tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63462702011-07-28T08:30:37.718-07:00speaking from the heartDiane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.comBlogger1411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-13110234886578979352009-05-18T09:46:00.001-07:002009-05-18T09:48:05.169-07:00

As if I haven’t taken on enough self-improvement stuff, here’s one more. I got the idea from the intention circle I attended last week, but it’s something I’ve been hearing here and there, so I decided to really give it a go. In modern society we’re very used to constantly judging, labeling, and dismissing others, in effect sending out negative energy as we go about the day. In my spiritual

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-48201279827428778302009-04-09T18:34:00.000-07:002009-04-09T21:43:13.160-07:00

I was reading a fictionalized memoir the other day called The Love Spell, in which the main character is a public interest lawyer living in New York. I found her sophisticated, focused, and accomplished. At one point early in the book, someone asks her how old she is, and she replies, "almost twenty-eight." I stopped and thought, oh my god, she's my age! I'm almost twenty-eight, too!That thought

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I feel like I've bolted out the gate of 2009 and haven't stopped. My temp job "ended" the last day of December, and I spent a week relaxing over New Year's and feeling great about having some time off. After going home for Christmas and talking to some friends, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and start my own reiki practice (been meaning to write about the reiki classes I've taken

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...that's why it took me so long between posts. I keep thinking I want to write something that's good and "writerly", and then I don't end up finishing anything (plenty of drafts though). That and I've had one issue or another with my computer and/or Internet connection since I moved to the new apartment, so I haven't been on the 'net much except at work.My work has been a source of stress for

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Since I last wrote about my frustrations with job search and instability, a lot more has happened. In early August, I attended my cousin Jennifer's wedding in Houston and saw my family. It's been many, many years (over a decade) since I last attended a wedding, and that wasn't even someone I knew. Jennifer's ceremony was simple and sweet, and you could feel the love coming off of the bride and

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Well, I up and moved to Seattle, and since then I've been trying to pull my life together again amidst a breakup and a funeral. I had no energy in keeping up with Internet goings-on until I got myself centered again, so I was often offline except for answering emails once a day.I was re-reading some of my past Michael readings, and I found this one passage from last November in answer to my

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I often let money get in the way of my enjoyment of life.

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I did this for one of the email lists I belong to - basically write down 30 things about you that you can think of in one sitting. I like it because it's kind of like those email surveys, but more interesting.1. I've been playing video games since first grade.2. I went to USC.3. My favorite country that I've traveled to is England.4. I want to take a sailing trip across the Pacific some day,

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The reason I named my blog "Life Creation in Progress" was in part to have it be a record of my personal spiritual journey. But until now, I don't feel that I've shared a lot of that. I have in draft form a lot of opinion pieces that express as much arrogance as opinions, and when I browse my archive, I feel like there's not much there that's of substance. I've made a lot of progress in my growth

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the deficit"health" care systemwars against ideasexploitation in the name of economysocial securityselecting one person to represent a multicultural nation

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Today I feel acutely the patterns I have been holding up, and I am tired.

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I have a habit of starting blog posts and not finishing them - mainly because I don't have time on weekdays, and on weekends there always seems to be something better to do. I must've started 5 different posts between December and now, some of which I don't intend to finish. January was super busy for me, and February is shaping up to look that way as well - in a good way.On January 20th I

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-43384733139339680592007-11-08T09:45:00.000-08:002007-11-08T10:00:55.938-08:00

A main "Criteria of Consciousness" for the human experience is never having all you want. For as one dream comes true, another swiftly takes its place. Not having all you want is one of life's constants. And learning to be happy while not yet having all you want (which, as you can see, is constant), is the first "Criteria of Joy." Nail it, and for the rest of your life people will be asking what

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-54338156182317566542007-10-31T18:09:00.000-07:002007-10-31T18:16:17.824-07:00

A few weeks ago on Saturday, I found a sparrow caught in a glue trap that my dad had left out in the yard. We had mice, you see. He caught one mouse and was trying to get a second one, had no luck, and moved the glue trap out to the yard and left it there for whatever reason (my guess is the pack rat syndrome, as usual). At first I thought the sparrow was dead, but at second glance it was alive

