I think I am more inclined to see truth in horoscopes than I am in the Bible. I think it is possible that there is more truth and science in horoscopes than there is truth and accurate history in the Bible. This does not mean that I am against the Christian faiths (or any faiths for that matter), but it’s hard to believe that the stories that were passed down by word of mouth for generations were completely remembered. Could have been some ‘Chinese Whispers’ going on. And there were apparently some incredible number of gospels that were written and only 4 were chosen. Seems a bit selective, doesn’t it? I’ve heard that there was a gospel of Mary Magdalene.

But what is faith? How do we decide what to believe? I know that I believe what I do because of my family upbringing and the schools that I attended. I guess we don’t really choose, not initially anyhow. It’s all handed down, just like the bible was all those years ago.

But getting back to horoscopes. I always liked Weird Al’s song about horoscopes. I think he showed some real insight with his psychic talent. Could really see what was coming, you know?

The other artist on my list at the moment is David Bowie. I hate to think of what he will be charging for tickets if and when he does tour, but we will be there. We have to be there.

I also have an ‘I wish’ list but I know that the artists on this list are never going to tour again. I don’t think I’ll ever see The Beatles or Jeff Buckley, unfortunately.

Do you have a must see list? Who would you go without food for a week or a month to see?

So, so true. I could not have said it better myself. I need to have this somewhere prominent so that I look at it all of the time and remember that only I can be me. And I shouldn’t be ashamed of who I am.

I was almost immediately transported back to Grade 8, and Dad and I were driving back from Toowoomba. We’d just been to my Great Grandmother’s funeral. I was amazed at how quickly the memories resurfaced, and how the music made me feel.

This has reminded me that although I love TV shows and movies, it is music that is most meaningful to me, and that which I could not live without.

Where does music take you?

But I did like the idea of ‘meat-free Mondays’. I just need to change it into ‘meat-free convenient day of the week’. So I did.

Last week it was Thursday, and we finally tried some of the Sanitarium Casserole Mince that comes in a tin. Not surprisingly, I made Chile con carne with it! Same ingredients as usual, I just substituted the casserole mince for the normal beef mince that I use. Amazingly, it was edible! We’d never tried the vegetarian ‘not meat’ products before and even though I still don’t know what it was that we were eating, it was quite pleasant!

I think that there are another five or six different tins to try so there could be some more interesting meals gracing our table over the next few months. I’m not sure if I can handle vegetarian sausages yet, but we shall see.

Oh King Wally – good to know that you weren’t forgotten!

How could anyone possibly choose just one favourite song?  I couldn’t even choose one favourite artist!  It’s fairly obvious that I love The Beatles, and this was one of my early favourites that I tried to teach myself to play on the piano.

I love the twisted and twisting lyrics, the strange combination of words and the distorted images that spring to mind as you hear the words and try to envisage what it all means.  Have you ever seen a ‘newspaper taxi’?

I’m also a massive Bowie fan, and I really like his earlier stuff.  I love it all but I do find that I play a lot more of the early stuff more often.  I also love to watch all the old film clips, some of them are so entertaining.

My favourite party and happy time song that most of my friends know that I go nuts for is Violent Femmes’ Blister in the Sun.  We went to a Femmes concert a few years back at the Tivoli and it was one of the best concerts I have ever been to!  Even though Gordon looked like an accountant, it still sounded incredible.

* That I definitely do want to go back to uni, and that I should stop talking myself out of it.
* That I am valued by my friends (didn’t really learn this, but it has been reinforced).
* That I do have a strong support network of family and friends, that I do want to share my problems with.
* That I don’t need to carry this much guilt with me all of the time. It is proving difficult to shed, however.
* That the only thing stopping me from being who I want to be is me.

Now, my hair is much, much shorter and back to its natural colour.  In this picture I had just done Shave or Colour for a Cure for the Leukaemia Foundation, as my husband’s grandfather had passed away the previous month.  I’ve also now got new glasses, which are much more comfortable.  Otherwise, I’m pretty much the same.