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  • Parasite Unseen:
    "All culture is a cover for secretively monstrous behavior. Particularly the nuclear family."
  • Dr. Horrible:
    "The whole world is a mess, and I just want to rule it."
  • Wide Lawns:
    People often comment about my outrageous life. "People who sort of even know me in real life sometimes express disbelief until the people who really do know me confirm to them that it's all true. People who don't know me at all usually think I make all this crap up. The funniest part of this to me is that there is so much that I actually don't write about that is about a hundred times crazier than the stuff I actually do write about. If you all only knew. That's all I have to say. If y'all only knew."
  • Em and Lo:
    "Decisions, decisions. Just roll the dice. Fate is going to do with you what she will anyway."
  • Stephenie Meyer:
    "You belong anywhere a good book is."
  • Heather Havrilesky:
    "Unfettered whining is a banana split for the motherfucking soul."
  • Kay Reindl:
    "There's no rule that says you have to be fulfilled doing a particular, socially acceptable thing."
  • Stephen Eley:
    "It's a strange thing to discover when you're an adult that you've been somewhat misadjusted to the world your entire life and didn't know it."
  • K.C. Cody:
    "If you can get past the occasional imbecile-induced bike folly and the fact that Davis seems to perpetually be in the path of some giant, bipolar tornado, you may come to realize that this city is a great place to live."
  • Wil Wheaton:
    "I see a bookshelf, filled with different books from different authors, all acting as portals to different worlds and different times. The author may give them birth, but it's the readers who keep them alive."
  • Tycho:
    "Some books contain the machinery required to create and sustain universes."
  • Kameron Hurley:
    "I like writing about characters who are drawn to each other but aren't necessarily good for each other. Nyx walks back into your life and you see everything you love destroyed, but some vital piece of you, something you can't name, something you didn't even know was missing, is somehow there again. Whole. Full. Like a missing piece of your heart that chokes you."
  • Taylor Swift:
    "I believe that love will find you when you're not looking for it. So I've been actively not looking for it for about three years now. I'll let you know how that works out for me."
  • Kethrai:
    "I found that writing for me was a thing of the hands--hands need to produce art--and whether it's written or made, it feeds the need to produce art."
  • Kameron Hurley:
    "When somebody loves you, they love you for everything you are, good, bad, butch, brutal, bad bowler. And I'm all of those things and a lot more. Pretending I'm not, hiding it, covering it up, pretending that *all* I want is the garden and the house and not the midnight fucking in Marrakech, is a lie. It's gutting half of myself. It's sacrificing one to get the other. I shouldn't have to sacrifice it. Those parts of myself should make each other stronger. Gutting one guts the other. I can't live a life that's half a person. I can't live half a life. Now how do I get the house and the garden and the fucking in Marrakech? This is the real question."
  • Pamela Ribon:
    "Love is a choice. I fully believe that. Also, I think it's controlled by the same part of the brain that makes you actively choose to pretend you don't know how the stove works. Choose wisely."
  • Anton Strout:
    “A lot of people ask me for advice on writing. To this I will clap my hands at them, and say “Write, monkey, write!”
  • Libba Bray:
    "I hope that within these roughly 2,000 pages is a tale about women searching for their place in the world, coming to terms with themselves, fighting for change, accepting their power, dealing with issues of friendship, family, responsibility, sexuality, and identity, struggling with fears and doubts, hope and longing, oppression and desire. I hope. And yet, it seems as if the prevailing sentiment is, The only thing that matters is the man/is having a man. Am I mistaken? Am I reading this incorrectly? I’m asking."
  • Ira Glass:
    "Why does my job exist? It exists because I willed it into existence. When the day goes badly, I can remind myself that I have asked for this job by name and thought to create this for myself, and I can only blame myself for the whole thing."
  • Jeremy Darling:
    "I'm Pluto. I'm cold, distant, and alone."
  • Gustavo Arellano:
    "Dude, I was a nerd from the day I was born. I was reading in kindergarten. I got humungous glasses that covered half of my face in second grade. I’ve been living the nerd life ever since."
  • Michael, "Burn Notice."
    "People with happy families don't become spies. A bad childhood is the perfect background for covert ops--you don't trust anyone, you're used to getting smacked around, and you never get homesick."
  • Madeleine L'Engle:
    "I sometimes think God is a shit--and he wouldn't be worth it otherwise. He's much more interesting when he's a shit."
  • ZachsMind:
    "Sometimes though, you don't get to choose what kinda fame you're gonna get or how much it'll cost ya."
  • Jane Espenson:
    "So here's what I think we need to do if we want to write a sci-fi or a fantasy show and give it appeal way beyond the normal boundaries of sci-fi/fantasy fandom. We need to start with an empty page of notebook paper, write "The Chosen One" across the top and start brainstorming. At least, that's what I plan to do."
  • Andrea Nemerson