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Today I tried out a different route from Pasadena to Santa Monica by taking the 134 to the 101 to 405 south. It took about an hour and 20 minutes, including the extra time I took (saved?) after having missed the on-ramp from hell to the 405. It was a one-lane on-ramp that goes from one jammed freeway to another - I drove by and was kind of glad to have missed it. I'll have to remember to take

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-27726903520275868172007-10-05T11:27:00.000-07:002007-10-05T15:48:59.695-07:00

...That's one of the nicknames Rocky used to call me. Only he could turn an insult into a term of endearment.Some of his other nicknames for me:Douche or DB (short for douchebag)Baby PandaPanda ExpressJackie ChanHe cracks me up.

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This weekend, I was going to move into my aunt's apartment in Pasadena while she's out traveling. She told me I was going to need a parking permit to park my car on the street, since her car will stay in her spot at the complex. I said, OK, not a problem. So I look up on how to get a parking permit, and this is what I come across:1. I can't get an annual permit because my car is not registered to

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I was cleaning out my closet and found a binder full of theme park/logo'd napkins I used to collect. There were piles of this stuff with a lot of duplicates. I was throwing them out and decided to take a picture out of nostalgia. They're now stuffed in the side pockets of my car, to be used at my leisure.

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My brother, of all people, turned me on to the awesomeness of Avenue Q's soundtrack. This song in particular hits far too close to home.What do you do with a B.A. in English?What is my life going to be?Four years of college and plenty of knowledgeHave earned me this useless degree.I can't pay the bills yet,'Cause I have no skills yet.The world is a big scary place.But somehow I can't shakeThe

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These are some highlights from my family reunion in August in San Diego. We rented an oceanfront house in Coronado, with a view of downtown San Diego.Gorgeous, ain't it?It has a cute yard that goes down to the water. This photo shows part of the house, the grayish 1-story building in the front. The white Spanish-looking house is the next door neighbor's. Our house is the oldest on the block and

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A preview from our family reunion in August. More later.

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I heard on the radio this morning that the British supermarket chain Tesco is opening stores in Southern California. Yay!!! Please please sell me some British food! Hey, if they did it in Taiwan, they can do it here.

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For the past year or so, I've been studying the teachings of a disembodied entity named Michael, a name assigned to a group of 1050 souls on the Causal plane. One of the Michael channels recently posted this wonderful piece about expectations in response to a question. Since I wrote a short post about assumptions vs. expectations a couple months ago, I thought this was appropriate. My comments

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My first video post!I registered at Youtube and thought I might as well upload this. I took this video on a Cessna flight with Rocky back in March. It shows the takeoff and a few minutes thereafter. As you can see it was pretty hazy that day, so we didn't go anywhere -- just did three takeoffs and landings and circled around the airport. There's no narration and the only sound you'll hear is the

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OK, so I haven't posted for over a month, but it's not for lack of topics. I recently read On Writing Well, a classic book by William Zinsser. Unlike other books on writing that I've read before, Zinsser's suggestions are sensible and easy to remember, which is important because I don't want to be checking a reference book when I'm writing. I've tried -- it is tedious. The book also gave me a new

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-15410889007034971572007-03-06T17:21:00.000-08:002007-05-15T15:54:28.778-07:00

When you love without conditions, you support the freedom of others to choose their own way, even when you disagree with them. You trust them to make the best choice for them. You trust God’s plan for their awakening. You know that they can never make a mistake that will cut them off from God’s love or from yours.- Paul Ferrini

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Rocky and I were watching TV last weekend when a show began with the camera panning over a jungle.Rocky: "That's Rush Hour."Me: "How do you know?"Rocky: "I know the music."Me: "What?" (It sounded like generic instrumental music.)Rocky: "It's Rush Hour 2."Then the camera passed over the forest and a dense city emerged, and Jacky Chan's name appeared on screen. I gave him a look.

