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Link stolen from Dr. Moni's BLOG. http://haleonline.com/psychtest/ My assessment - You're an ENTP You like to chase the novel and complex. You have faith in your ability to overcome any challenges you face...highly independent...value adaptability and innovation...you encourage and value change. You need freedom for action...you resist hierarchy and structure...you push against all odds to further your projects with your entrepreneurial tendencies...you can argue and find the flaws in any position. You rarely accept things just as they are...you like to test new meanings and relationships...when you don't get what you want, you use your cleverness and ingenuity to bring people around to your point of view...when you choose a career, you tend to set flexible goals that allow you to incorporate new information and accommodate to new circumstances. "Keep your options open" is your middle name...you like to explore the "road not taken." Your flexibility can look like indecision to others who don't have a clue about you...you take advantage of opportunities...you realize potential of many things because of your ability to see connections and relationships between SEEMINGLY unrelated things...you cannot be ordered around, but rather handle things best when they are *suggestions*...like posting more on the Storm Palace BBS you love excitement. Competence is key to you...you don't take advice or respect someone you don't see as competent...you want work to be enjoyable...you're a relentless learner. Knowledge is important to you...you use your enthusiasm to get others involved in your learning...you learn through give-and-take discussions and by questioning and challenging others...you like challenging your teachers and colleagues...limitations are mere challenges to you...you take initiative, and once the ball is rolling, you like to turn it over to someone else. You like to organize logically and strategically....your work space might not LOOK organized, but underneath it all is a system that works for you. You like to have an impact...you need a job that allows you to be innovative. You like to take risks and explore...an open calendar for the weekend is really appealing...you're often "in on the latest things"...you like travel, 'cause it allows you to open up new vistas and horizons. Falling in love happens when there's a good "fit" with another person...you often know after the first meeting whether there's any "real potential"...you may not like to commit until that right person comes along...therefore you probably won't settle down early...you don't like to lose at ANYthing you undertake...you're a born enterpriser. Things to be on guard for: you have a great fear of looking dumb or incompetent..you may tend to think you have the perfect solutions for problems, and may become competitive when others challenge you...you might start to think that you're the only one who's in on the truth of things, so you might not like to listen to the input of others...you may have the tendency to overextend yourself as you jump in on lots of ideas without considering how long it takes to work 'em through...commit to too many projects? ...you are a rebel.. you find it difficult to accept standard operating procedures...and hate HAVING to follow exact rules or policies...learn to work within the system. ENTP: "Each New Thought Propels"

