I'm sorry, but Juice Newton is no one's bitch

[jlh]

There's nothing that says Sunday Afternoon like a sleeping cat. Veda is loving her new bed, now positioned on top of the dishwasher so she can be the queen of all she surveys. It's lovely when the cat actually uses what you've bought for her, isn't it?

I've gone from several weekends of not doing much of anything to a rather busy one, and a few weeks of work turning my brain to mush incapable of making progress on my writing to feeling a bit more inspired. But instead of writing, I'm taking quizzes and talking to people, and really I think that's okay. Besides, the quiz results seem to be a comment on the weekend.

Friday night Ali and I grabbed Thai food and papaya margaritas (no, not at the same place) and talked about Important Things and Very Silly Things, and then I looked up at the TV in the bar and saw that Duke had just lost. My friend S is the only person I know who cares in any way about NCAA B-ball, and what she mostly wants is for Duke to lose, so of course I immediately texted her:
Clio: Duke! *evil laugh*
S: I know it's GREAT
And there ends my tiny amount of involvement in NCAA B-ball.

Saturday I headed up to Van Cortlandt Park for a Holi celebration that was loads of fun but alas also quite cold. Made an avocado salad--rightly distinguished by Val's bil from guacamole by the absence of spices--and saw Emily (damp but spirited), her friend C (managing to look distinguished though he spent most of the time wrapped in a grey blanket), Ali, and a bandanna'd Scott. Also finally met Val's sister, so now except for one niece and one nephew I will have met the entire clan. This is incredibly satisfying.

I am a Translucent Visor. I am something of a gambler, but generally a wise one - I only gamble if I expect to win. A negative aspect of this is that people tend to shy away from playing with me. What Sort of Hat Are You?

I fear this is also a comment on my posting style--I tend to only post some big philosophical blah blah once its pretty well thought out, and then people don't have much to say to me. On a more literal connection, last night I went out with some friends for dinner and wound up playing Texas Hold 'Em for the first time! Turns out that you really can pick up some tips from obsessively watching Celebrity Poker Challenge. I didn't win--and it was only a $10 buy-in--but I wasn't the first one out, and I managed to earn the respect of the boys at the table and an invite to a poker night! It was a lot of fun but I don't think I'm in any danger of becoming a gambling addict.

You scored as Buddhism. Your beliefs most closely resemble those of Buddhism. Do more research on Buddhism and possibly consider becoming Buddhist, if you are not already. In Buddhism, there are Four Noble Truths: (1) Life is suffering. (2) All suffering is caused by ignorance of the nature of reality and the craving, attachment, and grasping that result from such ignorance. (3) Suffering can be ended by overcoming ignorance and attachment. (4) The path to the suppression of suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of right views, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right-mindedness, and right contemplation. These eight are usually divided into three categories that base the Buddhist faith: morality, wisdom, and samadhi, or concentration. In Buddhism, there is no hierarchy, nor caste system; the Buddha taught that one's spiritual worth is not based on birth. </td> Buddhism 88% Christianity 67% Islam 63% Hinduism 58% Paganism 54% agnosticism 42% Satanism 38% atheism 29% Judaism 29% Which religion is the right one for you? (new version) created with QuizFarm.com

The Noble Eightfold Path is actually where the title of Eight Ways from Sunday comes from and you can map each of the eight main characters to one of those paths. Which reminds me that really, I should be writing this afternoon. On goes the Christmas music!

Comments

[twoapennything.livejournal.com]

I really loathe sports, too.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

I got that as my second choice and it is a mystery to me as well, particularly about the whole consumer thing.

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

I was the other way - a baseball cap with a minor in translucent visor. (Which, actually, would be a really cool hybrid hat, like a cap with a pink plastic bill. OK, that would be ugly. Still. You know what I mean.) This quiz is slightly more unsatisfying that the religion one. I really LIKE hats, too, and so I am especially disgruntled.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Just take another hat. It was a really really weird quiz, I felt. I actually took it the other day and didn't post the results because they seemed pointless, so I only posted them now for the poker tie-in. I love the thought that I could be some poker maven, but the truth is that I can't hide my feelings very well.