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There's a fine line between an assumption and an expectation. I expect the sun to come out tomorrow. I expect my car to turn on in the morning if I put gas in it and kept up with regular maintainence. If I thought I wouldn't like someone before I even meet him, I would be making an assumption. If I read some Internet gossip and believe it to be true with no other basis, that would be an

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-2982802892185243182007-02-05T21:40:00.000-08:002007-02-05T22:10:28.992-08:00

As you may or may not know, I work for a company that markets infomercial products internationally. The first half of the year, from January through May or so, is we call the "fitness season" -- that is, when people make new year's resolutions to exercise and lose weight (people who go to the gym regularly know about this). It lasts until May or so because as the temperature warms, people start

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-39398451574104012902007-01-26T17:02:00.000-08:002007-05-15T17:08:45.690-07:00

There's something that Chinese people (or at least my mom) say when someone (usually a child) craves to eat something when they're not really hungry, which goes, "your eyes are hungry" (implying that your stomach is not). Or, when you order something you can't finish eating, they say, "your eyes are too big."I mention this because that's what I'm feeling now that I can eat "normally" again.

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-62184106837164103012007-01-25T21:40:00.000-08:002007-01-26T10:17:27.798-08:00

This was taken from my India houseboat trip. In the mid-afternoon it suddenly started pouring, as it is wont to do in south India. The crew covered up the windows in the sitting area with tarp when it poured hard, and this was shot after the rain dwindled a bit. I love the rain and the sense of raw elements during a downpour.This poor guy was caught in the rain, though I imagine he's used to it

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-66209701290898536282007-01-25T20:51:00.000-08:002007-01-26T10:19:03.820-08:00

I reached my goal of fasting for ten days! YAAAAAY! It was really my only resolution for the new year (other than my ongoing resolution of finding a new job). I didn't feel like I lost much weight, but actually I lost 7 lbs. I'm at 137 now and I think I haven't been there in years. Energy-wise I don't really feel any different before, during, or after the fast. But admittedly I'm not all that

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-73598881428286281082007-01-19T14:20:00.000-08:002007-01-19T15:21:59.801-08:00

If you read my blog early last year, I attempted the Master Cleanse (or lemonade diet) fast last February. And lasted all of two days. I was going to do it again a couple months later and just never got around to it (another reason being that we were out of lemons on our tree at home, which meant that I'd have to buy thick-skinned lemons with less juice from the store). I had been thinking about

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-40167174893229785472006-12-15T22:17:00.000-08:002007-01-25T21:59:59.610-08:00

I took these on one of the flights with Rocky in July. For some reason it never occurred to me (nor to him) to take pictures until then. We're planning to fly again this Sunday if the weather's good enough, and take some videos with his new camcorder to mail back to his family.It was kind of a smoggy day (as it usually is in the summer), so my pictures look hazy.Long Beach harbor from the

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-59704581861665666342006-12-15T21:59:00.000-08:002007-09-10T22:09:48.516-07:00

Here's me on a house boat in Cochin, India.

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I've been lazy and haven't posted my thoughts on my India trip yet...but I plan to. I've got pages already written in my journal anyway. I got back the week before Thanksgiving and apparently some bad sashimi on the airplane (we had a layover in Japan) gave me the gift of vomiting and diarrhea, the latter lasting a entire week. I was in bed for 3 days -- though I think it was due to the jet-lag

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So I'll be leaving tomorrow night for 2 weeks to visit my boyfriend's family in southern India. I can't wait to get out of LA!! The weather will be less ungodly this time of year than when we were there August last year, which will allow for normal enjoyment and functioning. I'm all prepared with my toilet paper this time. I might post some stuff about it when I get back.

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I bought Final Fantasy XII yesterday on the cheap!! Circuit City had 'em for for $37.99 (regular $49.99) on release day, and I grabbed the last copy from my local store after enduring the 2-hour traffic to get home. It's sold out now in stores and online. I am so proud of myself.

