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Monday, December 16, 2013

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We teach girls to shrink themselves
To make themselves smaller
We say to girls
"You can have ambition
But not too much
You should aim to be successful
But not too successful
Otherwise you will threaten the man"
Because I am female
I am expected to aspire to marriage
I am expected to make my life choices
Always keeping in mind that
Marriage is the most important
Now marriage can be a source of
Joy and love and mutual support
But why do we teach to aspire to marriage
And we don't teach boys the same?
We raise girls to each other as competitors
Not for jobs or for accomplishments
Which I think can be a good thing
But for the attention of men
We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings
In the way that boys are
Feminist: the person who believes in the social
Political, and economic equality of the sexes

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-beyonce-flawless-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-20131213,0,3338347.story#ixzz2nh5AJgcT

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

And Portugal goes to Brazil

Cristiano Ronaldo came through..  3 goals!

He's an Aquarius in love.   Hope he stays in love until the World Cup lol

Friday, April 26, 2013

My first love compatiblility reading..

About a month ago I was Instagram and posted a picture of the Astrology Wheel I made for myself and I got a few requests to look at some people's charts.   I always feel bad saying no because I'm so busy and for a newbie like myself to interpret a Natal Chart takes a very long time.   I love Astrology and I learned it mostly for myself because I want to completely understand and embrace my Natal Chart.   In order to do that I needed to take my love for Astrology one big leep forward and finally take a class.   I searched for months and I couldn't find anything, so I gave up and just settled for Susan Millers monthly forecast.  Her monthly forecasts are amazing and she is by far one of the best astrologers I have ever been into.  Her Astrology Zone site is constantly on my screen.   Dr Standley is great if you want to learn Astrology because she breaks it all down for you.  She's basically teaching you about it as she is telling you what your planet placements mean.   She even offers a free Natal Chart graph on her site.



It was about 2010 that I finally got to go to one of Susan Millers lectures in Nyc and it was there that I met my Astrology teacher.   After Susan was done she gave her mentee  Rebecca Gordon,  a shout out.   She teaches astrology class in Manhattan and to go chat with her if you are interested.   My level of thirst went up so high I had to catch my chin~!   I end up finding her at the end of the event but there was another girl talking her up a storm.  I waited and got her brochure and ended up taking her Beginners Astrology class.  It was about 3 months long and you had to meet up at this yoga studio loft in the Village every Sunday.   It was about 10 of around a table, very cozy.   I learned so much from her and after the class was over I signed up for her Intermediate Class.   Unfortunately, I couldn't finish it because it was around that time my anxiety problems showed up.   In my beginners class with her she that I might develop nervous system issues  because I have Uranus in Scorpio in the 6th House.  Some people with Uranus in this house have a great deal of nervous tension.. being that the 6th is also about Health, that means that I might face this health problem throughout my life.


Our Natal charts are a snap shot of where all the planets were when we were born.  Now picture the planets moving everyday over your natal chart placements.  It's like a clock.    Your natal chart will never change but the everyday transit of the planets always will.  Since I have my Uranus in the 6th house that means anytime a planet flys over it throughout my life, that certain health issue might come up.   The key health issue in my life is stress and now I know that.   Astrologers are not psychics they are just interpreters.   A lot of people get that confused.

I didn't mean to write this long ass blog.  It was supposed to be an introduction to my first interpretation lol  I'll have to post it separately.

Love compatibility.. It's all about Mars and Venus


The two planets I look at when looking at love compatibility is Venus and Mars and where they are placed on the chart.

Venus is the planet of love, Venus is how we want to receive love, express love and seek it.  

Mars tells us what kind of partner we are looking for.  

XXXXX, 

Your Venus is in Taurus in the 9th House

Venus is Taurus loves all things beautiful and decadent.   They love intimacy and can be very committed in love.   Venus in Taurus loves decorating, they have to be in beautiful surroundings.    They like the fine things in life and usually have great taste in fashion.    