    "Personally, I believe neither that you're attracting nutty people because you don't want nice ones nor that the universe will deliver someone really neato as soon as you deserve him or her. It would be nice if things worked out that equitably for everyone, but in my experience, the universe is kind of shiftless and lazy and just doesn't bother."
  • Elaine Hatfield:
    "When you are young, passion and hope are so strong that's it's almost impossible to stop loving someone. After you've been kicked around by life, however, you start to have a dual response to handsome con men: 'Wow!' and 'Arrrrrrgh!' It takes not will power but painful experience to make us wise."
  • Cary Tennis:
    "Be of service. Go where you can help. If you're an artist, be of service to your art; don't have it the other way around. You have to put aside your dreams of being a hotshot and learn to be useful. ... You step up everyday, get a nice clean hit, and you're done."
  • "prefer not to say:"
    "Being an old maid rocks. You don’t have to be pretty. You don’t have to have the same markers of social or financial success as couples feel pressured to have. You don’t have to have children but people are happy to lend theirs out for awhile. Your career options are wide open. You can finally wear comfortable shoes. Your furniture and your dishes don’t have to match. You are allowed to have eccentric hobbies. There is time for a quiet cup of coffee on a Saturday morning. You make your own travel plans. You can keep up with a much wider swath of friends. And I never wanted to get married until I met the man (and he existed) who would let me stay an old maid, even if we did get married. It hasn’t been easy (my future-in-laws think I am about to become a wife, and it has taken a lot of strategic deafness not to respond to those expectations) but it’s an interesting challenge and kind of fun with someone smart enough to give it a try. This isn’t a post to say, “Oh, honey, you just need to meet the right man.” Instead it’s a post to say — stay committed to being an old maid and happiness in the form that you need it will follow."
  • Piet Hein:
    "Whenever you're called on to make up your mind. And you're hampered by not having any. The simplest way to solve the dilemma you'll find, Is simply by flipping a penny. No, not so that chance shall decide the affair; As you're passively standing there moping. But as soon as the penny is up in the air, You'll suddenly know what you're hoping."
  • John Mayer:
    "I'm not normal by conventional social standards, and I'll never be, so maybe I should stop worrying and just embrace the insanity a bit."
  • Ethan Rayne, Buffy season 8 comic, #3:
    "You are always dreaming every dream you could dream all the time. Even when you're awake, a part of your brain is stirring that brew. Which one you choose to remember in the morning is based on wishes, anxieties... It's a vast and fascinating place. Everywhere you turn, a part of you."
  • Uhura:
    "People use the word “selfish” to insult women all the time-I think it’s because the essence of womanhood is selfless sacrifice- even to the detriment of themselves."
  • Yuhri:
    "Her weirdnesses have the quality of life in a trailer park during tornado season. Someone's shih-tzu just blew in through the window? Pfft. There's a Buick parked on the ceiling? Bah. Old man Parsnip just got blown right into the anal cavity of a standing cow? C'est la vie. Her life is managed in clusters of riot, interrupted by the occasional, errant moment of calm."
  • Dan Renzi:
    "Most women accept the fact that they can be, occasionally, somewhat crazy. I don't know any women who believe they are always handle situations with rational thought. They all know they slip off the deep end from time to time. It happens. But men? They really don't get it. They really think they are never wrong, what they want is what's best. Why wouldn't it be? It's what they want. Why shouldn't they have things their way? And it's there that lies the problem: men are inherently crazy because they don't think they're crazy at all. It's the definition of insanity, really."
  • Anonymous at Post Secret:
    "Oddly enough, she can handle having a lesbian daughter much better than one who is still single at 30."
  • LCG:
    "I am way more afraid of forgetting how to be happy alone than I am actually ending up alone."
  • Last words of Robert Anton Wilson:
    "Various medical authorities swarm in and out of here predicting I have between two days and two months to live. I think they are guessing. I remain cheerful and unimpressed. I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the lasagna flying.
    Please pardon my levity, I don't see how to take death seriously. It seems absurd. "
  • Frank, in Little Miss Sunshine:
    "You know Marcel Proust?...French writer. Total loser. Never had a real job. Unrequited love affairs. Gay. Spent 20 years writing a book almost no one reads. But he's also probably the greatest writer since Shakespeare. Anyway, he uh- he gets down to the end of his life... and he looks back and decides that all those years he suffered- Those were the best years of his life, 'cause they made him who he was. All those years he was happy? You know, total waste. Didn't learn a thing. So, if you sleep until you're 18... Ah, think of the suffering you're gonna miss. I mean high school? High school- Those are your prime suffering years. You don't get better suffering than that."
  • Richard Crawford:
    "In order to defeat your evil villain, you only need remember this: every problem can be solved with sufficient explosives."

