February 19, 2003
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One more quiz today:
What’s your claim to fame?When I saw that on JOMBIE‘s blog,
I decided to take the quiz, even though I already know what my
current claims to fame are. Interesting how it came
out. I certainly wasn’t looking for fame when it came up and
grabbed me.Among a select group of people scattered all over the planet, I’m
famous for my cooking, especially the FUBARS (look for the Xanga
cookbook logo in my left module, then click on FUBARS for the recipe)
that keep coming back to haunt me years after I was selling them to
supplement my pathetic legitimate income.Likewise, when I started publicly doing Tarot readings, fame wasn’t
any part of my objectives. I was broke and needed funds, and I
was appalled at the witch-hunt mentality that was making life miserable
for everyone I knew who had gone public with their psychic work.
My little booths at local crafts fairs were picketed by fundies, my
clients were harrassed and harangued by them, and a few of the fundies
themselves (those who were not afraid to try a reading for themselves)
had their heads turned around. Mission accomplished.I hesitate to seek print publication for my memoirs, because even
though the “fortune” half of fame and fortune would be welcome, true
widespread fame (as opposed to this big-frog-in-a-small-pond stuff I
already have) would seriously impinge on my lifestyle.
Comments (11)
I feel like you. I would like to be dead when / if anything I have written is really *published, but it may be a man plans and God laughs thing, so I will just show up for my life each day, because really I am a simple woman and this is all I know to do.
Oh… And the money is nothing either. Well, a plane ticket I value pretty high, but you know what I mean.
I’m with you, and on the other..
Neptune and Uranus will be in mutual reception.
another “mistake” here.
My unknown claim to fame: witnessing two popes bite the dust.
Another “Mistake”, here.
I miss reading, I haven’t gotten out the cards in awhile. Methinks I’ll play with the Medicine deck today. When I was younger I was going to run away back to New Orleans and read cards in Jackson Square…
“…a fortune to be told, SuSu show and tells…it’s in the cards!”
~ Alan Dietrich
Xanga Gazette
I have an “M” (for money?) in the lines of my right hand; and a “W” (for women?) in the lines of my left hand. What should I do? But seriously folks, it depends upon your…perspective!
im going to make a list of things that i like… and things that i hate
this should be interesting
i might even post it on xanga
I’m off to check out your FUBARs … I could consider any personal claims to fame but alas it would only serve to depress me in my present situation – are Fubars fattening? I could sure use a hit right about now.
I can’t believe people would picket your booth! That is SO lame! Those people are SO close-minded. They have no idea how much their Christianity took from old Pagan religions! They make me crazy!
I am just starting to learn Tarot. I bought the Goddess deck and sometimes I am afraid to do spreads because they always come out so close to whatever situation I am in!
I think your memoirs would make a great book, but dealing with the fame part could be a problem too!
I’d buy the book!
I’ve been doing tarot for about 7years, never set up anywhere-just in my home for friends. I have a serious problem with people like those fundies…
-M