in the spirit of “to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man”, i am curious about all the fun(ny) labels we have for ourselves that can help our self-definition… so i invite you to share with me all that you know about yourself…. your chinese animal your astrological, rising, moon sign your enneagram number your favorite color are you a sensitive, a high sensation seeker what is your favorite crystal, scent, oil, instrument, genre of music… etc etc. everything you have found and resonated with out there in the world of these tools that help define us…
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Chinese Animal – Dragon
Astrological Sign – Libra
Rising – Pisces
Favourite Colours – Green and Purple
Favourite Gem – Emerald
Favourite Scents – Geranium, Thyme and Lemon
Favourite Oil – Lavender
Favourite Instrument – Cello
Favourite Genre of Music – Folk
Hi Alanis~
I don’t know if this is at all related to me asking you your “personality type” awhile back…I hope that didn’t seem silly. I admit, we can get a little crazy sometimes in the pursuit of “finding ourselves”…haha….But if you are serious, I will answer honestly. In my journey, I have found that I am a Pisces with a Cancer Moon, with a rising sign of Gemini…I was born in the year of the Boar…My enneagram type is 4 with a 5 wing…I am an INFP…I am hyper*sensitive…emotional…my favorite color is purple, I am in love with Sandalwood, Patchouli and Nag Champa and music is my sanity… I love all types, mostly…but my favorites are *YOU, Tori Amos, and Lisa Loeb. I prefer strong, poetic lyrics…paired with guitar and/or piano…
I am obsessed with Butterflies and flowers…I create art and poetry for to keep my mental health, haha…and need nature and the ocean…I am from Northern California and the mountains are home to me…Anyways…there is my ramble… I pray I do not sound petty or lame, but wanted to contribute my tid*bits of random info… Thank you again, beautiful woman, for sharing your music with us…your albums have been included in my life’s soundtrack…I am forever grateful. xo
P.S. Sorry for the poor grammar. :p
I am an Aquarius, the Water-Bearer, and as such I have a wealth of emotion and believe that knowledge should be poured out into the world and is just as important as water is. I see myself as a reasonable person who looks at the “bigger picture” and thirsts for wisdom I can accept when I may be wrong. I do believe in standing up for what I hold to be true and of great value; battling fear, ignorance and all that would stand in my way. If you believe in something you will fight for it.
Music is something that is just as important to me as life itself. It doesn’t matter what the genre of music is in my opinion, I can enjoy it as long as it is not auto-tuned, fake or lacking in any depth. It is through music that I feel an almost Spiritual connection with the dedicated musicians who spend day after day, month after month and year after year breathing life and beauty into their art. Now that, to me, should be treasured and held dear by all true lovers of music. That brings me to something else I would like to mention. Alanis, I love your music. Yes, I probably sound like a kid with a crush on you but what I’m saying is true. You’ve shown me a great many things and situations in your life that have made you who you are today; things that have helped you to discover yourself in this crazy world of ours. For showing me that there is something beautiful…something worth saving in humanity whilst all else falls and withers away…that means more than you could ever know. More than anyone could. So for this, Alanis (God, in the best philosophical comedy “Dogma”), thank you so very much.
P.S.: I also like sushi, crying, laughing, hiking, karaoke, learning new things, martial arts and not giving a damn what people think about me because I love who I am and that will never change.
A nine of clubs, a broken soul, a happy spirit and a student of life humbled by the absences of true love … good health, good fortune to all.
well im a virgo and leo (though some people dont believe in the cusp i do august 23 1973 at 11;23am yet my fav number is 4. ive been different my whole life and its who i am thank goodness, i love all colors but green purple and blue are fav 3. nag champa is my fav incense, rose quartz- crystal though im a lmt so i trully love them all but i keep one on me everyday i work and i love what i do its my service to mankind. my fav instument would be my 6string lyle, and ur voice of course i have a bootleg from 1994 and it sounded like a straght up violin impressive to say the least.after 38 years i finally read about the emotional type i am and its an “empath” i was 9 outta 10 on the questions so my sensitivites and why i feel the way i do it was refreshing. i write sing and play guitar. if i didnt get my feelings out i would implode – my main theme though sometimes sad is…love the day your given cause it could be ur last-let go let go let go of the past.. i love getting older and learning each day about myself. i love the beach and live 2 miles away from the gulf of mexico ,im blessed and thankful. love is love is love is love sister!
Alanis I got three “REFERENCES” that inspire my life and sustain my soul, as follows:
- You, ALANIS MORISSETTE.
- SHAKIRA (The Colombian Singer)
- KILL BILL Movie (The Bride, to be more specific).
You will ask me why ?
You Alanis Teached that a HIGH LEVEL CELEBRITY AND SUCCEEDED PERSON can be very cool just using “Asics or Puma” Sneakers. Teached me that Rock can be mixed with Spiritual and Soul Matters, teached that angry can be extravasated with Music …Good Humour + Puma;Asics sneakers + Rock + Spiritual inquiries can represente a way of life to be followed.
