Joy Unconfined

CaveSlayer from Beer Bad Which Buffy Alter Ego Are You? brought to you by Quizilla Don’t make cave slayer unhappy… You operate on your base desires. Want. Take. Have. You like to keep your life simple, and you don’t like being denied. 1443 other people got this result!This quiz has been taken 6470 times.22% of [...]

Main Entry: as·cet·icPronunciation: &-’se-tik, a-Variant(s): also as·cet·i·cal /-ti-k&l/Function: adjectiveEtymology: Greek askEtikos, literally, laborious, from askEtEs one that exercises, hermit, from askein to work, exercise1 : practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline2 : austere in appearance, manner, or attitudesynonym see SEVERE I am on the verge of serious self-denial. It’s [...]

I want this book. Honestly… trying to ban it? Did any of these people ever read the REAL Grimm’s Fairy Tales?

You are a Cabaret Belly Dancer! You’re what peoplethink of when they hear the words “bellydancer” — the beaded bra and belt, thenightclub routine, the doumbek and the zills.Equally at home in a restaurant or at a hafla,your routine is a crowd-pleaser no matter who’swatching! Keep shimmying! What Kind of Belly Dancer are You? brought [...]

There’s something seriously wrong when one leaves town for a day or two, and then one dreads coming home. I’m just sayin’.

Not just the kids. Me. I am, officially, a student. And the first thing that comes to mind in all of this: Student loans are scary! Yikes! It’s expensive to be a student! And…and… I have EIGHT years to save up for my munchkin to go to college. I’m in trouble. Beyond that, I’m still [...]

I have been purging. I’ve entered a strange period where I need to purge. I’m sloughing off all the things that aren’t important to me. I’m not keeping what has no meaning. I’m removing things from my life that serve no purpose. Right now… the purge is limited to things. Life’s going to get REALLY [...]

Tsunami last winter… Genocide in Darfur… Famine in Niger… New Orleans destroyed… It’s enough to make ANYone despair. We, as a society, are watching with jaded eyes as cultures are destroyed by man and nature. Some of us are doing something. Most of us are doing nothing. Why? Some of us want to but don’t [...]

No… I hate it when I can’t sleep and I have nothing to keep my mind occupied except tail-chasing thoughts that lead nowhere. The dark of the night is a wonderful time. It’s quiet, and peaceful. No one demands anything. Usually it is blissful. Not so now. Tonight I’m demanding of myself to no avail [...]