Just wanted to follow-up with a few things from my recent Santeria reading… If you remember, the Santero warned me about stepping in holes and twisting my ankle. Well, one night last week, I was walking in the grass by a sidewalk with some friends, and stepped on a metal plate - the kind that cover wires of something. And wouldn’t ya know, but it gave way and my foot sank into it. Luckily I didn’t hurt myself, but it was extremely close. If my foot had been an inch or two differently placed in any direction, I would have twisted by ankle badly, maybe even broken some bones.

Also recently, I played a pick-up game of pool at a local bar with an old-woman. She spent almost the whole time telling me how I should apply for a job at Microsoft. It was weird, but especially weird in light of what the Santero said about needing to figure out my career and that I should try to dream bigger than I ever thought possible. You don’t get much bigger than Microsoft. And I’m not going to go through with it, but the point was well-taken anyway.

One other thing, he suggested I get into gardening; I’m currently waiting to hear back about a job doing just that. I have no experience in it though, so who knows. I also recently found out I’m having an article published in New Dawn Magazine, and have pitched three other articles elsewhere.

Also was sent a really interesting article by my brother-in-law about how Cubans and Cuban-Americans are engaging in a whole host of Santeria rituals both for and against Castro’s health. Good stuff!