My second one was: "Your own ability to rationalize your bad deeds makes you believe that the entire universe is as amoral as yourself."

why should we believe the "universe" (or anything) more "moral" than us in the first place?

because mankind in general is egocentric? *shrug*

you got it!

Mine said "java script error: random is not a function." ???

Netscape fault with javascript, probably, as javascript is Microsoft's "proprietary" version of Java... sorry, Autumn... (btw, I can't get one from home, either)

Today's was: You have lost the ability to recapture the purer feelings of your younger years in exchange for a streamlined narrow-mindedness that you assumed would propel you to "the top."

Man, you get the ruthless ones! I'm glad I can't access it!

it is, as they say, my life...

Today's: You are paralyzed by the fact that cruelty is often amusing.

And today's gem: Your inability to sustain interest in just one other person drains your life of the possibility of intimacy.

wow. that one sucks.

Really, grab another fortune, quick.

Today's be: You worry that if you lower your guard, even for one second, your whole world will disintegrate into chaos.

We had chinese takeout tonight and my fortune was "Charm and courtesy are the hallmark of your personality." Very apt, I thought, considering the others in our party got gloom-and-doom (a' la wer) ones.

Today's: You willfully ignore the small, gentle observations in life which you know are the most important.

wow.

Today's pearl jam o' wisdom is: You defend other people's ideas at the expense of your own.

that doesn't sound any fun!

yeah, well...

mine says: Your fear of change is too clearly visible in your eyes

kinda like that look of lust you get, huh?

who? me?

ain't never seen you, but I'm never going to believe otherwise...

yeah, well, you won't catch me in a game of poker....didn't we have that discussion some time ago? (gots ta go-am one sleepy gator wrestler)

My fortune: High expectations translate to huge letdowns especially around those 'special days.' Woo WOO!

OUCH... high expectations is all you got, isn't it? (Happy Birthday, anyway...)

turned out very well after a really BAD start!

"YOU DON'T BELIEVE MAGIC IS POSSIBLE IN LIVES LIVED WITHIN TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES." Geez, does the Fortune-Cookie-Monster need to shout at me? Actually, I don't believe magic is possible in lives lived without traditional boundaries.

if it doesn't, I'm sure someone else will...

my latest read: You are dazed by the ease with which obliteration can be obtained.

And do you take fortune cookies seriously, Wer?

I dunno, these are kinda fun...

Well, at least they don't say things like, 'Look behind you - that is the person you are going to marry.' And the person turns out to be a dog or your grandmother.

hehe...

the fortune struck me as ironic... I was just commenting (silently within my own head of course) about the ease with which a topic could be 'killed.' hmmmmmmmmm...

They don't get killed - they just take breathers. Sometimes for up to a year!

someone tell me where to find the fortunes again, pleeeeezzzzeeee!! (wer, i know you had it here somewhere, but i'm just too lazy to dig for it)

I'll also check it out . . . sounds like it could get me laughing.

you know, that fortune cookie looks like a pair of ill lungs! mine said: your inability to achieve solitude makes you settle for substandard relationships hmmmmm....

so, your solitude on the Spring is marred by us, your substandard friends?

LOL!!! (I have done nothing but seek you guys out, oh, maybe that's the problem)

I don't see anyone complaining. Besides, we all probably deserve each other!

LOL!!!

HOL in your case! Howling Out Loud.

oh, i like that riette!

LOL

I just love fortune cookies. Have you ever heard that you are supposed to tack on the words "in bed" at the end of the sentence? Try it...gives the proverb a whole new meaning ;-) I tried it a couple of times and got: "You still don't know what you do well" (in bed) and "You are paralyzed by the fact that cruelty is often amusing" (in bed):-D See what I mean?

HILARIOUS!!!! I've never actually had fortune cookies - don't think the Swiss are particularly into the kind of fortune that has to do with cookies; they prefer the more concrete meaning of the word . . .

yes, i've heard of it and it is so funny when you do!

well isn't this one a bummer? you are wasting your youth, your time, and your money because you won't acknowledge your shortcomings (in bed). it's depressing either way :(

Ouch! Though, I suppose it could be worse...you could be a man getting a fortune about having "shortcomings" ;-)

so true! and maybe my shortcomings are his fault *oops*

I had always heard it put "in between the sheets" instead of "in bed"... my most memorable one in this fashion was "be glad for what you have and hope for what you lack (in between the sheets)"

LOL!!!

Ha-ha!!!

"You wait for fate to bring about the changes in your life which you should be bringing about yourself."

A wise thing, and just the thing I realized at some point last week. So I've signed up - in my ripe old age I'm a goin' to university, people!! Starting early next year. I've decided on a basic arts history course to get me into the swing of things, and from there I'll decide what next. I can't say I really have time for this, but I thought it would be a good way to conquer insomnia, and do something useful for a change. Instead of farting around on canvasses when I can't sleep, I'll be able to study something!

don't think there's anything wrong with practicing your talent, riette. i'm all for going back to school, just don't give up the other things. i'd recommend going slowly to get back into it. look at me--have to laugh, been taking one course a quarter and only have 16 college credits to my name! (what's helped me, though, is the training i've received for work--they actually count towards school)

What college Ree?

Here in Z�rich - the ETH, which is supposed to be the best university in Switzerland.....which doesn't say much! I think it's going to be murderous with my painting, and being mother/housewife, but I'm so self-destructive, I could only thrive! I'm just sick of feeling useless, I suppose, sick of painting and painting and painting. I get so fed up with it. I think feeding my brain better will compliment the practical side of my art, and perhaps restore the joy it used to bring me. I defenitely won't g ve it up - it's all I have - I just want to expand enough, and be busy enough so that I won't have time to get depressed anymore. I'm feeling quite bad at the moment, homesick and useless, and all that - but I don't want couselling or anything, I've never been a believer in that stuff. The way for me to conquer sadness is through being so active that all my thougths are dispersed in different directions instead of becoming so utterly concentrated on myself - that's what kills me.

i'm sorry you're feeling so low, sweety, come get a hug *hugs*

Thank you - feels good.

That's terrific, Riette!!! I think you will like the college environment.

Yes, I think I will. I'm starved for a bit of intellectual input - some days I feel like I cannot communicate with anyone but toddlers anymore, and like I cannot think further than their needs anymore.

Woo WOO! Congrats Ree-head! Takes nerve and guts (and a bit of masochism!) to go back to school! I've been talking about going back for my Master's for a couple of years now but I think I'm scared I couldn't handle the load. Wolf, I might do something like what you're talking about and take it one class at a time... Certainly not next semester though! Good luck Riette!

Thanks, girl.

Toddlers? There she goes talking about us again!

Damn, foiled again! No, actually it is coming here that has made me realize how much I miss talking about OTHER things, even if it is nonsense, but also how much I still have to learn from life AND from books.