pick a card, any card.

a friend whom i read tarot cards for during the weekend sent a message saying what i told him seems to be coming true.

"what was it about?" i asked him. he replied it was about the job promotion; i vaguely remember the questions he asked about his job, much less the answers i gave.

i almost always forget whatever i tell people when i do card readings for them. many of the questions asked during a reading are personal, after all, and it feels like i am prying too much into their lives if i hold on to personal details like that.

on the other hand, since i don't keep track of what i say to people i read cards for, i never really get any kind of feedback from them. when i was reading professionally, it gets awkward when a new client asked for my "batting average" -- i have no way of measuring "accuracy" (if one could really objectively measure card reading accuracy).

to make a slight change of subject, last week my phone woke me up and i was a researcher from a local channel who called me. we spoke before, when he was asking about tarot cards for a local newsmagazine. this time he was asking if i had experience talking to the dead.

"no," i replied after the question had sunk in, "i don't." i told him i don't know anyone who was into necromancy either. he thanked me politely and disconnected the call. i'm so glad i don't have his job.