Andrea and I are doing Once Upon a Mattress for our theatre, we are in desperate need for any renaissance gear. We need both men and womens clothing. We also need jousting equipment as well, swords, shields, maces anything to stuff in the mattresses.

The show runs for 3 weekends in October and we will take very good care of the stuff. If anyone could help out it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a bunch

Date:	2008-08-26 10:39
Subject:	ahzmah!!!
Security:	Public
Mood:	hopeful

I cannot write this in the original Hebrew but pheonetically it is said Ahzmah. Loosely translated it means : So What?

This is my new life motto. A good friend of ours Jordan has been going through some changes lately. His world has been turned upside. He was a person who expended a lot of energy worrying about life and the things going on around him. He has always been an incredibly funny person and someone who seemed ok, but inside he was always in turmoil. He began working for a Jewish school recently (he is agnostic) and had to go to Israel with some of his students. While he was there he learned this phrase, Ahzmah. He carried it home with him and had adapted it to his life.

He calls it his theory of life according to battle triage. In battle triage, if you are a medic in a battle, at each wounded person you come across you must make a decision. If you come up to a person who is going to die no matter what you do to help, you move on. You do not waste any resources on this person. If you come up to a person who is going to live no matter what you do, you move on, you do not waste resources on that person either. If you come to someone who will live only if you help them, then that is the person you expend resources on.

So how does this apply to life, don't stress about the things you cannot do anything about or do not need to do anything about. Only stress about the things you can fix.

For me this means, things like, my mother is very ill mentally. I can't do anything about that, I have no control over it. Stressing about it wastes my resources. Ahzmah? This doesn't mean I shouldn't care for her or care about her, but why stress how does it serve me.

My friends are my friends, the ones that really love me, really love me. I don't need to worry about that. Ahzmah? Why would I stress about that?

Now, physically I am not happy with my body, it is hurting my self confidence, this is something I have control over. So no Ahzmah there, this is what I focus my resources on.

It's similar to the serenity prayer... God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

But in one word. Ahzmah!!

Thank you Jordan

Date:	2008-06-17 16:40
Subject:	funny because it is true
Security:	Public
Mood:	silly

“Slavery Still Exists”
A Concert to Benefit CCAT and AFESIP…

Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to invite you all to a very special event that I am helping to organize. “Campus Coalition Against Trafficking” and “Acting for Women in Distressing Situations” are organizations that raises awareness about modern-day slavery, aka human trafficking. In case you aren’t aware, this epidemic affects humans both around the world and locally.

Here’s the details:
Saturday, December 1st at 8 pm (8-11 all ages; 11-2 over 21)
Thursday’s Restaurant and Saloon in Bridgewater, PA
Enjoy bands--- “Ill Willis,” “The Sun Kings,” and “Face Down Diaries”
Plus acoustic performances and more!
$5 Cover---ALL profits will be donated to CCAT and AFESIP

I hope you can all make it. If you can’t attend but want to help, I will be collecting donations. Anything you can give will help. I also invite you to visit www.ccatcoalition.org and www.afesip.org. Thanks everyone for your interest and support!

Happy Happy Happy birthday Debbie!!!!!!


I love you and miss you so much.

Have a wonderful British Birthday, eat some spotted dick or something :)

"Reply to this post, and I will list three things I love about you. Maybe more than three. Then repost to your own journal and spread the love."

Date:	2007-06-22 20:01
Subject:	sad news
Security:	Public
Mood:	gloomy

I close friend's mother took her own life today. I'll be having another drink tonight for Julie. I love her, and I made sure she knows it.

Please in your prayers tonight think of my friend, send her some strength.

Thanks in advance

Date:	2006-12-22 09:56
Subject:	Blessings
Security:	Public
Mood:	content

- Yule with Friends
- Lex being home
- necklace made from coffee
- lots and lots of wine/mead
- robot chicken
- new frank icon (can't get the image from to add it to lj from work)

This song is sooooo great!! And it explains exactly why I unfriended a bunch of people....

do-bi-do-do-bi-do
do-bi-do-do-bi-do
do-bi-do-do-bi-do
do-bi-do-do-bi-do

And that's the problem, dear, with angry people, they
Try to go it alone
Digging in and making cranky feeble pleas that
Other angries disown
So angry people think the best solution is
Getting others involved
So they surround themselves with happy people
And watch their smiles dissolve

'Cause we just drag them down [down]
We just drag them down [down]
We just drag them down [down]
Until they're just like us.

