Wakela’s World

I had previously been on the Myspace bandwagon. However, I am so sick of all of the spam that you get. There are way too many requests from men wanting to hook up. That is not why I blog. I blog because I love to write. I blog because I feel that I have so much inside of me that no one wants to listen to. I blog to let it all out. There is just so much going on. I basically blog just for me. If people take the time to read what I write, well thats good. If they decide to comment on it as well, then thats even better. I love feedback. I love to be able to share opinions.

My birthday

You were born on a Friday.
Your star sign is Libra.
The season was Autumn.
You are 35 years, 7 months, 22 days old.*
It is 131 days until your next Birthday.*
You are 13,018 days old.*
You are approximately 312,447 hours old.*
You are approximately 1,124,810,706 seconds old.*

Birthdays

Eddie Rickenbacker 1890
Juan Peron 1895
Billy Conn 1917
Rona Barrett 1936
Fred Stolle 1938
Paul Hogan 1939
David Carradine 1940
Fred Cash (The Impressions) 1940
Jesse Jackson 1941
George Bellamy (The Tornados) 1941
Buzz Clifford 1942
R.L. Stine 1943
Chevy Chase 1943
Susan Raye 1944
Tony Wilson (Hot Chocolate) 1947
Sarah Purcell 1948
Brian Glenwright 1949
Sigourney Weaver 1949
Hamish Stuart (Average White Band) 1949
Robert “Kool” Bell (Kool & the Gang) 1950
Johnny Cummings (Ramones) 1951
Ricky Lee Phelps (Brother Phelps) 1953
Michael Dudikoff 1954
Darrell Hammond 1955
Stephanie Zimbalist 1956
Mitch Marine (Tripping Daisy) 1961
Steve Perry (Cherry Poppin’ Daddies) 1963
C.J. Ward (The Ramones) 1965
Teddy Riley 1966
Emily Proctor 1968
Matt Damon 1970
Kristanna Loken 1979
Byron Reeder (Mista) 1979
Nick Cannon 1980
Angus T. Jones 1993

World History

1871 - The Great Fire of Chicago broke out destroying about 17,450 buildings. About 250 people were killed and 90,000 were left homeless.

1871 - Peshtigo, WI, was destroyed by a forest fire. Over 1,100 people were killed by the fire that eventually burned across 6 counties.

1895 - The Berliner Gramophone Company was founded in Philadelphia, PA.

1904 - “Little Johnny Jones” opened in Hartford, CT.

1915 - During World War I, the Battle of Loos concluded.

1918 - U.S. Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 in the Argonne Forest in France. York had originally tried to avoid being drafted as a conscientious objector. After this event his was promoted to sergeant and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

1919 - The first transcontinental air race in the U.S. began.

1934 - Bruno Hauptmann was indicted for the murder of the infant son of Charles A. Lindbergh.

1935 - “The O’Neills” debuted on CBS radio.

1938 - The cover of “The Saturday Evening Post” portrayed Norman Rockwell.

1944 - “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” debuted on CBS radio.

1945 - U.S. President Truman announced that only Britain and Canada would be given the secret to the atomic bomb.

1950 - U.N. forces crossed into North Korea from South Korea.

1952 - “The Complete Book of Etiquette” was published for the first time.

1956 - Donald James Larsen (New York Yankees) pitched the first perfect game in the history of the World Series.

1957 - Jack Soble, a confessed Soviet spy, was sentenced to seven years in prison for espionage.

1957 - The Brooklyn Baseball Club announced that it had accepted a deal to move the Dodgers to Los Angeles.

1966 - The U.S. Government declares that LSD is dangerous and an illegal substance.

1970 - Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize for literature.

1979 - “Sugar Babies” opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on Broadway.

1981 - U.S. President Reagan greeted former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon to the White House. The group was preparing to leave for Egypt to attend the funeral of Anwar Sadat.

