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Oct. 12th, 2005 11:32 pmScorpio Horoscope for week of October 13, 2005
To an optimist, the glass is half-full. A pessimist says the glass is half-empty. But in the eyes of an engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. For the foreseeable future, Scorpio, it makes perfect sense for you to think like an engineer. Resist all temptations to be either an optimist or a pessimist. Purge any reflex you have to indulge in hope or fear. Instead, maintain a neutral, objective attitude as you try to see things exactly as they are, then make a calm, reasonable response.
Oh, sure, that sounds easy. Not.
There's a harper in the congregation of Havurah Shalom. Just like every year, she played at the service. I'm so dorky, I knew who made her harp. It's a Thormahlen. They're made in Corvallis, by the Thormahlen family.
Harp Porn!!
Image from the Thormahlen website.
Yes, look at those harps, posed so seductively...you know they want you to put their hands all over them. If you pull their strings they'll vibrate and make beautiful music....go on, get behind one and put your arms around it, stroke your fingers up its strings...
But, yeah: I recognized the harp she had because of the shape of the soundbox. It's pretty distinctive. I can recognize Dusty Strings harps (made in Seattle) because of the way the top of the harp is made. I can recognize Stoney End because they put little heart-shaped holes in the very top of their soundbox. Wooo, I am a harp dork. Who can't remember the technical terms for shit this late at night when she's this tired.
EDIT: Looked it up. The distinctive thing on Dusty Strings is a knee block, and the heart of Stoney Ends is carved into the soundboard. So.....there.
I've been going to Rosh Hoshanah/Yom Kippur services at the same place (they're held in the same place the Goblin Ball was last fall) ever since I started dating Tyson. I've got most of the tunes memorized by now. It's kinda cool. I wish I'd thought about it beforehand and had gotten tomorrow off from work; it's kinda odd just to do the evening service of Yom Kippur but not any of the next day. It's like starting a Samhain ritual and then walking off in the middle of it, in a way. "Woo, we're doing serious contemplation and thinking and....time to go home and act normal." WTF?
To any of my Jewish friends: Happy new year, and may you have an easy fast.
To an optimist, the glass is half-full. A pessimist says the glass is half-empty. But in the eyes of an engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. For the foreseeable future, Scorpio, it makes perfect sense for you to think like an engineer. Resist all temptations to be either an optimist or a pessimist. Purge any reflex you have to indulge in hope or fear. Instead, maintain a neutral, objective attitude as you try to see things exactly as they are, then make a calm, reasonable response.
Oh, sure, that sounds easy. Not.
There's a harper in the congregation of Havurah Shalom. Just like every year, she played at the service. I'm so dorky, I knew who made her harp. It's a Thormahlen. They're made in Corvallis, by the Thormahlen family.
Harp Porn!!
Image from the Thormahlen website.
Yes, look at those harps, posed so seductively...you know they want you to put their hands all over them. If you pull their strings they'll vibrate and make beautiful music....go on, get behind one and put your arms around it, stroke your fingers up its strings...
But, yeah: I recognized the harp she had because of the shape of the soundbox. It's pretty distinctive. I can recognize Dusty Strings harps (made in Seattle) because of the way the top of the harp is made. I can recognize Stoney End because they put little heart-shaped holes in the very top of their soundbox. Wooo, I am a harp dork. Who can't remember the technical terms for shit this late at night when she's this tired.
EDIT: Looked it up. The distinctive thing on Dusty Strings is a knee block, and the heart of Stoney Ends is carved into the soundboard. So.....there.
I've been going to Rosh Hoshanah/Yom Kippur services at the same place (they're held in the same place the Goblin Ball was last fall) ever since I started dating Tyson. I've got most of the tunes memorized by now. It's kinda cool. I wish I'd thought about it beforehand and had gotten tomorrow off from work; it's kinda odd just to do the evening service of Yom Kippur but not any of the next day. It's like starting a Samhain ritual and then walking off in the middle of it, in a way. "Woo, we're doing serious contemplation and thinking and....time to go home and act normal." WTF?
To any of my Jewish friends: Happy new year, and may you have an easy fast.