Just Because

Simon and Garfunkel, Scarborough Fair/Canticle Are you going to Scarborough Fair: Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine. On the side of a hill in the deep forest green. Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested brown. Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain Sleeps unaware of the clarion call. Tell her to make me a cambric shirt: Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme; Without no seams nor needle work, Then she'll be a true love of mine. On the side of a hill a sprinkling of leaves. Washes the grave with silvery tears. A soldier cleans and polishes a gun. Tell her to find me an acre of land: Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme; Between the salt water and the sea strand, Then she'll be a true love of mine. War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions. Generals order their soldiers to kill. And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten. Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather: Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme; And gather it all in a bunch of heather, Then she'll be a true love of mine. Are you going to Scarborough Fair: Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine. Bruce Springsteen WAR War What is it good for Absolutely nothing War What is it good for Absolutely nothing War is something that I despise For it means destruction of innocent lives For it means tears in thousands of mothers' eyes When their sons go out to fight to give their lives War What is it good for Absolutely nothing Say it again War What is it good for Absolutely nothing War It's nothing but a heartbreaker War Friend only to the undertaker War is the enemy of all mankind The thought of war blows my mind Handed down from generation to generation Induction destruction Who wants to die War What is it good for Absolutely nothing Say it again War What is it good for Absolutely nothing War has shattered many young men's dreams Made them disabled bitter and meanLife is too precious to be fighting wars each day War can't give life it can only take it away War It's nothing but a heartbreaker War Friend only to the undertaker Peace love and understanding There must be some place for these things today They say we must fight to keep our freedom But Lord there's gotta be a better way That's better than War War What is it good for Absolutely nothing Say it again War What is it good for Absolutely nothing Guns 'n' Roses Civil War “What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach... So, you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it! Well, he gets it! N' I don't like it any more than you men." (Cool Hand Luke)* Look at your young men fighting Look at your women crying Look at your young men dying The way they've always done before Look at the hate we're breeding Look at the fear we're feeding Look at the lives we're leading The way we've always done before My hands are tied The billions shift from side to side And the wars go on with brainwashed pride For the love of God and our human rights And all these things are swept aside By bloody hands time can't deny And are washed away by your genocide And history hides the lies of our civil wars D'you wear a black armband When they shot the man Who said "Peace could last forever" And in my first memories They shot Kennedy I went numb when I learned to see So I never fell for Vietnam We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all That you can't trust freedom When it's not in your hands When everybody's fightin' For their promised land And I don't need your civil war It feeds the rich while it buries the poor Your power hungry sellin' soldiers In a human grocery store Ain't that fresh I don't need your civil war Look at the shoes your filling Look at the blood we're spilling Look at the world we're killing The way we've always done before Look in the doubt we've wallowed Look at the leaders we've followed Look at the lies we've swallowed And I don't want to hear no more My hands are tied For all I've seen has changed my mind But still the wars go on as the years go by With no love of God or human rights 'Cause all these dreams are swept aside By bloody hands of the hypnotized Who carry the cross of homicide And history bears the scars of our civil wars "WE PRACTICE SELECTIVE ANNIHILATION OF MAYORS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FOR EXAMPLE TO CREATE A VACUUM THEN WE FILL THAT VACUUM AS POPULAR WAR ADVANCES PEACE IS CLOSER" ** I don't need your civil war It feeds the rich while it buries the poor Your power hungry sellin' soldiers In a human grocery store Ain't that fresh And I don't need your civil war I don't need your civil war I don't need your civil war Your power hungry sellin' soldiers In a human grocery store Ain't that fresh I don't need your civil war I don't need one more war I don't need one more war Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway Metallica One I Can't Remember Anything Can't Tell If this Is True or Dream Deep down Inside I Feel to Scream this Terrible Silence Stops Me Now That the War Is Through with Me I'm Waking up