1982 - In Poland, all labor organizations, including Solidarity, were banned.

1991 - A slave burial site was found by construction workers in lower Manhattan. The “Negro Burial Ground” had been closed in 1790. Over a dozen skeletons were found.

1993 - The U.S. government issued a report absolving the FBI of any wrongdoing in its final assault in Waco, TX, on the Branch Davidian compound. The fire that ended the siege killed as many as 85 people.

1996 - Pope John Paul II underwent a successful operation to remove his inflamed appendix.

1998 - Taliban forces attacked Iranian border posts. Iran said that three border posts were destroyed before the Taliban forces were forced to retreat. The Taliban of Afghanistan denied the event occurred.

1998 - Canada and Netherlands were voted into the U.N. Security Council.

2001 - Tom Ridge, former Governor of Pennsylvania, was sworn in as director of the new U.S. department of Homeland Security.

2001 - Rush Limbaugh announced to his listeners that he was totally deaf in his left ear and had only partial hearing in his right ear. The condition had happened in a three month period.

2001 - Two Russian cosmonauts made the first spacewalk to be conducted outside of the international space station without a shuttle present.

2002 - A federal judge approved U.S. President George W. Bush’s request to reopen West Coast ports, to end a caustic 10-day labor lockout. The lockout was costing the U.S. economy an estimated $1 billion to $2 billion a day.

2003 - China announced that it would have a human crew orbit the Earth briefly on October 15.

2003 - Vietnam and the United States reached a tentative agreement that would allow the first commercial flights between the two countries since the end of the Vietnam War.

2003 - It was announced that Vivendi Universal and General Electric Co. had reached an agreement to merge. The name for the combined company was NBC Universal.

2003 - Siegfried Fischbacher and his manager announced that the “Siegfried and Roy” show at the Mirage was canceled permanently. It was also said that if Roy Horn survived, after a tiger attack on October 3, the duo would continue to work together.

2004 - The first-ever direct presidential elections were held in Afghanistan.

2004 - At Alderson Federal Prison Camp, WV, Martha Stewart began her five-month prison sentence. The sentence was imposed for Stewart lying about a stock sale.

Music History

1585 - Composer Heinrich Schutz was born.

1870 - Composer Louis Vierne was born.

1892 - Sergei Rachmaninoff performed “Prelude in C-sharp Minor” publicly for the first time in Moscow.

1904 - “Little Johnny Jones” opened in Hartford, CT.

1935 - Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard were married.

1941 - The Benny Goodman Orchestra recorded “Buckle Down Winsocki”, with Tom Dix as featured vocalist.

1956 - The show “Lawrence Welk’s Top Tunes and New Talent” debuted.

1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis recorded the song “Great Balls Of Fire.”

1968 - Cass Elliot debuted as a solo act in Las Vegas, NV. She cancelled the two-week gig after one show because of tonsillitis and lack of rehearsal.

1971 - “Imagine” was recorded by John Lennon.

1977 - Billy Joel released his album “The Stranger.”

1980 - Bob Marley collapsed onstage during a show in Pittsburgh, PA. It was the last show he would ever perform. He died seven months later of cancer.

1980 - Prince released the album “Dirty Mind”.

1984 - Anne Murray won the Country Music Association’s Album of the Year Award for “A Little Good News”. Murray was the first woman to achieve this award.

1987 - Chuck Berry was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1987 - The Chuck Berry biographical film “Hail, Hail Rock & Roll” premiered.

1988 - Keith Richards appeared as a musical guest on “Saturday Night Live.”

1992 - The U.S. Postal Service announced the commemorative stamp booklet that would include Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter, Dinah Washington, and Otis Redding.

1994 - “Elvis Aaron Presley - The Tribute” was aired as a pay-per-view special.

1996 - Jimmy Chamberlin, formerly of the Smashing Pumpkins, pled guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with the heroin related death of Jonathan Melvin.

