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From rahael - five interests that she wants to expand on. Although I think the meme was five interests that you associate with the person. Either way - I think what she picked was interesting and somewhat suprising. [organizational psychology, degas, cole porter, dancing, and the 4400. - not one's I'd expect.]

organizational psychology

I'm a bit of a frustrated psychology major - have taken courses, gotten annoyed by them - too annoyed to stick with it, but find the study of psychology, human motivations, and how we interact with one another fascinating.

Organizational Psychology - is the study of how people interact within an organization or a better way of stating it is the psychology of an organization.
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The 4400

This sort of fits with the interest in organizational psychology. The 4400 unlike The X-Files, was about group mentality and social psychology. How organizations attempt to control people. The twist in this science-fiction serial drama - was that instead of being abducted and experimented on by aliens, the super-powered characters were abducted, experimented on, and had their physical capabilities enhanced by a human organization in the future. This organization was at war with another organization in the future. Both were using the past as a way to control their present.
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Dancing

I think dancing is just absolutely beautiful. It is something I keep trying to do, but lack the ability or talent. Still won't give up though. In my lifetime - I've done: ballet, modern, salsa, tango, texas-two step, country line dancing, contra-dancing, square dancing, waltz, and choreographed dance for musicals. I sucked at all of the above - because have no sense of rhythm, I confuse my left with my right, and I tend to dance to my own drummer.

At any rate - I love watching it. And I see dance as language of the body. The body talking without words.

Cole Porter

I just like his music and songs. The lyrics are witty and resonant. They are also very easy to dance to. But the wit - is at times a commentary on our culture and the silliness of our manners.

Degas

Fan of impressionist painters - specifically the French impressionists. And Degas remains a favorite - for much the same reason I enjoy dancing and cole porter - all three are about movement. Degas would sit for hours at a ballet studio and draw the dancers performing in all sorts of poses. He was fascinated with the discipline of Dance, the movement, and the passion behind it. I share that fascination.

Another exercise in html tagging - meme

Ganked from rozk

The BBC allegedly believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up? [bold those books you've read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish]

I think I did this meme before, but can't remember. Will state that I'm impressed that Ayn Rand did not make the list. She's usually on all of them. Also who makes up these lists? Some of the selections suprised me. Bridget Jones Diary? Harry Potter? Uhm okay. But they aren't books that people haven't read, hardly obscure. What, does the BBC think the six books people have read are those?

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I can't remember half the things I've read. I read whatever meets my fancy and is available.
And don't really care if it is considered good or not by everyone else.