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April 24, 2008

Birthday horoscope roundup!

Cafe Astrology:

You are working hard and playing hard in the year ahead. You are coming across with more authority, and quickly gain others' respect. You are likely putting forth more practical effort this year, and if you do, the rewards are measurable. It's an excellent year in which to organize your life in some significant manner. Opportunities to advance abound. There is likely to be some stimulating fireworks in your romantic life, and also some decidedly romantic and growth-oriented experiences.

The Sun forms a grand trine with Saturn and Pluto in your Solar Return chart, making it an excellent year for productive mental activity, solving problems, and purposeful work. This is a very stable influence. While your mental faculties are attuned to otherworldly impressions, offering you increased insight, focus, psychological understanding and awareness, you are also grounded and thinking in very practical terms. Besides solid problem solving, it's also a good year for getting organized, doing detail work, and preparing for the future. Decisions made during this period in your life tend to be practical and well thought out. Work done now is likely to beget tangible results in the future. Manifestation and achievement are what satisfy. It's likely to be a year in which you are capable of a whole lot of work and effort, and you derive quite a bit of satisfaction from it.

You stand to gain some perhaps profound new insights into your life. You can be especially persuasive and convincing in your communications, whether written or oral, as you come across with increased authority. You certainly have the power of practicality, realism, and caution on your side in the year ahead. Work you have done in the past begins to pay off this year--not necessarily in dramatic ways, but in small, measurable ways. You may be recognized or rewarded in some way for the efforts you put forth. Because you project a more responsible and credible “you”, people in authority are more inclined to appreciate you and recognize your work. This is a year in which you put your life in order in some significant manner. Improved concentration, a more realistic outlook, and a practical awareness of the limits of time all help you to make steady progress, particularly in your career. Your concern for your future this year is stronger than usual, and you may find that projects you start, or investments you make, this year will benefit you for years to come. The key to success now is adopting a realistic, practical, disciplined, and orderly approach to your life.

With Venus square both Mars and Jupiter, the pleasurable areas of life will not be overlooked! Sexual tensions and competitiveness are possible, and there can be conflicts that arise from differences between romantic and sexual needs. Feelings of elation in love or with regards to the pleasures of life can lead you to overdo, overindulge, overspend, and overstate your feelings. Take care not to set up unrealistic expectations in your partnerships. Avoid hasty (or haughty!) decisions, and be wary of making impulse purchases. You might take great strides to get noticed on a social or romantic level. Your affections are strongly stimulated, and you are more acutely aware of your powers of attraction. Romance, love, and sexuality occupy your mind more than usual. You can enjoy an increase in personal magnetism (as well as libido!), but be wary of competitiveness or tension in existing love relationships, as this aspect ignites your passions in general, whether they‘re feelings of love or anger!