Shakira teached me that we can succeed without forget our origins, without forget GOD and family. Teached me that a well succeeded person doesnt need to be arrogant or anything like that.
The Bride (Kill Bill Movie) teached me that Life will beat the shitout of us, but even so we need to get up, and keep walking with courage and furious to succeed.
All of MY REFERNCES, teached me about, HUMBLENESS, COURAGE … FOCUS … SIMPLICITY … MUSIC, ROCK … MOVES, SOUND BEATs, thank you for make me happy and for being GOOD REFERENCES TO ME. (Lets disregard the Ketchup of Kill Bill ok ? Im not a killer)
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I’ve always wanted to know your MBTI personality type and Ennagram number. Maybe this is the best opportunity to find out! You will tell us, right? We’re sharing! I always had you pegged for an INFP and a type 4 Ennagram.
Anyway, I am an INTJ and a type 5 Ennagram w4. I love most types of music, but I am a rock person at heart. Every time you come out with a new album, when I hear a rocky song, I get excited. My favorite bands and artists include Muse, Elliott Smith, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, Garbage, White Stripes, and Magnet, whom you got me into. You are definitely my favorite female artist, but I also like Regina Spektor, Bjork, and Tori Amos. I hate pretty much all crappy Lady GaGa type pop music that’s on the radio these days.
I’m not sensitive or a high sensation seeker. I’m a knowledge seeker and a highly intuitive thinker. I’m into all things abstract, particularly astrophysics, science fiction, and the human mind. Some labels I’d assign to myself are: nerd, geek, dork, klutz, grammar nazi, and nature lover.
I am an Aquarius. Rising sign Aquarius also moon sign is Pisces. I was born in the year of the rabbit, i think, some calendars say dragon others say rabbit. I didn’t know anything about an enneagram number before this but mine is is 5 The Thinker….i think that’s pretty accurate..I also took this other personality quiz and they labeled me as a Respectful Experiencer. my favorite colors are purple and greens, and blues.. i don’t know, i can get sensitive but most of the times i feel like a robot, very serious. i don’t like any scents really like perfume or anything just the clean scent..i like how the piano, guitar, and violins sounds…can’t play them though. music genres is varied…i like pop, rock, punk, grunge..sometimes.., um rap hip hop…you know whatever sounds good basically…..im not very in on one particular genre so i guess the pop genres of all the other sub genres….
What else defines me…my nationality. im mexican born in america…i don’t know what else.
Its so hard to define who you are really, because we have so many labels on us already its like with the astrological signs…like right when your born you are given a personality. and im beginning to think its not like that i think our personality develops, by living our life, by the people we meet and everything. So i don’t know if there is a way to define oneself.
I can laugh with my friends and co-workers almost to the point of black-out. Almost. I’m the strongest emotional support that anyone can have. I am Aries-astrologically speaking and my Waxing Moon is Taurus. My number is luck and my sign is fire. I am a professional, educated well, and find joy is what I do and the people I meet. New-to-courty-scared-shitless-please-help-me-can-you-believe-we’re-in-Canada-sitting-infront-of-you-it’s-cold-here types. I find that in life you can speed up and slow down time. I wish we all could/would realize that and just take a moment to look, appreciate, be curious, and look around. I love my friends and my house-it’s a home. I make smoothies with spinach and drink them religiously while others gag at the mere thought/notion. I’m 30 and still don’t know who I am and who I want to be but I’m on my way and curiosity leads me to troublesome/fun/terrifying situations but fit within my inner Monkey. I love to travel and need to do it more. I love to learn. I obsess over beauty in design and take things apart to find why they work the way I do. I have zero musical ability but sing to the horror of those around me. I hate public speaking and hate flop sweat even more. I can listen to any and all genres of music and find myself singing in my office absent mindedly as I think of the music I had heard moments/days/months/years before. I find I connect with people for the moments I’m with them and meet them. I can always remember a face but never a name. I love a spring breeze in the city I live in. I love the harsh cold. I laugh at myself all the time and don’t mind when others do. Physical comedy is divine. I haven’t fallen in love (yet). I wish I hadn’t grown up so incredibly fast. I live with no regrets. THIS is AMAZING and INCREDIBLE and wish you and those around you many blessings.
Labels and ideas that resonate with me: Libra with an Aquarius moon and Aries rising, born in the year of the rat, INFP, idealist, hopeless romantic, Libertarian, truth seeker, metaphysical, spiritual, philosophical, poet, warm hearted, highly sensitive, empath, dreamer, intuitive, advisor, nurturer, more right brained, imaginative, deep, pensive, melancholy (personality type). You and Bethenny Frankel resonate with me. I said if any celebrity most resembles my nature it is what I know of you, Alanis. Listening to you in interviews and the lyrics of your songs, I can’t help but feel akin to you. I cry listening to your music at times just out of the sheer recognition of myself in your art. Your songs that resonate the most with me are: Orchid, So Unsexy, Incomplete, Thank You, Princes Familiar. So thank you for sharing your art and your heart with all of us.
