by Ruthie Hochman

Created on: January 07, 2010

The Criminal and the Artist

"I have built my organization upon fear." ~ Al Capone

Recently, I was given the challenge of experiencing a string of let us say, bad luck- a series of unfortunate events.  Now, I am not one to believe in coincidence, so when these unlucky occurrences occurred back-to-back, I kicked into full hyper-vigilance gear and did my best to discern the order of it all.  And while I upped the ante several notches, okay lots, I decisively remained one rung below the step of outright paranoia on the ladder.  It's all about a balancing act, folks-razor-sharp edge.

Amongst the approximately 30 conversations, maybe more, I had with customer service agents last week, I only went "Christian Bale" on 3! I am human... AND they were not the shiniest apples on the tree... Plus, a lot of other episodic soap opera-like drama was unfolding for me, too. My limits were being tested to the extreme! By last Thursday night I was incredulous or hysterical with laughter at how absurd all the events were.  From one vantage point-mine, it was all very funny, no seriously, because it was just too damn much stuff for it not to be!  Maybe I just have an ironic sense of humor?

But, between me & you, I was kind of glad to know I still had it in me - the temper thing - especially because I've been really nice and calm for a long time- so, it was good to reaffirm that when backed into a corner, I still can (and will) attack! Yikes!  Mars and Pluto rule my Sun... what can I say?  Thank G-d for the large doses of Libra so generously occupying my stars.

So, to make a long story very short, let us just say some peeps were really trying to get into my business this past week. The nerve!  And... even with all of my "psychic" abilities at my disposal, the best I could do is narrow down the perps to two classes: 1) Someone I know. 2) Someone I don't know. Frankly, for my own psychological comfort, I decided it would be 2. But I, of course, never underestimate the power of 1. 

It took me the better part of last week to create a fortress of protection around my affairs that would rival Fort Knox.  My security is so tight now, I can't even get into my life... go figure!

I happen to be a natural detective-always trying to get to the bottom of things, often times reading into things.  I do my best to stay within the parameters of reality regarding the latter, since I only want to see into what is really there-even if what is truly

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