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I've converted my blog over to the new Blogger beta with brand-spankin' new features, and let me tell you it is delicious. I can add links and stuff over to the side without messing with the HTML! I got tired of the pink, so I changed to a template called "harbor". It is kind of a reference to my love of sailing, and I suppose the lighthouse is an easy spiritual symbol. I just liked the look in

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Last Saturday, I went to a lecture at my Mom's church at her invitation. The topic was about the meaning of life, or what does it mean to win and lose in life, or something like that. The lecture was in Chinese, so excuse my translation. My Mom got me to go by telling that it was something about finding one's purpose in life, which is an interesting enough topic for me. That and there would be a

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I posted this on the Adventure Gamers forums recently. I thought it was a good story and decided to put it here as well.My first adventure game was, interestingly, the first text adventure game called "Adventure". I was around 11 or 12 (and didn't know English very well, having just moved to the US) and played around with my aunt's computer whenever I went to her place. For some reason this game

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1152311936365069072006-07-07T15:35:00.000-07:002006-07-07T15:42:01.186-07:00

If I hadn’t mentioned it before, I’ve been doing vision exercises using The Program for Better Vision as well as other books to improve my nearsightedness. I actually came across these concepts back in college, when I saw a class in the Learning Annex catalog which said that vision is 90% mental and 10% physical, and you can learn how to improve your vision by taking this class. I was a bit

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"Religion is not man's relationship to God, it is man's relationship to man."- Elie Wiesel Jewish novelist, philosopher, humanitarian, political activist Holocaust survivor Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, 1986 Interview with United Press International June 21, 2006

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I got my hair permed last Saturday at the Korean salon in downtown where I usually get my hair done. The week before, I decided that I needed a haircut, and I thought, why not get it curled since I've never done it? It came out really nice and was a unanimous hit with my family and co-workers. I did have to go out and get some hair care stuff and put mouse on my hair every morning, otherwise it

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I had my Amazon purchase stolen on Tuesday. It was a $100 Invicta pilot watch I was buying on behalf of Rocky, my boyfriend, because he doesn't like to use credit cards. I was having it delivered to my office building, thinking it would be safer because I can get it right away. Later I realized that since I used free saver shipping, it was being delivered by USPS to the mailbox downstairs rather

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I came across an eye-opening article on the "immigration" issue. Very well written to cover the complexities of the issue.http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/research/rockridge/immigrationI have often felt that mainstream discussions on the topic do not delve into the issue deeply enough (then again, most people don't discuss, they just state their opinions), and the proposed "solutions" are weak

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I finally watched King Kong last weekend. Needless to say, it was a great movie and deserves all the praise it received. Naomi Watts did a fantastic job conveying feelings and emotions without words. She really makes the movie what it is. I loved those moments of silent communication between her and Kong, and I felt that these scenes were cut too short so the interjecting action scenes were

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1146870113369164092006-05-05T15:50:00.000-07:002006-05-05T16:45:24.080-07:00

I can't believe I hardly posted for the last month. I have been pretty stressed out at work since my manager's gone, so I've had to handle logistics all by my lonesome (with some help from the boss and salespeople). Normally it wouldn't be too bad, except that we had a slew of quality issues with one product and a few other headaches that came up. Things are slowing down a bit now, and they hired

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This is an awesome commercial:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5340902491202374013

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We have yet to see a more powerfully marketed, unquestioningly-purchased and ultimately pointless product on your planet. This is not to say that value is not ultimately extracted from the experience, but we have seen more detours in personal and global evolution due to the freely-accepted oppression of religion than from any other context in your history. - Michael on religion, as channeled by

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Well, not QUITE, but a VP of ours just left, a salesperson got fired, and my supervisor is leaving in 2 weeks. That leaves one salesperson and her assistant left to handle the sales - I hope my supervisor's sales responsibilities don't get dumped on me because I hate the pressure of having to produce results. On top of this, I know but they don't know that I am looking for new work and will put

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1142036389010041102006-03-10T16:15:00.000-08:002006-03-10T16:25:02.723-08:00