I Can Not See That There Is Not Much Left of Me Nothing Is Real but Pain Now Hold My Breath as I Wish for Death Oh Please God,wake Me Back in the Womb its Much Too Real in Pumps Life That I must Feel but Can't Look Forward to Reveal Look to the Time When I'll Live Fed Through the Tube That Sticks in Me Just like a Wartime Novelty Tied to Machines That Make Me Be Cut this Life off from Me Hold My Breath as I Wish for Death Oh Please God,wake Me Now the World Is Gone I'm Just One Oh God,help Me Hold My Breath as I Wish for Death Oh Please God Help Me Darkness Imprisoning Me All That I See Absolute Horror I Cannot Live I Cannot Die Trapped in Myself Body My Holding Cell Landmine Has Taken My Sight Taken My Speech Taken My Hearing Taken My Arms Taken My Legs Taken My Soul Left Me with Life in Hell REM It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane and Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn - world serves its own needs, dummy serve your own needs. Feed it off an aux speak, grunt, no, strength. Ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height. Wire in a fire, represent the seven games a government for hire and a combat site. Left of west and coming in a hurry with the furies breathing down your neck. Team by team reporters baffled, trumped, tethered cropped. Look at that low playing! Fine, then. Uh oh, overflow, population, common food, but it'll do. Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed dummy with the rapture and the revered in the right - right. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty psyched. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine. Six o'clock - TV hour. Don't get caught in foreign towers. Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn. Locking in, uniforming, book burning, blood letting. Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate. Light a candle, light a votive. Step down, step down. Watch your heel crush, crushed. Uh oh, this means no fear cavalier. Renegade steer clear! A tournament, tournament, a tournament of lies. Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine. The other night I dreamt ot knives, continental drift divide. Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein, Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs. Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! You symbiotic, patriotic, slam book neck, right? Right. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine...fine... (It's time I had some time alone) Metallica Hero of the Day Mama they try and break me The window burns to light the way back home A light that warms no matter where they've gone They're off to find the hero of the day But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way Still the window burns Time so slowly turns And someone there is sighing Keepers of the flames Do ya feel your name? Can't you hear your babies crying? Mama they try and break me Still they try and break me 'Scuze me while I tend to how I feel These things return to me that still seem real Now deservingly this easy chair But the rocking stopped by wheels of despair Don't want your aid But the fist I've make For years can't hold or feel No, I'm not all me So please excuse me While I tend to how I feel But now the dreams and waking screams That ever last the night So build the wall, behind the crawl And hide until it's light So can you hear your babies cryin' now? Still the window burns Time so slowly turns And someone there is sighing Keepers of the flames Do ya feel your name? Can't you hear your babies crying? But now the dreams and waking screams That ever last the night So build the wall, behind the crawl And hide until it's light So can you hear your babies cryin' now? Mama they try and break me The Byrds Turn, Turn, Turn To every thing, turn, turn, turn There is a season, turn, turn, turn And a time to every purpose under heaven A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep To everything, turn, turn, turn There is a season, turn, turn, turn And a time to every purpose under heaven A time to build up, a time to break down A time to dance, a time to mourn A time to cast away stones A time to gather stones together To everything, turn, turn, turn There is a season, turn, turn, turn And a time to every purpose under heaven A time of love, a time of hate A time of war, a time of peace A time you may embrace A time to refrain from embracing To everything, turn, turn, turn There is a season, turn, turn, turn And a time to every purpose under heaven A time to gain, a time to lose A time to rend, a time to sew A time to love, a time to hate A time for peace, I swear it's not too late John Lennon Imagine Imagine there's no heaven, It's easy if you try, No hell below us, Above us only sky, Imagine all the people living for today... Imagine there's no countries, It isnt hard to do, Nothing to kill or die for, No religion too, Imagine all the people living life in peace... Imagine no possesions, I wonder if you can, No need for greed or hunger, A brotherhood of man, Imagine all the people Sharing all the world... You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will live as one.

