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It's a bit of a joke. I think it's something to do with Babylon, but I only know that because another pwebber looked it up and told me. It's just the picture I picked when I registered, and I thought it was funny to reference it.
"Only for today, I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul." -- Pope John XXIII
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Neo, have your ever read Dan Simmons' Illium and Olympos? I actually liked them better than the Hyperion series. Weird, but awesome.Other series that I like to revisit are Dune, Foundation, and Hyperion.
Luet, did you ever get around to reading those books? I absolutely loved them. I am currently reading The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson, but its not nearly as good. I also here there are a couple more stories in Mars series, but I've not read them...And I think I will eventually reread the Red Mars trilogy.
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Yes, I did. I own the first book and got the others from the library. I really liked them a lot. I will probably reread them again someday which is saying something. It is quite an epic but really gives you a ton of character development, which I like.
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No. I've browsed them in book stores but I'm not sure that they'd be my cup of tea. Most of my knowledge of Greek mythology comes from Xena and other pop culture, so although they're actually sci-fi I suspect that a lot of the subtext would be lost on me.Neo, have your ever read Dan Simmons' Illium and Olympos? I actually liked them better than the Hyperion series. Weird, but awesome.Other series that I like to revisit are Dune, Foundation, and Hyperion.
But on the other hand, I didn't know jack about John Keats before reading Hyperion.
"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic."
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From the crafty exchange thing thread:
Assuming those last two are a Zucchini and an Eggplant, I've never heard someone refer to them with those terms. Is this a Rei thing, or a regional thing? (or a "zero" thing)I have no allergies, although I am not keen on peanut butter, courgettes, or aubergines.
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Regional. British/European folks call them aubergines and courgettes (from the French), and I picked it up there because I never really ate them before I moved. Rei, I think, picked it up from me.
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I don't think so. Here is a copy of that and I didn't see the quote in it.
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Do any of you know your Myers-Briggs types? If so, how well do you think they fit? (Or the Keirsey-Temperament Sorter. Close enough.)
My mother and I have been having a LOT of discussion about them lately. She's actually way more into it than I am. However, when she told me that reading the INFP description did not seem to fit me, I took strong exception and made her take it back quite forcefully. I am so true to type, although perhaps less reserved with my feelings than I used to be. She sees it now.
(Also, poor mother, it was quite a task to explain to her why, no, she never will be someone people naturally turn to with their problems. Even though a lot of people think she must be the coolest mom ever in the whole world and I don't really disagree. But she's definitely different from me, whose favorite activity in grad school when doing mellow drinking at a bar or party with new acquaintances/friends was to get found via some weird sort of radar by the talkative, pseudo-insightful tipsy total stranger who didn't even know my background and listen, enraptured, to their childhood stories and why that meant their relationships suck. My former drinking buddy used to try to rescue me, as she would not have been able to stand it and felt that people were taking unfair advantage of my natural counselor-y proclivities. It took some time to convince her I really didn't mind.)
Also, random question, as teenagers how many of you kept your rooms reasonably clean and/or took pride in its appearance vs. having a total pit of filth? (I am in the second category.)
My mother and I have been having a LOT of discussion about them lately. She's actually way more into it than I am. However, when she told me that reading the INFP description did not seem to fit me, I took strong exception and made her take it back quite forcefully. I am so true to type, although perhaps less reserved with my feelings than I used to be. She sees it now.
(Also, poor mother, it was quite a task to explain to her why, no, she never will be someone people naturally turn to with their problems. Even though a lot of people think she must be the coolest mom ever in the whole world and I don't really disagree. But she's definitely different from me, whose favorite activity in grad school when doing mellow drinking at a bar or party with new acquaintances/friends was to get found via some weird sort of radar by the talkative, pseudo-insightful tipsy total stranger who didn't even know my background and listen, enraptured, to their childhood stories and why that meant their relationships suck. My former drinking buddy used to try to rescue me, as she would not have been able to stand it and felt that people were taking unfair advantage of my natural counselor-y proclivities. It took some time to convince her I really didn't mind.)
Also, random question, as teenagers how many of you kept your rooms reasonably clean and/or took pride in its appearance vs. having a total pit of filth? (I am in the second category.)
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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I'm an INFP and it's accurate as far as I'm concerned.
As a teenager I always kept my room clean. In my early 20s it was more cluttered (never dirty, just messy). The state of my room/apartment tends to reflect my mood. I was pretty depressed in my early 20s, so it's no suprise to me that my room was often messy and disorganized at that time.
As a teenager I always kept my room clean. In my early 20s it was more cluttered (never dirty, just messy). The state of my room/apartment tends to reflect my mood. I was pretty depressed in my early 20s, so it's no suprise to me that my room was often messy and disorganized at that time.
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
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