Well, I’m not ‘on’ in astrology, the most we know is that I am the sign of Aquarius, ‘super good people’! Kk I’m a biologist, Brazilian, my favorite color is blue, my shaft, my essence is love, so I’m super hyper mega romantic! I have a solid relationship and very special 10 years ago. My mother died in 2009 and it is still very difficult for me. I am very sensitive and I know very well, people think it’s important to reflect, just so you can know it, know what they want, what really hurt, where you really want to get … I love listening to music cycling… go into another line in another sphere … My favorite is pop rock rhythm internationtal, my favorite artists: Alanis Morissette, Laura Pausini, Celine Dion, U2, Nickelback, Boyce Avenue, Phil Collins, James Blunt, Jason Mraz, Michael Buble, Shania Twain, Creed … “Enjoy” Alanis since my youth, my first album was Jagged Little Pill … My favorite album is the acoustic MTV, I love acoustic music arrangement. I admire much to disclose about the life of Alanis Morissette … a woman warrior and winning with a beautiful happy family! Musically, I have followed his work ever since! I hope I have contributed! I suggest next time that this information is reserved for us to feel safer and we can share more information that is our true essence.
Best regards,
Hi Alanis,
My astrological sign is Aries. There are two personality traits that are associated with that, that I feel actually apply to me–perfectionism and intensity. I perceive myself to have little to no “skin” and I am just becoming aware of the constant pressure I put on myself to succeed, achieve, be good…
My favorite scents are old wood, dust, book bindings, Christmas tress–these are all smells that I equate with warmth and feeling safe. Feeling safe is something I actively aspire to be because for a couple of years I absolutely identified with the knot of anxiety in my stomach. I love humor, hugs, spacious people that allow for trust-building conversations, and writing. I believe that my inner-purpose is to bring about more love on this planet, and whatever my outer-purpose is, it will reflect that. I want to spread kindness and to learn how to forgive, but I have seen recently that for that to happen, it has to start with myself. Thank you for that insightful question! I have a long way to go in knowing who I am. Thank you for being a great role model to me. Your transparency inspired me to explore my emotions more than I ever had before. (I was twelve when I first started listening to you).
I love you
I only need some words to descripe myself:
clinical depressions
Disorders of personality and behavior (altruism)
Sleepless
I’m a virgin, the characteristics of this sign sounds good to me, but I don’t know astrology.
Last semester I went into a school of practical philosophy where we study a little about some philosophers, ancient cultures, and so forth..
And the messages of them are quite convincing and make us reflect on who we are.
And despite my ignorance, I have the persuasion that we are not different from each other.
And to realize that we must seek God’s wisdom, as suggested by the meaning of the word “philosopher”.
Alanis, I see you as a philosopher, and this Confucius’ message reminds me of you:
“If a man lacks the human virtues, what has he to do with ritual? If a man lacks the human virtues, what has he to do with music?”
ps.: sorry for any grammar error.
much love,
Labels says I’m tauro, tiger and number 2 for enneagram. My friends and family say I’m peaceful. School says I’m systems analyst…. I say I’m passionate.
I love art in all expressions: music, poetry, painting, photography…. just love enjoying beauty in a sunset, a Picasso or one of your songs.
I’m a traveller and a seeker, allways looking for something far and deep.
I like to vibrate with people who’s looking for universal brotherhood/sisterhood.
Don’t know if I’m speaking out correctly, my mother language is spanish…. but what I mean is I love the sensation of being part of this universe, just a drop in the sea, knowing the sea wouldn’t be the same without it…
Good Day Alanis! Whom did you quote? It’s very Wise. “All that you(I) know about yourself(myself)”? I’ll be kind and not write a book…….
Born: Year of the Horse.
Pisces, Scorpio Ascending. Don’t know moon sign. Don’t know enneagram number.
I LOVE the color Blue!
With the things that I’ve had to endure during my life, if I were sensitive, it would’ve been very difficult to survive it.
I’m not a high sensation seeker (not a hedonist), and what I crave is to contribute to the betterment of humanity through Philosophy even if I can only do it in a small, insignificant way.
Favorite crystal?….I’m not knowledgeable about crystals, but the movie, “The Dark Crystal”, was excellent!
Scent? A Christmas Wreath.
Oil? Not sweet light crude…Lorenzo’s? another Good movie….Seriously….Ginseng Massage Oil.
Instrument? Cardiinal George Carlin’s driver in your movie, “Dogma”, in which the role that you played was, “God”……Seriously…..Percussion.
Genre of Music: The Blues(All) and Progressive Rock(60s, 70s, & 80s especially) are tied.
Is tonight Chinese New Years?
I must stop now to keep my promise of not writing a book.
I’m looking forward to seeing your contribution to, “The voice”…..
