[Image description: series of tweets by David Hines, @/hradzka
Tweet one: “gonna take a lot to drag me away from you / there’s nothing a hundred men or more could ever do.” so why is the singer not with her now?this is my theory of Toto’s “Africa”:
Tweet two: in Toto’s “Africa”, why is the speaker in Africa in the first place? Answer: he is “hoping to find some long-forgotten words or melodies”. He is a student of the occult.
Tweet three: why has the singer of Toto’s “Africa” gone to Africa, leaving his love, in order to hunt up obscure folklore? He tells you: “I seek to cure what’s deep inside / frightened of this thing that I’ve become.” ie, he’s a goddamn werewolf
Tweet four: “wild dogs cry out in the night / as they grow restless, longing for some solitary company” those aren’t dogs
Tweet five: Why does he bless the rains down in Africa? Because the cloud cover blocks the moon.
Tweet six: tl;dr: Toto’s “Africa” is about a lovesick werewolf in Africa seeking out ancient lore to find a cure for his unfortunate condition
Forget the Myers-Briggs fucking personality assessment. I am dead tired of hearing if someone is an INFP or an ESLQ or whatever. I want to know if someone is melancholic or choleric. Bring back the four humors. I wanna see “Kaley, 16, phlegmatic” when I go to someone’s blog. Who is with me. Lets make this happen
here’s a test i found. go wild, y’all. (im choleric.)
“Your temperament is choleric. The choleric temperament is fundamentally ambitious and leader-like. They have a lot of aggression, energy, and/or passion, and try to instill it in others. They can dominate people of other temperaments, especially phlegmatic types. Many great charismatic military and political figures were choleric. They like to be in charge of everything. However, cholerics also tend to be either highly disorganized or highly organized. They do not have in-between setups, only one extreme to another. As well as being leader-like and assertive, cholerics also fall into deep and sudden depression. Essentially, they are very much prone to mood swings.”
Hmmmmm
“Your temperament is sanguine. The sanguine temperament is fundamentally spontaneous and pleasure-seeking; sanguine people are sociable and charismatic. They tend to enjoy social gatherings, making new friends and tend to be boisterous. They are usually quite creative and often daydream. However, some alone time is crucial for those of this temperament. Sanguine can also mean sensitive, compassionate and thoughtful. Sanguine personalities generally struggle with following tasks all the way through, are chronically late, and tend to be forgetful and sometimes a little sarcastic. Often, when they pursue a new hobby, they lose interest as soon as it ceases to be engaging or fun. They are very much people persons. They are talkative and not shy. Sanguines generally have an almost shameless nature, certain that what they are doing is right. They have no lack of confidence.”
“Your temperament is melancholic. The melancholic temperament is fundamentally introverted and thoughtful. Melancholic people often were perceived as very (or overly) pondering and considerate, getting rather worried when they could not be on time for events. Melancholics can be highly creative in activities such as poetry and art – and can become preoccupied with the tragedy and cruelty in the world. Often they are perfectionists. They are self-reliant and independent; one negative part of being a melancholic is that they can get so involved in what they are doing they forget to think of others.”
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