New Book Review: Poisoned Love by Melanie Cane

21 02 2009

Hello all! I want to turn your attention to a review I’ve just written over on Crescent Moon Book Reviews for Melanie Cane’s memoir, Poisoned Love. It was a troubling yet fascinating read about a young, successful psychiatrist who suffers a breakdown and poisons her ex-boyfriend in an effort to win him back. What follows is her struggle to regain her grip on reality and her own mental health. I really enjoyed the book and invite you all to read my review! You can also find out more about Melanie on her website, here.

Thanks!





If You Want to Know Everything About Yourself…

12 02 2009

…then visit this link.

My birthday: December 10, 1979

Your date of conception was on or about 19 March 1979 which was a Monday.

You were born on a Monday
under the astrological sign Sagittarius.
Your Life path number is 3.

Your fortune cookie reads:
Love asks me no questions, and gives me endless support. Shakespeare

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 6 & 9.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 2, 5 & 11.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 4, 7, 8 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2444217.5.
The golden number for 1979 is 4.
The epact number for 1979 is 2.
The year 1979 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/28/1979 and ending 2/15/1980.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Goat.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Owl; your plant is Mistletoe.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Menchir, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence – Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 20 Kislev 5740.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 21 Kislev 5740.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.6.8.13 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 6 tun 8 uinal 13 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Monday, 20 Muharram 1400 (1400-1-20).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 15 April 1979.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 22 April 1979.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 28 February 1979.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 3 June 1979.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 10 June 1979.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Saturday, 22 September 1979.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Thursday, 12 April 1979.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 27 February 1979.

As of 2/12/2009 6:00:59 PM EST
You are 29 years old.
You are 350 months old.
You are 1,522 weeks old.
You are 10,657 days old.
You are 255,786 hours old.
You are 15,347,160 minutes old.
You are 920,829,659 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:

Raven-Symon‚ (1985) Kenneth Branagh (1960) Susan Dey (1952)
Dan Blocker (1928) Dorothy Lamour (1914) Chet Huntley (1911)
Emily Dickinson (1830)

Top songs of 1979

My Sharona by The Knack Bad Girls by Donna Summer
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? by Rod Stewart Reunited by Peaches & Herb
Hot Stuff by Donna Summer I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes Ring My Bell by Anita Ward
Babe by Styx Too Much Heaven by Bee Gees

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.17103718199609 years old. (You’re still chasing cats!)

Your lucky day is Thursday.
Your lucky number is 3.
Your ruling planet(s) is Jupiter & Neptune.
Your lucky dates are 3rd, 12th, 21st, 30th.
Your opposition sign is Gemini.
Your opposition number(s) is 5.

Today is not one of your lucky days!

There are 301 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 30 candles.

Those 30 candles produce 30 BTUs,
or 7,560 calories of heat (that’s only 7.5600 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.43 US ounces of water with that many candles.  

In 1979 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1979 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1979 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1979 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1979 the population of Australia was approximately 14,602,481.
In 1979 there were approximately 223,129 births in Australia.
In 1979 in Australia there were approximately 104,396 marriages and 37,854 divorces.
In 1979 in Australia there were approximately 106,568 deaths.

Your birthstone is Blue Zircon <!––>

The Mystical properties of Blue Zircon

Zircon helps one be more at peace with oneself.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Blue Topaz, Ruby, Lapis Lazuli


Your birth tree is

Hornbeam, the good taste Of cool beauty, cares for its looks and condition, good taste, tends to egoism, makes life as comfortable as possible, leads reasonable, disciplined life, looks for kindness, an emotional partner and acknowledgment, dreams of unusual lovers, is seldom happy with her feelings, mistrusts most people, is never sure of its decisions, very conscientious.


There are 316 days till Christmas 2009!
There are 329 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon’s phase on the day you were
born was waning gibbous.





The Sun Finally Shines…

3 02 2009

I woke up this morning with a huge smile on my face. The sunshine was streaming through the tiny cracks in the window blinds, and my boyfriend’s alarm clock had just gone off and was softly playing soothing classical music. That was almost three hours ago, and I’m still smiling. I had an appointment with my doctor, and she could tell right away that I was feeling better…immensely better. She was so happy and she congratulated me on taking control of my life. She’s decided to keep me on the same dose of Zoloft for at least the next six months, maybe even a year. It’s a little disheartening to know that I’ll probably have to be on this medication indefinitely, but at the same time, if it makes me finally feel normal, then why not?

Now I feel like I can finally get to know myself again. All the stressful things in my life are falling into their proper places. Yes, it’s important for me to get good grades in school, even just for myself, but not at the expense of the rest of my life. I’m not going to let school dominate me so much anymore. There are so many other things to focus on, even just simple things. Like the fact that the flowers on my kitchen table are blooming, or the feeling I get after a good workout, or the insane pleasure I get watching the news every morning. My goal this year is to take pleasure in the simple act of living my life.

Thanks again to everyone who has been so supportive of me. I wouldn’t be where I am without your kindness and good wishes!