Happy Chinese New Year To You!
I call myself a ridiculous man. Sometimes it’s funny but true. That felt good it’s like I let all the *seriousness* out. I feel better.
ALANIS, IT’S SAD, BUT I’M STUCK IN A POINT WHERE I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MYSELF… I THINK I FOUND THE ‘PAUSE BUTTON’ BUT I SHOULDN’T HAVE PUSHED IT, ANYWAY, I SPEND MY DAYS WITH MAKING MUSIC, VISITING ADULT GAY SITES(RSRSRS), AND WAITING FOR MY HAPPINESS TO COME, CAUSE I’M SICK OF LOOKING 4 IT
I am not a fan of horoscopes and similar, but I must admit these things define me even if I hate labels!
I am aries, my favourite color is red, I like hard rock, I am stubborn and outgoing, very passionate,energic, spontaneous, impulsive and I always speak out loud…what else? my favourites greek myths/gods are Athena and Atalanta, favourite instrument drums…
can you see the Aries-”fil rouge”? or is it maybe only the fact I am Italian?
(thanks for everything, sorry for my English.)
Somehow I always get stuck at the defining WORDS, not things. It wasn’t that long ago that I defined myself with words like broken, ruined and forever destructed by forces outside my control. I thought that my innocence and curiosity was someone else’s to take from me. I’ve now stripped myself of almost all the destructive labels I was given. I think that I’m on the path of defining myself (or re-defining and even de-defining myself) which is something that will continue on until my body dies. Considering that … I’m not sure I’m in the position to define myself further. Maybe I’m just childishly tired right now but … There are many things that I embrace and which speak to me, but do they define me? I’m not sure.
“I am free!”
That is what I want to say when I’m old and wise…or after that
Free of the blue/black hot virgin dragon that watches the helper inside and tries to follow Amie Lee, Bono, Sting, Anouk and sometimes a curious searching girl in contrast to Seether and OMG “he loves them” Faith No More and Foo Fighters. He sometimes likes to listen to his symbionts playing guitar and drums, reading and to philosophize with him, because the only proper partner (up to now)is he or his dad. He is searching for a(and thats a main goal)… a way to hand it (path-goal theory(but not the leadership-version)) to an up-and-coming artist…but did not find the adequate melody to produce it
Sincerely
what i know and feel to be most true to what i truly am is beyond words, beyond form… the essence of rumi’s and hafiz’s poetry is probably what comes closest. however, i enjoy the ayurvedic perspective a lot too
to thine own self be true,i have to long of a short story to be attempting to explain it in a post,i can say being true to ones self will make you happy,it will return to you a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction,ye be wise to look closely at what you precieve to be your truth’s,some dream’s can and do come true,i do not agree with label’s,,cept for on a coffee can, i do wear a few,, son,father,sober,plumber,most recent chasen the title of captain,these are labels/names i refer to myself as today,past labels have a not to pleasent tone to them other then musician and artist,labels applied by other’s, i am me,
Still,,,from our creator to your pen, love cannot be explained any better,the song brought me to tear’s,thank you,
First and foremost I am a Dad. Love my two girls and love doing anything with them… I am a Cancer (Moon Child).. I like to think of myself as a Humanitarian as I believe we are here to help and guide each other… So I do many things, I donate platelets twice a month, I do relay for life, I shave my head once a year for Children,s cancer, I am a Girl Scout Leader (I call myself worlds oldest male girl scout.. lol) My Co-leader and I run two important scout events, (Spa event for 100 girls, which is tonight) and Scouting for food and clothing…. So I truly believe what we do here will effect what happens to us after we die.. I wish you all only peace.
I don’t know what to write to you
about myself in order to seduce you
I am : paraffenomenon.blogspot.com
And appending nightmares
Of schizophrenia
I have been with the craziest beasts
But this is a secret
I am inside an old wise man
Down from the stars to please
And thus writ in order to seduce you
I am Aleph Alpha
I am alone but I am king
From the stars and down to earth
Just right next to you
Light becomes the world
…which is light in the making
I am love
Love is I`
I am will
Will is I
I am the world
I am light
I am what I am
Love & Light 2 U !
all i know about me: I am arrogant, I usually don’t give a damn about anything when people is speaking about spiritually things. I am a good lover (i get satisfated when the other boy is really satisfated already, not before), i am good son, i am a good brother, i am really intituive, i am a bad singer and a bad actor, i don’t know to lie… I’ve a hole in my hand when i decide to help economyly to some one. I work really hard allways. I am untidy in my mind, but tidy in my enviroment. I am deadloss with learning languages, like English. I am Pisces, but i am not like a fish. I am like a squirrel. I love melodies. I love reading. I love imagining and dreaming. I am a animal liker. And I said bye now. ¡Bye!
Labels: INFJ, curious, knowledge-hungry, creative, sensitive, insecure and hating it but trying to grow out of it, considerate, nonconformist, soul-searching individual, history and philosophy geek.
