How do you feel when you see a rainbow?

[yvr girl]

I need some responses to this question for a project I'm working on.

Thanks in advance.

[leftofthedial]

1. hopeful

and sometimes wet

[Left Is Write]

2. Rainbows don't really make me *feel* anything.

Though I do think they are pretty, especially if the sky "behind" the rainbow is still dark gray.

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. Kinda wistful

I want to find the end of it.

Not for the pot of gold, just to find the end.

[mduffy31]

4. That science is cool

[_testify_]

5. I instinctively begin singing

"Why are there so many

Songs about rainbows..."

[Jara sang]

6. I imagine the thought processes of paleohumans.

When they observed such phenomenon.

[DS1]

7. I feel like someone is moments away from harrassing me about

my opinions on rainbows as they collect data for job interview questions :p

[yvr girl]

8. My

aren't you a smartypants.


Now answer the damn question.

[DS1]

10. I want to drive faster

[RandomKoolzip]

9. Nauseous.

[azmouse]

11. Rainbows are awe inspiring.

I love seeing them!

[El Fuego]

12. All unicorn-y.

[progmom]

13. hope and promise

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. I feel awed! And then.........

I reach for my camera! Big surprise, NOT!

:loveya: :pals:

[NewWaveChick1981]

15. Makes me want a bowl of Lucky Charms!

:P Seriously, I felt awestruck when I saw a double rainbow in a cloudless sky as I drove across a gorgeous river in the western part of England a few years ago. To me, such unexpected beauty is amazing! :)

[Whoa_Nelly]

16. All at once amazed and humbled by Nature, physics, and how the moment

came to be.

[redqueen]

17. happy

:)

[YankeyMCC]

18. Calm

very much the same as when I see a great view in the wilderness but it perhaps has it's own unique feel because it's a reminder of the beauty of the natural world that can appear anywhere even in the middle of an urban area.

[Democrats_win]

19. Lucky, we don´t get that much rain anymore.

[djeseru]

20. Bittersweet.

The visual is tied too closely to an empty and lonely childhood memory.


Edited for terrible spelling.

[RebelOne]

21. The song "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" comes to mind.

Once on a flight back from Mexico, the plane flew over a rainbow. What an awesome sight that was.

[In_The_Wind]

22. I feel happy anytime I see a rainbow. They're always beautiful.

[Dangerously Amused]

23. Amused. DANGEROUSLY Amused.

Okay, kidding. I always pause to look at it a moment and appreciate it. Then my mind goes off on god knows how many tangents... like, color theory and the invisible colors in the rainbow whose waves are beyond our vision's ability to perceive them, or sometimes word associations will come to mind... rainbow connection, rainbow bridge, somewhere over the rainbow, etc... and, like another poster, sometimes I think about the rainbow's symbolism to the various peoples and cultures throughout time... So... I don't know. "Fascinated" is too strong of a word and "mesmerized" isn't right either. "Amused" isn't it, nor is "charemed". Man, I don't know. Closest word I can come up with is "intrigued." I guess.

[matcom]

24. horny

[yvr girl]

26. You should live in Vancouver, you'd be horny ALL the time

I mean...you'd then have a reason you're horny all the time. :D

[Magrittes Pipe]

25. Like punching a nun.

[matcom]

27. in her taco

:thumbsup:

[KamaAina]

28. Rushed

In Hawai'i, a rainbow doesn't mean a pot of gold, it means rain -- and it could be headed straight for you! Time to quicken my step just as the NYC commuter does in November sleet, and hopefully make it to the bus shelter... but if not, the kind of showers that make rainbows are usually gone in five or ten minutes.

[RevCheesehead]

29. It used to be hopeful.....

but in the last 10 years or so, rainbows have been the promise that I will survive the next shitstorm. No kidding. Without fail, when I see one, something crappy happens in a week or so.

[Burma Jones]

30. Excited

I like weather.......

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. Fortunate to have witnessed it.

Grateful for the beauty of it.

Mr GoG and I spent virtually nothing on our wedding. The venue was a Unitarian Church tucked into the woods. We had immediate family, Mr GoG's best friend, a friend of mine who played the cello, and the officiant...15 people all tolled. My wedding dress cost $60, and was suitable for wearing to other nice occasions. Since there were so few people, we got flowers for everyone, and all went out to eat at a local restaurant afterward.

We were not in great financial shape; and already had faced a number of difficulties with Mr GoG's ex, his kids, and his parents. But we resolved to pull through it all no matter what.

It poured rain through the ceremony; but when we came out of the church, the sun burst through so brilliantly that there were 3 rainbows in the sky. Hokey as it sounds, I couldn't help interpreting it as a sign that everything would work out if we just stuck with it...it was such a coincidence. I think about that rainbow a lot.

[catmandu57]

32. I remember Melissa

driving through southern Utah in 1982 and seeing a double rainbow, so happy would be how I feel. Melissa died of colon cancer the next year.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

44. ...

:hug: I'm sorry for your loss...

[Lisa]

33. in our neck of the woods, it means I'm probably going to get rained on

Hey, it's the west coast -- if rainfall and sunshine occur in close proximity, in time and/or space (what one needs for a rainbow), the rain usually wins!

Though to answer your question more seriously -- I generally try to look for a second rainbow around it (or the completion of the arc, if it's only a partial one). My dad (former science teacher) taught me to do that when I was quite young, so I always remember him from this. So I guess, "nostalgic" would be my answer.

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. Like choking a baby to death while laughing inside, with that feel good

sense that the world is perfect and the universe is unfolding beautifully and I'm content and at ease with my place in the divine plan, and I know that in the end, good will triumph over evil as I am bathed in the warm glow of universal holiness.

[bigwillq]

35. I feel very happy,

excited, privileged.

I think rainbows are mega cool. They're like mystical rays of life. Such pretty colors. I am in awe of rainbows. I want to see one right now.

[Road Scholar]

36. Sometimes wet.

[SOteric]

37. I feel in desperate need

of shiny black patent leather shoes, knee socks, a jumprope, several puddles and the spirited joy of a 6 year old girl.

[Blue Diadem]

38. I love rainbows and I love to show them to my granddaughter

We always discuss the colors and the size of the bands and about how far we can see them..and of course..there's always a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

[Karenina]

39. Yes, there is...

It may take some time to manifest, no matter. Normally in Spring we have 3 to 5 weather "events" a day, being in a volatile bowl and all. THAT has noticeably changed in the last 2 years. I had the unique experience of having a rainbow BEGIN RIGHT OUTSIDE MY WINDOW!! I was AWESTRUCK, passed my hand through colored "nothingness" and the feeling was surreal. As it faded I grabbed my Siddur...

[LanternWaste]

40. As sappy as it sounds...

As sappy as it sounds, my answer would be "hope".

"It's been said that the rainbow is the perfect intersection of God and science"
Albert Einstein

Ed for sp

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

41. Leprachauns

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/leprechaun-rap-video.html

after that, throw in some awe

[fight4my3sons]

42. happy & awestruck - my three year old just saw one for the first time

the look on his face and the sound that he made was one that I will never forget.

[Inspired]

43. A little gay and there's nothing wrong with that