Non-random memory

Once upon a time, in a land not very far away, there lived a man who both shared my birthdate and kept trying to get me to go out with him. I never did understand the attraction, exactly, because in spite of being born on the same day, coming from similar ethnic backgrounds, and having nominally similar religious beliefs (most of the time), we really didn't seem to have all that much in common. Now, the bit about the birthdate intrigued me, since I had just recently begun studying astrology as a kind of self-defense because I was surrounded by people who believed in the influence of the stars (these same people being people who could never--ever--no matter how many times they were told down through the years, remember my birthday). I never did get around to asking him what time of day he was born, though, so I never did get to compare our natal house positions and try to find some astrological excuse for our differences.

Anyway, for most of the time that I knew him, this guy considered himself an evangelical Christian--and then for part of the time, he called himself as a "rationalist" and was very nearly atheist. While his beliefs changed, his certainty never seemed to--he was always sure that all of reality fit into neat little boxes, and his main concern in life was figuring out what those boxes were and labeling everything in the world appropriately. I am reasonably sure that at no point in the time we were in contact would he ever have admitted to reading a newspaper horoscope, much less believing in them or following their advice. And yet I quickly learned that whenever our common horoscope in the paper his household subscribed to (also one of the papers we got at our place) mentioned anything about this being a good day for romance, or a good time to reach out to a loved one, or anything about relationships at all, I should expect a phone call from him later that day. It's a shame I never did get my number to him after I moved, 'cos I'm wondering if he's still that predictable.

Your life is more intertwined with the lives of other people than you probably realize right now. Investigate a few of your relationships today ... if you poke hard enough, you may discover some powerful connections. These relationships might not necessarily assist you in a professional context, but they could help you push your personal growth in a new direction that you've been eyeing for quite a while. Strike up a few random conversations.

Blargh

I mentioned that a migraine started last week and that muscle tension's been an increasingly bad problem too (not that I'm ever not excessively tense, but it's been getting worse this week), but I didn't mention a variety of other things that have been going wrong with my body as well (and frankly, you don't really need to hear about them). Today I realized exactly what this particular combination of symptoms reminded me of, which led me to do some research online, which makes me think I know what the cause of the problem is, which rather disappoints me. Blech.

Today I almost feel like I'm 21 again. For me, this is a very, very bad thing. But at least if I'm right, it shouldn't last much longer.