PAK Dictionary of names:

http://www.pressanykey.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/pak//names.cgi

Although your name of Alicia gives you a good appreciation of material values, business ability, and skill in organizing and managing others, your success is restricted by a lack of self-confidence and initiative. This name brings out a practical, materialistic quality, with a strong desire for a good standard of living in an environment where you are in contact with refined, successful people. You try to further your interests through pursuing the association of people with influence. Being well-groomed and well-dressed at all times is important to you as you always strive to make a good impression on others. Your interests are more focused on your social life and convivial living, with any pressing or difficult issues being put off as long as possible. Any weakness in the health would affect the fluid functions, and you could suffer through kidney trouble or female problems.

Your name of Catherine gives you the ability to understand people and to merge conflicting viewpoints to create harmony in association. You dislike facing issues or witnessing hurt feelings. You make friends easily but must guard against becoming involved in the affairs of others or being too easily led. You could do well working with the public giving advice, where you can use your skills in diplomacy in handling people, but where you are not under pressure or required to carry responsibility and make decisions. You find it difficult to make snap decisions and to occupy a leadership position as you lack self-confidence. You dislike heavy manual work; as well, you are inclined to put plans off until forced to take action. You find it difficult to be systematic in business and you dislike budgeting. Without the encouragement of others, you lack the energy, confidence, or initiative required to bring an idea to fruition. This name creates weaknesses in the fluids of the body, kidneys, or glandular system.

I don't think the first one fits me, but the second one does a bit. What do you guys think?

A BOUT DE SOUFFLE or BREATHLESS

This is an awesome film and I highly recommend it. It's a French film that's known as A Bout De Souffle in France and Breathless in America. I was surprised that I had never heard about it before.

http://similarminds.com/maslow.html

Physiological Needs		||||||	27%
Safety Needs		||||||||||	37%
Love Needs		||||||||||	40%
Esteem Needs		||||||||||	37%
Self-Actualization		||||||||||||||||||	80%

Abraham Maslow authored the Hierarchy of Needs theory, stating that human beings are motivated by unsatisfied needs, and that certain lower needs have to be satisfied before higher needs can be attended to. It is debatable that needs fulfillment occur in as linear a fashion as Maslow presents (or that Maslows needs structure is entirely accurate), but you can decide that for yourself. Also, higher needs tend to be more complex and vague in what qualifies as need satisfaction. The following results are listed in the order Maslow defined.

Physiological Needs : you appear to have everything you need to survive physically. Maslow speculates that without satisfying basic needs (food, shelter, health) one cannot achieve higher levels of development. This generally makes sense, but the history of starving artists and successful artists who tanked after they became wealthy is important to note.

Safety Needs: you appear to have a very stable life. Maslow speculates that without stability (security, safety, consistency), you can't progress to higher levels of development. Neuroscience research would appear to support this, as higher stress contributes to higher cortisol levels which impair memory and thinking functions. However, low stress can also lead to obesity and cardiac degeneration. The lazier and weak you become, the more stressful the most minimal tasks and stimuli become.

Love Needs: you appear to be somewhat content with the quality of your social connections. Maslow speculates that discontentment in your connections with others stalls development. Whether the resolution of love needs comes with good relationships and/or learning to be more internally fulfilled is a question Maslow does not answer. But history would suggest many advanced minds had few relationships so this stage would seem to be more about resolving internal perceptions than as a call for measuring/achieving happiness by quality of external relationships.

Esteem Needs: you appear to have a high level of skill competence. Maslow speculates that until you develop a good skill set (talent, trade, expertise that you excel at) you will be unable to develop further as an individual (much less reliably support yourself financially). This could mean being a good musician, painter, doctor, carpenter, etc.. On some level this stage also requires getting over the need to be appreciated for that skill, internally and/or externally. Even if you develop a skill, you still might be hung up on the need to have other people validate you or you might internally doubt yourself. Then again, you might not be appreciated, or appreciate yourself because your skills are still too undeveloped.

Self-Actualization: you appear to have a high level of individual development. Maslow speculates that individual development is the pinnacle of existence, this means pursuing a career/life that really fits who you are and want to be internally (not based on external and societal expectations). The self actualized person is free from superficial concerns and is internally honest.

I'm back, I'm back!

The hurricane ended up missing us, so nothing bad happened to us, which is fortunate. Thanks so much to those who were concerned... I appreciate it.

I've been going to work lately, and I'm liking it so far. I'm starting at the university this Monday, so I have been pretty busy getting ready for that and everything. Recently I got Sgt. Peppers from The Beatles and Ten from Pearl Jam, but I haven't had much time to listen to them. I really do like what I've heard so far on the albums, though.

My mom also came back from Venezuela last Sunday and brought lots of gifts and some Cuban cigars, so I have been enjoying that.

That is all for now, I will probably update in a few days.