Monday, June 02, 2008

TIME OUT

So I'm over a quarter century old. Initially I was set to put out my usual depressing post...but hey, I decided I might as well lay back a bit and fill out a few measly personality surveys. :)




Your Ice Cream Personality:



You like to think of yourself as a fairly modest person. And it's true that you don't talk yourself up... but you're also pretty happy with who you are.



You are incredibly cautious. You rather miss out on something than make a mistake. No one would ever call you wild... but they would call you responsible.



You are a somewhat open minded person, but deep down you're fairly conservative. You don't like trying new things very much. And if you do find something new you like, you stick with it.



You tend to have a one track mind. You prefer not to multitask.



You can be a big dramatic and over the top sometimes. You are bold in every way







You Are 70% Boyish and 30% Girlish



You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch.

Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes.

You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them.

You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be.






You Are Romanticism



You are likely to see the world as it should be, not as it is.

You prefer to celebrate the great things people do... not the horrors they're capable of.

For you, there is nothing more inspiring than a great hero.

You believe that great art reflects the artist's imagination and true ideals.




The results of the test below are sooo me. I doubt anyone would object.



Your Personality Is



Rational (NT)




You are both logical and creative. You are full of ideas.

You are so rational that you analyze everything. This drives people a little crazy!



Intelligence is important to you. You always like to be around smart people.

In fact, you're often a little short with people who don't impress you mentally.



You seem distant to some - but it's usually because you're deep in thought.

Those who understand you best are fellow Rationals.



In love, you tend to approach things with logic. You seek a compatible mate - who is also very intelligent.



At work, you tend to gravitate toward idea building careers - like programming, medicine, or academia.



With others, you are very honest and direct. People often can't take your criticism well.



As far as your looks go, you're coasting on what you were born with. You think fashion is silly.



On weekends, you spend most of your time thinking, experimenting with new ideas, or learning new things.




I don't agree with the last line of this result.



You Have a Phlegmatic Temperament



Mild mannered and laid back, you take life at a slow pace.

You are very consistent - both in emotions and actions.

You tend to absorb set backs easily. You are cool and collected.



It is difficult to offend you. You can remain composed and unemotional.

You are a great friend and lover. You don't demand much of others.

While you are quiet, you have a subtle wit that your friends know well.



At your worst, you are lazy and unwilling to work at anything.

You often get stuck in a rut, without aspirations or dreams.

You can get too dependent on others, setting yourself up for abandonment.

What Temperment Are You?


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"If you don't give up, you can't lose"
-something i heard on tv an hour ago.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

"The bruising of the fallen. The weightlessness of flight."



The great mystery is to tell the devil's voice from my own. All this talking and I can't really say when strength ends and pride begins, when wisdom fails and stubborness pervades, or when I should shake idle bones or take the wounded's rest.

I wouldn't really know but I might as well try something. I was struck by a line from the latest Indiana Jones movie at the end when someone said, "So much of life is wasted in waiting". But I am waiting because there isn't else much to do. Honestly, possible mistakes scare me much more that could-have-beens. One could probably say that I am someone of little faith. But why should I argue to persist onwards when clearly I am a creature of ignorance.

So I wait. I am a hitchhiker on this empty and vast road to salvation and purpose.

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"The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." -Charles Dubois



Wednesday, April 23, 2008

SOMEDAY


The nameless vow; I will not be regret.
No more of that. Never of this.
The bruising of the fallen. The weightlessness of flight.
My fate unsealed. I will be broken and more.
Fear will take me to where courage is needed.
I will fight. I will make my stand.
I will be broken and more.
But, wings and fire cannot take me.
No more of yesterday.
Never again of tomorrow's promise.
Now. I will leave, then I will live.
Everything in the tracks, nothing in the tank.
Phantoms of shifting freeways,
silence my rage, focus my sights.
Till weary feet find its home,
I will ride my poison, my salve, my soul.
For in this world, there is no difference.
When freedom will be my cage,
then I am broken no more.