News
You're probably becoming more interested in what's going on in the world, even if you're not quite ready to deal with it face-to-face. Below are some good news sources on the Web.
- CANOE
- CNN
- Guardian Unlimited
- The MoJo Wire
- New York Times
- The Paperboy
- Reuters
- The Times
- USA Today
- The Washington Post
- The Wire
- WorldNews.com
Music
- In keeping with
this page's theme of bringing the outside world in to soothe and stimulate you,
I highly recommend listening to sounds of nature, either alone or mixed with new-age
music. I myself love listening to either the sounds of the ocean, to rain or a
mountain stream (hard to believe I wasn't born under a water sign!).
- Seal
is one of my favorite artists. I think he's a good choice for your frame
of mind. Here are some clips from his music in RealAudio:
- Don't Cry - from Seal (2nd album)
- Prayer for the Dying - from Seal (2nd album)
- Human Beings - from Human Beings
- Sarah
McLachlan is another of my favorite musical artists. Her painfully beautiful music
and lyrics are a good balance for you right now; not too sad, but not abrasively
upbeat.
- Possession - from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
- Building a Mystery - from Surfacing
- I Will Remember You - from Mirrorball
Reading
The Power of Myth is a life-altering book that sprang from a series of conversations between Bill Moyers and mythologist/storyteller Joseph Campbell.
Socializing
- How about just
"pretend" socializing? The Sims is a game
that lets you create a family or a single person. You can either make them into
an anti-social loner or the life of the party. It's very addictive.
- One game,
or life simulation, that I have become interested in (okay, addicted to), is Creatures.
It's more complicated than Petz, but when they
die (which they do), they're still not real. Here's a picture of one from Creatures
1 sleeping.
- You're
probably not ready to meet people in real life, so how about getting to know some
people online?
- Chelle
is an incandescent soul who has created Chelle's
Cozy Corner, a "meandering mix of strange pages". She raises llamas, creates
wonderful web pages and does Innerviews,
my favorite of which is Max
A' La Macho. She also has links to many other pages with a mystical, spiritual
bent.
- Online
games are a good way to socialize without going outside. I play a Halfling druid,
among other characters, on Everquest.
- The WELL is the original online community, where the talk is intelligent.
- Cafe Utne is another online community with intelligent discussion.
- bianca: the alternative online community
- Chelle
is an incandescent soul who has created Chelle's
Cozy Corner, a "meandering mix of strange pages". She raises llamas, creates
wonderful web pages and does Innerviews,
my favorite of which is Max
A' La Macho. She also has links to many other pages with a mystical, spiritual
bent.
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