there's a new game in town . . .

Recently Abraham has started plugging a new process. I like to call it The Alphabet Game.

You start with the letter A and come up with a word that begins with that letter that is a feeling word and vortex-y sounding. Appreciation is a really good one, and they use it as an example almost always when they describe the game. I like adventure, too, and allowing. Then you go to B, using words like basking or . . . well, I always have a hard time with B. Beauty isn't really a feeling word, but it always occurs to me. Beloved is nice; I came up with that one today. Then you go to C, and on through the alphabet all the way to Z (zest).

When Abraham plays it with a workshop participant, they often say, "I'm really interested to hear your X word." I fantasize about being at a workshop and suggesting xenophilia, which would be more appropriate if it meant "love of all kinds of things" instead of "love of foreign people and cultures." Still, it could work.

I did it today during a massage, and ended up feeling really really wonderful by the time I got to zest. Really blissful (there's a good B word). So I decided to do it again during another massage and it didn't have quite the same impact. I suppose I play too many word games on the computer: all sorts of words would pop into my head for different letters (bulimia, for example, or horrific). So I'll limit that game to once per day unless I'm really really bored.

Then I thought about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We're on Season 5, and I had forgotten how creative Glory's minion is in his glorifications of his lady. "Yes, your silky smoothness," pops into my head.

So I went through the alphabet and came up with words that describe Jessica and naming her positive attributes, texting them to her one at a time all the way to Z between massage sessions. That was fun. (J is for jiggly jugs, in case you're wondering; though I did come up with a more serious J contribution. She does have really wonderful breasts.) In the original game (vortex words, not Jessica words), my favorite J word is Jessica, and I do get a nice warm fuzzy whenever I get there.

By this time you might be sick of hearing how awesome Jessica is. Well, she is pretty fucking awesome anyway, whether you like it or not. ;) Abraham says we should use any excuse to get into the vortex, and she is by far the easiest, most accessible excuse I have.

That's not to say that she's perfect. We have disagreements, and boredom and restlessness at times, but even in the midst of that, I know who she really is even when she's not feeling her best. She knows who I am even when I'm not feeling my best. Our relationship is built on who we really are, not what mood we're in at the moment, and that brings us to better moods around each other.

Today, in a workshop I was listening to, Abraham said that we look for people who bring us into the vortex consistently to be our mates, in which case most of us should marry our dogs. If I could marry Dmitri, I . . . ew. He's a dog. He's the best dog ever, but he's still a dog.

I think that's all for today. Happy alphabetizing!