This is my short review of The China Study by Dr. Colin Campbell, as posted on Amazon.com.I decided to become vegetarian again (did it for a while in college) after reading Diet for a New America by John Robbins, and this book further convinced me that a whole food, plant-based diet is the right thing to do. The writing style is very down-to-earth, conservative, and never sensational - almost a

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1140904850554899632006-02-25T13:57:00.000-08:002006-02-25T14:00:50.566-08:00

I went to Big Bear last weekend, and it snowed for the first time since December or something like that. It was gorgeous. The bed and breakfast I stayed at was awesome too. Will post some pictures and more details later once I get my camera back. Rocky took it from me because he wanted to develop pictures with him in it and deleting the pics from my camera before giving it back - some paranoia

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"Nothing in our society, with the exception of violence and fear, has been more effective in keeping women in their place than the degradation of the menstrual cycle."- Chris Northrup, M.D.

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I posted a quote of the day below from Michael, an entity channeled by Shepherd Hoodwin. Michael is an entity consisting of 1050 souls, and they have been channeled by a number of different psychics who have written books about them. I came across Shepherd Hoodwin's website while searching for comments on the Right Use of Will series, and felt very drawn to Michael's teachings, so much so that I

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"It is easy to love those who agree with you. Loving those whose views you strongly disagree with is a greater challenge. Yet it is the nature of love to connect from your soul to the soul of all others, without judgment. When you allow love to be in its natural state within you, it transcends differences in opinion."--Michael channeled by Shepherd Hoodwin

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I talked about getting a new Sony Ericsson Z520a back in January. Well, about a week after using it, the power button started acting up. If the phone was turned off, it would take about a minute after pressing the power button for the screen to light up. After it lights up, it displays the Sony Ericsson logo for 3-4 minutes before the phone is loaded up and working. In addition to that, my

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I read this article in the CWG bulletin and thought it was quite inspiring, so I decided to post it here.CBS News reports that nearly two decades after taking part in a brutal attack on a young woman in her Akron, Ohio, home, Lane Mikaloff has crossed paths with his victim in a way no one ever expected. CBS News national correspondent Tracy Smith spoke with the victim, Christine Robbins, for a

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For the first time in my life, I actually have a boyfriend on Valentine's Day. And you know what? It doesn't even matter to me any more. I guess when you don't have a signifant other, it seems more like a big deal because it reminds you that you don't have a significant other. Although we will be celebrating our anniversary in Big Bear the weekend after Valentine's - Rocky asked me out the week

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1138388861598112112006-01-27T10:46:00.000-08:002006-01-27T15:25:18.310-08:00

I haven't posted anything about the fast since I started fasting, but suffice it to say it only lasted two days (Friday evening to Sunday evening). It is really hard to go without food even if I am not hungry, and I will need some more practice (perhaps fasting a couple days every month) before I'm ready to do the full course. Here's what happened during the two days I fasted:Jan. 20 Friday

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Unmasking TruthAll judgments, opinions, inerpretations disguise the truth. Theyare all forms of trespass. As long as you are judging someone, you cannot see the truth about that person. What you see is just a mask.Only when you take your own mask off can you see behind the masks others wear. That's when you see who people really are. That is when you see others as God sees you.- Paul Ferrini

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So tonight my fasting officially begins. I am so ready to do this, although last night I was reminded that Chinese New Year starts next week - and I can't eat! It's the time of year when Chinese people stuff themselves on delicious season foods (kinda like Christmas), and I was asking my Mom to make this red bean rice cake when I remembered. The past 3 months at work I've been communicating with

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1137546597029277362006-01-17T17:09:00.000-08:002006-01-17T17:09:57.043-08:00

My new digital camera arrived today! I have been researching for a camera for so long and been so frustrated (kinda like my cell phone search) because there aren't many good budget cameras out there. I was looking at 5 megapixel cameras at first, and the good ones go for $300-400 with taxes and shipping. I wanted something that is ultracompact, between 4-5 mp, has good picture quality, great

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1137356350553770672006-01-15T12:14:00.000-08:002006-01-15T12:20:01.126-08:00

