It's cursed, that's all there is to it.

[noahgibbs]

My truck was broken into while it was at the shop. Nothing significant of mine was there, so nothing significant of mine was taken. However, I *did* have something belonging to a friend in there (no, Rachel, your copy of Fight Club is fine) that I'm going to need to apologize for losing. And, of course, it means the truck's unusable for longer.

*Sigh*.

Hot tub's not fixed, either. He's trying to replace a transformer today. The replacement of yet another expensive board yesterday didn't help. I'm going to have to see if he's planning to bill me for all these parts he bought that may not have been necessary, 'cause they're not cheap.

Brezsny, in my hour of frustration, has this to say to Gemini like myself:

Every poll I've seen asserts that far more women than men make use of astrology. It was only a matter of time before macho dudes discovered this and sought to exploit it. One such guy is Gemini Pat Burrell, a baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies. In an interview in a men's magazine, he marveled at how much success he'd had on first dates by talking about horoscopes. In the coming weeks, his experience will apply to you -- only more so. No matter what gender or sexual preference you are, discussing astrology will be a surefire way to advance romance. For that matter, initiating conversations about any subject that gives a mythic flavor to intimate matters will stimulate the flow of sexy vibes. You might want to check out Skymates: Love, Sex and Evolutionary Astrology, by Jodie and Steven Forrest.

Interesting. I've actually had really good luck trusting to Rob for romantic advice before. I'm not sure this is the week for it, though. So: extremely good advice, though about five years late :-)

Comments

[bk2w.livejournal.com]

When he poked his head in just before he left he said the good news was the control board wasn't broken, so we wouldn't have to pay for that as a part.

[angelbob.livejournal.com]

Well, that's good at least.

[tshuma]

crap. Sorry to hear that things with the hot tub are dragging on like this...

[ravenslost.livejournal.com]

My first thought: Since the truck was at the shop, will their insurance will cover any damages incured in the break in? My second thought, I will admit, was much more fanciful. Do you think maybe it's cursed?

[angelbob.livejournal.com]

As to the first question, it wasn't on shop grounds and I have only liability coverage for it. The shop has agreed not to charge me labor to install it, if they can, and is trying to use their wholesaler's license and get me the window at cost. They are, in other words, being pretty cool about it.

As to the second question, see the title of my post :-)

[ravenslost.livejournal.com]

First response: Well, that sucks.
Second response: Yeah. Right. I thought of that too, obviously. Also obvious? I'm not at my sharpest right now. (I'm blaming the cold meds.)

[loafoflove.livejournal.com]

sympathies, dude. BTW, What's this Breszny thing I always see?

[angelbob.livejournal.com]

Rob Brezsny is an astrologer. Other astrologers claim he's a fraud, because he basically gives good advice guided slightly by your horoscope. Go to www.freewillastrology.com, click on 'horoscopes' and your sun sign.

He's excellent, he's entertaining and he gives good advice. But you've probably seen that if you've read many excerpts from him. If you like 'em, go get your own :-)

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

wow. even bringing up astrological signs is a surefire way to turn me off IMMEDIATELY. I seem to be in the minority there though. but then I guess that just means you shouldn't date me :)

I actually had a guy at a goth club try to chat me up once and ask me my sign. I said I didn't do astrology and he didn't seem to know how to deal with that. He was a complete dork anyway though. I suppose it was nice of him to give me an early warning sign that he was a dork though, so I didn't have to waste time figuring it out.

[angelbob.livejournal.com]

Heh. I don't tend to believe in 'the stars ruling your destiny' or anything of the kind, but I do believe there's a certain amount of correlation between sun signs and how people act. When I try to explain it to myself, I usually think of it as differences in behavior based on what time of year they were born -- when your brain is first developing, are people taking some time off so they've got time to talk to you, or working hard on something so they're busy? When your muscles are developing, do you have good weather so you can go out and do stuff, or bad weather so you stay inside? Obviously it's far more subtle than that, but that kind of effect goes a long way, especially if it also affects the behavior of the people around you -- are you used to people slightly older than you (who you respect) acting differently than you, based on their age and the time of year they were born? How, then, do the people you respect (and the ones who might bully you) act?

But yeah, I mainly read Rob 'cause he gives good advice.