Chinese animal: rooster
Astrological, rising, moon sign: I’m Libra, with rising sign Pisces and moon in Cancer, which means that I’m all air and water no earth, no practicality whatsoever.
Enneagram number: 6, 5 or 4 I don´t really know yet because I started learning about the Enneagram only a few weeks ago and I´ve only done a few tests on-line, so I guess it depends on the test or my day but I’m definitely one of those three types.
Favorite number: 8
Favorite color: violet
Favorite crystal: Don´t really have one but I have a favorite flower instead: purple Iris
Scents: for winter I love woody, warm, powdery but not sweet scents and for summer fresh, green scents that smell like leaves and herbs
Oils: What kind of oils? Essential oils: sandalwood and jasmine/ Plain oils: Olive oil of course because I’m Greek and we are practically raised with it.
Favorite instrument: Guitar
Genre of music: alternative rock, music with deep lyrics, Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Tracy Chapman
Good point Alanis, “the tools that help to define us”. I liked that. I am a Capricorn and just like that I am a very hard worker and don’t give up very easily, so that I’ve left my homecountry Brazil to live and study in Germany, without any financial help from my family, for example. And again just like a Capricorn I am a very good friend and partner, I give them a lot without willing to receive something back, and am very honest, but when someone hurts my trust, this one has lost me probably forever… Well, you see, like a Cpricorn I can be very obstinate (don’t know exavtly the right english word). My favorite colour is green, just like the trees, I love the nature. And also orange and purple are my colours. I love rock music, especially the classic rock from the 60ies, and when I listen to music I am always hearing the lyrics. I love the middle east, latin and brazilian music, because I love to dance. I love your music because it mixes different rhythms and especially because of the lyrics. I am ultra sensitive. Gandhi is one person I admire without limits. I admire you too, because despite of your fame you’ve been always keeping your feet on the floor, because you are a spiritual person, because you try to help others and use your art and fame to transmit good messages, etc. I am vegetarian: I like animals and I don’t like to cause pain. I am Brazilian, and it is also a tool that helps me to define myself since I am living in a foreign country, I am expansive, comunicative, warmhearted…. and so much more…
Hi Alanis ! This is my first post on your website : so excited !
To answer your “question” :
xoxox STTS.
1. I am a Pisces with Cancer rising. My Chinese astrological sign is the Earth Dragon. And, I believe it all defines me very well !:D
2. My favorite color has always been Purple. It is said to be the nevrotic color…
3. Since I was a little girl, I’ve always been in deep love with the name Victoria. It’s a name full of history that I plan on giving to my daughter if I have one.
4. If I were a song, I’d be “Song To The Siren”…that is why I have it as a username.
5. If I were a tree, I’d be a Cherry Blossom. An animal : a Owl. A type of food : French (for a Frenchie, it’s quite fitting !).
6. My favorite instruments are the violin and the drums. Very different. They both define me well.
7. I love the numbers 7 and 9. But, as it turns out, it is the number 22 that occupies my life the most. In Numerology, 22, like 11, is said to be a highly powerful number. In a good and in a bad way. I believe it.
8. If I was a writer, I’d be Virginia Woolf. And if I was a movie, I’d be “The Hours”, also my favorite movie ever remains “Forrest Gump”.
9. I consider myself a “deep” person as well as a humanitarian.
10. I’m an animal lover. Dogs especially. I predict I’ll someday, somehow, end up rescuing/sheltering stray dogs.
I could go on and on but I think that would bore you & everyone else so, let’s say that’s it for now !
My name is Jade Sillers, born Oct. 29th 1974 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in the year of the tiger.So go ahead play Eye of the Tiger and I’ll dedicate it to one of my furry friends.Manitoba was once known as the postage stamp province,and Winnipeg was the gateway to the old Canadian West rising from the forks of the Red and Assinboine Rivers.Open up a map of North America and my hometown is right in the centre of it,being the nations 6th largest city by population.
Growing up with my mother on McGee St. near Pearl,being the rocker of the family there were three records and artists one wanted to hear of mine.Let it Bleed by the Stones from 1969,Pearl by Janis Joplin from 1971,and Blizzard of Ozz by Ozzy Osbourne from 1980.The rest of the family were old time country fans,which was cool with me.If they had a porch you could picture them sitting there listening to Johnny Cash records on the radio and drinking Labbatts Blue.
I left the friendly province for the yours to discover province in 1984, eventually moving out on my own on Canada Day of my 16th year a nation that’s been great to me.I will forever be greatful for the upbringing and the continued provisions.As the 90′s loomed Alanis and Alanis Morissette appeared on the scene and she’d spot me in my Joplin t-shirts eventually taking out a radio ad on one around late ’96,an invite to dive into the fishbowl with her.I accepted the invitiation,lost a few along the way entering her realm,but have since recovered and now it’s straight ahead.
Hi Alanis, what makes me „me“ and makes you „you“?