Okay, so much for starting when I said I would start. I mentioned starting the fast to my aunt last night at dinner, and she suggested that I should start on Friday night so that I have two days to get used to it before having to work on Monday. I saw her point but was reluctant to delay it for another week. And then she mentioned that I would be more likely to keep up with it if Rocky and I did

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1137200764258873482006-01-13T16:41:00.000-08:002006-01-13T17:06:37.023-08:00

So I switched from T-Mobile to Cingular so I can talk to Rocky for free (about 90% of my 1000 monthly minutes were spent talking to him). After much frustrating research (frustrating because almost every phone has some glaring flaw or another), I decided on getting a Sony Ericsson Z520a. It is a charming yet sexy phone, and the screen, interface, and menu options are waaay better than my old

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1137196031681794282006-01-13T15:38:00.000-08:002006-01-15T12:22:17.870-08:00

I was recently introduced to a cleansing method called "The Master Cleanser" or lemonade diet, developed by a man named Stanley Burroughs. It is basically a fast that includes consuming nothing but lemonade (a special recipe)and water for 10+ days. My aunt Phoebe went through this fast after being introduced by her friend, and although she didn't experience any drastic results, she felt that it

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1136665569266044292006-01-07T12:12:00.000-08:002006-01-07T12:26:46.696-08:00

So here's my second post of the year! Haven't been doing much lately besides work, but the Thursday before Christmas I took a day off to go to Disneyland with Rocky (my boyfriend). We got in around 8:20 a.m., and it was a good idea to go early because fewer people were there. We were able to hit 5 or 6 rides in the first two hours - the average wait was between 2 to 15 minutes (for more popular

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Following my boyfriend's suggestion, my new year's resolution is to write something in my journal or on my blog every day, so I can keep up with my writing at least a little bit. My other new year's resolution is to get a new job, although first I have to figure out what I want to do with my life before I seriously start looking. Today our boss asked us to prepare our goals and plans for 2006 to

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1132726105620212792005-11-22T21:44:00.000-08:002005-12-11T22:18:36.336-08:00

Saw Harry Potter last Sunday. Wow. Just wow. It was easily the best in the series so far.

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It is simly inexcusable, even with my busy-ness, that I had no clue there was a new Pride & Prejudice movie out until the day it opens - today. Admittedly I first thought Keira Knightley is too pretty to be Elizabeth and Matthew MacFayden at times looks more like a Mr. Collins than a Mr. Darcy (mostly because he is not Colin Firth), but there are good reviews all over the place and it's

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1131743495152793992005-11-11T13:09:00.000-08:002005-12-11T22:14:24.370-08:00

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear."- Ambrose Red Moon

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Today at work my manager was attempting to speak with one of our suppliers, an orthodox Jew living in Israel, about an urgent request for some import documents. Because my manager Mike is also Jewish (non-practicing), Daniel, the supplier, has on occasion refused to talk to or email him on certain Jewish holidays where they were forbidden to do business with other Jews. However he has no problem

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1127843094500167542005-09-27T10:42:00.000-07:002005-09-27T10:50:32.306-07:00

Ok, just a few words to about the last few months since I've been too busy (and lazy) to keep my blog updated. I honestly don't remember much about July. At the beginning of August I spent a week in India with my boyfriend to visit his family. I may post more on that later since I'm at work right now, but it was an eye-opening trip to say the least. We still haven't gotten those pictures

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1120170385013376812005-06-30T15:20:00.000-07:002005-06-30T15:26:25.023-07:00

I'd just like to share a letter to Neale Donald Walsch from the Conversations with God Newsletter that really touched me:Dear Neale, How true what you said on bulletin #146 last week about babies. They come to this world fresh from the realm of God and they know nothing but love until the world teaches them the rest. It made me remember a few years back when I went shopping with my then 4-year

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1119477729790985092005-06-22T14:55:00.000-07:002005-06-22T15:02:09.796-07:00

I'd never heard of this guy before I attended the conference, but he was a very inspiring speaker and writer and I intend to purchase some of his books. Here's a really powerful prayer he shared with us during his keynote speech. I think it speaks for itself.