Venus also sextiles Chiron, Neptune, and the Moon's North Node, and you'll have a chance to heal old wounds with regards to love this year. You're also bound to find new ways of making money. You are more imaginative and attuned to the world of beauty and romance this year. Gentleness with others is the best way to harness this energy and to attract what you want into your life. There could be truly "magical" times on a romantic and social level. You might even find and fall in love with the person of your dreams. Benefits come through paying attention to your dreams and intuitions. You are very likely to attract loving relationships and/or new warm social contacts into your life. Your popularity increases and efforts to smooth over challenges in partnerships are more likely to succeed. Negotiations, marriage, and business partnerships tend to fare well.

Mars trines Uranus, suggesting bursts of creativity and energy that help you to further your goals. Healthy risk-taking is likely this year, as you are more able to spot an opportunity when you see one. It is easier than usual to break free from habits that have previously held you back from going after what you want in life. Mars also opposes Jupiter, and although you are bound to show great enthusiasm for your endeavors this year, over-estimating what you are capable of doing is a potential problem. You may get fired up over opposing viewpoints, and you may need to adjust your plan of action. Errors in judgment made now are likely due to impulsiveness and the overlooking of crucial details.

A harmonious aspect between Jupiter and Uranus suggests this could be a "lucky" year, although the luck is likely to come from a positive attitude and an enterprising spirit. It should be a strong year when sudden opportunities for advancement in different areas of your life appear. At the heart of this is your ability to recognize and capitalize upon opportunities and potentials. You are more open to new energies, approaches, and attitudes under this influence. Fortunate events occur as a direct result of your willingness to entertain the unusual and to think outside of the box. This aspect favors group activities, financial endeavors associated with groups or organizational efforts, educational pursuits, writing, publishing, speaking, and humanitarian efforts. A positive and optimistic outlook serves you especially well this year.

You are working hard and playing hard in the year ahead. You are coming across with more authority, and quickly gain others' respect. You are likely putting forth more practical effort this year, and if you do, the rewards are measurable. It's an excellent year in which to organize your life in some significant manner. Opportunities to advance abound. There is likely to be some stimulating fireworks in your romantic life, and also some decidedly romantic and growth-oriented experiences.

2008 is a Number Two year for you. Ruled by the Moon. This is a year of potential companionship. It is a quiet, gentle, and mostly harmonious year that is less active than other years. Instead, you are more responsive to the needs of others. If you are patient and open yourself up in a gentle manner, you will attract both things and people. This is an excellent year in which to build and develop for the future. Advice - be patient, be receptive, enjoy the peace, collect.

2009 will be a Number Three year for you. Ruled by Jupiter. This is a year of sociability. It is a friendly time, when it is easy to enjoy life and other people. Focus is on personal freedom, reaching out to others, making new friends, and exploration. You are more enthusiastic and ready for adventure. It is likely to be a rather lighthearted year, when opportunities for "play" time are greater than usual. It's also a good year for expressing your creativity. Advice - reach out, but avoid scattering your energies.

Elle:

"Your sense of beauty and desire for love make you a loyal, sensual and protective Bull. You’re a passionate collector and recognize the inherent value in items before the vast majority of others do. You take enormous personal pleasure in improving and decorating your home. Because your home is so important - and actually reflects your personality - you may ultimately own more than one dwelling. Gifted at spotting value and excellence, your property investments are generally quite successful. As your circumstances and tastes change, you migrate into different neighborhoods and revise your personal style. You prefer property that is aesthetic, comfortable, and mirrors your philosophy and status. You may take a personal interest in building and design. You can be exacting to the point of appearing difficult or demanding. Your standards are high, but you never ask others to work harder than you do. Therein lies the problem: you’re more driven and dedicated than most of your peers - so you almost always show them up. It’s likely that your personal and professional lives will play tug of war much of the time. Unwilling to do anything slipshod, you may suffer emotionally from regret or guilt if you believe your performance is less than stellar. You demand the best from yourself both at work and at home, and need to feel in control. A lot of this stems from your highly developed sense of responsibility, high standards, and intensely protective nature. You will not allow interlopers to breach your territory. You may also bristle when asked personal questions. No matter how tough your exterior, you have paid the cost of being the boss. Even the thing you want the most - love - tends to offer deep extremes of pleasure and pain."

