From a Chinese fortune cookie: "Select from the past only what is useful for dealing with the present."

Yes, another Chinese fortune cookie. It's not that I've been spending a lot of time eating Chinese food lately, I just save up my fortunes to see if one of them comes true. So far it's still a work in progress.

Write your own Chinese fortune. Try one modern style (optimistic and generalized) and try another the of the old fashioned kind which were kind of spooky and mystical. The sort of cookie you open with your fingers crossed and your breath held, suspense making your fingers tremble in case this fortune said something you didn't want to hear/ read.

Good cheer will lighten your burdens

I have the good cheer is that why I keep getting burdens? Funny how a fortune cookie just gives you these little tidbits and leaves you hanging for the real answers.

Things are slow in the man-stalking project. I found his postal code but no apartment number. Kind of useless to send a card that way. I was writing out my Xmas cards (just addressing the envelopes so far) and I do still have three blank ones. One could be sent to Mr. Pirate Smile. If I knew his full address. I have two days off work starting now pretty much. I was thinking about taking the bus out to Zellers and seeing if Mr. Pirate Smiley's place is on that part of the street. I could just wander into the lobby and take a look for the mailbox of a certain pirate. I don't think you can get arrested for that. Funny to be concerned when here I am Madame Trespasser when it comes to the abandoned houses.

I know I'm not the only romantic geek woman. But, it does seem silly to create a whole scene in my mind where the pirate smile and the trespasser are making muffins at home on a cold winter's day. It was nice. Fun and he was quite lovely. Not a great baker... but he smiled a lot and that made up for his lack of skill with muffins. Silly, but it was nice. Something to do when you're pretty much stuck at work for 8 hours. Better than thinking about how aggravating it is to be without a car, still.

Also, in spite of what they tell you, I don't see how taking the bus/ taxi route is saving money compare to having a car. I'm spending $20 a day for bus/taxi to get back and forth to work. A tank of gas for the car might be more than that but it would last a lot longer than one day. I could even get to the grocery store, take a road trip and still have enough gas for the week of going back and forth to work. I wish my brother would get the lead out of his tank and let me get on with the car situation. I think I'm going to end up not having a driver's license at all. I have to go back to the teen/ beginner class and do the written test if I can't get the road test done by my birthday. I can't see myself passing that written test. I lucked out taking it in the US the first time. It was pretty simple and even then I didn't pass with flying colours.

Life is frustrating right now and then you start your period. Oh goodie. At least I'm not totally depressed like I was last night. Should have known it was going to start when I was that down. So close to just getting up and leaving at work, last night. Just thinking about the car and license stuff... Payday is Friday. If I can I wonder if I could just buy something myself. Not sure how to do it at all. I'd have less than a thousand but it would be cash. I could do payments with someone other than Graham. After all, last thing he really seemed to say about it was that he would start looking again when the weather cleared up. And... it's WINTER! When does that mean he is going to leave it till, spring thaw??? I will go insane long before then. I'm sure I will quit the job. I have spending so much on getting there and then not being able to do anything. Like being caught in a prison just cause I don't want to spend so much on a taxi or freeze waiting for buses that always take half an hour to come no matter when you get to the bus stop.

I think I should just go for the coffee making now. Thinking about all this will keep me up anyway. Sleep is so over rated. I bet pirate smile is sleeping now...

Found in the bottom of a purse...

You will be awarded some great honor.

You have a sense of adventure.

A pleasant surprise is in store for you.

You will be unusually successful in business.

You take a reverent attitude towards life and are most capable in the guidance of others.

Taken from a placemat from our favourite Chinese buffet in town.

Chinese Zodiac

According to traditional Chinese legend, ages ago Buddha summoned all of the animals and honored those who came by naming a year for them; each animal in turn gave its characteristics to people born in this year.

Note: I'm not typing all of the animal signs. My sign is the dragon, the only mythical animal among them and I think the most powerful, mystical and wise. But, of course, I'm biased. ;)

Dragon: 1904, 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 Passionate and soft-hearted, but somewhat stubborn, very healthy and energetic. You are well-suited to the rat, serpent, and monkey, but ill-suited to the dog.

I've always thought I would do well with a rat sign. My almost ex-husband is a serpent sign. My Mother is a monkey sign and my sister, the one I clash with the most, is a dog. My little sister is a rat sign and my only brother is a horse sign. Oddly, my Dad is both a monkey sign and a Sagittarius (also my sign in western astrology) and we never get along, he has always been emotionally abusive.

It's interesting how the fortune cookie crumbles.

I like reading my fortune cookie when we go out for Chinese food. Todd and I have had Chinese most weekends, there are several good buffets in the area. I used to write my fortunes into my old blog and I guess I never quite threw all of them away. So here for your amusement are my collection of fortunes.

You have an active mind and a keen imagination.

It is most enjoyable to talk with you.

You are talented in many ways.

You have a natural grace and a great consideration of others.

You will be spending time outdoors, in the mountains, near water.

You are tasting the sweets of success.

You will be fortunate in the opportunities presented to you.

There is a prospect of a thrilling time ahead for you.

You will be recognized and honoured as a community leader.

You will make a fortune with your friends.

You are always welcome in any gathering.

You will make many changes before settling satisfactorily.

That seems to be all of them. Now they will be tossed out with the rest of the stuff I'm not moving with me. Nice that they could have a last appearance before the end of their destiny. Although, who knows what might happen to them between now and the time they are finally composted back into the Earth.

My Bloginality is INFP!!!

As an INFP, you are Intraverted, iNtuative, Feeling , Perceiving. This makes your primary focus on Introverted Feeling with Extraverted Intuition.

This is defined as a NF personality, which is part of Carl Jung's Idealist (Identity Seeking) type, and more specifically the Healers or Idealist

As a weblogger, you have wonderful words to express your feelings because of your idealism. Because you don't like conflict, you may be likely to make one list of links and leave it for a long time without updating for fear of offending.