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I can pinpoint the exact moment when I decided to go to this conference -- when I saw a picture of Fisher Arts Center at Bard College against a beautiful green lawn. It made my heart sing. While I was there it kept reminding me of the Disney Concert Hall, and unsurprisingly Fisher Center was designed by the same architect, Frank Gehry.As I said before, the conference was set up in collaboration

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1118296247656014052005-06-08T22:33:00.000-07:002005-06-08T22:50:47.660-07:00

I just got back this past Monday from a weekend in upstate New York for the Humanity's TeamGathering, in collaboration with Bard College. This will be the first short post in a series of posts about the conference, mostly because I don't have time to write down my thoughts about it all at once :P. The trip to New York and back was, in a word, challenging, but that was the only down side of the

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1116963967909856732005-05-24T12:30:00.000-07:002005-05-27T15:17:35.216-07:00

The good thing about not having blogged in, like, forever is that you can talk about things that are actually interesting instead of trying to think of new comments on everyday stuff. A few weeks ago I played golf for the first time ever, thanks to the generosity of my boss. He made a big donation to a Catholic church in Culver City for their golf tournament and gave everybody that Friday off so

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1110259637360611212005-03-07T21:15:00.000-08:002005-03-07T21:27:17.360-08:00

Blah. Sometimes when I haven't blogged for a while I can't imagine the random things going on in my life to be worth blogging. But I'll do it anyway. So I guess in December I had an excuse to stop blogging because, well, December is a time for eating lots and goofing off. Then at the start of January I got hooked on World of Warcraft and played for a month while I was job searching. My main is a

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I saw the movie Kinsey this weekend after reading the Roger Ebert review (see link). I was originally going to see Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason, but Kinsey is not playing in as many places, so I went to see it first. It's about the life and work of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, who pioneered research in human sexuality and made sex "normal." Great film, but don't see it if you're squeamish about sex.

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I went to a Humanity's Team concert named "Be the Change" yesterday. It was simply amazing. There was a great variety of music and poetry, and all the performers ROCKED. The music just touched me so much and made me so happy to be part of this group of people. I can't wait to get the compilation CD they put together, which is still being made. Something one of the singers said really got me

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1100849169479399072004-11-18T22:54:00.000-08:002004-11-18T23:26:09.480-08:00

As some of you may or may not know, I am as of right now pretty frustrated in my work as a self-employed person. Mostly because I still have little confidence in my people skills, and I get scared and talk myself into procrastinating or just not doing anything. However, listening to Conversations with God book 1 these past couple of days in the car has really helped the commute and my mindset.

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I first thought this movie was kind of cheesy when I first saw a commercial for it, but after I realized it was produced by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, I just had see it. And I have to say, they didn't disappoint. The plot was suitably sarcastic and provoking, and the songs (all played in the background except one) are just rolling-on-the-floor hilarious. Here's a transcript of the lyrics. What

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1099429397109109302004-11-02T13:00:00.000-08:002004-11-02T18:41:35.146-08:00

Not Voting and Proud I'm voting, but I wanted to post this just to be contrary.

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This evening I received a call from Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yep. I picked up the phone, and after a second his voice on the other side said, "hello, this is governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, urging you to vote no on proposition 72--" And I hung up after that, because it was freaky. I've received recorded calls before, but this was freakier than most.

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Indigo will be released nationally on January 25, 2005!! Woohoo! I can't wait.

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In case you were wondering where I disappeared off to last week, I went on a 7-day cruise with my mom, my grandma, and my mom's friends from choir. We sailed on a relatively new ship (inaugurated this past spring) with Princess Cruises, and mostly I enjoyed eating and veging out with a book (I gained an extra 5 pounds to show for it). We stopped at three ports in Mexico: Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan

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So I went to a workshop last weekend called Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women. When my aunt first told me about it, I was pretty skeptical as to what it could teach me. Until I went to the preview seminar and was completely blown away, that is. It was a series of workshops put on by a company called PAX (which stands for Peace, Adoration, and X-tasy), which was started by a woman named Alison

