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rexe at 10:38pm on 15/07/2006
rexe at 10:38pm on 15/07/2006Bored with the old board games that are gathering dust in your closet? Grab a copy of Kokology (koh-KOL-oh-jee; from the Japanese kokoro, meaning "mind" or "spirit"), a book that contains 55 psychological questions that aim to delve into your subconscious, revealing how you truly feel about work, love, family, sex, and much more. Created by Japanese psychologist Isamu Saito, Kokology puts a spin on traditional psychological tests by transforming them into a series of entertaining and approachable quizzes.
Innocuous questions make Kokology a perfect conversation starter. Find out how magazine reading corresponds with the way a check book is managed; learn what bringing an address book, hairspray, lucky charm, or gum to work may say about a personality trait; or discover your true feelings about sex by answering a few simple questions about an ideal amusement park ride. Kokology's creators have produced questions that will help you gain insight into yourself, but they add that Kokology is just a game and it's OK if you disagree with the results. However, the minds behind this game also believe that you'll find "more often than not you're surprised at how accurately the answers reflect people's true personalities, including your own."
Play Kokology at a dinner party, bring it on a road trip, or tote it along on your next date to begin unveiling new and exciting things about yourself and others. - From Amazon.com
Every couple days or so I'll post a scenerio with the choices alloted to it. You comment with your choice. The next day or two, I'll post what your answers say about you.
Tips for playing:
1. Say (type) the first thing that comes mind.
2. Play with other people if you can. (by posting on LJ we can comment on other peoples responses.
3. Don't Try to Predict answers. (it will screw you over in the end)
4. Be Honest with yourself. (not everything will be accurate nor do you have to agree with everything stated)
5. Be Prepared. (you might need to write or draw stuff.
6. Don't read ahead. If you are just joining the game don't read the answers before the questions.
7. Watch Peoples Reactions. (Type up your reactions)
8. Keep an Open Mind
Your desktop is spilling over with unfinished paperwork; the rest of the office have already gone home for the night. You look up at the clock and it laughs back. You wonder, with a sinking feeling inside, if this work will ever get done.
The professor drones on and on through a three-hour double lecture on the world's most boring subject. There's no space left in your notebook for doodles, and you're only thrity minutes into the class. You being to think you are somehow frozen in time.
Waiting can be a special form of torture, worse than any momentary pain. The combination of frustration and boredom can send even the bravest heart into a state of panic. Our first journey will bring us face-to-face with the infinite. Take a momemnt to prepare yourself, and enter the eternal desert...
1.You are riding a camel across the vast and empty expanse of a seemingly endless desert. You have ridden until you are near exhaustion. What words would you say to the camel that has carried you all this way?
2.Just at the point when you thought you would die of thirst, a beautiful oasis appears. But someone has arrived before you. Who is this other traveler? (Use the name of a person you know.)
3.Time passes slowly in the desert, and it feels like an eternity before the lights of a town appear on the horizon. You have finally reached your destination. What are your feelings as you have come to your journey's end?
4.Time has come to part with the camel you have ridden for so long. Just as you dismount, a new rider climbs in the saddle to take your place. Who is this new rider? (Name another person in your life.)
You do not have to post names when you reply.
Innocuous questions make Kokology a perfect conversation starter. Find out how magazine reading corresponds with the way a check book is managed; learn what bringing an address book, hairspray, lucky charm, or gum to work may say about a personality trait; or discover your true feelings about sex by answering a few simple questions about an ideal amusement park ride. Kokology's creators have produced questions that will help you gain insight into yourself, but they add that Kokology is just a game and it's OK if you disagree with the results. However, the minds behind this game also believe that you'll find "more often than not you're surprised at how accurately the answers reflect people's true personalities, including your own."
Play Kokology at a dinner party, bring it on a road trip, or tote it along on your next date to begin unveiling new and exciting things about yourself and others. - From Amazon.com
Every couple days or so I'll post a scenerio with the choices alloted to it. You comment with your choice. The next day or two, I'll post what your answers say about you.
Tips for playing:
1. Say (type) the first thing that comes mind.
2. Play with other people if you can. (by posting on LJ we can comment on other peoples responses.
3. Don't Try to Predict answers. (it will screw you over in the end)
4. Be Honest with yourself. (not everything will be accurate nor do you have to agree with everything stated)
5. Be Prepared. (you might need to write or draw stuff.
6. Don't read ahead. If you are just joining the game don't read the answers before the questions.
7. Watch Peoples Reactions. (Type up your reactions)
8. Keep an Open Mind
Your desktop is spilling over with unfinished paperwork; the rest of the office have already gone home for the night. You look up at the clock and it laughs back. You wonder, with a sinking feeling inside, if this work will ever get done.
The professor drones on and on through a three-hour double lecture on the world's most boring subject. There's no space left in your notebook for doodles, and you're only thrity minutes into the class. You being to think you are somehow frozen in time.
Waiting can be a special form of torture, worse than any momentary pain. The combination of frustration and boredom can send even the bravest heart into a state of panic. Our first journey will bring us face-to-face with the infinite. Take a momemnt to prepare yourself, and enter the eternal desert...
1.You are riding a camel across the vast and empty expanse of a seemingly endless desert. You have ridden until you are near exhaustion. What words would you say to the camel that has carried you all this way?
2.Just at the point when you thought you would die of thirst, a beautiful oasis appears. But someone has arrived before you. Who is this other traveler? (Use the name of a person you know.)
3.Time passes slowly in the desert, and it feels like an eternity before the lights of a town appear on the horizon. You have finally reached your destination. What are your feelings as you have come to your journey's end?
4.Time has come to part with the camel you have ridden for so long. Just as you dismount, a new rider climbs in the saddle to take your place. Who is this new rider? (Name another person in your life.)
You do not have to post names when you reply.