Feeling bloated? Check your Chakras

I heard about an online test to see which of your Chakras are open, blocked, over-active, or under-active and I thought it sounded interesting. To help illustrate the Chakras I found the image at left (in which Miss Chakra has apparently had breast augmentation - did her Heart Chakra make her do it?)



The Chakras consist of the following:
Red - Root
Orange - Sacral
Yellow - Navel
Green - Heart
Blue - Throat
Purple - Third Eye
Lighter Purpley - Crown

I found that ALL my Chakras are open! Yippee! Model New Age Student! However one of them was Over-Active. Oops. Slow down there A.D.D. Chakra. I won't tell you which but I'm guessing those who know me best will know which one. ;)

To find out if you have any blockages and what you can do about them, here is the site. It also tells you more about what each Chakra means tied to personality traits. Pretty interesting and true for me.
http://www.eclecticenergies.com/chakras/chakratest.php

If you do the test, let me know how true you think it is for your personality/life.

Grey

(note: this is the opening paragraph of my book)

I have lived a good life, I believe. My 37 years on this earth were well spent. If asked if I had any regrets, my immediate answer would be no.


Wouldn’t it?

I pause and run down a mental list of accomplishments in my life. It seems short. Graduated high school. Stunning work there, I thought wryly. Graduated college. No small miracle considering the frat house parties and weekend road trips that kept me from studying. Ran three marathons. Not too shabby. Got a job as a financial analyst, then moved to CFO in seven years at a Fortune 500 company. Okay, for that one I can fairly pat myself on the back, grin cockily, and order the outrageously expensive Bordeaux without flinching. But this is where I draw a blank. What came next? I didn’t propose to Sara like I should have. I never took that trip to Africa. I didn’t buy that perfect 1930’s bungalow, even when the price dropped. I didn’t hike Mt. Everest. Hell, I didn’t hike a single fourteener in Colorado like I said I would on various ski trips. Okay, so I have some regrets. The truth is, I have too much time to think. It’s quiet and dark here, and I’m comfortable and warm. And it seems that all I have is time. I have plenty of time to replay the film reel of my life and kick myself for having that horrible mullet in the 80’s. But I don’t mind this time for thinking, as long as this wonderful warmth stays around me. It feels like being wrapped in a feather bed, a bed of feathers, a feather burrito. Like when you are bundled up in the covers in wintertime except, even my nose sticking outside the covers is warm. The incessant beeping of the machines is my only complaint. Its annoying high pitch interferes with my reminiscing. I’m not sure, but I think I am in a coma.

When Marketers Give Up

Marketing Director: We need a new banner out front that will draw people into our casino.

Marketing Manager: Hmm. Well we did our '100% Heated Inside' campaign last month. . .

Marketing Director: Well what else do we have inside?

Marketing Manager: I dunno, $4.99 Ribeye?

Marketing Director: Damn it Marketing Manager, we have fun inside. Fun.

Marketing Manager: I'm on it.

Sad Mannequins at BR

Last month my best friend and I were shopping the recession-fueled sales at our favorite stores and found ourselves inevitably in Banana Republic. Ahh BR. Your beautiful black suit sealed the deal during my job interview, I'm sure of it. However I spotted something disturbing in the store. No it wasn't that orange poncho-type thing marked 50% for a reason; it was a female mannequin standing nearby. She caught my eye because the back of her dress was not zipped all the way up. There was about an inch left to go. Being the Type A person I can be, I automatically reached over to complete the zip. I discovered it just wouldn't go the rest of the way; it didn't completely fit the mannequin. As I was turning away I saw it. SIZE: 0

Yes, even this poor, headless mannequin could not live up to the expectations of today's retailer in terms of size. I felt her pain. Although she was headless, her hands were turned out, palms up, and she seemed to say 'why do I have to be made to feel fat because I can't fit in a size 0?' Okay, maybe that's what I was thinking. Looking around, all her mannequin friends were the same size and boy were they lean! But still couldn't quite make the 0. I know the tirade about society's messed up views of beauty/size/weight is a bit tired, but, really. Really BR? Why facilitate the unrealistic ideals? Let her wear her size! (albeit probably a 2. sigh)

An aside: We also learned the important rule that you should try on dresses in the morning, Before mowwing at P.F. Changs, and you should try on shoes in the afternoon, because your feet swell during that time and you need to make sure the shoe will fit those proportions. Important stuff Ladies!

New Release, or Recycled Reading?

You know those authors whose books you will buy the instant they come out with a new release? You don't even really need to read the book synopsis - you just KNOW it will be good and you buy it without thinking twice. That recently happened to me when Borders notified me that Tami Hoag had a new release called Heart of Gold. I needed some new books in rotation so I bought it, along with others, on Amazon (sorry Borders, Amazon won out). Once I got the book and started reading it I saw the author's note about how she loved these characters, . . . . when she first created them 20 years ago. I looked at copyright and sure enough, it was 1990. I felt duped. Not that I would have minded reading a book of hers that I hadn't already, but in the 90's she mostly did cheesy romances - stuff I enjoyed back in college. Later she moved into mystery and thrillers (with a little bit of sexiness on the side) and those are the books of hers I enjoy today. So when I dove into Heart of Gold and found it's nothing more than a pile of cliches about lust and perfect biceps, I was very disappointed. I know, I know, I should have read ALL of the information about it on Amazon before I bought it. But I feel like it should have been more apparent that it was a re-release. I'll finish the book. I'll muddle through the unrealistic scenes of a typical bad romance novel, and feel gypped when done. But I'll know next time that all 'new' releases may not be as new as they appear!