on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 12:54am.

I have a journal thingie I write in all the time. No torn pages though.

What is a gris-gris and how can I place one on Citibank?

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"I'm the guardian of this land,
I'm Dracula, Prince of Walacchia.
My name is synonymous with fear and terror
which I sowed and grew and which I fed on."
-Opera IX (Under the Sign of the Red Dragon)