I’m a scorpio. Scorpios are supposed to be very determined (definitely me), reserved (yes, sometimes I’m shy), tenacious (double yes!!) and secretive (I guess…;)).
. I also love the scent of Jasmine.
Every test I took for my enneagram number presented me with another number. I’m a mix of it all, haha… I grew up with 5 older sisters, that’s certainly defining. I’m sensitive and I do express my feelings much better in writing than in speaking. I love reading and poetry, sometimes write poems.
I love songwriters like you, with lyrics that are honest and speak to my heart. Sophie B. Hawkins has also deeply impressed me. I grew up with Cat Stevens’ songs, my sister had the „Teaser and the Firecat“ LP and I always chose it to listen to when I was little because it has a cat on the cover and my favorite animals are cats. I also like songs of the 70s and 80s, rock, pop, jazz. Great people like Martin Luther King jr. have influenced my belief, that it is important to stand up and do something. 50 years of amnesty international shows, that everyone can do something, even if it is such a small thing as writing and sending a letter to get someone unjust imprisoned released or protest against torture – when thousands of people write from around the world. I love to travel and meet people from all over the world, to learn about their lifes and their way of living, compared to mine. Thanks to the love of your songs, Alanis, I have made and met wonderful friends in Luxembourg, Argentina, Armenia, Canada and the Netherlands.
The scent of musk is my most favorite, I fell in love with my boyfriend because of this scent.
It was at the wedding of a friend of mine and he was sitting in the pew right in front of me. And his sweet smell of musk aftershave came wafting into my nose and drove me crazy. I was magically drawn to him. We are a couple for 16 years now
My favorite color is red because it stands for love and passion.
Hi there. Here it goes some info about me.
Astrologiccal sign: Leo- Strong personality, happy person, born to be a leader, Like to shine among people, like some attention but also like my own space. Very sensitive person, my feelings can be hurt easily. shy but firendly and very good friend. Need freedom and I always can help people to be more positive althoght sometimes I am not with myself
Favorite Color: Green (any green)
No religion, I am Sufi whsich is a philosophy from Turkey and that area.
I dont believe in cristals, oils or something like this
Favorite perfume: Kenzo
Favorite Instrument: Violin (I play it)
Favorite Music: Alanis Morissette I was rised listening to Alanis. Nearly 17 years of my life with her.
A place I want to go: Canada (Ottawa, Vancouver,Calgary, Toronto)
I love a great chat.
Favorite Movie: City of angels because it shows the phisiology we have to live and we dont notice like feel cold, and warm, and the capacity of touch
The best experience was when I worked at camphill comunity in Ireland taking care of people with special needs. The love they have
My frustration is to know that there´are people with bad intention, who wants to distroy and kill.
I love my husband and he is a person who help me to grow.
I am biologist and I do believe in science more than oils and cristals but i do believe in positive thoughts to help positive atittudes
Chinese Animal – Metal Cock, It’s simply like me.
Astrological Sign – Gemini with the air element because my mother had desired eat clouds when she was pregnant, maybe the reason of my “cloud personality” I simply can’t remember where a put something… It’s a problem… But is the reason too, to try another college, studying literature and I’m back to the college again.
Rising – Libra maybe the reason to study laws at the college when I was a teenager.
Favourite Colours – Yellow, It’s my favourite colour, I don’t know why, I think that It’s the colour of my soul.
Favourite Gem – Ametist, because my mother gave me a colar with this gem when I was a child.
Favourite Scents – citric perfums I don’t have a favourit but I love good perfums.
Favourite Instrument – Flute (that I learned when I was a child and Cello, instrument that I couldn’t learn.
Favourite Genre of Music – Alternative Rock
I’m geek,I love studying I lover reading and writing. I have four books published and the last one with short stories will be published (I hope) in february. I love music, I just can’t live without music, because music inspires me. My favourit writer is Clarice Lispector. My friends says my stories looks like her stories. I would like so much that information was truth, but she was a writer so much better than me. I’m still learning. My dream is know Paris, I learned french to go to France, but I couldn’t yet visit the city of my dreams. I love pets, I love books and libraries and other dream I had was watch an Alanis concert and see her near of me. And I saw her twice, and I still remember that like a big thing that I did, that I won’t never forget!
Chinese animal, rabbit
born on cusp between Virgo and Aries
Tarus rising
Gemini moon sign
#9 on enneagram
color, deep blue
favourite instrument, voice
all types of music
beautifully written prose and poetry
love connecting,
humor
nature hugely important, being in it
absorbing it through every sense
love adventure, passion
find being in slightly dangerous places
fullfilling, being vunerable rewarding.
Bigest joy, growing.
