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[savethelilin]

I was listening to this again earlier, and I made a comment about how I feel like I've been using this song as some kind of a checklist since I heard it years ago... and then decided I should do that for real and see what my score winds up being. So let's make a meme of it, shall we?

Rank each item from the lyrics of La Vie Boheme with a score of 0-3.

Rank based on how much you relate to any given line:
0- Not interested / No idea who or what that is / Doesn't relate at all / No
1- I approve / I've heard of it / Describes someone I'm close to / Maybe
2- I have totally done that / I know enough to have an opinion / Describes me / Yes
3- THAT IS MY LIFE / I WILL FIGHT YOU ABOUT MY OPINION / DEFINES ME / HELL YES

Note: Opinions about particular artists etc here ranking a 3 don't have to be positive, just passionate enough to cause an argument over drinks at the local bar or cafe.

Ready to find out how Bohemian you are? Then raise your glass to:

-days of inspiration
-playing hookey
-making something out of nothing
-the need to express, to communicate
-going against the grain
-going insane, going mad
-loving tension
-no pension
-more than one dimension
-starving for attention

-hating convention
-hating pretension
-hating dear old Mom and Dad
-riding your bike midday (past the three-piece suits)
-fruits
-no absolutes
-Absolut
-choice
-the Village Voice
-any passing fad

-being an us for once ... instead of a them
-hand-crafted beers made in local breweries
-yoga
-yogurt
-rice and beans and cheese
-leather
-dildos
-curry vindaloo
-huevos rancheros
-Maya Angelou

-emotion
-devotion
-causing a commotion
-creation
-vacation
-mucho masturbation
-compassion
-fashion
-passion when it's new
-Sontag

-Sondheim
-anything taboo
-Ginsberg
-Dylan
-Cunningham and Cage
-Lenny Bruce
-Langston Hughes
-the stage
-Uta
-Buddha

-Pablo Neruda
-bisexuals, trisexuals
-carcinogens
-hallucinogens
-Pee-wee Herman
-German wine
-turpentine
-Gertrude Stein
-Antoniotti
-Bertolucci

-Kurosawa
-Carmina Burana
-apathy
-entropy
-empathy
-ecstasy
-Vaclav Havel
-The Sex Pistols
-8BC
-no shame

-never playing the Fame Game
-marijuana
-sodomy
-S&M
-dance
-no way to make a living
-masochism, pain
-perfection
-muscle spasms
-chiropractors

-short careers
-eating disorders
-film
-adventure
-tedium
-no family
-boring locations
-dark room
-perfect faces
-egos

-money
-Hollywood
-sleaze
-music
-food of love
-mathematics
-isolation
-rhythm
-power
-feeling harmony

-heavy competition
-anarchy
-revolution
-justice
-screaming for solutions, forcing changes
-risking danger
-making noise and making pleas
-faggots, lezzies, dykes
-cross-dressers
-living with (not dying from) disease

Let he among us without sin be the first to condemn La Vie Boheme!

Add up your score; the maximum is 330.


I got 210 out of a possible 330, so I guess I'm 64% Bohemian. What about you?