Riding the Metrospiritual Wave (Are you a Metrosexual?)

Beliefnet ^ | Nov 9th, 2005 | Ariana Speyer

[Redcloak]

I don't know if I qualify. Some of those doves we ate the other day could be legally classified as organic; but I'm not sure about the ones we bagged as they were raiding the corn pile at the stockyard. I didn't ask if that was organically grown corn.

Oh... and I forgot to ask about the pancetta I wrapped the doves in. It may not have been organic pancetta.

I may be a lowly retrosexual.

[GraniteStateConservative]

You have really pretty hair.

[Clemenza]

Nope, I'm a REAL MAN.

"That's Right! I'm a man's man!"

[colorcountry]

Not only have I taken belly-dance classes, I home-birthed two of my children, bake bread, crochet and make scents at home (even though I rarely "make sense.")

Ye Gads, I fit the metro-spiritual bill.

[rattrap]

I thought the same thing. Surfing is hardly metro.

[thoughtomator]

"Go Metro!"

[najida]

OK,
you've got me beat. ;)

[HitmanLV]

Works for me! ;-)

[Petronski]

I scored a 13:

You may lead a spiritual life, but your interests are more 1969 than 2005. You prefer an earthy lifestyle to the city chic way of life that metrospirituals follow. Metrospiritual values like preserving the earth and using natural or organic products are probably important to you, but you're more conservative about the way you reveal these values.

Take the test.

[colorcountry]

I took the class, but I can't belly dance....you've still got me beat!

[najida]

Hun,
Home birthin' babies is the royal flush here. ;)

I can dance, but I'd be screamin' for an epidural at the 7th month. :)

[Pharmboy]

It's ok so long as a person has two X chromosomes...like you!

[.cnI redruM]

Will it git me sum? (j/k) :)

[SoothingDave]

It's "metrospiritual" not "metrosexual."

Next on HBO, "Church and the City"

SD

[Clemenza]

I scored a 16! I'm more metro than you!

[Just another Joe]

Scored an 8. Probably because I'm a tea and coffee connoisseur. ;^)

You are not at all metrospiritual. You probably don't live in a city, and your religious life much more rooted in traditional forms and practices than in lifestyle and consumer choices. You model your values on what's most important to you, not on what celebrities are promoting, and you don't stay up to date with the latest trends.

And proud of it

[Pukin Dog]

And what are you actually getting if you have the patience to wait on the slowly snaking line? Semi-fast food that is nutritious and delicious (the Number Six, for example, is masala-spiced potatoes with spinach, jack cheese, and tomato), served in an atmosphere heavy on the good yogic vibes. You’re getting food with a stamp of individualism and thought, an exotic staple made American and virtuous in some ineffable way.

Who eats that crap?

Last night, I had two huge New York steaks for dinner, washed down with some great Syrah. 90min later, I had a pint of SuperFudgeChunk rinsed with my nightly Laphroaig. What does that say about me? I eat simple, but I eat good.

[Dan from Michigan]

Nope.

[Petronski]

Trying to anticipate cyborg's responses, I scored a 22.

Funny part is (forgive me for outing you, dear) question 9:

Q9. You're preparing a nutritious snack. You choose:

1. Granola with organic milk
2. Apple slices with honey
3. Yogurt with flax seed
4. Beef jerky

I'd swear she was telling me just yesterday how she was planning a snack of yogurt with flax seed. LOL

I answered "4. Beef jerky," but only because it didn't list "Slim Jim" as an option.

[hattend]

Is organic beer what Yuppies call Home Brewing?

If so, then guilty as charged.

I DON'T do any of the other funky stuff though.