At the after prom party at North I had a tarot card reading. It was to say the least, amusing. After waiting patiently in line for half an hour it was my turn. Excited beyond belief, I sat down in the folding chair opposite the fortune teller. She was a young woman, probably between 25 and 30. She introduced herself as Harmony.

As soon as I sat down her smile faded.

"Oh goodness," She whispered.

Slightly upset by this welcoming, I waited for her to elaborate on her previous statement.

"You have a very pink aura," She explained.

I laughed nervously, having no idea what this meant.

She had a look of pity in her eyes. Ready for the worst I asked what that meant.

"You attract....how shall I say it? Crazy people."

I cracked up. First of all she is right, I have a tendency of attracting psychopaths on a daily basis. To tell you the truth it is starting to drive me insane myself. Second of all, she made that overly anticlimactic. I thought it meant something awful, like that I was doomed to live out my life on the streets of Czechoslovakia, begging for money, only to die alone and broke.

Through the course of the reading she had me draw three cards. The first three I drew were abit unnerving. She studied them carefully then smiled at me.

"Whatever you think your major is now...you're wrong."

I Looked at her, puzzled. "But I don't know what I want to major in."

"Well you will, and it will be wrong," She said matter-of-factly.

She went on to describe the cards. "This first one means turmoil and decision making. You will be very stressed out and upset. But the second card means closure so therefore you will find the major that you want and you will be happy. This third card..." She paused. "The third card just means everything will be fine. Pick three more."

I picked one from the bottom of the deck, one from the middle and one from the top. As I pulled the one from the top another card came out stuck to it.

"Oops," I smiled as I went to put it back.

Harmony almost had a conniption. "NOOOO!!" She screamed. I almost fell out of my seat I was so frightened. She lowered her voice, forcing a smile. "Everything happens for a reason. Just give me that card too." I handed over the card willingly.

She explained the three cards I had just drawn, placing the mysterious forth one face down beside the rest. "We'll just save this one for the end." As soon as she had the three cards face up she sighed. "More big decisions for you. You aren't going to stay at the college you think you are. There is going to be a major university switch." I almost flipped out. "WHAT? WHY? NO! I LOVE MY COLLEGE!"

"Well I don't think you are going to stay there. I really don't think you are going to stay there," she replied. I felt like getting up right then and being like "Well you know what? I don't think I'm going to stay here any longer either. Good bye." But I didn't. I stayed. Mostly because I was curious about what she said next. She looked at the cards again, pointing one out to me of a hanged man. "This is the self sacrifice card. It means you need to start doing things for yourself. You give too much. You need to focus on what you want and what you need." She lowered her voice further. "You have been a good friend to many this year and I think you have been upset by the fact that it has not been reciprocated." I leaned closer, intrigued. I don't know why all of a sudden she had stopped talking about college. Probably because I almost flipped out when she did. Anyway she had my attention again.

Glancing over at the mysterious forth card she smiled. "And now for this one." She flipped it over. "OH PERFECT! This is a very good card. This is the goddess card, meaning God will be watching over you, you will make the right decisions and everything will be fine in the end." I nodded. Good save on her part after the college fiasco. Very smooth.

She looked at me, I could see she was abit upset that she had told me I was going to switch colleges. That was a mistake. "So remember, from now on, do what you want to do, don't worry about stress, and everything will be fine." It seemed like a pretty generic response. I wasn't happy.

Before I left I asked if I would continue to attract crazy people. Harmony looked down for a few moments, then back up at me. Her eyes said everything before she opened her mouth. "Yes," she shrugged.

All in all, I was not impressed with the tarot card reading. My friends got far better ones. For instance, Harmony told Jessica that she needed to watch out for a girl named Vanessa who would have purple contacts. And she told Julie to beware of Brendan. I wish I could have someone to watch out for...