[whistling]

So angry people get so sanctimonious
Telling us what to do
Hoping no one outs 'em all as phonies just 'cause
We are all phonies too
Those of us who once had wives and families
Can understand what I mean
What was once a calm and peaceful refuge is
Overtaken by spleen

'Cause we just drag them down [down]
We just drag them down [down]
We just drag them down [down]
Until they're just like us.

Singer in the band
We're only trying to lend a hand
And though it's not what we had planned
We understand
That we just drag them down
We just drag them down
We just drag them down
Until they're just like us.

do-bi-do-do-bi-do
do-bi-do-do-bi-do
do-bi-do-do-do-doop-boop-bi-do-bi-do
do-bi-do-do-bi-do

In a square, a thousand angry people are
Waving signs in the air
While a million other happy people are
Trying hard not to care
You see the happy people's biggest problem is
Never fearing the worst
While the rest of us will never sleep until their
Happy bubbles have burst

'Cause we just drag them down
Didn't I just drag you down
Oh watch me, watch me drag you down
Until you're just like us
Until you're just like us
Oh, until you're just like us
Until you're just like us

do-bi-do-do-bi-do
do-bi-do-do-bi-do
do-bi-do-do-bi-do
do-bi-do-do-bi-do
do-bi-do-do-bi-do
do-bi-do-do-bi-do
do-bi-do-do-do-doop-boop-bi-do-bi-do
do-bi-do-do-bi-do

Happy Birthday Bootsy Boo!!!!

If all of you only knew how often I bite my tongue.... People think i'm mean in person, you so don't want to be the in my head and hear what I really think of some people.

grrrr!!!!

Edit: Andrea knows most of what I really think of some people. She gets to be in my scary head a lot.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, YOU LIVE IN A ZOO, YOU SMELL LIKE A MONKEY AND YOU LOOK LIKE ONE TOO! HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!

Date:	2006-09-05 20:02
Subject:	LJ cleaning
Security:	Public
Mood:	satisfied

So, I have gone through my friends list and removed a bunch a people. This was not done to create drama it was done because I have been considering this for a while and in light of some actions that have taken place recently I've needed to reevaluate who I feel comfortable sharing my personal stuff with.

If you are one of the individuals that I unfriended, please email me if you want to know why. witcheypoojr@gmail.com If you do not that is fine too. I am not doing this as a statement, just because I feel a need to.
Please do not gossip and guess as to my motives. I promise I will tell you the truth if you email me.

Many of the people who call themselves my friends, believe that I am an irrational angry person. If you know me, then you know better and you know that I will talk to you about my issues in a rational, calm manner.

Now back to your regularly scheduled drama.

EDIT
I've decided to not allow comments so that if you want to speak to me about it it has to be in email that way no one else has to read the drama.

(  why not everyone else is doing it )

For all those not on HarpieQueen's friends list

This is a group that I am a part of creating... I think it would be very interesting for anyone wanted to learn about themselves and magic and group work.

Psyche and Eros: A Story of Initiation
Take a breath. Step into a story. Live a myth.


Who: Pittsburgh Mysteries

What: Organizational meeting, discussion of Mystery School and our Mystery School local group; we will also be forming our agreements for further participation, as well as discussing standards for group interaction

When: February 11, 2006 2pm-4pm

Where: Friends Meeting House, 4836 Ellsworth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

***** ***** ***** ***** *****

What is Mystery School?

"Oh, for better words than Personal Growth! - for words that better describe Mystery School’s focus and intention. Self-realization, self-actualization, yes…but in the context of building relationships and sharing your life with others. Not personal growth just for yourself but personal growth so you can be more fully a part of a community, more acutely present in all of your relationships." (taken from the Diana's Grove website)

Why myth?

The story: Psyche and Eros

***** ***** ***** ***** *****

For more information about Mystery School, visit the Diana's Grove website. For more information about our local group, comment to this lj post!

The originals are so much better, the cd version they gave me is washed out but check us out

http://photobucket.com/albums/c233/witcheypoojr/BNL%20Cleveland%202005/

Date:	2005-12-06 08:36
Subject:	Ed finally reveals the truth about his affair
Security:	Public
Mood:	excited
Music:	BNL of course!!!

