Reader: Poise? Really??

Friday, January 4, 2008

Poise? Really??

The Recipe For Nina

3 parts Courage
2 parts Vigor
1 part Intuition

Splash of Poise

Serve over ice

What's the Recipe for Your Personality?

6 comments:

EmmaL said...: I love these little tests and quizzes you post!; January 4, 2008 at 7:45 AM
Avitable said...: Your blog voice clearly has poise.

Here's mine:

***The Recipe For Avitable***

3 parts Intensity
2 parts Bravery
1 part Cleverness

Splash of Superiority

Serve over ice; January 4, 2008 at 9:10 AM
Maggie said...: You may question the poise -- whatever. But you've got to admit that the main ingredients were spot-on!

Mine gets served on the beach; how relaxing.; January 4, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Nina said...: LAS, Glad someone likes them. I wish I had something substantive written each day, but as you can see, I don't. At least not lately. :-)

Avitable, thank you. Your recipe is stunningly accurate. Maggie's is too.

Maggie, Hi! I have an email in the queue from you and I am answering it at soon as I finish saying: yeah, the ingredients were not so far off, were they? And yours? Perfecto.; January 5, 2008 at 9:37 AM
Anonymous said...: Ha! How fun! Here is mine:
3 parts Devilry
2 parts Mania
1 part Slyness

Splash of Fascination

Finish off with a squeeze of lime juice; January 6, 2008 at 4:58 PM
imaginary binky said...: Funny, I've never seen Poise in the liquor store. Is it next to the MD 20/20?; January 6, 2008 at 6:43 PM

Who are these people?

Bibi - God bless the guy who gets Bee. I can't even think of anything obnoxious to say about her. She can eat pasta without gaining weight, she can run the ridges at Gertrude's Nose with no fear, and she is by miles the best climber of all of us. She's going to Kili with us. Hell, she'll be leading.
Buzz Elder Brother. Cross me at your peril.
Jib computer wizard, entrepreneur, stand-up comedian, stand-up guy I can count on to catch a movie and hold hands in the dark without it having any meaning whatosever. Every woman needs a man like Jib.
Joe - locquacious, flirtatious, 40-something hiking buddy - also, ex-manfriend of Pax.
Larry, WPITW - climber, hiker, badass (not in the good way, either). At a given moment, at least half of us are not speaking to him.
Liam - My nephew, whose favorite words are "noing," "Bobby," "dumptruck," "job-site" and "Daddy." He also says "obstreperous" "pulchritudinous" and "Nina" upon request.
Merry - Australian BFF spends the summers on a yacht, nannying for a celebrity couple with two children. She lives in a brownstone and she has a chauffeur. And we have no idea who she works for.
Newsy has been my friend for about 22,000 hours. Or more. I don't have a calculator. She has about 3423% more professional and personal commitments than I do, and yet she still finds time to think about me. I find this astonishing. If you knew her, you'd be astonished, too.
Pax - climber, hiker, corporate warrior, used to date Joe. Sticks by Larry in spite of his horribleness. None of us understands this.
Skatey- he rides a skateboard. He can dance. He can throw a frisbee and he's not bad at karaoke, either.
Sri - Bengali princess who, aside from kicking my ass at climbing, and aside from being a smokin' hiker, brought down the evil empire of Larry and also once told me that "even girls' are turned on my breasts." Also never turns down "one more round."
Supajewie - Long distance drinking buddy, just about the only person I know who "gets it". And no, she's not Jewish. It's a long story.
Tex - is what happens when you take a normal man, add alcohol, subtract common sense and tact, and then buy him another drink.

English Teacher Disclaimer

I teach English, and I sometimes get a emotional about grammar, punctuation, and usage. I sometimes write posts about other people's grammar - or mine. This does not mean, however, that my blog is without errors. I constantly go back and edit for typos and sometimes even... misspelled words *clutching skull and gagging*. If you find a mistake feel free to call me out on it. I will persist in making mistakes whether I attempt to catch them or not, and I will continue to be my bitchy English teacher self despite my capacity to screw up just as often as the next person... and maybe more.