Beatrix Bill

Gather 'round, dear reader. I have sad things to report. Take a moment to recall Beatrix Bill, beloved snail of Kristi and Preston. We had a burial, perhaps celebration of life is more accurate, here last December for the beloved snail BB.

I have to report that evil grave robbers, marauders that move in the dark, have disturbed Beatrix Bill. I found the ghastly scene yesterday afternoon on a stroll in the back yard while in search of more hyacinth. Unsuspecting and unprepared was I, for the snail lived a quiet modest life...

The family requested a quiet reburial as burial at sea still remains outside their reach. Thank you for your support in this difficult time.

The Field Marshall

Thanks to Diluvienne, I decided to find out what some hack, a professed disciple of Mr. Carl Jung no doubt, had to say about my personality. Probably should have waited for a coffee break, but why delay the fun? According to a Jung Typology Test, I'm eNTj, the Field Marshall.

Strength of the preferences %
Extroverted - 22
Intuitive - 75
Thinking - 12
Judging - 89

More specifically, I am:

• slightly expressed extrovert
  
• distinctively expressed intuitive personality
• slightly expressed thinking personality
• very expressed judging personality

A few bits from their explanations.
1. "ENTJs have a natural tendency to marshall and direct. This may be expressed with the charm and finesse of a world leader or with the insensitivity of a cult leader."
... a *CULT LEADER* Beware of outsiders and be sure to drink the KoolAid on the way out.
2. Other famous eNTj people: Richard Milhouse Nixon (!), General Norman Schwarzkopf, Whoopi Goldberg, Candace Bergen, Newt Gingrich, Patrick Stewart, Margaret Thatcher, Sigourney Weaver, and Steve Martin.
... I take such pleasure from the fact that I'm placed with such a group.... We've got Tricky Dick, Stormin' Norman, Murphy Brown, Jean Luc Picard, the Iron Lady, Ripley, and a Festrunk Brother (think, "We're two wild and crazy guys!").

I might have something larger to say on the topic, but my scores for Extraverted Thinking, what you might call "Unequivocating", are quite low. As the web site tells, "Experience teaches many ENTJs that restraint may often be the better part of valor, lest one find oneself victorious but alone."

A Walk

I had the most delightful walk yesterday with Morgan. Too many moons passed between the last walk shared and yesterday. Nature rewarded us with sunshine, temperate weather, and fun scenes.

Italy and France

I did say last night was a night of international adventure. I bought Bread and Tulips not too long ago, a fantastic Italian film. This image is from one of my favorite scenes... in the movie the main character, Rosalba, basically rediscovers herself along with the joys of life. The accordion helps her down that path. And lets face it, I'm a sucker for accordions.

The other movie of the night, the trip to France, came through a really great film called Ma Vie En Rose. Oy. This film about a boy who knows he is really a girl (God just made a mistake... that extra X didn't make it down the chimney and fell in the garbage so he got a Y instead) is so good. Go out and rent it.

So, International night of adventure! Vietnam, Italy, and France.

Fee-Fi-Fo-Pho

Last night was a night for international adventure. Countries visited: Vietnam, Italy, and France. I had Pho, a delightful Vietnamese beef broth soup, for the first time. Yum! As movies had a place in the line-up of events, we ordered the Pho to-go and perused the Asian market next door. It is so entertaining wandering around, checking out the variety, deciding where to be adventurous and where to be prudent. We went with the pickled cucumbers, not so adventurous. But they were packed in soy sauce, so ultimately they tasted like soy sauce with a vaguely pickle texture. The lady who worked there told us the pickles were best served with garlic... she was right.

Also entertaining, Pho requires large bowls. I do not have large enough bowls to accommodate the noodles, beef, bean sprouts, cilantro, etc. etc. etc. Thus mixing bowls acted as a stand-in.

Yum Yum!

breaks & margaritas

Huzzah! The sun is making an appearance! It may only be temporary, but its somethin'. Out of nostalgia and blogging laziness, I offer pictures.

Fall really is my favorite season, especially the transition into fall. Here's a photo from the archives: a trip to gather appropriate autumnal bits for decoration. This is my attempt at a hay mustache, a pencil thin mustache.


I think I chose to have a margarita last night in a vain attempt to bring out some sun because its always sunny when you drink Margaritas... well, that and I was at a Mexican restaurant. You feel as if it is sunny. I won't take credit for the sun actually emerging today.


Because KFR enjoyed the sun, despite himself, I thought I'd add a little SC sun to my page. Had to dig back to get this one as well. I'm not entirely sure I haven't posted this a number of times already. But I don't care. A November day in Santa Cruz.

exercises in futility

We've moved into March, thank goodness. February was really getting on my last nerve. I present a list, exercises in futility for February. These are some observations of mine, nothing that I'm saying loud or large. There were also moments of exception, but you know what they say.... As exercises in futility, these things will largely continue on my end. Such is life.

• cough medication
  
• sunglasses & thus sun
  
• watching Lost
• Communication Breakdown, Led Zeppelin
• playing pool with Jeff
• sleep
• migraine medication (it's had its moments....)
• trying to like mushrooms

I know I'm forgetting some stuff. But rest assured, things will continue on a normal path...
So lets give a shout-out to March. Huzzah!

ps: Congrats on the swank gig, Kristi!