Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at 05:41 PM

ARIES (March 21-April 19): My friend Rose comes from a large extended family that does not include a single millionaire. There's no chance she will inherit a windfall from a dead relative. On the other hand, many religious devotees, humanitarians, and do-gooders have graced both sides of her family line. She regards her own idealistic aspirations as being a result of the legacy they left her; she thinks of herself as having received an inheritance composed of spiritual wealth. What about you, Aries? What are the special gifts of your heritage? What talents and capacities have you been blessed with by your ancestors? It's time to intensify your efforts to make use of them.
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Fours

There are a bunch of cool-kids playing tag out there. I know none of them will ever tag me (though I'm really looking forward to seeing Doug Bowman atWebstock in May) and I have the patience of a small child on red cordial, so I'm gonna start my own Four and tag a few of you. (I stole the idea fair and square ok? i'm gonna call it "blog skipping" OKAY?? ok.) Four jobs I've had Fruit n' Veggie Roadside Stall Girl Piping Design Draughtsman Architectural Tracer Cut n' Pasting Monkey (ook ook) Four movies I can watch over and over The Princess Bride ("Inconceivable!") Blade Runner ("All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.") Back to the Future ("You're late, do you have no concept of time?") Dodgeball ("There are 5 D's in Dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge.") Four places I've lived Rotorua (Delphi Place) New Plymouth (Brooklands Road) Te Kuiti (god knows, it was so foggy!) Auckland (Pandora Place / The Rosebowl) Four TV shows I love West Wing Top Gear Later with Jools Holland Grand Prix coverage Four places I've vacationed Rarotonga (7 days) Akaroa (5 days) Fiji (10 days) Rome (14 days) Four of my favorite dishes Gunnapenata Roast Lamb and vegetables Kiwi cuisine pizza Sashimi Four sites I visit daily sitemeter.com (obssessed) flickr.com (unrequited affection) kinja.com (finger on the pulse) gmail.com (home is where my heart is) Four places I would rather be right now Paragliding in Fiji Russian Tea House, NYC / USA with Kiki Logos Cafe's garden Ponsonby/ Auckland sipping smoothies with you In our bed Four bloggers I am tagging eroicasworld effing slightly bewildered papermilk
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