Bridgett Walther:

For April 24: You’re so eager to break through silly routines, time-wasting meetings and someone’s pointless objections that it’s really difficult to contain your energy and borderline anger. It’s important that you bottle it up and seal it for the time being. Things will get better this afternoon. In fact, the slowski pace that has practically made you apoplectic eases up and feels almost fabulous - can you stand it? And it’s for real – not some cruel illusion. People actually start being cooperative this afternoon. (Since your time zone may be a factor here, I’m basing this on ET, just so you know.) Remain calm and know that the most irritating phase of an unnecessary soap opera is fading fast at last - sigh.

Eugenia Last: 

Happy Birthday: Focus on health and wealth this year. Relationships may need some adjustments. Your dedication and practical nature will be a winning combination. Take a look at an old situation and you will have the discernment to know how you should handle something you face now. Your numbers are 13,22,29,37,45,47

Birthday Baby: You are magnetic and will handle whatever comes your way for good or for bad. You are a troubleshooter and the go-to person -- the one everyone looks up to.

Daily Horoscopes:

You guide others in gentle ways and you leave positive impressions every place you go. You also never seem to be too busy to shake a hand and ask a person how they are. You may find yourself doing spiritual or intuitive things this Sunday. The astrology present in your life this Monday is one that lends itself to hard studies and work, however you have been working hard and studying all month and will find today much easier than many others find their day. You may be very curious this Tuesday and want to do a little research. Your interest can be turned into most any direction and before this Wednesday is over you will probably find yourself at an art show, a museum or a circus performance. Keep a note pad handy for new ideas and then relax: Recorded or live music can be enjoyed through your earphones this Thursday. If you can’t physically remove yourself; perhaps you are on a boat. Of course today is work and the same stands true. Your good works today bring you special attention. When asked your opinion this Friday, it may be you will have to stop to see who is doing the asking. This Saturday is a delightful day for enjoying the out-of-doors.

Astro.com:

As would seem appropriate with this transit, today is a day of new beginnings, and the influences you feel today will affect the entire year to come.  However, this does not mean that the whole year will be disappointing if today doesn't work out exactly as planned.  You are receiving a new impulse from the energy center within you, as symbolized by the Sun.  Therefore any new venture that you start at this time will ride the crest of this new energy and will very likely come to an acceptable conclusion.  Whatever you do or begin today will bear the stamp of your individuality more than anything else.  This is the day to assert yourself anew.

MSN UK:

April 24 people make terrific parents and unconventional lovers, because they resist any kind of cliche in their thinking. Nobody born today thinks others should behave in a certain way if it makes them unhappy. Good news for their tearaway kids. Good news for their love-life too because they have an open mind about everything. Not such good news for the parents of young April 24, who probably won't agree with anything their parents say, certainly won't do what they are told, and will probably drive teachers at school mad with their questions. This is a day which questions everything, especially the status quo. At work, they can't understand why bosses are supposed to know less about certain parts of the organisation than the workers. As bosses themselves, they make sure that all managers mix with the workers, understand the business from the floor upwards and don't behave patronisingly to employees. They are also careful to maintain a healthy environment for people at work. Kind and fair, employees like them. Managers are frightened of what they will think up next. And it's likely to be no private offices, no company cars and everybody eating together in the canteen. They throw a great party at work and at home. These are the people who shine at karaoke, dance brilliantly and often play in their own band. Some go on to make a career in showbusiness, where they will be known for their innovative style and infectious energy. On stage, everybody likes working with them because they are generous about others' talent, and always good for a laugh. Many people born on this day are keen on sport, sometimes overkeen according to their long suffering lovers and friends, who have to listen and enthuse until tears of boredom flow. Their homes will be tapped into cable and satellite for the sport, and newspapers seized first for the sports pages.
April 24 people can suffer from physical tension, or simply muscle strain. They get this from sport, just horsing around, and moving through life fast. An aromatic bath may be the answer. It's not expensive, helps skin disorders, relieves muscular and other pains, and induces restful sleep. Some essential oils can be an irritant to the skin if you use more than three drops. So be careful of basil, ginger, fennel,orange and peppermint. Sandalwood is one of the mildest and you may safely use up to 10 drops in your bath. Sprinkle the drops after you have run the bath.
Most people born on this day are essentially kind, but some may get swept away and make more conventional people feel dull and even afraid. Terrifying others is never an attractive characteristic, and always rebounds on you.

