holiday mantis

newest purchase

2009-02-18T10:20:00.000-08:00

busted blog

2009-02-17T08:24:00.000-08:00

it's a good thing i have all these blogs to pass the time at work.

i'm connected to my roommate. want proof?

last night i was walking the one block from work to our apartment and i thought, 'i'm hungry. maybe nathan will want to order a pizza and get some beer.' we don't often order pizza, btw.

i walked in the door and we did our usual 'heeeyyyyy's and then as i was disrobing from my dorkpack and coat he shouted 'wanna order a pizza?' and then i told him how i was thinking exactly that he said 'i just drank two beers' and then i had to drink a beers too.

that one beers made me feel buzzed. the pizza was late and cold. it's okay, though. psychic powers help good feelings transcend mediocre situations.

yawwwn

2009-02-16T10:59:00.000-08:00

anything totally whacky happen to y'all on friday the 13th?

nothing too weird here to report, except for this:

(photo deleted for fear of retribution. sometimes holiday forgets that everyone can access blogs.)

his name is antwon (sp), and we call him 'inappropriate laugher.' he's in love with the newest bar-hip-sta at pause and he was at ollie's when jeff and i were out on friday night. the three of us laughed like maniacs for a while, and then he said weird stuff to us.

yawwwwn.

send me things. this blog is falling so flat.

happy holiday!

2009-02-12T14:53:00.000-08:00

here's a friday the thirteenth post, written prematurely because i don't think i'll actually have time to blog on friday the thirteenth.

this is mostly going to be a link dump, for which i apologize. it's kind of funny. i have a distaste for link dumps (no offense, ian) on other blogs. i think i'm in over my head with this holiday mantis stuff, maybe. or maybe i'm lacking real things to blog about (help me out, people! KC is my only contributor so far! she totally wins a prize for that).

Here's some links, fools:

- an account of my day Friday, June 13, 2008

- what about.com has to say about the purported unluckiness of friday 13ths

- a way better compilation by crystalinks about F the 13

i'm hoping for some magic akin to full moon magic to grace me this friday the 13th. barring that, we've got another in march, so i've got a second chance.

when i was a kid, i was afraid freddy kruger was in the toilet and wanted to eat my butt when i tinkled.

please send me accounts of any and all wackiness you encounter on friday the thirteenth.

i love you,
holiday mantis xoxox

world's end

2009-02-11T13:33:00.001-08:00

some links related to the coming apocalypse:

-- this might be my new favorite blog

-- so many ouroboros

for anyone who doesn't know me, i'm all about the ouroboros. that shit is Truth.

my first assignment

2009-02-09T14:28:00.000-08:00

sweet kristina sent me a dream to interpret! i, of course, became kind of distracted from this blog for a few days, but here i am with a response!

in her dream, the current girlfriend (we'll call her F) of kristina's ex (we'll call him N) meets up with kristina in a mall parking lot. they hug and kiss, then F tells kristina that N is in trouble and they drive to a dingy single-story house so kristina can coax him from the room he's locked himself in. N won't talk to to F and has cuts on his arms.

inside the house, kristina finds herself in a hallway of closed doors. she tries a few before sensing the correct door. she enters and N looks how he did when they were dating and is wearing kristina's favorite outfit of his from their relationship.

here's the climax of the dream in kristina's words:

i talk to him about faith and what shes trying to do by having me there and i go on asking him what the problem is. i rub his cuts to let him know i know they're there. i do things to him i would've done when we were dating like stroking his face and rubbing his back. after a few minutes he starts to squeeze my hand back and looks at me. he starts talking. he tells me he finds no meaning in life and doesn't understand why he's alive..but can't kill himself because he doesn't want to hurt the people he loves. he walks around the room and paces. there is a noose hanging from the ceiling and he taps it so it swings back and forth. i tell him he can't treat his girlfriend the way he has been and reference my own experience as his girlfriend. faith knocks on the door and comes in with urgency. its like the hallway has tons of energy and the room we're in is solemn. i act as a mediator between them while there is some arguing going on between them. in the dream i remember feeling emotional about both of them. wanting them both to be happy, and simultaneously being attracted to both of them. when i was feeling all of that at once i woke up..it seemed out of confusion.

holiday mantis says:

dreams usually aren't as straightforward as they seem. this probably had little to do with N and F, and more to do with some other relationship/situation that's giving you trouble right now. our brain uses comfortable, familiar images to relay what our subconscious wants to tell us.

i've read that when someone of the opposite sex takes center stage in a dream, that person usually represents the dreamer. so maybe you've been closing yourself off to people that care about you? maybe you're mistreating someone you're involved with?

