Interests:Renaissance literature, linguistics, libraries, vikings, picts, pirates, The Decemberists, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Mountain Goats, books about girls who do things, mythology, feminist theology, film (I'm leaving that general) Expertise:yes Occupation:Student
Here's the key to understand it more. These phrases might not be quite accurate to the types, but they're fun to think about--this is all I have to do to be happy! Like I said, not very accurate.
type
score
type behavior motivation
3
20
I must be impressive and attractive to be happy.
8
19
I must be strong and in control to be happy.
1
16
I must be perfect and good to be happy.
6
13
I must be secure and safe to be happy.
9
12
I must be peaceful and easy to get along with to be happy.
2
6
I must be helpful and caring to be happy.
7
6
I must be high and entertained to be happy.
4
5
I must avoid painful feelings to be happy.
5
3
I must be knowledgable and independent to be happy.
My bike broke a couple weeks ago. Something to do with the back fork. The back wheel won’t even turn, I’m so annoyed, but at the same time, it’s kind of nice. That bike was a heavy piece of junk and I’d kind of been waiting for it to break down so I could get something better. Right now I’m kind of in love with this:
A Trek Allant WSD (women’s specific design)
The problem is, I want a bike I can actually use as transportation and I know that locking a bike like this out of my sight on a regular basis would probably mean it’d be stolen within six months. It looks too nice. I could replace the seat and handlebars and paint it dirty black, but that kind of defeats the point.
But I can’t stop looking at the pretty pretty bicycles. I found this blog tonight:
It’s a fun look at the cycling girl in Danish culture–more temptation to get a nice bike.
I’m really glad, though, to find so many bike enthusiasts in love with the same kind of bikes I am. Here I’m surrounded by road bike people and, while I appreciate those bikes, they’re not really want I want. It’s good to know that I can still appreciate good bikes and not want that. I’m not stuck with 1950’s Huffies or cruisers with streamers coming out the handlebars. There’s a place for me too! Now I’m inspired to actually learn about good wheels and good gears and all of the elements that make up the vehicle that I desperately need to get by next Friday.
I reread Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows last week. It's even better the second time! I didn't feel like any part got too long, even the camping part was like non-stop action and angst. One thing I like about the Harry Potter books is how much Rowling puts in about what Harry is thinking. It's something the movies can't show, but it's such a big part of the books! All the agonizing over Horcruxes and Hallows and Dumbledore! And I like how the characters always discuss the mysteries and try to figure them out. I like to read about their reasoning. I like how much time the books spend on those parts, and how they're always looking things up or remembering a tidbit of information that they found earlier in the book that seemed completely inconsequential (like Nicholas Flamel on the chocolate frog card in book one!). It's a thinking action book. And it all gets resolved, delightfully. And by "delighfully" I mean in a way that makes you feel warm and complete and like you know all the characters better and they're even cooler than you thought when you first got to know them. I love Fred Weasley!
Another thing I love about the books is that the characters are actually really funny. I've read so few books like that. There are books where the books are funny and the characters are funny because of that, but these are books where, even when everything gets dark one of the characters will pop out with a hilarious one-liner. Humor at the most inappropriate moments. It's awesome.
Just watched In the Land of Women. It was a shot-in-the-dark Netflix choice, I just love Adam Brody. And it was pretty good. I liked it better than, like, the last five movies I got from Netflix. It has great dialogue. People talked the way people should talk in movies. Here are some of the best examples:
(It's about a guy, Carter, in his twenties who goes to stay with his Grandma because he wants to get away from his life in L.A. where his celebrity girlfriend just dumped him)
Carter: Grandma, let me explain something to you. Not okay to answer the front door when you're not wearing clothes, in fact, it's not okay for you to do anything involving other people when you're not dressed. Grandma: I'm wearing a sweater. . . . Carter: Put some pants on.
Grandma: I am 133 years old Carter: Grandma, that's impossible . . . Grandma: You know what, I'll be dead soon, and you'll still be alive. So stop complaining.
Gold, gold I tell you. Also the movie has Meg Ryan and Kristen Stewart playing mother and daughter. Kristen Stewart is way cooler than she is in Twilight.