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1094701081538594152004-09-09T13:35:00.000-07:002004-09-08T20:55:51.693-07:00

...and nine reasons why Kerry won't be much better. http://www.reason.com/links/links071304.shtml I came across this article in this month's Reason Magazine, although this online version has hyperlinks the print version doesn't (obviously). Sometimes I get annoyed with over-hyperlinking because you get distracted with other articles and lose track of what you're reading about in the first place

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To sail is necessary, to live is not. Gnaeus Pompeius I have this quote in the signature of my Gmail account. I don't really remember where I got it from, but it really describes how I (and some people I know) feel about sailing. There's just something about it that makes you feel free and fully alive. It is also very meditative, as I realized after going to the CWG retreat, because in my

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A friend I met at the retreat last weekend me this woman named Tara-Janelle Walsch, who creates these beautiful and meaningful greeting cards at www.soulebrate.com. The messages on them are ones that are deeply touching and you don't see them everyday. She also happens to be a daughter of Neale Donald Walsch, although she doesn't publicize that fact.

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1094610911376805742004-09-07T19:34:00.000-07:002004-09-07T21:48:12.076-07:00

I love not having to do homework anymore!!! Love it.

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I recently finished reading Angels & Demons by Dan Brown, which is the prequel to The Da Vinci Code. It was a very good suspense thriller, and I think the plot was more interesting and varied than that of Da Vinci Code. It also deals with a mysterious real-life legend type thing, which in this book involves the Illuminati. Like Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons revealed interesting tidbits about

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As you may or may not know, I went to a retreat this past weekend called Embracing Change, which is affiliated with Conversations with God. It was an amazing experience and absolutely life-changing. Basically, the retreat taught us to apply the beliefs and principles of CWG in a very real and experiencial way. A lot of it has to do with sharing our baggage in a safe space with other people in

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1094008044654244722004-08-31T20:04:00.000-07:002004-08-31T20:07:37.973-07:00

Resentment is drinking poison and expecting someone else to die. -- Christian Pankhurst, Embracing Change retreat

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1093124344806426612004-08-21T14:31:00.000-07:002004-08-21T14:39:04.806-07:00

So I have written some thoughts I am going to post, but it's not quite organized yet. And I'm not going to bother organizing it during my free time at home because I'm currently hooked on a MMORPG called A Tale in the Desert II. It's an MMORPG without combat, and basically you spend your time learning new skills, gathering raw materials and working with other people to build new technology and

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1093123912292419842004-08-21T14:29:00.000-07:002004-08-21T14:39:56.143-07:00

Here's another quote of the week. Until you see God in the face of your enemy, you cannot see God at all. For in truth, there is no such thing as an “enemy.” There is only that part of you which is in contrast to another part of you. God doesn’t exist for you if He exists for you only in the things and the people you like. God isn’t real for you if She is experienced by you only in those things

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1092464429386949592004-08-13T23:15:00.000-07:002004-09-01T19:08:51.253-07:00

Baen Free Library Indirectly through Slashdot, I found this publisher who has his authors put up their books on the Internet for free, as a marketing strategy. The introductory article tells how it all came about. Pretty neat stuff. I'll have to download some into my PDA when I get a chance.

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1092456768289163892004-08-13T21:00:00.000-07:002004-08-13T23:25:04.430-07:00

I don't know why I hadn't thought of this early, but posting a good quotation is a great way to do a post easily when I'm being lazy. These will probably come from my current stash of quotes, books I'm reading, and various CWG sources. Here goes the first quote. God is the Source of all that is creative. Answers are not creative. As soon as you think you have an answer, you stop creating.

Diane Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256649511044686161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346270.post-1091853487148646752004-08-06T21:33:00.000-07:002004-08-06T21:38:07.146-07:00

I actually did fire up Gabriel Knight 3 again and played it through (on my new laptop; the DVD drive on my desktop has trouble installing anything these days). It wasn't nearly as good as the first time I played it. I think the first time it was the story and the ideas in it that appealed to me so much. Now that I'm familiar with both, the gameplay and dated graphics alone don't do much for me.

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