the cuts on N's arms is significant. cuts, and blood in particular, are thought to represent emotional wounds. rubbing them, to me, seems like you're working to soothe those wounds. that's good!!

the presence of F and N in the dream probably has something to do with coming into contact with one or both of them sometime close to dreaming the dream. and the attraction to them and wanting happiness for both of them is probably valid and true.

buildings in dreams are always important because they usually are representative of the dreamer's self. so this is a little, dark and dingy house. you're feeling small? my dreams are pretty much always dark, so i'm not going to dwell on what the darkness means.

i think a lot of this you have to figure out for yourself, but the hallway having a lot of energy, i'd guess, would be good. it means you're feeling powerful right down to your core.

anyway, those are the symbols that seemed most important to me. i think, even though it seems like a sad and traumatic dream, it has some positive implications.

keep 'em comin'!

love,
holiday mantis

dreamin' of my baby

2009-02-08T11:08:00.000-08:00

ok, i promise to post an interpretation of a dream submitted a few days ago by kristina really really soon.

i created this blog to fend off feelings of boredom and loneliness, and then i started gettin' social and it was nice out yesterday and i got distracted.

anyway, last night i had yet another clairvoyant dream about a dear friend of mine. every time i have these dreams it seems to have been weeks since we've last spoken. they're always sad dreams and signify bad things for him.

then i contact him to tell him and he says that the dream was an accurate interpretation of what's really going on with him.

it happened last night (that witchy full moon!!) and my vision of him was emotionally accurate.

it's sad that i can't be there to help him, but it's nice to be connected.

we held hands in my dream, but we made out in real life once.

2009 horoscopes

2009-02-04T14:36:00.000-08:00

my first horoscope installment (valentine's day lovescopes are on the way!) for pause cafe:

ARIES: smile at strangers. you'll regret angering the wrong person. your cosmic drink: red eye

TAURUS: you will beat the economic downtown if you learn to compromise. your cosmic drink: english breakfast tea

GEMINI: sshhh! let others do the talking this year. your cosmic drink: double espresso

CANCER: don't worry. everything is going to be okay. your cosmic drink: hot cocoa with marshmallows

LEO: save the drama for your mama. don't worry about petty stuff this year. your cosmic drink: mocha latte

VIRGO: virgos gone wild in '09! live it up! your cosmic drink: cappuccino

LIBRA: you should take up transcendental meditation this year. trust me. your cosmic drink: cafe au lait

SCORPIO: don't be afraid to reach out and hug someone. your cosmic drink: coffee. black.

SAGITTARIUS: sprinkle your loved ones with tokens of your affection. your cosmic drink: green tea latte

CAPRICORN: this is your year. don't screw it up. your cosmic drink: americano

AQUARIUS: stand up for your beliefs. buy that iphone you want. your cosmic drink: water!

PISCES: you will finally hone your ESP this year! your cosmic drink: king crimson tea

i bite cosmic heads

2009-02-04T14:16:00.000-08:00

welcome to my umpteenth blog. i'll try to make this introductory post as comprehensive and cohesive as possible.

here's the deal:
this is my cyberspace for sharing my mystical musings. warm reception and surprising interactions from kitchen synch have inspired me to start this blog. also, duke and wally have inspired me.

i will share horoscopes that i write to amuse customers on this blog. i will share dream interpretations. i will share clairvoyant moments. i will share any other mystical happening that makes adam roll his eyes when i giddily tell him about them.

i invite you to share your dreams with me, so i may attempt to interpret them. i invite you to share clairvoyant moments. i invite you to send me photos of your palms (seriously! please do this! this was the initial idea i had for this blog!) for me to read and post here. also, hand-writing samples would be cool; i'd like to get into analyzing that.

i want this to be a community thing. kitchen synch has led to a lot of e-mails, txts, phone calls and face-to-face discussions with friends and past acquaintances about synchronicities. it tickles my heart when someone i haven't seen/heard from/thought of in months and months emails me to tell me that they've been reading my blog and had a synchronicity and were compelled to tell me about it. let's keep it going!

lastly, i'm sure you're all wondering what the heck a holiday mantis is. well, I am a holiday mantis. i am the one and only. you'd like a little background on my nom de plume? i'd be delighted:

for about a week and half i was posting daily horoscopes at the coffee shop that employs me. my favorite customers liked to read them. the astrologer i fancied clipping is named holiday mathis. D W dubbed me 'holiday mantis' and it has stuck ever since. she is my mystical alter ego.