Paths

The 10 Commandments of God Exodus Chapter 20 1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. 3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 5. Honour thy father and thy mother. 6. Thou shalt not kill. 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 8. Thou shalt not steal. 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 10. Thou shalt not covet. I have managed to break all but 1 of the above. "Thou shalt not kill." I gave up on Christianity/Catholicism when I was 12. My youth was....difficult at best. My mother expected perfection...perfect grades, and a trouble free child who was her mirror image....or at least the mirror of the past that she saw through some very rosy lenses. So....I was socially inept, to put it kindly. For years & years, every night I would say my prayers. "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.....God bless mommy, and daddy, and Please God, let me just have a true friend in my life." Unfortunately, as far as my young little mind was concerned, that prayer was never answered. School was a torment for me. I never really understood it. I didn't feel like I was asking God for anything so difficult. I wasn't asking for world peace, or an end to starvation. I just wanted a friend. When I was 17, my path was led to the below. The Nine Satanic Statements from The Satanic Bible, ©1969 by Anton Szandor LaVey 1. Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence! 2. Satan represents vital existence instead of spiritual pipe dreams! 3. Satan represents undefiled wisdom instead of hypocritical self-deceit! 4. Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates! 5. Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek! 6. Satan represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires! 7. Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his “divine spiritual and intellectual development,” has become the most vicious animal of all! 8. Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification! 9. Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as He has kept it in business all these years! When I was 17, this made an incredible amount of sense to me. Suddenly I was seeing the world from a completely different perspective. I didn't have to keep bending over, I didn't have to keep letting people fuck with me, stomp on me, and hurt me. The above, tied in with some things I had learned from a rather amazing high school counselor, helped me to start taking my life back. Helped me start being stronger, stand up for myself, and have a little more belief in myself. Somewhat congruent with my explorations in Satanism a la LeVey...I was also exploring the paranormal.....ghosts, witches, vampires, faeries, spirits & whatnot. I had discovered an affinity for being able to work through/with crystals....minor healing, and some mind to mind contact. I also seemed to have developed a rather interesting sense of pre-cognition. Dreaming about future events....and not remembering anything solid....just vague impressions, fleeting thoughts...until the events took place....and suddenly the vagueness became clear....a solid memory, as if I had already experienced the event that just happened. I also discovered, through my friends talking to me about their dreams....that I was able to pull people into my dreams. Once I realized that, it became a rather convenient way, over the years, to have meetings and talks with people, that weren't practical to have in the mundane world. A few years later, I discovered, rather accidentally, that I could cast spells to, strictly by the force of my own will. I was in a rather bad living situation. My so-called fiancee was stealing from me. Stole my money (several hundred that I had well hidden), as well as records and other things he could sell for cash. So....I made plans to move. But, I had to find a way to protect everything in the interim. So, I walked around the apartment and very strongly put out 'there' that what was mine, was mine, and nothing was to leave the house unless I was taking it myself, or authorized it. Well, 2 weeks later, I was moving out. My 2 friends helping me kept having little accidents.....tripping, running into things, dropping stuff. One of them finally asked me if I had set up a protection spell on the place. That was when it dawned on me....it worked! So, I quickly ran around and announced that these 2 people were ok....and that was the end of the accidents. That discovery led to the next path.... Wiccan Law Bide the wiccan law ye must, in perfect love and perfect trust. Eight words the wiccan rede fulfill; and ye harm none, do what ye will. What ye send forth comes back to thee, so ever mind the rule of three. Follow this with mind and heart, and merry ye meet and merry ye part. Blessed Be. I generally try to follow this.....but to put it simply, I'm not always a nice person. Maybe it's just my general personality, maybe it was the 3 years of reading anything I could by Anton LaVey....who really knows. I do know....I do *not* particularly believe in a deity. No 1 god or goddess. I believe there is a higher power of some sort, but I don't know who or what it is....and I don't believe that it is just 1 higher being. If I had to commit to believing in deities....I'd probably stick to the Greek Pantheon. I do believe in ghosts, spirits, faeries and the like. I put a lot of faith in what I have seen & felt, on a personal level. I have seen and felt those things, therefore, I believe. I do not follow the recipe book of spell casting. I do understand that some people need the focus....but for me, keeping track of what clothes I have to wear, what incense I have to burn, what hour of the day/month/year that I have to cast on....ectectect.....it's a distraction for me. I've proven to myself that I can cast perfectly fine just putting my own will out there, plain and simple. I've tried spell casting the way that many say it's 'supposed' to be done.....and I never have been able to accomplish much with it. During the last several years....I've sort of gotten away from it all. I collect occult & wiccan books, but I haven't read most of them. I've got everything I need for an alter, but no place to put it (at least no place that the cat can't get to). Years ago, my crystals were all rather poisoned, due to an excess of negativity in my life....and while they have bee thoroughly cleansed, I haven't felt them 'call' to me, to use them. I've been going to Pantheacon for the last 8 years.....but all in all, I just haven't felt a driving need to make my spirituality a more prominent force in my life. I've done a few minor spells in the last few years....which all worked rather well....but that's about it. Sometimes.....I think there is something missing....this lack of spirituality....but by & large, I just don't feel driven at this point, to take it all up again.

