[Vision2020] Intolerista

[Timothy Rigsby]

I figured that now is the time to see where I fit in the intolerista spectrum
according to Doug Wilson.  I think I am part of the club now, although I have yet to
get my full initiation and lifetime membership card.  Oh well, hope is all I can do, oh
and protest too.

According to Doug Intoleristas are:
 1.     listeners of NPR,
Yes, I do listen to NPR and like Carl I have saved up some pennies and sent it there
way.  I also sent money to KRFP and even to KEXP in Seattle.

 2.    are urbane, hip, sophisticated
I try to be polite whenever possible, I am deffinetely hip, well at least hip to be
square, and I drink Shiraz wine out of the bottle so I think that qualifies me as
sophisticated.

 3.    dialogue with others,
I like to talk to people, but only on Tuesdays and only if the sun is shining.  Other 
than that, I keep to myself.  Oh and I took a conflict management class once, that
required me to keep and open dialogue with others.

 4.    do not run with scissors
My mom won't let me even use anything other than safety scissors.

 5.    subscribe to Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, and The Nation,
I don't subscribe to Mother Jones, Rolling Stone or The Nation, but I do like to read
Paste, Spin, Time, Seattle PI, JOPERD, and occasionally US News and World Report.

 6.    drink coffee the beans of which were picked in a way that didn't 
 involve corporations
I don't drink coffee, but I do drink PBR which is Union made so does that count?

 7.    embrace a sort of scratch and sniff diversity
The last thing that I scratched and sniffed was a playing card from the some random 
pack of cards that my sister sent from Germany.  It smelled like cat piss.

 8.    the poseurs of diversity
I try to use my attitudes and beliefs to sway public opinion, but so does Doug Wilson
when he is on the pulpit.

 9.    sample spicy foods at an international potluck,
I tend to not sample things that I am unfamiliar with, especially since I am allergic
to mayo.  Never know what is in food these days anyway.  Plus most of the potlucks
I go to don't have food, they have cheap alcohol.

 10.   nod sagely whenever someone refers to the best Thai restaurant 
Never even eaten Thai food nor do I recomend restaurants to people, I generally have
a different taste than most people for what is good or bad.

 11.    little plug-in aroma dispenser that smells as though somebody 
 somewhere, on the other side of the world, might believe and live 
 differently,
I burn incense, does that count? 
 12.   a CD player that has the murmuring forest noises of indigenous 
 peoples around the globe living and believing differently far, far 
 away
I normally listen to KRFP or KUOI not weird nature music.  Even then, when I do listen
to CD's, they are the good ones, you know like, Pearl Jam, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill
Rolling Stones, Beatles, Ani DiFranco, Left Hand Smoke, Clumsy Lovers, Doors, Neil Young,
Bob Dylan, and many many other great musicians.

 13.   a ten thousand dollar slate shower that makes them feel like 
 they are in touch with the rhythms of the earth,
Where do I get this shower at, better yet, where do I get the 10k that is needed for 
this shower?  I could use that money to pay off student loans or even open my own 
school downtown Moscow.  Then Aaron and Nate could waste even more time and money and
file a complaint against me.  That would be fun and exciting.  I hope I find that money
soon.

Now that I think about it, I don't think I qualify as an Intolerista.  Damn, and I was
just getting to know the secret handshake too.  Maybe I should join the Kirk instead.
I have always wanted to be a man of chest and have a trophy wife.  Maybe I could hook
up with Nate's surfer sister-in-law.