I've never understood the whole MBTI thing (actually, I'd never even heard of them before the Buffistas)--what exactly do all those initials mean?
Introvert/Extrovert
iNtuitive/Sensing
Thinking/Feeling
Perceiver/Judger
I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.
Riley ,'Lessons'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
Katie M - Mar 23, 2004 1:22:04 pm PST #2386 of 3902
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
beekaytee - Mar 23, 2004 1:58:58 pm PST #2387 of 3902
Compassionately intolerant
Steph L.--Have iMac with dvd player will travel. Netflix rules (!) and tvtome.com/buffyverse/younamethefansite keeps me up to date. I watch, I read, I absorb ambient pop culture. No need for a tv.
Besides, my name is Bj and I'm an addict...
If a tv is near, I'm pathologically drawn to it...very sad in a really sad, not funny sort of way.
I'll explore the diagnosis for THAT affliction right after I plead for a veer away from MBTI! Yeck. After 10 years as an organizational development consultant and 4 years as a therapist, I'm so up to here^ with MBTI.
I have this horrifying image of Samwise wearing an "ENFP spoken here" t.
beekaytee - Mar 24, 2004 10:10:19 am PST #2388 of 3902
Compassionately intolerant
Wow. (in the way only Allison Janney can say it) I seem to have killed the MBTI discussion without the promised smackdown. (whimper)
Kathy Astrom--MBTI is a personality type indicator based on Jungian psychology. It's great in that it presents people's differences as PREFERENCES, rather than good/bad. Which, in our pidgeon-holing culture is kind of great.
Sadly, in our pidgeon-holing culture, it is also used as a weapon of judgement and exclusion. Not so great.
beekaytee - Mar 24, 2004 10:13:35 am PST #2389 of 3902
Compassionately intolerant
On topic: I've been listening to the unabridged RoTK on tape recently and I have a question about dwarves.
In the appendices, we hear all about their lines and battles, and the various industries (very Quark-like really) but what I don't understand is, what is the deal with burying their dead in stone?
sumi - Mar 24, 2004 11:45:44 am PST #2390 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Well, weren't they formed out of stone to begin with?
Also: Viggo Mortensen is on the cover of GQ! I'm assuming the April issue. (We're too early for May, right?)
RobertH - Mar 24, 2004 2:19:20 pm PST #2391 of 3902
Disaffected college student
I just got two May 2004 copies of magazines in the mail this week. GQMV.
beekaytee - Mar 24, 2004 3:25:25 pm PST #2392 of 3902
Compassionately intolerant
Hm. I missed the formed from stone part. Thanks.
Dana - Mar 29, 2004 7:40:34 pm PST #2393 of 3902
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
So! This July, my local symphony and symphony chorus (including me) will be performing music from the LoTR movies, and they'll have big screens showing scenes from the movies, and how freaking cool is this?
sumi - Mar 30, 2004 4:45:16 am PST #2394 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Wow!!! That is soooo excellent!
Also, I didn't realize that Marquette had the world's pre-eminent collection of the works of Tolkien.
Beverly - Mar 30, 2004 4:54:33 am PST #2395 of 3902
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh Dana, so jealous! Will there be recordings available for purchase?