http://little-people.blogspot.com/
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2.) from Aquarius to Pisces:
The constellation resembles two roundish objects, each of which is tied to the same point by a long length of string. Generally the objects have been considered as fish, although since, by including fainter stars visible to the naked eye, the strings themself take on the appearance of stick-figure bodies (with the roundish objects thus becoming heads), some forms of early Greek mythology viewed it as men bound to a point. It is generally thought that in earlier depictions, only thes constellation Piscis Austrinus was considered to be a fish.
According to one version in Greek mythology, this constellation represents fish into which Aphrodite and her son Eros transformed in order to escape the monstrous Typhon. The two fish are often depicted tied together with a cord (on their tails), to make sure they do not lose one another.
According to another version, since the binding point is below the ecliptic, and thus considered to represent being in the underworld, and that one of the figures (the one on the left) appears to escape, but the other (on the right) seems to head back toward the ecliptic, then, together with Cetus (another constellation in the Zodiac sign of Pisces), this may have formed the basis of the myth of the capture of Cerberus, one of The Twelve Labours of Hercules.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisces_%28constellation%29#Mythology
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3.) and from Pisces to the start of the zodiac, Aries (for Natalie, for Ian):
In mythology Aries is often associated with the Greek myth of the ram which carried Athamas's son Phrixus and daughter Helle to Colchis to escape their stepmother Ino, as well as the mythological figure of Theseus, from the Greek myth of the Minotaur.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aries_%28astrology%29
I remember reading somewhere that Aries is leaping over the part of the sky known as The Sea (see yesterday #6), but I cannot find where I read this.
an alternate way to connect the stars to see the ram running or jumping
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4.) Well I'm kind of getting sick of this astrological stuff I've been posting, but I guess there are only four left. As a break, have you heard of something called a flash mob?
A flash mob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief period of time, then quickly disperse.
The first attempt [in May 2003] was unsuccessful after the targeted retail store was tipped off about the plan for people to gather. ... [S]uch problems [were avoided] during the second flash mob, which occurred in June 3, 2003 at Macy's department store, by sending participants to preliminary staging areas—in four prearranged Manhattan bars—where they received further instructions about the ultimate event and location just before the event began.
More than one hundred people converged upon the ninth floor rug department of the store, gathering around an expensive rug. Anyone approached by a sales assistant was advised to say that the gatherers lived together in a warehouse on the outskirts of New York, that they were shopping for a "love rug", and that they made all their purchase decisions as a group.
Subsequently, 200 people flooded the lobby and mezzanine of the Hyatt hotel in synchronized applause for about fifteen seconds, and a shoe boutique in SoHo was invaded by participants pretending to be tourists on a bus trip.
These (or at least the first one in Macy's) were apparently organized by Bill Wasik, the senior editor of Harper's magazine as a social experiment designed to poke fun at hipsters and to highlight the cultural atmosphere of conformity and of wanting to be an insider or part of "the next big thing." However, to me, these would escape anything Bill thought he was doing.
Silent discos have attracted the largest flash mob gatherings to date. A "silent rave" at Victoria Station, London involved 4,000 participants. On 30 November 2006 another big event took place at Paddington station in the United Kingdom with more than 3,500 people in attendance.
Pillow fight flash mob: Pillows are sometimes hidden and at the exact pre-arranged time or the sound of a whistle, the pillow fighters pull out their pillows and commence pillow fighting. The pillow fights can last from a few minutes to several hours.
There is a 15 min. pillow fight planned to happen in Vancouver soon (March '08). Let me know if you're interested.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillow_fight_flash_mob
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