{"id":1239,"date":"2005-01-27T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-27T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2005-01-27T07:25:00","modified_gmt":"2005-01-27T15:25:00","slug":"meme-update-dichotomy-meme-analyzed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=1239","title":{"rendered":"(meme update) Dichotomy Meme Analyzed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/cahwyguy\/133462.html\" target=\"_blank\">posted<\/a> the following meme: &#8220;Pick ONE from each pair that you think describes me the best &#038; leave it in the comments. Then copy this and post it in your own journal to see how your friends view you.&#8221; The following is how I see myself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>dominant <b>or<\/b> submissive [2\/3]<\/u>. The &#8220;wishy-washy&#8221;-ness of the question shows in the answers I got, and my answer. Certainly, I&#8217;m neither in terms of the more adult use of the terms: I believe in equanimity. But in terms of life in general, it is hard to answer. I will certainly take charge when appropriate, and tend not to meekly submit. But that&#8217;s more &#8220;leader or follower&#8221;. I&#8217;m not sure that in a group I tend to dominate, but I also don&#8217;t submit to the results. So I really don&#8217;t know how to answer this, other than &#8220;or&#8221;.\n<li><u><b>logical<\/b> or intuitive [5\/0]<\/u>. Folks got this one. I tend to work out problems logically, which explains why I always wanted to be in the hard sciences, and was never a &#8220;north campus&#8221; (in UCLA terms) kind of person.\n<li><u><b>social<\/b> or loner [5\/0]<\/u>. Again, pretty much on, although there are times I do want to isolate. But I would rather be around people, and I find I get energy from being around people.\n<li><u>kinky or <b>vanilla<\/b> [0\/5]<\/u>. Actually, more Praline Nut Crunch :-). Seriously, I do think vanilla is the right term, no matter how my mind my veer into the gutter at times, I don&#8217;t think the body would ever follow.  I tend to prefer the stable and known, which does fit vanilla.\n<li><u>cute <b>or<\/b> sophisticated [2\/3]<\/u>. I would have no idea how to answer this question, so I&#8217;m not surprised folks had trouble with it. Sophisticated is probably closer, given my love of theatre as opposed to &#8220;cutsey&#8221; kitsch.\n<li><u>kitten or <b>puppy<\/b> [1\/4]<\/u>. I&#8217;m sorry, but I&#8217;m a dog person. Grew up with them, although I prefer miniature or medium size dogs. Give me a good miniature poodle, cockapoo, or cocker spaniel any day. Irish setters or springer spaniels will do in a pinch. I&#8217;m also more like a dog: you can take me on walks, I&#8217;m loyal, I like to talk, I&#8217;m social, I like to swim, and I mark my territory (just joking).\n<li><u><b>warm flannel sheets<\/b> or sleek satin [5\/0]<\/u>. Flannel. That&#8217;s me. Warm, soft, and comfortable. Durable. Something that doesn&#8217;t create friction and raise static. Utilitarian. Not too frayed at the edges. Not overly sexy. A little bit of pill when rubbed too hard.  [Note to <a href=\"http:\/\/deedeebythebay.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">deedeebythebay<\/a>, who I judged as Satin: I&#8217;m not saying that satin is bad&#8230; rather, it conveys a sensuousness that I don&#8217;t see myself as having, a smoothness, a lack of friction.]\n<li><u><b>leader<\/b> or follower [5\/0]<\/u>. I do tend to lead, although I&#8217;m not a big manager type. But I do like to be in the forefront, so I can see where I&#8217;m going and avoid the pits.\n<li><u>quiet or <b>talkative<\/b> [1\/4]<\/u>. C&#8217;mon. I once got seven D&#8217;s in 2<sup>nd<\/sup> grade for talking too much. I was &#8220;Little Running Mouth&#8221; in Indian Guides. And you don&#8217;t want to get me drunk, for I talk even more. Hell, look at how long my posts are here :-). No one has ever accused me of being quiet!\n<li><u>spontaneous or <b>planned<\/b> [0\/5]<\/u>. Definately planned. Three years ago, we did a vacation without making reservations in advance. Immensely frustrating, in terms of where we would stay each night. Give me planned ahead anytime. I guess this is why I spend more on theatre than I should: I could never do the last-minute half-price tickets!<\/ul>\n<p>BTW, note the name of the current music. One of my favorite songs! Also, if you&#8217;re interesting in boardgaming in the northern San Fernando Valley on Sunday, February 20, please drop me a note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, I posted the following meme: &#8220;Pick ONE from each pair that you think describes me the best &#038; leave it in the comments. Then copy this and post it in your own journal to see how your friends view you.&#8221; The following is how I see myself: dominant or submissive [2\/3]. The &#8220;wishy-washy&#8221;-ness <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=1239\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1],"tags":[77,34],"class_list":["post-1239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-memes","category-lj-xfer","tag-memes-aboutme","tag-memes-quizzes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}