interesting meme

[helenic]

(from blackmetalbaz)

1. Does my username suit me?
2. Is my journal's title cryptic or descriptive? What do you think it means?
3. Does my journal expand your knowledge of me?
4. Do you think my bio describes me well? If you knew me in real life and found it, would you be able to guess who it was describing?
5. Which of my interests surprises you the least?
6. Which of my interests surprises you the most?
7. Which of my interests needs explaining?
8. Which of my userpics suits me best?

Comments

[entangledbank.livejournal.com]

Dear Helen Judith L., I don't know you at all except from the extraordinarily fascinating snippets you give us in this journal, which renders about 1.-7. moot. My knowledge of you is gained from those; it is very complex, as you are, and constantly surprising. I like the impression more and more, as new aspects hove into view.

I have a certain ambition as a writer. I have created a Judith, who is all sorts of things I idealize plus many idiosyncrasies, and sometimes I think it's absurd to put so many virtues and vices into her. I should be realistic instead. Then I encounter someone like you: well, aha, good, people like that can be real.

Icons: 'skywatching' and 'stasis' and 'solitude' and 'contemplation' convey how you feel, in a consistent view of a certain character. 'pollux & castor' is beautiful. Something subtle in the combination, which I don't want to pin down to one, makes me want to know you.

[entangledbank.livejournal.com]

Erratum: heave into view.

I thought I should try again with the interests, but really they almost all do match the way you come across. I admit surprise at 'Hegel's universal consciousness', but I'm glad you've got Epicurus in there.

Anything I've never heard of I assume is the name of a pop group: so that disposes of Burnination, Shostakovich Not Slipnot, Simon Goldhill's Beard, Sir Alanna of Trebond, Spittalfields Shawls (though they could easily be a kind of shawl), Tori's Piano Sex, and Trogdor; so they're excluded from consideration.

Is the Kerewin the one with tower and the jade? If so I greatly approve of that detail of taste, along with virtually all the others.

[libellum.livejournal.com]

Kerewin is indeed that cynical gender-neutral genius of New Zealand. She's another fictional character I admire and envy and want to be. Everything from the guitar to the cooking self-foraged foods to the games of chess. Although I was shocked by how easily Simon/Haimona forgave them both ...

As for the rest of the interests: Trogdor (http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=trogdor) and burnination (http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=burnination) are the result of this (http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html); Shostakovich not Slipknot (http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=shostakovich+not+slipknot), Simon Goldhill's beard and Sir Alanna are all explained above; Spittalfields is a market in London which sells, among other things, beautiful shawls, and Tori's piano sex refers to the intense sexuality of Tori Amos' piano-playing when she performs live. It really is a extraordinary thing to witness.

[libellum.livejournal.com]

Is Judith your name? Or is she a genuine "creation"? I think writing is one of those occasions when pretending something is true until it is can actually work - you are never going to sound interesting if you do not at least pretend to believe you are. This is difficult in livejournal, though, where the level of pretense can be confused with deceit - what do you mean exactly? Have you "created" your interests, your activities? (which I doubt) Is it just an idealised persona which enables you to operate online more effectively? I'm intrigued.

Many thanks for the compliment. Obviously there are discrepancies between my online and real-life self (as will be attested by anyone who knows me) but I think they are circumstantial rather than intentional.

As for the icons - and the rest of my journal, I suppose - I am whimsical and I do feel deeply, but I'm constantly trying to temper this with self-mockery and mention of less "meaningful" character traits so it doesn't become tiresome. Yes, I am deeply emotionally affected by the sky. I find certain forms of melancholy and loneliness inexpressably beautiful, and others merely depressing. I also drink too much and use American slang and smoke weed and read webcomics. In trying to attain a sense of self (which is a necessary evil of a livejournal) the one is not more important than the other. I try and reflect that in my icons.

You really are very bad for my ego. I'll try not to take you too seriously ;)

[karajanks.livejournal.com]

As though using American slang is a bad thing. . .
:)

I can't answer most of these since I've never met you, but as for icons: I especially like the one of the girl sitting in a doorway reading, the cat looking out a window, and the Italian model gripping her wrist. Those are the three I associate with you the most, though in the case of the last it's probably because that was the icon that cropped up most frequently when I first started reading your journal-- default at that time, perhaps. I really enjoy all of your user pictures, though.

Least surprising interests are 'endless cups of tea', 'curled up on windowsills', and 'dark oak bookcases'.

Most surprising would be 'pentatonic scales' and 'androgyny'.

Industrial power-ballads?