Till we have built Jerusalem, In England's green & pleasant Land

[sovay]

Well, yeah, duh:

(nicked from Gwenda Bond)

You Are Archery

You are a bit of a traditionalist. You like old fashioned things with deep traditions. You also like to see the result of your accomplishments right in front of you. If practice makes perfect, that's fine by you. You like to practice a skill.

What Olympic Sport Are You?

I did archery for seven years. I won medals; I was not Olympic-quality. I still miss it. Between seventh grade and my first year of college, I probably had better posture than ever before or after in my life.

I am naturally biased, but at the moment Chariots of Fire (1981) may have my vote for cleverest title allusion ever.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Somehow I heard the music from Chariots of Fire before I ever saw it, and when it got to the part where the kids sing "Jerusalem," the hairs stood right up on my neck, and I played the piece over and over again. My mother explained to me that it was the Blake poem and that it was sung as a hymn in England. The verse with those arrows of desire is just brilliant, and the tune it's sung to is perfect, and I could sing it (and do, when no one's around) over and over again.

I'm not going to bother with the quiz, I'm sure I'll end up a spectator or someone accused of doping or something, but I think it's marvelous that you ended up archery :-)

[sovay]

and when it got to the part where the kids sing "Jerusalem," the hairs stood right up on my neck, and I played the piece over and over again.

That's a very reasonable reaction. I have a college a cappella recording; I may need another.

I'm not going to bother with the quiz, I'm sure I'll end up a spectator or someone accused of doping or something

You never know. nineweaving got badminton, which is both weird and cool (and I hadn't realized was an Olympic sport . . .).

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Weird and cool, maybe; but I'd just wiffle in the air. I have no peripheral vision whatsoever.

Nine