Here are my results from Belief-O-Matic:

1. New Age (100%)

2. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

3. Liberal Quakers (95%)

4. Neo-Pagan (95%)

5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)

6. Mahayana Buddhism (81%)

7. Secular Humanism (79%)

8. Theravada Buddhism (73%)

9. New Thought (70%)

10. Reform Judaism (69%)

11. Taoism (69%)

12. Scientology (68%)

13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (59%)

14. Bahá’í Faith (56%)

15. Jainism (54%)

16. Orthodox Quaker (49%)

17. Sikhism (47%)

18. Nontheist (43%)

19. Hinduism (39%)

20. Orthodox Judaism (31%)

21. Islam (25%)

22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)

23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (19%)

24. Eastern Orthodox (17%)

25. Roman Catholic (17%)

26. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)

27. Jehovah’s Witness (13%)

The top score on the list represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.

Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.

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I take part in Buy Nothing Day because I believe in the cause behind it. I’m very opposed to the consumerism and capitalism that have caused great harm to all our nations. There are plenty of signs of their great danger and the damage already inflicted upon all aspects of our lives. There is not one of us on this planet who has not been harmed by global greed. I highly recommend becoming informed about the issues related to this day, and taking part if you wish, even with the mere symbolic act of not buying anything.

[Adbusters] [Buy Nothing Day]

Photos that were once included with this entry have been removed and may now be in my main photo album.

Photos that were once included with this entry have been removed and may now be in my main photo album.

Photos that were once included with this entry have been removed and may now be in my main photo album.

“someday we’ll know if this even matters”

I’m listening to “Try, Try Try” from The Smashing Pumpkins right now. I remember how much I enjoyed this song a year ago. I listened to it quite a lot and enjoyed the video for it very much. I really miss hearing new Pumpkins songs.

I spent another lovely day with my disciples, Wanda and April. It was good times as usual. Laughs were shared, ab workouts undertaken, songs sung, food consumed, books exchanged, and spirits raised. One day a week of such goodness is very refreshing. The hugs alone were greatly pleasing.

At the beginning of this entry you can see a row of photos. Click on the thumbnails to see the full sized ones. Those were taken during various adventures that my disciples and I had. They are the first public pieces of digital knapsack, my new project for archiving my treasured images and items. I do have half a gig of web space to fill, so I might as well make use of it, right?

Tomorrow I’ll be meeting with Sascha around noon. I haven’t seen him since September or early October, and I really miss hanging out with him. It will be great to catch up with him some, and spend some quality saviour-disciple time.

I’ve been drawn into the depths of RealPoe.com, the new official home of the astounding Poe. There is a lot of activity going on there, and I highly recommend that you all check her out. Her fanbase alone is more entertaining than most people in this world. Many of her fans I consider to be good friends. Plus, it’s a prerequsite that a Psycho be sexy.

Romance is an afternoon by a river eating dried apple slices and creating stories for the trees on the opposite bank.

I decided to break out some Melissa Etheridge. It’s been some time since I last listened to any of her albums. She’s one of those artists who I forget I enjoy so much very easily. Breakdown creeps back every now and then, though, and I have a solid reminder.

I was introduced to another artist tonight. My good friend Wanda sent me Damien Rice‘s O today. It’s an enjoyable album that she spoke very, very highly of. I haven’t given it a lot of ear-time, but I’ll get around to that very soon. Check his music out when you can.

Through his site I also stumbled upon Carrie Tree, a singer with a beautiful voice and very well crafted songs. The few I’ve been able to listen to are enchanting and hauntingly sad. I really must try to find her Sketching Tides EP somewhere, though I fear she is one of those artists not well known on this side of the Atlantic. That’s a real shame, because she’s a really gifted artist.
Carrie Tree can captivate the casual passer by with a purity of voice and depth of perception that opens hearts and moves minds’. Carrie began composing at 14 and accompanies her exquisite vocals with piano, guitar, djembe and flute. [x]

This week I encountered the coolest homeless street performers. One had an entire drum set made out of plastic jugs, and the other was a mad rapper who loves to rock out and doesn’t mind if you don’t have change. Seriously, there are some amazingly talented people who choose or are forced to live on the streets.

I really enjoy Audioslave. More so even than RAtM and Soundgarden. Am I alone?

I carry sharpies with me at all times, and also sticky notes, because you never know when you’ll need to share a message.

I have a messenger bag that holds a super mini thesaurus, batteries, a felt bag, sharpies, pens, a lighter, a knife, a cheap digital camera, sticky notes, a black leather bag that holds a glass jar with “Feel The New” on the side (the jar was a gift from Poe and held coffee beans and a note that informs me that I rule), checks, ear plugs (for those spontaneous super-loud concerts when I can’t afford to lose my hearing), a comb (to fix my hair when it passes the point of messy-cool into messy-bad), a sewing kit (for those times when my clothing is attacked by fences and trees), my Clie (with its keyboard and battery extender, for reading and writing on the go, often in the middle of a forest), glasses (for when I need to see things far off in the distance), stamps (for sending out gorilla letters and post cards to my friends), a camera and used film (which I will someday have developed).

I’ve returned to an old project called Digital Knapsack tonight. It will be an archiving of all my keepsakes in digital form. Everything from letters to concert tickets will be added to it. It’s all part of the minimalization of my life.

I think I may be in love with the music of Lederhosen Lucil. Don’t dismiss her as novelty, this is brilliant music. There’s a lovely sense of humour to this project, and the music is a very unique and pleasing blend of genres. One can not forget the sex appeal of hose and a German accent.

There was no call from the person I was interview by, so that adventure is a technical failure. I did learn from the experience, though, so I definitely do not consider it to be a worthless use of my time and energy. Was hair the deciding factor? I may never know, but I feel justified.

I need to get out of the house tomorrow and go exploring. Fall is my favourite season and I have not been enjoying this last month of it. It may be time to break out a heavy sweater and head for the waterfront for some reflection upon the various obsticles I have been facing lately, and just what I can do to rise above it all.

Some crows’ feathers and pine resin will help. I’ll grow the horns of a great stag and watch souls march past in their search for false gifts and false gods. I’ll gaze from the rooftops as the sun sets and seek my answers. I’ll weep for the trees soon to fall.

An Image and a Q+A:

1. List five things you’d like to accomplish by the end of the year.

1. Be employed

2. Develope a daily schedule of writing

3. Meditate daily

4. Read more of the novels I have not yet started

5. Dissolve any debt I may have

2. List five people you’ve lost contact with that you’d like to hear from again.

1. Josh

2. Maja

3. …

4. …

5. …

3. List five things you’d like to learn how to do.

1. Write well

2. Play guitar

3. Photograph well

4. Engage people fully in conversation

5. Speak other languages

4. List five things you’d do if you won the lottery (no limit).

1. Purchase a bus for my disciples and I to travel across North America in

2. Spend more time with friends, listening to music, writing and reading

3. Donate my time and resources to noble causes

4. Begin my own non-profit small press / record label

5. Build the Disciple Dome

5. List five things you do that help you relax.

1. Meditate

2. Listen to music

3. Write

4. Read

5. Talk with my friends