2001 - Liza Minnelli performed at the White House at a Columbus Day celebration.

2004 - Beanie Sigel was sentenced to a year in federal prison on a gun-possession charge that stemmed from a traffic stop in 2002.

2004 - It was announced that all legal documents for Britney Spears’ marriage to dancer Kevin Federline had been filed. The marriage had taken place on September 18, 2004.

Friday, October 08, 1971
Top News Headlines This Week:
Oct 8 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Oct 8 - John Lennon releases his megahit “Imagine”

Top Songs for 1971
Knock Three Times by Dawn Maggie May by Rod Stewart
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by Bee Gees
Joy to the World by Three Dog Night
Family Affair by Sly & the Family Stone
It’s Too Late by Carole King
One Bad Apple by Osmonds
Brand New Key by Melanie
Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves by Cher Go
Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond

US President
Richard M. Nixon
US Vice President
Spiro T. Agnew

1971 Prices
Bread: $0.25/loaf
Milk: $1.32/gal
Eggs: $1.18/doz
Car: $3,742
Gas: $0.36/gal
House: $28,300
Stamp: $0.08/ea
Avg Income: $11,583/yr
Min Wage: $1.60/hr
DOW Avg: 890

Academy Award Winners
Best Picture: The French Connection
Directed By William Friedkin
Best Actor: Gene Hackman in The French Connection
Best Actress: Jane Fonda in Klute

People born on October 8
1971 - Boomer [Norman] Ellison, NFL wide receiver (SD Chargers)

On TV in 1971
The Ed Sullivan Show
Adam-12
The Brady Bunch
The Carol Burnett Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
All in the Family
Hawaii Five-0
Mission: Impossible
Columbo
Gunsmoke
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
Hogan’s Heroes Bonanza
Green Acres
Bewitched
The Odd Couple

Hot New Toys in 1971
Mastermind
Stay Alive
Kicktail Skateboard
Split-Level Aggravation

Top Books in 1971
The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Cromer Byars A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

Events and birthdays around the world on this day…
In 1604 The supernova called Kepler’s nova is first sighted.
In 1869 J. Frank Duryea, with his brother, invented first auto built and operated in the US.
In 1873 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram), born.
In 1890 Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator, born.
In 1895 Juan Peron, president of Argentina (1946-55, 1973-74), born.
In 1897 Rouben Mamoulian, movie director, born.
In 1906 Karl Nessler demonstrates the first ‘permanent wave’ for hair, in London.
In 1918 Sgt. Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans.
In 1920 Frank Herbert, sci-fi writer (Dune), born.
In 1935 Ozzie and Harriet Nelson married.
In 1940 David Carradine, actor (Kung fu, Death Race 2000), born.
In 1943 Chevy Chase, comedian, actor (SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack), born.
In 1944 Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet debut on CBS radio.
In 1945 President Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada.
In 1949 Sigourney Weaver (in Los Angeles), actor (Aliens, GhostBusters), born.
In 1951 Johnny Ramone, rock guitarist, born.
In 1962 N. Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers’ Party.
In 1970 Soviet author Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit.
In 1978 Kenneth Warby sets world speed record on water (514 kph).
In 1981 Pres. Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford and Richard Nixon before their trip to Egypt for Anwar Sadat’s funeral.
In 1995 OJ Simpson acquitted for double murder of his Ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

Well I finally realized why it seems like everyone around me is arguing. Those of us who are sensitive to the energies of the planets are having to deal with mercury in retrograde. When mercury goes retro, it causes a breakdown in communications. At the moment, mercury is retro in pisces. Here is some info from Astrology on the Net.

Mercury retro in Pisces, the sign of his fall, creates mental and emotional confusion, with strange dreams and sometimes psychic experiences. Mental processes being entwined with emotions, we find it hard to separate ideas and opinions from passion and idealism. Our mental orientation can be unstable, unrealistic and overly-spiritual, but it also inclines to laziness and increases the urge to consume alcohol. Nervousness and stress, even unfounded fears and paranoia are stimulated, especially from working or living in a hostile environment. Maintain privacy and dignity in the working environment and don’t try to read between the lines, when there is really nothing to find.