That’s quite a cusp, should be Virgo and Libra
I don’t know exactly what to say to you about me, trying to insulate parts of myself by echoing things I do, books I read, music I listen to, colors I wear… I could probably say, with a bunch of and’s and/or ellipsis points, that I like to taste new food, I read from Clarice Lispector to José Saramago to Rainer Maria Rilke, I listen to your music (but I’m actually listening to a Beck’s song called ‘Brother’), and my favourite color is (I guess) blue…
I would hopefully feel realeased, safe and sound, with both feet in, if all this naive information could express what defines me. Every single detail of my (our?) life(s?) entangles a entire pagan bible, full of stories, full of smells, faces, hands, moments. The more I get older – and I “like” to think I’m only 25 years old – the more I see how vulnerable I feel when contemplating these things shivering down my spine, when testifying this little, precious truths… when I think about, I remember that guy from “American Beauty” talking about how overwhelming that plastic bag can be, leaving us speechless, breathless. Sometimes I don’t know if I can keep on soldiering on, when such little things happen to me, when I’m utterly aware how time passes, how my friends grow up, how they unavoidingly leave and how devastating that can be.
I love to love my own and that hurts me right know. I’ll maybe end up writing a poem about this, but I just wanted to share this with “you” firts. (Being all alone in this kitchem, just with my dog and the fire behind me… it just feels right.)
thank u for listening. thank u for not listening.
I don’t know exactly what to say to you about me, trying to insulate parts of myself by echoing things I do, books I read, music I listen to, colors I wear… I could probably say, with a bunch of and’s and/or ellipsis points, that I like to taste new food, I read from Clarice Lispector to José Saramago to Rainer Maria Rilke, I listen to your music (but I’m actually listening to a Beck’s song called ‘Brother’), and my favourite color is (I guess) blue…
I would hopefully feel realeased, safe and sound, with both feet in, if all this naive information could express what defines me. Every single detail of my (our?) life(s?) entangles a entire pagan bible, full of stories, full of smells, faces, hands, moments. The more I get older – and I “like” to think I’m only 25 years old – the more I see how vulnerable I feel when contemplating these things shivering down my spine, when testifying this little, precious truths… when I think about it, I remember that guy from “American Beauty” talking about how overwhelming that plastic bag can be, leaving us speechless, breathless. Sometimes I don’t know if I can keep on soldiering on, when such little things happen to me, when I’m utterly aware of how time passes, how my friends grow up, how they unavoidingly leave and how devastating that can be.
I love to love my own and that hurts me right know. I’ll maybe end up writing a poem about this, but I just wanted to share this with “you” first. (Being all alone in this kitchem, just with my dog and the fire behind me… it just feels right.)
thank u for listening. thank u for not listening. a big, warm hug from my place to yours.
at forty three I have found that you are never alone unless you let yourself feel to be alone, you are never hurt unless you lest yourself be hurt, and your never happy unless you let your self be happy. sometimes we need to feel the down to appreciate the up, cause if we dont the up is not so up anymore.
I’m a cock, hawk, and I like rock.
I have bad luck with…watches, school-bags,shoes, and pens. It’s quite sad. Lately I can’t keep a watch working for more than a day. I finally bought a school-bag that seems like it may last a bit. Long story about the shoes. I guess I’m a little rough on my pens but I am alway sinsulted when they break into pieces as I hold them.
I am a procrastinator extrordianaire, not into works righteousness.
I feel the same way I did as a kid.
I was always overly skinny but now I have some fat and I love playing with it.
I’m sexual.
I’m not a linear person.
I feel I am handsome, but I also have a face that can scare you if I need to be intimidating.
My memory for anything but personal/emotional situations really stinks.
I never knew what I wanted to be until I was 26. Grew up recognizing myself as an artist, and still feel I am. I’m going to be an artist in the classroom as a teacher now:)
I create my own challenges, and avoid all others. I self sabotage myself…I am a lot like you Alanis. I always felt the emotions in your songs, and recently experienced similar feeling first-hand rather than..well..for you.
I am not really social. I never really do what I want to do.
HELP!
I am the wierdest person alive! a wonderful weirdo.
I like photography, reality shows is all I watch, I self-medicate with pot, My clothes never fit properly, I hate my own voice.
I love to sleep. I don’t get enough sun. i am up all night, asleep all day sometimes.
I am not fond of being cold cuz I shake like crazy. I am a nervous person. i suck at public speaking.
I know all your songs off by heart.
I love outdoors, am green, love animals ( especially guinea pigs!)(I’ve had 3 but I think I may have been responsible for their deaths accidentally). i love too much that it seems like I hate.
I’m misunderstood. I can’t even keep up with myself. Time flies for me when i least wish it to. I am more sensitive than salt on an exposed cut. I heal easily. I’m adventurous, sometimes fearless. I am hoping to live in the bush this summer alone and live off th eland for as long as I can. I am a picky eater. I am not abig eater. i love ice-cream, watermoelon, pickles, popsicles, gum, chocolate, bacon, oriental noodles, and pepsi. Coffee and french vanilla drinks makes me pee often and plenty. I think i’m usually dehydrated. i bite my nails like crazy. I’m secretive.