Paths

The 10 Commandments of God Exodus Chapter 20 1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. 3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 5. Honour thy father and thy mother. 6. Thou shalt not kill. 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 8. Thou shalt not steal. 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 10. Thou shalt not covet. I have managed to break all but 1 of the above. "Thou shalt not kill." I gave up on Christianity/Catholicism when I was 12. My youth was....difficult at best. My mother expected perfection...perfect grades, and a trouble free child who was her mirror image....or at least the mirror of the past that she saw through some very rosy lenses. So....I was socially inept, to put it kindly. For years & years, every night I would say my prayers. "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.....God bless mommy, and daddy, and Please God, let me just have a true friend in my life." Unfortunately, as far as my young little mind was concerned, that prayer was never answered. School was a torment for me. I never really understood it. I didn't feel like I was asking God for anything so difficult. I wasn't asking for world peace, or an end to starvation. I just wanted a friend. When I was 17, my path was led to the below. The Nine Satanic Statements from The Satanic Bible, ©1969 by Anton Szandor LaVey 1. Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence! 2. Satan represents vital existence instead of spiritual pipe dreams! 3. Satan represents undefiled wisdom instead of hypocritical self-deceit! 4. Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates! 5. Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek! 6. Satan represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires! 7. Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his “divine spiritual and intellectual development,” has become the most vicious animal of all! 8. Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification! 9. Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as He has kept it in business all these years! When I was 17, this made an incredible amount of sense to me. Suddenly I was seeing the world from a completely different perspective. I didn't have to keep bending over, I didn't have to keep letting people fuck with me, stomp on me, and hurt me. The above, tied in with some things I had learned from a rather amazing high school counselor, helped me to start taking my life back. Helped me start being stronger, stand up for myself, and have a little more belief in myself. Somewhat congruent with my explorations in Satanism a la LeVey...I was also exploring the paranormal.....ghosts, witches, vampires, faeries, spirits & whatnot. I had discovered an affinity for being able to work through/with crystals....minor healing, and some mind to mind contact. I also seemed to have developed a rather interesting sense of pre-cognition. Dreaming about future events....and not remembering anything solid....just vague impressions, fleeting thoughts...until the events took place....and suddenly the vagueness became clear....a solid memory, as if I had already experienced the event that just happened. I also discovered, through my friends talking to me about their dreams....that I was able to pull people into my dreams. Once I realized that, it became a rather convenient way, over the years, to have meetings and talks with people, that weren't practical to have in the mundane world. A few years later, I discovered, rather accidentally, that I could cast spells to, strictly by the force of my own will. I was in a rather bad living situation. My so-called fiancee was stealing from me. Stole my money (several hundred that I had well hidden), as well as records and other things he could sell for cash. So....I made plans to move. But, I had to find a way to protect everything in the interim. So, I walked around the apartment and very strongly put out 'there' that what was mine, was mine, and nothing was to leave the house unless I was taking it myself, or authorized it. Well, 2 weeks later, I was moving out. My 2 friends helping me kept having little accidents.....tripping, running into things, dropping stuff. One of them finally asked me if I had set up a protection spell on the place. That was when it dawned on me....it worked! So, I quickly ran around and announced that these 2 people were ok....and that was the end of the accidents. That discovery led to the next path.... Wiccan Law Bide the wiccan law ye must, in perfect love and perfect trust. Eight words the wiccan rede fulfill; and ye harm none, do what ye will. What ye send forth comes back to thee, so ever mind the rule of three. Follow this with mind and heart, and merry ye meet and merry ye part. Blessed Be. I generally try to follow this.....but to put it simply, I'm not always a nice person. Maybe it's just my general personality, maybe it was the 3 years of reading anything I could by Anton LaVey....who really knows. I do know....I do *not* particularly believe in a deity. No 1 god or goddess. I believe there is a higher power of some sort, but I don't know who or what it is....and I don't believe that it is just 1 higher being. If I had to commit to believing in deities....I'd probably stick to the Greek Pantheon. I do believe in ghosts, spirits, faeries and the like. I put a lot of faith in what I have seen & felt, on a personal level. I have seen and felt those things, therefore, I believe. I do not follow the recipe book of spell casting. I do understand that some people need the focus....but for me, keeping track of what clothes I have to wear, what incense I have to burn, what hour of the day/month/year that I have to cast on....ectectect.....it's a distraction for me. I've proven to myself that I can cast perfectly fine just putting my own will out there, plain and simple. I've tried spell casting the way that many say it's 'supposed' to be done.....and I never have been able to accomplish much with it. During the last several years....I've sort of gotten away from it all. I collect occult & wiccan books, but I haven't read most of them. I've got everything I need for an alter, but no place to put it (at least no place that the cat can't get to). Years ago, my crystals were all rather poisoned, due to an excess of negativity in my life....and while they have bee thoroughly cleansed, I haven't felt them 'call' to me, to use them. I've been going to Pantheacon for the last 8 years.....but all in all, I just haven't felt a driving need to make my spirituality a more prominent force in my life. I've done a few minor spells in the last few years....which all worked rather well....but that's about it. Sometimes.....I think there is something missing....this lack of spirituality....but by & large, I just don't feel driven at this point, to take it all up again.