Mercury moves back into Aquarius on February 27. This inclines us to eschew current fashion and dress in a style entirely our own. Mercury here can be very stubborn and opinionated, while at the same time maintaining liberal, unbiased attitudes. Avoid any temptation to be disloyal to friends, or to criticize if not slander them. Do not use your friends coldly to further your own ends.

I know that there are people I am fighting with that I wish I weren’t. I just don’t know how to stop it now. It has snowballed beyond what I can fix.

Last nights dream was extremely bizarre. Even though when I think about the events, it seems like it was short. While I was having the dream, it seemed like it went on all night.

The dream starts out where I am sitting in the pool area of what looks like my old house. I am out there with another female, a six year old boy and a black poodle. The dog was not one that I had owned in the past. In fact, the female and the child did not even look like people I actually know.

While sitting there, the kids next door started shooting fireworks at us over the wooden fence. At first we thought that they were bad fireworks that even though they were aiming at the sky, they were coming over at us. Then we realized that they were intentionally pointing them into our pool area. Well, the little boy started running around with a firework chasing after him. I threw the kid into the pool to get him away from the firework.

I decided that I was going to go next door. In the wooden fence between our houses there was a gate. I opened it up only to find another gate. Opening this revealed a third gate. I had to squeeze through the small opening that was left after opening all three gates. As I was opening the gates, the kids scattered.

I knocked on their back door which was made of glass. The man of the house opened the door. I explained to him what was going on. He said that his kids could not be doing things like that. I assured him that they were. So I asked him and his wife to come back to my house to see the mess.

I went straight towards the gates that I had left open. Previously I had not noticed that between the gates and a phone pole was a chain link fence that wasn’t even up to our knees. The couple placed their hands on the pole for balance and stepped up onto the chain link fence. Then they hoped down onto the other side. It was much easier then trying to squeeze through the small opening, but that is what I had done. I went back through the gates.

Once over there, I was showing them the damage that was caused by the fireworks. I told them that one was even chasing my son around the pool. This child is not my real life son. Then the poodle started doing a little dance show for the people. It apparently liked to perform.

The next door neighbors six year old daughter drove up in a car into our backyard. She was drunk and even had a beer in her hand. They were not even surprised she had been drinking or even driving for that matter. I was outraged. They apparently let their kids do whatever they want. The lady who was in the backyard with me started asking me if I had seen “cousin Raul”. I kept telling her no. She became frantic looking for him. I don’t have any cousins named Raul.

That was one of the most bizarre dreams that I have had in quite some time.

If you have any insight into what this dream meant, please leave a comment.

Well, everything is all moved over. This totally sucks!! I hate it here. My computer is downstairs. I have it hooked up and I am using boxes to create a desk. Brenda offered to buy one and I pay her back later. I am just too tired and depressed to go to a store. I don’t have internet access at the moment. I need to get a wireless router set up in order to even do that. Debbie offered to let me set my computer & desk up in her office. She was supposed to move the couch out so I could set it up. She knew that I would be completely moved over as of today. Do you think anything is moved? Of course not!! I hate my life!!

A few years ago, my mom had read a book called “Messengers” by Julia Ingram and GW Hardin. This book is supposedly a true story about a man named Nick Bunick who is able to communicate with angels. Nick states that one of the main ways that the angels communicate with us is through 444. He had started noticing that the number kept appearing in various ways whenever the angels were with him, such as time, signs, etc.

