I am???

[ksmith]

She is Progressive Girl Click on the picture below to read more: Take the 'What Kind of Girl Is She?' quiz at CookingToHookup.com

Except...

Moderation in all things, excess in nothing.
-- Epicurus

Imagine that the Girl Next Door moved to the big city. Think of Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally. She's America's sweetheart with an urban sensibility. She's a post-Christian spiritualist, a pre-Monica Clintonite, and a dues-paying member of at least one social-change organization like NOW, Planned Parenthood, or the Sierra Club. You won't find her at an Earth First or PETA meeting, though. Those are the Granola Girl's stomping grounds. Progressive Girls want the world to be a better place, but they live out their politics in a moderate, left-of-center way.

I am a non meeting attending member of a couple of social change organizations, and my politics are moderate/left. I don't get all that excited about deli food, though.

If you are going to date a Progressive Girl, the one sin you can commit is to be a chameleon. Molding your opinions to fit hers will lose her respect. One very positive thing you can do is offer her new experiences -- the Progressive Girl is fearless about trying new things. Whether it's pluralism, skydiving, Asian peanut sauce, or this book, the Progressive Girl is always looking for new ideas.

There are limits. The purpose of jumping out of a plane wearing a parachute is to save one's own life because the plane is on fire. But to do it for fun??


She Might Be a Progressive Girl if:

She drives: a small SUV but really wishes it got better mileage; once she can get a good hybrid, she will.

Um...I drive a Forester, and yes, my next vehicle will be a hybrid...

She can talk for more than ten minutes about: just about anything.

Maybe...

She begins her sentences with: "Susan Sarandon says..."

Not in this lifetime.

She'd never: pass up the chance for a new experience.

Yes, she would.

She owns any of the following: a water filter, a tabletop fountain, an acre of rain forest, a mutt from the pound.

The water filter is part of the coffee maker, and Mickey came from a no-kill shelter--does that count?

Ok, maybe I'm a little Progressive

Comments

So is this book any good?

[(Anonymous)]

Cooking to Hook Up could only help me I think. I'm picturing the progressive girl as enjoying my homemade chicken & noodles with fresh bread and corn on the cob, with milk to drink; followed by a Bass Ale or a Newcastle while listening to Something to Shout About. That seems to be what I like anyhow. Is that too eclectic? Should I be broadening my horizons here?

Re: So is this book any good?

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I don't know if the book is any good. These questions are the first I've heard of it.