The Life Of Valia Version 8.2

Well, as you can see....I'm not the type to post daily updates about my life. Sorry, but I don't think I'm all *that* interesting or entertaining. :) For those of you who don't know me....or haven't been in close contact with me.....here's the basics of The Life of Valia Version 8.2 My Recent Past - Married in 6/26/94. Still married (YES to the *same* guy) Graduated from UCSC with BA in Psychology in 6/96, hubby got the same degree only a year earlier. We were living in San Jose until July 1998, then we moved to Fairfield. Yeah I know...middle of nowhere....but the company he was with at the time was relocating to Napa, and the houses here are CHEAP, nice & decent neighborhoods. Can't find too much of that in San Jose. Rik (hubby) is in the computer end of things for a career....Systems Analysis, programmer...shit I don't understand. :) I was doing admin & accounting for about 6 years, and then moved into Human Resources. Great job, good people, and I seem to be good at it...but it's not my end-all-be-all career. I've been into BDSM since 1992....got introduced into it by a former roommate....was mentored by a professional dominatrix for about 2 years. I've been with my submissive Vicki for close to 7 years now. Since moving to Fairfield, I rarely get to any of the classes or munches that are around the Bay Area...but I do manage to get to parties just about every weekend. For those of you who are into BDSM, check out www.thescenery.org FANTASTIC place!!! Some of My Interests - Music (rock, metal, industrial, alternative, Celtic, drumming), books (sci-fi/fantasy, historical romances, historical fiction, horror, erotica, bisexuality, self-help, BDSM, human sexuality, psychology), movies (animation, horror, action, adventure, romance, drama, comedies, sci-fi/fantasy), shopping (2 closets & 4 dressers stuffed with clothes as well as a rather formidable collection of BDSM toys), collecting fantasy artwork (Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, Olivia), renaissance faires & costumes, exotic clothing (corsets, leather, pvc, latex)......there's more....I'm just tired of listing them. :) My Future (Hopefully) - Well I'd like to stay married for a few more decades. I'd also like to keep having Vicki in my life, as well as my other close friends. Within the next few years, I'd like to quit working and go back to college, and get a BA or MA in Human Sexuality (no real reason, just because). I may decide to get into teaching, but only at the junior college level. I *really* want to own a bookstore that's solely dedicated to erotic literature, in all forms. Fiction as well as non-fiction. I want a bigger house, I want to live on at least 5 acres. I'd prefer to stay in the Greater Bay Area, but I'll relocate to wherever hubby's career takes him. (Reno keeps being mentioned by his current company) My Present - on a professional level.....I'd like to get paid *more*....but who wouldn't. I'd like it if my department was fully staffed. I'm in Human Resources, and it is a 4 person department. 1 person quit in the middle of February, and another is retiring in June. At the rate things are going, I just hope we get a replacement for the one who quit, before the one who's retiring leaves. :) Personal level....well finding a girlfriend would be nice. :) Ok...enough of my blabbering. :)

