The Empress Goes Live (finally!)

So... my 2003 New Year's resolution is finally coming into fruition... Yes, I'm perfectly aware it's already 2006 and, come to think of it, starting a blog wasn't necessarily a 'resolution' per se... After all, I don't really spend enough time online to justify having a blog... Let's say this is just a baby step towards a more professional, world-wide-accessible Me.

Why 'The Empress'?

No, I don't have delusions of grandeur and I don't have any connection whatsoever to the over-priced-yet-luxurious five-star hotel in the core of downtown Victoria, British Columbia.

'The Empress' is actually the name of a tarot card. 'The Empress' card is one of the group of cards known as 'major arcana' -- for those in the know-how (or kind of), this means one of the 20-some cards that delve into the depths of universal forces at work. For those unfamiliar with tarot, the major arcana are the cards typically portrayed in hokey movies about fortune-telling and the paranormal.

It doesn't matter whether or not you believe in what a deck of picture cards of ancient origins can tell you about your past, present and future -- this is just a bit of background on why I've given this website its name.

You see, when I was little and my grandma read my tarot cards, the card that almost consistently kept appearing was -- yes -- The Empress.

So there.

Nice little babble to justify my very first posting ever...