Darcy Casselman's weblog. Just like old times.
Ah, online personality tests. They seem to be popping up all over the place.
According to the Which Sanrio Character Are You? quiz, I am:
![[Kuririn!]"](/img/lNnxuMFrJa-424.webp)
I don't think they had Mon-Mon (the little Sanrio guy on this page). But Kuririn is keeping with the general rodent theme... Hoyou!
That's all I wanted to say, really.
I finished Chamber of secrets on the weekend. Now onto Prisoner of Azkaban!
I've been weirdly out of sorts the last little while. Rather than go into details, I figured I'd be better off just posting this little bit of apropos astrological interpretation:
Valid during many months: This is a time of extreme inner conflict, which can severely undermine your effectiveness with others. You will become extremely self-critical and uncertain about the ideals by which you structure your life, as well as about the structure itself.
You make very great demands upon yourself, and you feel you must live up to them. But they are very far removed from what you should realistically expect. You will almost certainly fail to live up to these ideals, so you will be acutely disappointed in yourself. Your self-condemnation is unjustified but very convincing at this time.
Guilt, remorse for alleged "past sins," feelings of unfulfilled responsibilities, depression and self doubt are all characteristic of this time. But you must remember that everything seems worse than it really is. Sometimes you have an irrational sense of fear or apprehension, when your world seems to be populated by ghosts that haunt you. Illusion is indistinguishable from reality. Clearly this can be one of the most difficult of all influences.
Actually your ideas about the world are being changed, and the first step is a process of disintegration that leaves you feeling extremely disoriented.
If you can, it would be a good idea to go into some kind of retreat or at least try to minimize the demands of the everyday world for awhile. And as you simplify your life in this way, concentrate on the very concrete aspects of reality. Don't involve yourself in abstractions, for you can become lost in them. Deal with everything on a very mundane, practical level, until your sense of equilibrium begins to return. This is not a particularly good time to study the occult or psychic disciplines unless past study has given you a strong sense of proportion in these matters.
In other news, I'm whisking through Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at a much faster pace than the first book. Not that it's a better book necessarily... I guess I'm more inspired this time... Also, I really have to run out and get Grand Theft Auto III tomorrow. It's been alarmingly disappearing from shelves.
Ah, Christmas is fun. But I take this opportunity to be thankful, as much as I love them and everything, that I'm not around my family all the time.
First off, my family is great. When given the opportunity to compare the lot I drew with that of friends and other acquaintances, it never ceases to amaze me how good I've had it. We actually have fun. Yeah, there's the occasional fight (with my sisters, mostly), but this mostly comes out of the natural abrasion brought on by living in close quarters. And that's mostly healthy.
But there's one thing I notice when I come back here, and that's how darned stressed out my family can get. Mostly my mom, who spreads it to everybody else. My dad's almost as unflappable as I am, but he can get scarily intense sometimes. More and more when I come home, I just have to keep silently asking "Why are you taking this all so seriously? Relax!"
I haven't been able to get ahold of anybody, as per usual. I should try harder, but it would be nice if somebody tried to get ahold of me.
I'll be back in Waterloo on Sunday in time for an interesting-looking New Year's party. I haven't done one of those in a while... :)