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Mr. Vane: "But shall I not grow weary with living so strong? What if I cease to live with all my might?"
-Lilith, George MacDonald
Crazy guy (talking about the combinations of the five elements and the twelve zodiac animals): "So you could be 75% wood-monkey and 25% fire-monkey."
Me (quietly, to my table): "I would WANT to be 75% wood-monkey and 25% fire-monkey, just so I could say that."
Jeremiah: "Since there's both wood and fire, though, wouldn't the monkey..."
Me: "Catch fire? Yes. I'm on FIRE!"
Anyway when I got home I was curious what element I was. So I'm now not only a super-leet Dragon, I am also an EARTH Dragon. Earth is like THE element of the five, lulz. Yeah I pretty much rock. Have some quotations from http://www.chinesezodiac.com/dragon.php:
Personality
Occupying the 5th position in the Chinese Zodiac, the Dragon is the mightiest of the signs. Dragons symbolize such character traits as dominance and ambition. Dragons prefer to live by their own rules and if left on their own, are usually successful. They’re driven, unafraid of challenges, and willing to take risks. They’re passionate in all they do and they do things in grand fashion. Unfortunately, this passion and enthusiasm can leave Dragons feeling exhausted and interestingly, unfulfilled.
While Dragons frequently help others, rarely will they ask for help. Others are attracted to Dragons, especially their colorful personalities, but deep down, Dragons prefer to be alone. Perhaps that is because they’re most successful when working alone. Their preference to be alone can come across as arrogance or conceitedness, but these qualities aren’t applicable. Dragons have tempers that can flare fast!
Health
Considering their hard-working nature, Dragons are healthy overall. They do get stressed and suffer from periodic tension/headaches, likely because they take so many risks. Dragons could benefit from incorporating mild activity into their lives. Yoga or walking would be good as these activities can work both their minds and their bodies.
Career
Dragons prefer leading to being led. Jobs that allow them to express their creativity are good choices. Some good careers include: inventor, manager, computer analyst, lawyer, engineer, architect, broker, and sales person.
Relationships
Dragons will give into love, but won’t give up their independence. Because they have quick, sometimes vengeful tempers, their partners need to be tough-skinned. Dragons enjoy others who are intriguing, and when they find the right partners, they’ll usually commit to that person for life.
More rooted in the ground, Earth Dragons make better decisions because they act more rationally. Earth Dragons are level-headed and able to control their behaviors. They’re more supportive of others, but they prefer being admired by others.
This was my favorite bit:
Patroclus: "Here comes Thersites."
Achilles: "How now, thou core of envy? Thou crusty botch of nature, what's the news?"
Thersites: "Why, thou picture of what thou seemest, and idol of idiot-wirshippers, here's a letter for thee."
Achilles: "From whence, fragment?"
Thersites: "Why, thou full dish of fool, from Troy."
(Achilles goes off to read)
Patroclus: "Who keeps the tent now?"
Thersites: "The surgeon's box, or the patient's wound."
Patroclus: "Well said, adversity! And what need these tricks?"
Thersites: "Prithee, be silent, boy; I profit not by thy talk. Thou art thought to be Achilles' male varlet."
Patroclus: "Male varlet, you rogue? What's that?"
Thersites: "Why, his masculine whore. Now, the rotten diseases of the south, guts-griping ruptures, catarrhs, loads o' gravel i'th'back, lethargies, cold palsies, and the like, take and take again such preposterous discoveries!"
Patroclus: "Why, thou damnable box of envy, thou, what mean'st thou to curse thus?"
Thersites: "Do I curse thee?"
Patroclus: "Why, no, you ruinous butt, you whoreson indistinuishable cur."
Thersites: "No! Why art thou then exasperate, thou idle immaterial skein of sleave-silk, thou green sarcenet flap for a sore eye, thou tassel of a prodigal's purse, thou? Ah, how the poor world is pestered with such waterflies, diminutives of nature!"
Patroclus: "Out, gall!"
Thersites: "Finch-egg!"
(Achilles comes back)
Achilles: "My sweet Patroclus, I am thwarted quite from my great purpose in tomorrow's battle......"
LOL I totally imagined Patroclus saying right there, through gritted teeth, "Don't you My sweet Patroclus ME!" lullllz.
I also love how after Thersites accuses Patroclus of being Achilles' boytoy, Patroclus is like, "Thou damnable box of envy!"
.....Not the best retort, that.
Good to know, that.
( It's the body that wears down, not the Power! )
