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Sleep: 11pm to 3am, 4am to 7am

Pain: 7-8

Weather: clear, 64F, 77% humidity, high 82F

Daily BPAL: OCTOBER
Description: Dry, cold autumn wind. A rustle of red leaves, a touch of smoke and sap in the air.
In bottle: crushed leaves, pine, a hint of smoke, and cold tones overlaying all.
On me: Bonfire smoke and fall leaves, with a hint of pine and a touch of cool autumn wind. Oh, the nostalgia! This scent smells just like being outside by a bonfire in the cold autumns up north. This is the scent of the Hallowe'ens of my childhood.

Daily Tarot: 10 of Pentacles, Reversed: Family misfortune; old people may become a burden. Loss of inheritance. Caution against getting involved in projects that are poor risk.

Reading:
Another Country by James Baldwin
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Voyage of the Snake Lady by Theresa Tomlinson
The Bacchae by Euripedes

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It is appropriate, and I'm sure not coincidental, that the Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Day for today is "zombie". Here's what they have to say:

zombie: (n) 1. In the West Indies and southern states of America, a soulless corpse said to have been revived by witchcraft; formerly, the name of a snake-deity in voodoo cults of or deriving from West Africa and Haiti.
2. A dull, apathetic, or slow-witted person. Also as a general term of disparagement.
3. Canadian Military Slang: In the war of 1939-45, an opprobrious nickname applied to men conscripted for home defence.
4. A long mixed drink consisting of several kinds of rum, liqueur, and fruit juice: lime juice;..pineapple juice;..Falernum, or simple syrup;..White Label Rum;..Gold Label Rum;..Jamaica Rum;..Demerara Rum;..apricot liqueur. Shake well and strain... Garnish with..orange and..mint.

Yay! I saved the gecko!

We have house geckos around the apartment. Today is the second time that I'm aware of that one got inside. Last time I had to watch as I tried to catch it, it slipped past me, and immediately became a meal for a cat. Went down in one gulp. This time the cats were watching avidly, but I managed to catch the thing before they did. So I let him go outside. I feel all happy. House geckos are very cute, imho. And now the cats are all staring intently at the corner where he was hiding, in case he comes back *g*