I have finished my studies (for now) and obtained my BA in Theatre and Comparative Religion, with plans to persue my Masters in Theatre (Acting and Directing), but currently taking classes at the local Davenport for word processing and the like (to pay the bills)....so I'm a bit of a busy lady...

I am attempting to teach myself Rune stones, and refreshing my memory of Sign Language, as my skills have gotten rusty....I am reading up on Nostradamus, (whom I've long been interested in) and discecting the Tao Te Ching, the foundation of Taoist philosophy. While reading Jack Kerouac, I found that I wasn't at all impressed, and instead look forward to William Burroughs.....I have also come across an interesting book on the "green demon lady" aka Absynthe, which was once the very popular drink of the Impressionist crowd in turn-of-the-century London....it's effects are not only intoxicating, but hallucinagenic....(Absynthe is the "perfect drug" mentioned by Trent Reznor)....

And speaking of hallucinagenics....I have finally tried the famous "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"....I say "finally" because I have been interested in it for many years, but was always afraid of being non-functional while its effects ravaged my mind....but recently I heard of a splinter group of Christians in South America that have taken a natural form of LSD as a kind of communion for over 20 years, without adverse effects.....several Americans studied the group to find that not only had memory, creativity, and concentration not been diminished, but had actually improved!....Attendants didn't use it recreationally, but as a way to open the part of their mind that is normally tapped into only by deep mediation, in order to fully examine their lives, and better themselves through their own means. Of course, I do not have access to this natural form of LSD, and the street version has plagued me because of its containing strychnnine, and I didn't wish to poison my body to obtain something that could be gotten by meditation...but, after learning what a natural hallucinagenic could do, I craved the enlightenment it could possibly provide, if taken with that intention...

As for the "trip", well, I was less than impressed....I saw a few trails, and everything seemed in old-fashioned technicolor, but other than that, I recieved no great enlightenment from my own psyche....others have told me to try more than one hit at a time....well...we'll see....(not sure it's worth it).....not that I am against recreational drug use for those that enjoy it...but I have seen what little it accomplishes with the mind so far, and I have plans for this baby!

I have recently fallen back in love with Swing music thanks to the help (and new releases) of Squirrel Nut Zippers and Cherry Poppin' Daddies....it has prompted me to seek out the local "Swing Night" club and order old copies of classics by the greats...while it is exhausting to dance to, it is greatly energetic as well, in a defiant sort of way...

And so ends another edition in the life of Miranda...remember always that you may email me, and I will respond as quickly as I can, but it takes this little pale one a while sometimes....be patient...

Until later, my lovelies....

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