Astrology rears its head

Your Chinese Sign is:

Tiger/Leo

Fire and wood again. Shining brightly, the Tiger/Leo ought to be the happiest of beasts. The indisputable king of the jungle hasn't a worry in the world. For once his arch-rival is on his side. Nothing short of an excess of pride and preening vanity should daunt him. His ego might just get in the way of his brain from time to time. If you deal with this creature, keep your sense of humour. His roar is worse than his bite.

Meow?

Wood Tiger

This Tiger is well noted for his (or her) boundless enthusiasm and exceptional daring. An unflinching pioneer, he loves to undertake grandiose projects and do what has never been done before. But he prefers initiating to realizing, and few of his enterprises are carried through to a happy conclusion. Failure, however, never influences his calenture in a way or another. Whatever the situation in which he may find himself, the Tiger of this combination can always discover something that fascinates him. Boredom is consequently unknown to his nature. He lives intensely, crowding every minute of his life and never allowing himself to muddle through or indulge in self-pity for a single moment. He holds, contempt for both ivory-tower idealists and garrulous theoreticians alike, being himself unable to pursue any thought or conversation in depth. He is prone to sudden, unpredictable explosions of boiling anger, and this weakness of his is a serious handicap in his relations with others. Despite his fiery character, he does need a congenial affective atmosphere in order to function properly. The Wood Tiger is often a prey to his various internal conflicts. He is often torn between his selfishness and his generosity. He acutely feels the necessity of more patience and consistency, yet he cannot help being drawn away from one job to another. There is also a contradiction between his obvious desire for adventures and his secret longing for a cozy life. It is important that he can solve these conflicts during his adolescence, preferably with psychiatric help.

And if I were a RPG character...

Based on your answers to the quiz, your character’s most likely alignment is Neutral Good.

Neutral Good

A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. The common phrase for neutral good is "true good." Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias toward or against order.

--excerpted from the Player’s Handbook, Chapter 6

Errands

Tonight: Petco, Ikea, laundry and packing. Dinner is not optional. Damn.

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My errands, in HTML format:

<checkbook balanced="yes" money="yes">
<Petco haul="catfood, litter">
<Ikea ideas="dresser, chairs, shelves" haul="shower curtains">
<HomeDepot ideas=0 haul="keys">
<Wendys haul="greaseball special" nutrition="low" comfortvalue="high">
<LinensnThings sale="yes" haul="new sheets, nifty pan">

It was late when I got back, but the trip was actually kind of fun. Heading down to Southcenter (which, btw, rolls up its sidewalks at about 9:30), I could see the mountains clearly. From the highway, you can see Rainier in all its splendor, looming high aboe the surrounding mountains, climbing towards the sky. From the U District, it's sneaky, hiding behind Capitol Hill, and peeking out only intermittently. From there, it's a quiet mountain, serene and peaceful.

Tonight, in the setting sun, limned in red and pink haze, it felt threatening. It's an active volcano, after all, not dormant in the least. They expected that it would be the one to blow its top back in the eighties, instead of St. Helens. And today, I believed that. I saw the mountain rise in front of me, and said to myself: 'Self? Good thing you don't live within lava distance.'

Coming back, it was dark, full dark with the stars dimmed above by the city glow. I did 70 down the highway, singing at top volume along to my mix cd. That's just glorious. It's times like those that I have a faint inkling that I have a decent voice. Pity I don't know enough songs in my range to demonstrate that. That, thankfully, is easily remedied. Later, though.