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Continue reading →: Enter the Junior Dragon
Happy Lunar New Year, everyone! 2013 is the Year of the Snake, also known as the Junior Dragon. The Snake is known for being polished and aristocratic, with a love of fine things. This year’s element is Water, so the Snake in question is the Water Snake, which affects preferred…
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Continue reading →: Dream Diary 1/26/13 – A movie and the post office
I had an interesting dream last night, and thought I should take some notes. My dreams are often pretty interesting, actually. Surprisingly, I know quite a few other folks who describe their dreams as uneventful or, even worse, don’t remember dreams at all. I’m glad mine stick out – it…
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Continue reading →: Documentary Days: “Get a Life” & “Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven”
I’ve really been slacking off in the documentary department, but I’ve watched a couple more since last checking in. So far, I’ve watched 11 this month, which leaves me waaaay behind (I wanted to do five per week, or 25 total). Instead, I found this new series on Netflix called…
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Continue reading →: Documentary Days: The Dhamma Brothers
This weekend I watched two more documentaries, making that 10 documentaries in 13 days – right on target for my goal of five documentaries per week. Yesterday I saw The Dhamma Brothers, a documentary that studies the effects of Vipassana meditation on a group of prisoners. This particular form of yoga…
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Continue reading →: Documentary Days: Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
The Man very graciously chose this one, partially because we both love horror flicks, and partially because I was not going to be dragged away from my computer otherwise. I had so much work to do last night, and I was halfheartedly planning to work through the night, getting home…
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Continue reading →: Documentary Days: After Porn Ends
I know I’m going to get some weird traffic with the word “porn” in my blog title, but that’s the name of the movie, so that’s what I’m writing. This one was an odd choice, but a good one. It’s something that I added to the list for nights when…
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Continue reading →: Life Notes: Training, Working, Fashion
It’s my lunch break, so I thought I’d take a few minutes to jot down some notes about what’s going on right now… 1) My life/work balance is not at all balanced. It’s more like a see-saw with a baby elephant on the “Work” end and nothing on the “Life”…
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Continue reading →: Body Body Body
So if you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, at some point (or probably more than just one point) you’ve seen me laugh about/complain/despair/bitch about/at least mention my weight. I want to be a strong, self-confident woman who just doesn’t give a damn about not being physically…
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Continue reading →: Documentary Days – Mansome
Just finished watching the sixth documentary of the month, a feature-length piece on men and appearances, aptly named Mansome. The Man wandered in half way through, sat down to watch, and declared that the 1 hour and 22 minute film was about 1 hour and 20 minutes too long. I…
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Continue reading →: Documentary Days – (A)Sexual
I just finished watching my fifth (and final) documentary for the week, a strange little gem called (A)Sexual. It’s really got me thinking, though mostly because the idea of being asexual is a tangle of conflicting definitions and flexible emotional boundaries, as evidenced in the movie. Let’s just put this on…
Hello,
I’m Nova
I have no “personal brand.” I’m not a girl boss, I’m not an influencer, and I don’t aspire to be powerful, inspiring, or rich. I probably can’t teach you anything, and there’s a good chance that there’s nothing at all of interest or use to you here. This is just where I come to talk about the random bits and pieces that make up my quiet life as a sober woman in her 40s. I’m engaged to the love of my life, have six (yes, SIX) indoor pets, and spend a lot of time gardening and hunting for thrift treasures. I also study classical voice (I’m a lyric coloratura soprano) and am deeply interested in all things spiritual and paranormal. Right now I’m trying to recover from career burnout and even out my personal energy, but my eventual goal is to become a medium and shamanic healer, using music to remind humans of the things that actually matter: connection, community, and loving all living things as though they were our own children. I may or may not talk about all of these things here (and sometimes all at once). Welcome!
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