I've always been a semi-believer of online quizzes and memes. I mean, below all the fluff, there has to be a shard of truth or something right? And some are pretty funny, like those superhero ones, some interesting, like the what kind of writer are you types, and some are well, just plain weird, mmm like "Which brand of genital enlargement pill best suits your personality." DON'T ASK. I actually saw that online before. Ugh. As in the quiz, not the..ah never mind. Sunday, June 24, 2007
Anyway, internet insights into your personality have been many things. But never deep, insightful and prophetic?! Until now. It's called the Colorgenics Test. (thanks to hawn for the link) And yes, it's 'amazingly accurate', as quoted on the front page of the site, telling me in entire paragraphs about the me that I could never express in words, and all all from a few coloured boxes.
"You are constantly hoping that your good fellowship and attitude and your 'love for your fellow man (or women)' will give you peace of mind. You need people - people around you to care for you and to show you that they care. It is this hope that keeps you going, the hope that makes you the type of person that indeed you are. Your own need for approval seemingly makes you always ready to help others and in exchange you seek love, warmth and understanding. You will always listen to others and you are open to new ideas which hopefully will prove fruitful and interesting.
You don't feel as if you can go it on your own anymore. You don't want to be taken for granted. You need to be recognised as a 'caring person' and it could be that you are searching to establish a relationship, not necessarily with someone new, but with that someone special who could feel the same way as you do.
At times all of us would like to be like the ostrich - to be able to bury our heads in the sand and let the rest of the world go by, but unfortunately you can't do just that - you have to face up to reality. A little peace and quiet would be most acceptable at this time but if only one could turn a blind eye to the problems of the day! Tomorrow is another day and who knows, it could be 'today' (not tomorrow) that could be the first day of the rest of your life!
You are presently experiencing excessive stress as a result of self-restraint. You act and think differently from the common herd and you want to be liked and admired for yourself and to associate with people who feel and act as you do. Because of this need to be self-reliant and to break away from mediocrity, you are finding this situation most uncomfortable and you are experiencing considerable anxiety - perhaps even more than you feel the capacity to cope with. You need to find a 'soul mate', someone whose standards are as high as your own - but where? Keep on searching... The situation is uncomfortable and you would like to break away from it, but you refuse to compromise with your opinions. You are unable to resolve the situation because you are continually postponing the making of necessary decisions. You are stubborn but this is no deterrent to a happy life, so why drop your standards. Think positively, everything will work out. It has worked out successfully for you in the past and it will again in the future.
The tensions induced by trying to cope with conditions are really beyond your capabilities. This has resulted in experiencing considerable anxiety and stress. You are looking for confirmation from your nearest and dearest that you have the ability and strength to fulfil all of your needs and to be completely self-sufficient.When matters don't go right for you - you tend to become inhibited and blame others for your inadequacy. You feel that there must be a way out from all the trials and tribulations that you have been experiencing of late and you are right - there is a solution - so don't give in, keep searching."
Delivered at 7:48 PM;
"But Henry believes Gunners fans have every reason to be optimistic despite his decision to jump ship, and is adamant the talent is already there to fill his sizeable boots.
The former Juventus and Monaco frontman compares the situation now facing Arsenal to that encountered in 2005 when former captain and midfield lynchpin Patrick Vieira left for Juve. Cesc Fabregas emerged immediately as a world-class replacement and was central to a run to the Champions League final the next season.
And Henry believes history will repeat itself in his wake.
He continued: 'The team here is growing and there is some amazing talent here and I do think this is the right time for Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor and Nicklas Bendtner, who is coming back from Birmingham, to shine.
'Hopefully they will do it. As soon as you know they can do it, they will forget about me, that's the way it is... " - Soccernet.com
Non, Monsieur Henry. Tu as inoubliable. :(
Delivered at 7:32 PM;
Monday, June 18, 2007
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she's always gone too long
Anytime she goes away
Sunday, June 10, 2007
'I have something to tell you' - www.threadless.com
So now I'm backfrom outerspace.
I didn't know I was quietly linked on my church mates' blogs. I didn't even know they had blogs. And now I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the incredulity of me allowing myself to be tossed around like a rowboat among the rocks in a tempest, when there was a lighthouse lighting my way back home for so long.Wednesday, June 06, 2007
There are still plans to make all of this right. It's just that they aren't mine no more.
I think this ranks among my top 10 'songs to perform before I die'. It's beautiful. I'm at home, 3pm on a Wednesday afternoon not really doing anything fruitful and yet yearning to do so, fascinated by the notion of nonchalance, and how people can mask, or even suppress raw emotion and feeling, looking distant and unfazed.
Why has everything got to be so hard? Why can't it be so? What I gotta do to make you love me? What I gotta do to make you care?Can you feel the love tonight? I think I've gone beyond asking rhetorical questions through hot tears nowadays,which I'm glad at, but I guess I'm still painting portraits and etching scenery with fading colours that never were, shimmering lights that glowed once and then died out.
And then you see it. After a while you realize that its not that nonchalance means unfeeling, or that people with poker faces keep their cards close to their chest with fear, but rather grin and bear it, or que sera sera , is what brings you out of the dark wilderness and into a marvellous light. And I don't know what or Who's keeping the light on,
but it sure feels better...I hope.
Delivered at 3:02 PM;