So as andrea has already said, last night was the BNL concert in cleveland. We had the best time ever. We met Ed, and Jim. I got Ed's guitar pick. The music was incredible, our seats were incredible and it was worth every penny and every second of car ride. This will be a night I will remember for a long time. So here is how it all played out. We set off for Cleveland at 4. Stopped in cranberry on the way so I could get out money. I picked up a disposable camera while I was there. I AM SO GLAD I DID THIS!!!. We headed out, the trip was easy only one wrong turn, totally the directions fault but it was no biggie because it was in Cleveland so we recovered easily. We parked got 4 dollar parking a block away (bonus!!) then went to Subway for dinner. After dinner we went to the theater. Got into the theater bought our shirts and found our seats. 4 to 5 rows back. Too far to throw underwear so we never did that, but close enough to see just how hot Ed was. We got up to go to the bathroom and when we were going back to our seat we saw a small crowd of people in our isle. And standing there signing autographs was Ed Robertson. We just about peed ourselves(even though we just went to the bathroom). Two people that we know who moved to Ohio were standing in line with us (I can't remember their names but Andrea will, was it Erin and Lindsey). So we get up to Ed. Andrea is shaking with excitement and I introduce myself and say we are from pittsbugh, we tell him how much we love him and the band then I blurt out to Andrea. "Theresa is going to be so jealous". He asks about Theresa and Andrea tells him that she claims he is her boyfriend. He responds with "Theresa from Cleveland?" I say "No". He say "Oh ok, I was going to say that I don't have a girlfriend named Theresa from Cleveland but I do have a girlfriend named Theresa from Pittsburgh". I started cracking up and thanked him for making us miserable for the rest of our lives because of her gloating. We got our picture and then saw that Jim Creegan was on the other side of the theater. We got a picture with him then found out that Steve was in the lobby. This theater is very much like the Benedum and he was absolutely swarmed in the lobby so we couldn't get to him for pictures but we got some good shots of him. The concert began with a band called the Leevee's. They were good and we bought thier CD and got it autographed. Then Cleveland's singing Angels (a childrens choir) came out and sang some x mas songs then BNL came out and sang with them. It was really cool. Then they started rocking the place. The concert was amazing. I can't remember the play list but it was long, good mix of songs from their christmas album and from their hits. There was a great moment when they had Tyler (the drummer) sing and they pulled names out of a hat to decide what instrument the other band members played. Ed was on the drums, kevin on the base, jim on the keyboard and Steve on guitar while Tyler, very poorly sang Feliz Navidad. It was hilarious. Later on Ed threw his pick into the audience. I landed right next to me on the floor and I grabbed it. We went outside after the concert and waited for about an hour and a half to see if they would come out to their tour bus. We got to cold and tired considering I had to be at work this morning so we went home. I dropped the pictures off this morning to be processed. I should have them by the end of the day. I will post them tonight. I had such an incredible time. Thank you so much to andrea for making me do this. I love you!!! Robyn

My husband is looking for really scary books to read. He keeps getting responses of the Shining and HP Lovecraft, he already read Lovecraft and has seen the movies for the Shining so he's not interested. Anybody have any good book suggestions?

You are the most stable, together person I know. I envy your intelligence, compassion and outlook.

You need to cut yourself a break once in a while. You make yourself feel so lonely when there is no one I know that has more people who love you (especially me).

Your intelligence intimidates me, but I love getting to know you and I feel closer to you every day.

You are an amazingly compassionate person, any time I need someone to listen I know you will be there. As we get closer I grow to love you more and more.

You are a frustrating individual. You need to learn to open your mind a little more, however you are a very generous friend and I do appreciate it.

I would like to get to know you better, but I think your ego gets in the way of your friendships.

You are a very angry person, you need to try and relax some so that others can see that there is a softer side of you.


You are wise and wonderful but you can really rub me the wrong way sometimes, however you deal with honesty well so I never feel that I have to hide my feelings from you even when you are making me really mad. J



We aren’t that close, because a lot of times I'm put off by the attitude that you sometimes portray of being so much more mature then everyone but I think you are astoundingly beautiful inside and out.

I’m really glad we’ve gotten so close. You are beautiful, funny and smart and you have exactly what you need to do to get your life where you want it to be.

You are such a great person. You have had a tremendous influence on me even though you may not even know it since we aren’t that close.

You are never able to see the good things in life and you will never take responsibility for the things in your life that go wrong. The whole world is out to get you and you will never see that you create these situations for yourself.

I never know if you are being honest with me. I think you are afraid of losing my friendship if you tell me the truth and that’s not going to happen. One true way however to loose my friendship is to lie to me.

http://www.sorryeverybody.com/