The Life Of Valia Version 8.2

Well, as you can see....I'm not the type to post daily updates about my life. Sorry, but I don't think I'm all *that* interesting or entertaining. :) For those of you who don't know me....or haven't been in close contact with me.....here's the basics of The Life of Valia Version 8.2 My Recent Past - Married in 6/26/94. Still married (YES to the *same* guy) Graduated from UCSC with BA in Psychology in 6/96, hubby got the same degree only a year earlier. We were living in San Jose until July 1998, then we moved to Fairfield. Yeah I know...middle of nowhere....but the company he was with at the time was relocating to Napa, and the houses here are CHEAP, nice & decent neighborhoods. Can't find too much of that in San Jose. Rik (hubby) is in the computer end of things for a career....Systems Analysis, programmer...shit I don't understand. :) I was doing admin & accounting for about 6 years, and then moved into Human Resources. Great job, good people, and I seem to be good at it...but it's not my end-all-be-all career. I've been into BDSM since 1992....got introduced into it by a former roommate....was mentored by a professional dominatrix for about 2 years. I've been with my submissive Vicki for close to 7 years now. Since moving to Fairfield, I rarely get to any of the classes or munches that are around the Bay Area...but I do manage to get to parties just about every weekend. For those of you who are into BDSM, check out www.thescenery.org FANTASTIC place!!! Some of My Interests - Music (rock, metal, industrial, alternative, Celtic, drumming), books (sci-fi/fantasy, historical romances, historical fiction, horror, erotica, bisexuality, self-help, BDSM, human sexuality, psychology), movies (animation, horror, action, adventure, romance, drama, comedies, sci-fi/fantasy), shopping (2 closets & 4 dressers stuffed with clothes as well as a rather formidable collection of BDSM toys), collecting fantasy artwork (Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, Olivia), renaissance faires & costumes, exotic clothing (corsets, leather, pvc, latex)......there's more....I'm just tired of listing them. :) My Future (Hopefully) - Well I'd like to stay married for a few more decades. I'd also like to keep having Vicki in my life, as well as my other close friends. Within the next few years, I'd like to quit working and go back to college, and get a BA or MA in Human Sexuality (no real reason, just because). I may decide to get into teaching, but only at the junior college level. I *really* want to own a bookstore that's solely dedicated to erotic literature, in all forms. Fiction as well as non-fiction. I want a bigger house, I want to live on at least 5 acres. I'd prefer to stay in the Greater Bay Area, but I'll relocate to wherever hubby's career takes him. (Reno keeps being mentioned by his current company) My Present - on a professional level.....I'd like to get paid *more*....but who wouldn't. I'd like it if my department was fully staffed. I'm in Human Resources, and it is a 4 person department. 1 person quit in the middle of February, and another is retiring in June. At the rate things are going, I just hope we get a replacement for the one who quit, before the one who's retiring leaves. :) Personal level....well finding a girlfriend would be nice. :) Ok...enough of my blabbering. :)

In The Beginning

In the beginning, there was space.... Then I came along and decided to clutter it up with my meaningless drivel. Months ago, I really wanted one of these, to do a core dump of my hand-written journal from the ages of 17-23....but the reason for my wanting to do that is no longer relevant....not to mention that I sincerely felt that typing all of that would just a colossal waste of time....not to mention that too many people from my past *already* hold too much inane shit against me as it is. No need for my current live to start doing the same....since they have fresh stuff to use. :) Ya'll can thank kshandra for giving me a way to start this dang thing up.

In The Beginning

In the beginning, there was space.... Then I came along and decided to clutter it up with my meaningless drivel. Months ago, I really wanted one of these, to do a core dump of my hand-written journal from the ages of 17-23....but the reason for my wanting to do that is no longer relevant....not to mention that I sincerely felt that typing all of that would just a colossal waste of time....not to mention that too many people from my past *already* hold too much inane shit against me as it is. No need for my current live to start doing the same....since they have fresh stuff to use. :) Ya'll can thank kshandra for giving me a way to start this dang thing up.