Bruised hair ...

I got way too much sun yesterday. As a result, last night I had an extremely vivid and detailed dream.

All my life I've had poker-straight hair (that shoulda been my first clue that I was dreaming, but it seemed so reasonable at the time) and I finally got a great haircut ... no matter what I did to it, it fell back into place all by itself every time. A side effect of this haircut was the colour. Under fluorescent lighting it was hot pink and under incandescent lighting it was glowey lime green. The really cool part was how it looked in sunlight, though ... it matched whatever colour my bruises were that day ... robin's egg blue, dark blue, violet, dark purple, black, brown, green, yellow, beige ... mm hmm, one flexible haircut. I was actually startled when I looked in the mirror and saw the usual mess of not-bruise-colour.

I Believe ...

Today, I believe ... that intent is a powerful force ... that ritual is important ... that the goal is the effect of the ritual, rather than the ritual itself ... that it is vital not to allow the process to become the intent; to become dogmatic and stale ... that belief is important ... that it is equally important to examine one's beliefs ... in borrowing whatever rings true with my soul from whatever source and discarding what does not ... that love is our natural state ... that being at home in one's own skin is the starting point ... that energy is malleable, attracted to like, and limitless ... that the universe is a good place to be ... that miracles are personal ...

Stuff and Nonsense ...

Daylight:

Length of day: 14:20
Hours of dark: 8:25ish
Sunrise: 6:24 am
Sunset: 8:44 pm
Start of twilight: 5:46 am
End of twilight: 9:22 pm

Current weather: Mostly Clear. 16°C (60°F), humidity 44%, wind NW 9.6 km/h (6 mph.), barometer 30.12 in. Hg.

Forecast:

Today.. Sunny. High 19°C (66°F).
Tonight.. Clear. Low 0°C (32°F).
Thursday.. Sunny. High 18°C (64°F).
Friday.. Sunny. Low 1°C (34°F). High 18°C (64°F).
Saturday.. A mix of sun and cloud. Windy. Low 2°C (36°F). High 12°C (54°F).
Sunday.. Sunny. Low 0°C (32°F). High 11°C (52°F).
Normals for the period.. Low -1°C (30.2°F). High 12°C (54°F).

Odes on Love ...

Love is trust and chance.
Trust in the understanding of the other, and chance that the trust will fail.

--Odes the Wise and Dear

Off Switch ...

Words/phrases that, for various reasons, set off my internal "oh shut up do you even know what that means oh for crying out sideways what bullshit shut up shut up shut up" tape, and often shut off the listening part of my brain:

Tragedy
Crisis
Scandal/ous
Shock/ed
Vigilance
Due diligence*
Post nine-eleven world
Tyranny
Evil
Forces of evil
Administration
Rhetoric
Regime
Insurmountable
Terror/ism
At the end of the day
Oprah says
Dr. Phil says
*doubly so when prefaced with "do" (it's just wrong)

We've had beautiful weather all week. It got up to 19°C (°F) one day.

Stuff and Nonsense ...

Daylight:

Length of day: 13:39
Hours of dark: 9:10ish
Sunrise: 6:47 am
Sunset: 8:26 pm
Start of twilight: 6:10 am
End of twilight: 9:02 pm

Current weather: Mostly Clear. 5°C (41°F), -4°C(25°F) with windchill, humidity 52%, wind W 14.4 km/h (9 mph.), barometer 30.02 in. Hg.

Forecast:

Today.. Sunny with cloudy periods. High 11°C (52°F).
Tonight.. Clear. Low -3°C (27°F).
Monday.. Sunny. Wind SE 30 km/h (18.6 mph). High 13°C (55°F).
Tuesday.. Sunny. Low 0°C (32°F). High 13°C (55°F).
Wednesday.. Cloudy with 60% chance of showers. Windy. Low 3°C (37°F). High 15°C (59°F).
Thursday.. A mix of sun and cloud. Low 4°C (39°F). High 9°C (48°F).
Normals for the period.. Low -3°C (27°F). High 9°C (48°F).

Happy Birthday, Vince!

Happy everything, love always, dear friend.