Also, because it’s in the 9th house of Education, Journeys and Foreigners…..  Venus in the 9th house loves to travel, more so international travel.       These are the things you want, these are the things you Love! Your partner has to be able to give you this or at least like beautiful things too.   Some astrologers can say this is a little materialistic but I think you just have good taste.  Nobody goes from truffle oil to ranch dip.  The 9th house also rules education and school.   Venus in the 9th love school and Education…. Maybe even school overseas.    This Venus placement also attracts a lot of foreigners to you.. 

Your Mars is in Capricorn in the 5th  House.

Mars is the kind of partner you are looking for and want, or what you need.    Capricorns are the hard workers of the Zodiac, They like to have security.    The 5th house rules romance, Children and creativity.   A creative partner maybe?  

Work also has to be creative and fun… Mars in Capricorns also tend to be great leaders and their children will most likely also be creative.  

 Now, that’s what you want and need.    This is what XXXX wants and needs:

His Venus is in Gemini in the 10th house.     

They need intellectual stimulation, they like being with someone who likes to talk, they are the type that like texting and tend to like social media/internet.  They like being informed on current events.   They like someone who is smart and eloquent… no ratchetness lol   

Venus in Gemini also tend to be very charming  and they love the arts.   Because it’s in the house of career, it could mean they work in the field of beauty.   

See the recurring theme of beauty in his placement that beautifully accents your theme?   Both of you like beautiful things..   Also, Gemini are dual, they might be confusing in love.  Two sides to them.. 

His Mars is in Taurus in the 9th House

They want stability in a partner, and they love luxury.    Mars in Taurus can also be very sensual, hence that is what they want for themselves in a partner.  Taurus’ tend to like to take things nice and easy, they can’t be rushed.   Things can fall apart with them if things move too fast.    What I love about this placement is how this Mars also loves to travel.    

Both of you love to travel, this is a great combo.


My amateur assumption is that in love you guys are very compatible.   Your sign sun and his sign actually blend well together, being that they are fire and water.    

Monday, February 4, 2013

Who was Dee Dee Torrell?


When I walked into this house in Chatham I had no idea that all the things I would buy in there would send me on path to something I never would of done on my own.

As soon as I walked in I said my Good Mornings and ran right up the stairs to the bedrooms.  First room I found a old perfume bottle and the next one was just men's clothes.  Usually, when you only see men's clothes it means that a man was the last person to live there.   That's what estate sales are, clean ups.  Someone passes away or is transitioned into a nursery home and the families need the house cleaned out so the realtor could sell it.  It's a little depressing sometimes but I'm a sucker for a time machine ride.  Some houses look like they were never touched since the 70s.

So far I wasn't impressed, there were no women's clothes and that's what I'm looking for.   Then I walked into the 3rd bedroom and that's when it got interesting for me.  There were books everywhere on everything from Astrology, Dream Interpretation, Metaphysical and spirituality books.  Someone I would of liked lived in this house.   I went through the whole house and came to her porch room.  There is where I found out all  about Dee Dee Torrell, the PHD.  I saw one of her business cards and it said she was a Meta physicist and a therapist.  She also believed in magic and had all these talisman's hanging everywhere.  She seemed to believe in a little bit of everything.  I liked that.   I'm a very sensitive person by nature, I have both my Venus and Jupiter in the sign of Pisces,  I was sad that I never got to meet her.  Then I really started looking around at this dusty house and I pictured it when she lived there.  It wasn't dark and smelly anymore, it seemed like it was a happy place.

I was in her office/porch and came across these two binders in the corner.  When I opened them they were full of her notes and  study material to learn the teachings of Paramahansa Yoganada.  Anyone who has read Autobiography of a Yogi will know who this is.  I had a house guest a long time ago who told me to read this book and here it is again to remind me that I need to do just that.  He started this fellowship study program based out of California called the Self Realization Fellowship. .  I can tell these lessons were mailed to her because it was before the age of computer, every week she got a new lesson and she would have to study them and do what they say.   Then she would probably have to write down her thoughts about it and send them back.  After she completed all the lessons she became a yogi.   I'm so lucky to find these.