Tarot.com:

Treat yourself to all the things you like, but remember that moderation is the best way to avoid the consequences of having "more than enough"!
Your desire to learn more about the world can show you a path toward growth that pushes you beyond your old comfort zone. It's surely not time to pull back out of fear, but it's also not a good idea to surge forward without acknowledging how much work is ahead of you. Take time to reassess your destination in light of what you now know. Today, it's better to be realistic than idealistic.

NY Post:

Luck planet Jupiter is immensely strong on your birthday this year but because it make difficult aspects to Venus and Mars, the relationship planets, there is a danger you might take others' support for granted. You'll get away with a lot but there is a line you must not go beyond.

Seattle Times:

Career, work and making progress in the material world may be your most important motivators for the next few months. Since you are temporarily a perfectionist, you will strive to fulfill all of your duties to the letter and win the respect of the boss. Having a few letters after your name or completing the requirements for a raise might also be a possibility. Since your reputation and responsibilities fill up all your time, the best month for a glamorous vacation will be in November when your love of romance and leisure is accentuated.

Holiday Mathis:

There's a hint of mystery in the air now -- you're not sure what this year will bring, but with your winning attitude, you're sure you're going to like it. In June, it's futile to resist being in love, so just give in! Singles meet eligible and exciting partners in a school of some kind. You'll travel in October. You hit it off famously with Libra and Pisces. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 20, 19, 30 and 1.

Detroit News:

Career, work and making progress in the material world may be your most important motivators for the next few months. Since you are temporarily a perfectionist, you will strive to fulfill all of your duties to the letter and win the respect of the boss. Having a few letters after your name or completing the requirements for a raise might also be a possibility. Since your reputation and responsibilities fill up all your time, the best month for a glamorous vacation will be in November when your love of romance and leisure is accentuated.

Georgia Nichols:

You're very protective and nurturing to your loved ones, which is   why it is difficult to focus on your job at the expense of family   at times. Most of you make excellent parents. You're interested in   a wide variety of ideas, religions and philosophies. Your year   ahead strongly highlights partnerships and close friendships, and   perhaps a major decision? (It's about values.)

Eugenia Last:

Focus on health and wealth this year. Relationships may need some adjustments. Your dedication and practical nature will be a winning combination. Take a look at an old situation and you will have the discernment to know how you should handle something you face now. Your numbers are 13,22,29,37,45,47
You are magnetic and will handle whatever comes your way for good or for bad. You are a troubleshooter and the go-to person -- the one everyone looks up to.

Linda Black:

A major objective is within reach this year. This could be about your career, and it has always seemed just beyond your reach. If more education is required, sign up for the classes now.

Marjorie Orr:

IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY your year ahead will be upbeat, confident and a time when you're likely to talk big and occasionally exaggerate what you can accomplish. Don't over-commit yourself. A speedy schedule will make you impatient of people making mistakes. You may travel more than usual since you'll be keen to explore new experiences. Loved ones may be asking more of you. After mid year you will be deciding what changes to put in place at home.

New Zealand Herald:

The wheel of fortune swings your way in areas of substance. An improvement in lifestyle, personal happiness or career comes courtesy of lucky Jupiter in your zone of expansion. Team up with a compatible partner.

Comments

Amazing site! I found your site very interesting.when I was young I love to hear about fortune-telling, infact me and my friends used to go to a fortune teller who became our friend as well. We go there like once or twice a week, yes that’s how we were addicted to it.I even believe it until now.

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