When I was living in Singapore, I earned the nickname “Smiley.” Yeah, so much for the austere, mature business persona I was trying to convey.
Well, I am just learning that I was born to be smiley. Thanks to Melissa who forwarded me The Birthday Calculator … which fostered this result:
- Lucky number: 9 (ok I guess)
- Birth sign: Leo (true)
- Fortune: “Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.”
- Plant: Raspberry (weird, that’s my favorite berry … and I didn’t know you could have a plant as part of your horoscope)
- Native American Horosope sign: Salmon (hey, I love Salmon!)
- My birth tree is a Poplar — and it has qualities that sound strangely like I feel at times.
- When I was born, the moon was in this phase: waxing gibbous (no idea what that means, but it sounds cool… yep, I think that will be my facebook status message today)
Seriously: Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.
I love it.
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Melissa never sends ME anything anymore.
BTW – I did mine and…
I’m a Virgo – duh
Lucky happy life sparkley number is 5
Chinese horoscope – fluffy bunny
Plant – violet (?!?!) (At least it didn’t say pansy – ba-rump-bump!)
Native American thingie – Bear
My sparkley golden lifey number and yours appear compatible – but don’t bears devour salmon in the wild?
Good thing nobody believes in this stuff.
Ah to live in a world where bear and salmon are friends, happily munching on violets and grilling grubs by the fireside.
btw Philip, different Melissa
Yo. Waxing gibbous is a term I love to explain! You understand about waxing and waning, right? Well, the term `gibbous` means that the moon is bulging outward from half to full. Kind of like a 3 quarters moon (plus or minus) — specifically when it is more than a half disc but less than a full disc. I think the term comes from the scientiest who named that phase, but I can’t find a reference on the IntarWeb…
Smiley sounds about right to me. It is automatically what I think of when I think of you. You always have a smile on your face and something witty to say.
Fortune cookie: Be direct, usually one can accomplish more that way.
Native American Zodiac sign: Woodpecker
Plant: Wild Rose
Tree: Elm Tree, the noble-mindedness (Pleasant shape, tasteful clothes, modest demands, tends not forgive mistakes, cheerful, likes to lead but not to obey, honest and faithful partner, tends to a know-all-attitude and making decisions for others, noble-minded, generous, good sense of humour, practical.)
oh and I was born on the same day as Lizzie Borden … interesting!
When I saw the “waxing gibbous” comment on beehive I assumed you were either in orbit or putting on weight. Wrong on both counts.
Of course Smiley is a perfect handle for you …you’re an Osmon! You learned to smile despite..or because of all the RAIN in your life!!!