So I started my first lesson today and this story at the end of the lesson is this:


Once a big fat frog and a lively little frog were hopping along together when they had the misfortune of jumping into a pail of fresh milk. They swam for hours and hours hoping to get out somehow; but the sides of the pail were steep and slippery and death seemed to be certain. 

When the big frog was exhausted he lost courage. There seemed no hope of rescue. “Why keep struggling against the inevitable? I cannot swim any longer.” He moaned. “Keep on! Keep on!” urged the little frog, who was still circling the pail. So they went on for a while. But the big frog decided it was no use. “Little brother, We may as well give up” he gasped. “I am going to quit struggling.”

Now only the little frog was left. He thought to himself. “Well, to give up is to be dead, so I will keep swimming.” Two more hours passed and the tiny legs of the determined little frog were almost paralysed with exhaustion. It seemed as if he could not keep moving for another minute. But he thought of his dead friend, and repeated, “To give up is to be meat for someone’s table, so I’ll keep paddling on until I die – if death is to come – but I will not cease trying – while there is life, there is hope.”

Intoxicated with determination, the little frog kept on swimming around and around the pail, chopping the milk into white waves. After a while, just as he felt completely numb and thought he was about to drown, he suddenly felt something solid under him. To his astonishment, he saw that he was resting on a lump of butter which he hachurned by constant paddling! And so the successful little frog leaped out of the milk pail to freedom."

It was a great lesson on not giving up and knowing that we always have the power of will.  Will Power governs the universe...It is freedom that excels evolution.  Just one lesson and I am completely in love with in these binders.  I give myself time alone when I read these because I want to take in every single word, one at a time.  So much wisdom for me to swallow and I want to make sure I understand every piece.

So thank you Dee Dee Torrell!  I googled her and found her website but it's been down.  Sad to say she may of passed away too because it was a man who last lived there and they were selling her jewelry.  That's usually a sign the person passed away.  That's too bad because  I would of loved to meet her and have her be my teacher.  For now I have her notes...

This link is the only info I found on her and I have already ordered the book she wrote on Amazon.

http://www.aiht.edu/newsletter/vibev11n1/torrell.asp

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Bakelite and Celluloid's and Newark, NJ




This type of jewelry is being reproduced again.   I like them too but I love that these are made out of Bakelite.  Most of what we see today are just regular plastic.   Coco Chanel used a lot of Bakelite when making her jewelry because it lasted longer, it just has a different feel to it.   One of the things used to make it was Formaldehyde.

It's a much denser and heavier form of plastic so when you buy a vintage Bakelite piece it's  going to last you a long time.  It's a much better investment than buying a cheap plastic one that will last you a few years, if you're careful.  There are just so much beautiful unique vintage pieces out there that are more about quality than quantity.

Doing all this research on the special plastic Bakelite, I ran into another special plastic called Celluloid,  it was manufactured here in the United States back in the day.  I was browsing the 1940's Census report that were released to the public last year and saw that a lot of people worked at the Celluloid Manufacturing Company.   Newark was actually referred to as America's Celluloid Capital, all of the research centers were here also.  From what I read on this webpage  it was on Mechanic Street.

Celluloid Factory on Mechanic Street in Newark, NJ

"The celluloid patent was issued to Hyatt and his brother Isaiah who coined the name celluloid.  What became of Brown is not recorded by historians.  John and Isaiah formed the Albany Dental Plate Company in 1870 and before long they had branched out into knife handles, piano keys, and assorted novelties.  The firm also supplied celluloid tubes, sheets, rods and blocks to other manufacturers.  With the backing of a group of New York financiers, John Wesley moved his operations to a five-story factory on Newarks Mechanic Street. 





Today, there are no companies producing celluloid in this country.  We just gave all our shit away to the rest of the world.  Now we are here wondering where the jobs went. 

You're Mean

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