Well, today I was very upset and depressed. I was to the point that I wanted to walk out on my job. I finally left the office around 3pm to go get lunch. At Burger King, I ordered the Angus combo. This should have cost me a little over $5 since the base price without tax is $5.07. However, some way my bill came out to $4.44. I asked the guy if the total was correct. He said that it was. When I got the receipt none of it made sense. It was talking about the angus as only 98 cents and some fish sandwich. My order was completely correct though. I got the angus combo. Some way it was rung up so that it equaled exactly $4.44.

I felt like this was my mom watching over me. Letting me know that everything is going to be ok. It was really soothing for me. I was desperately needing a sign from her. I had been feeling so alone up until then.

Most people don’t understand how I can feel so alone all the time. I try to explain that I can feel completely alone in a full room of people I know. I don’t know why I am like this, but I am. I know that it isn’t healthy. I just don’t know what to do. I went to counceling for a few years when alot of things were going on with my ex. However, this wasn’t something that I was able to “fix”. At that time, my depression had lessened. I know that it has been worse again. I am trying to deal with it. I think I have been handling it well so far. Only a few major break downs.

I am thankful that I have had a few people who I was able to talk to when I was at my worst. I know that Brazen is probably sick of my by now.

Well, I need to get back to packing. I have only been getting a few hours of sleep per night trying to get things done around here. I just don’t feel like I am going to get it all done in time. I don’t want my sisters mad at me if I still have stuff to pack on Sat. I am exhausted to the point that I am getting sick.

I just keep telling myself that if I finish completely on Sat, then I can sleep all day on Sunday and worry about unpacking next weekend.

Well life has been totally sucky!! I am having to move in with DC & SC. Their house is a total disaster area. There are boxes everywhere there. NS, BC & I went over to start moving some of my stuff there this weekend. The room that I am supposed to have still had some of their crap in it. That slowed us down a bit. We had to move that out. My body aches from head to toe. I have been puking all morning. I am pushing my body past its limits. But I need to. I have to be completely out of here for next weekend. I only have a little bit more to pack and move over there. Then I can completely just pass out. I keep ignoring the chest pains I have been having. I am not sure if they are anxiety related, stress related, or heart related. I have been putting off having my cardiac panel done again because I know its still going to be way too high.

My mom finally passed away last night. I wish I could say that it was completely peaceful. She was gasping for air at the end. I am just so glad that she is no longer in any pain. Her pain had become her existence. That is no way to be. She can now be at peace.

I may only have a few friends, but I am thankful for the ones that I do have. Even those that I have met over the internet. All of those cyberhugs help!! Thank you for all of your support.

Well, I found out last night that one of my cousin’s had passed away. He was in a very bad motorcycle accident a few years ago. He was DOA at the hospital. They were able to revive him. His health was pretty bad after that. He died in his sleep on Thursday night. They think that his heart had given out. I just hope that he went peacefully and didn’t suffer.

May Wayne rest in peace

I also got a call from my sister Brenda today. My mom’s knee seems to be getting worse. I am not staying with her right now. I am staying at my sister Debbie’s house. Nancy and Brenda are talking about taking my mom to the emergency room if it gets any worse.

Ok. So right now, I am staying at my sister DC’s house watching her dog. I have been here for two nights now. Last night was totally bizarre. Today is my late day at work, so I don’t have to wake up early or anything. I first woke up at around 7am. I rolled over and looked at the clock. Way too early!! I don’t even need to be up until 10am. So I roll right back over and fall asleep. I went into such a deep sleep that time!! It was wonderful. Next thing I know (in my sleep), I hear a woman saying “Norma, don’t you want to wake up?” I don’t recall hearing myself answer her. I remember (in my sleep) just rolling myself deeper into the blankets and ignoring her. She starts to push me off the bed. I feel myself falling. It seemed like forever. Next thing I know, I wake up. I was still in the bed. I only had a sheet covering me. Not the heavy blanket that was in that dream. It felt so real though. When I woke up, I was very groggy & disoriented. I had only fallen back asleep for about an hour and a half. It almost feels like I may have been out of my body and she pushed me back into it. Hmmmmm!!!