Hi Alanis, is so important for your fans your interest on themn so thanks.
I´m Colombian, that´s why september 13th 2003 was one of the happiest days in my life (because of your concert). I was born on 1974, my astrological sign is “leo”, and my chinese animal is “tiger”, and lunar sign is “aquarius”. My favorite crystal is the diamond.
diamond.
Continuing, i define myself as a sensitive person, good friend, i hate the society rules that obstacle the freedon. In my diary life, i am a techer of optometrist at an prestige university. Teaching i have learned more that i can teach “isn´t it ironic, don´t you think? My favorite music is yours, it helped me day by day as an inspiration. thank for everything, i hope you come bact to Colombia, my country is nicxe, and the people is good.
Why do we need to define ourselves?
In a word I can say we all are indefinables.
If I start to write what I think that defines me, it will take me a lot, ’cause I see me in one way, and the world can se me in another way, also valid to describe me…
If we read what these people wrote, I’m quite sure they forgot something. And even if they wrote everything, I bet all these words are not enough to describe them exactly as they are…
Cause atteched our ourselves to a word is taking some part of us out. Everyone will have some description of us, but not all definition will describes us like we really are.
If we wanna fit ourselves in a definition, we’ll be locking our soul, like a bird in a cage. We must be free. We’re humans, we can be anything, but we’re also nothing in the world, don’t you think?
Well for me, labeling and defining takes out from us freedom ’cause we let go so many thing just to fit in what we think we are or other people say we are.
So if you wanna know what defines me: indefinable. And even that word can stand to define me…
It’s not the intention to write down a whole life and complete analysis of character. It’s only supposed to give a small glimpse, the shine of a torchlight into a huge cave. The complexity of a personality doesn’t fit in a nutshell.
Alanis, when you are writing songs about your life, how do you select what is to be said or not? Or there´s no filter at all?
Hi Alanis,
Well my Chinese animal is the snake, and I am a Gemini with Aries rising and my moon is in Sagittarius.
I have recently discovered that I am a sensitive to some degree. I’ve gone through my life thinking everyone was the same as me but it turns out they’re not. I love your line….this sensitive’s unravelling…….love it.
I read that agate moss is the stone that will help in the fine-tuning of my energy.
My favourite………..colour is blue; oil is peppermint; instrument is the drums; music is rock (female artist-alanis / male artist-lenny kravitz / band-led zeppelin); place I’ve been to is Hawaii; animal is cat; flower is tulip; food…well I just love food.
Still trying to figure out my purpose while being authentic to myself.
Love you,
Julie
hello alanis,
since now i only knew i was gemini rising in sagittarius and moon in gemini and 5 minutes ago i discovered that my chinese animal is the dog and then i will figure out what’s the meaning of this. my favourite color is green and i think i’m a sensitive and empathic creature infact for this reason i do guided tour for blind in museums and archeological sites (i’m from Rome), because i love art perception and with this kind of tours i share with them my experiences, they look at art through me and as a feedback they teach me so many beautiful ways to “see” things without seeing..i’m also studying italian sign language because i would love to do guided tours also for them and talking with the hands, body and facial expressions is a beautiful way to communicate!
my favourite oil is the lavanda and the Olio 31 (http://www.just.it/prodotti/Prodotti-Just~6/Oli-essenziali~2/Olio-31~12/), the instrument is the drum and all the electronic things, genre of music: rock, indie, electro
artists adn groups: you (!!), antony and the johnsons, bjork, robyn, tennis, tune yards, twin shadow, lady gaga, suuns, florence and the machine, cristina donà
i love dancing, i love looooong conversations with my dear friends but also the one with perfect unknown people,
i love sushi and i love my strenght. my favourite place, since now, is a little village on the Stromboli island called Ginostra in the mediterranian sea, 27 inhabitants, 4donkeys, no cars, no lights, no electricity (you have it just for the kitchen), grat food, and the vulcano called by the people “Iddu” “THAT ONE” and the best sky with stars i’ve ever seen in my little life!
thanks for asking
mic°*
I am female
I am a fiancee
I do not like: olives! and the colour pink
I am a real taurus, ascendant pisces – a confusing mix I find sometimes.
I LOOOOVE lavender!! Its my medicine.
I read books, I play music, and I paint. All of it ever since I can think, and it defined me.
Im scared of presenting things, I never did any art to present it, just for the sake of therapy, getting stuff out of my system. The option of sharing these things is a new and scary thought for me. And here it is, if anyone cares to read, some of the most influencing, me-defining, boat (life!) rocking situations of my life put in words: http://pollyannaism.wordpress.com/
I’m:
A Leo (but doesn’t resonate.. perhaps since I was born prematurely, it’s fitting that I am much more of a Scorpio?)
A rat
Myers-Briggs INFJ – definitely resonates
Favourite colour is blue
Canadian like you
Favourite music is yours, other than that pretty much anything-mostly from the mid/late 90s.