[weatherby.livejournal.com]

[jlh.livejournal.com]

What cup holder story?

I think the redhat is cool, anyway.

[weatherby.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what this cupholder business is.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

We should make something up. It can't possibly have to do with SUVs, so I'm really at a loss. Maybe Alison knows.

[weatherby.livejournal.com]

Okay, I know what it is now.

It's the thing with the website that's like, Click here to get your free cupholder! And you click and your CD-rom opens.

[weatherby.livejournal.com]

http://login.bellaonline.com/articles/art1858.asp

[jlh.livejournal.com]

That helicopter story is HI-larious.

Also, my vindaloo is very spicy.

[ladylisse.livejournal.com]

...I want a fedora.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

I feel that you should have one. It also sounds like you.

[black-dog.livejournal.com]

In honor of Easter, I took the religion quiz and scored highest on . . . Islam! *facepalms* Last time it recommended Reform Judaism. Since I am a lapsed-catholic skeptic/agnostic, though not a mocker (except of fundamentalists) I suspect there are still a few bugs in the software . . .

I had no idea Eight Ways from Sunday was modeled on the eightfold path! Must go figure out who was which.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

If you are not a mocker, does that mean you are a mod or a rocker?

I am a lapsed Catholic myself and Islam came out rather high but I think that's because there are a lot of "are you a monotheist or not" questions, and they're not sure where to put people who don't seem to be Pagan but are a little hinky about Jesus.

I had no idea you'd read it! *is flattered* It came up after a lot of it was written and I was talking to Ely because I can never think of titles and she said the story reminded her of that.

[black-dog.livejournal.com]

But now you've busted me for being a lazy feedbacker! I did indeed read Eight Ways a while back, and remember really liking the ensemble cast, all these guys feeling so vulnerable and young (and lovable!) with their different issues. I will pour out an offering of ghee to Miss-Pommery-as-bodhisattva, in partial expiation!

I think you're right about the quiz -- it's always hard to sort out the muddled middle. Mostly I answered that I didn't know what I thought but that I wasn't willing to make it up, either, so I probably wasn't being fair to the little database or whatever.

Mod or rocker? Hmmmm. I think I had the pretentiousness of a mod and the fashion sense of a rocker. Which may add up to a "neither" rather than a both. :) What were you?

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Goodness, that wasn't my intention! I mean, I wrote an entire appreciation for ladycadey the other day and I don't know that I've ever left her a review, so that's just all of us, you know? It's funny you used that word, as there was originally a bit of dialogue where Seamus describes himself as a bodhisattva, but I agree with you; Miss Pommery is the way to ultimate enlightenment! At least she was for Tracy Lord.

No, everyone is all, what the hell is this quiz telling me? I think I'm in the minority in seeing something of myself in my result.

I find speed tiresome so I'd say I was more of a rocker, though of course not when that joke was made as I, well, wasn't quite yet. That said, I love early Who, and think boys look great in mod fashions. So I might have been a rocker chick who slept with mod boys.

[calloocallay.livejournal.com]

I adore this quiz, because:


which I totally called ahead of time. And Chris is thrilled that you said he looked distinguished. He's been mentioning it all day.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Is that you in that picture? If so I feel that a top hat would complete that look nicely. That result really sounds like you, too.

I'm glad he's happy though I hope I didn't create a monster, haha. Are we still trying for Monday? I remember we had tentative plans but what I don't remember is where we left it.

[calloocallay.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's me. I, too, feel a top hat would go well with that corset, but unfortunately it doesn't belong to me. I do own a top hat, though, and it looks good with my other corsets.

Yes, still dinner tomorrow night! Call me when you are getting off work? And don't worry, you didn't create a monster. When we have dinner, I'll tell you what Musical Theater Mike said about Chris when he met him.

[prettyveela.livejournal.com]

It's lovely when the cat actually uses what you've bought for her, isn't it?

Very much so. :)

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

I am a Buddhist too--a Buddhist/Pagan who is ridiculously pleased with her hat:



If I was not a hood, I would be a halo, apparently.