I think, like the prompt said, most people are probably a mix of Apollo and Dionysus. I'm no different, I have a little of both, although I think I'm probably more Apollo than Dionysus.
I never used to be very organized, and as a kid my room was always a mess. I still don't have a natural sense of cleanliness or organization when it comes to my apartment, but I work pretty hard to make myself keep things clean these days. For me having a clean place to live always had a direct correlation with other things, for example I do better in my classes and do my homework more consistently when my place is clean. I think seeing order and cleanliness around me makes me want to keep other aspects of my life in order. Sometimes I'll have a random need to organize my closet by color or organize all my books( not often enough, though). So when it comes to neatness I'm a pretty equal mix. When it comes to schoolwork, I've always been very disorganized. I was always the kid in high school who had to search around in my backpack for 15 minutes to find my homework, and I was always losing papers. I guess I'm the same way now, a little more organized though and generally less forgetful.
A part of me that has always been very Appollonian is my sense of time. I hate being late and I hate when other people are late. I usually get to wherever I'm going 5 or 10 minutes early, because I'm really paranoid about being late. I've always had a really organized sleep pattern, too, and I don't usually stay up very late and I'm always up early. My roommate last year drove me crazy with her sleeping patterns, which were exactly the opposite. She was literally nocturnal, and went to sleep when I woke up.
As far as parties go I really am not a fan. I don't drink, pretty much because I've never seen someone's life get better from getting in the habit of drinking, but I've seen a lot of people's lived get worse. And since that's the main thing that you do at parties, I think I would be pretty out of place. I also don't like the disorganized and aimless nature of parties, which is pretty Apollonian.
I'm not a huge fan of nature. I've got nothing against it, except that I think of it as dangerous and sometimes scary ( which might be because of the vast amount of scary movies I watch). Or it could be because I almost drowned at Venice beach when I was younger. I like to see nature from afar. I love music, as I think most people do. So overall I'm pretty Apollonian.
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Katherine, I laughed at your blog becuase it reminded me of my situation with my roomate, expect we find a way to deal with it. She is the messy homebody and I am the clean crazy one, but somehow it works :)
hey, we are like opposites. This would mean that I would have more to say so please be patient. I think that people go to parties to drink... rather they go to socialize. Parties are cool... until everyone's wasted. Then things can be really funny, or disgusting...
I can see why nature can be scary or dangerous... I used to run to the beach at night in San Francisco... but I think it's the way one thinks. Like you said, you think about scary movies and stuff, so like a murderer in the forest ... and your past experience at the beach... but give nature a chance once in a while. Don't think of the bad things when you camp out... instead, look up into the clear sky and think about random (theological maybe) things... and you may catch some shooting stars too..
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