Pox Americana

How girly are you? (Guys, feel free to take this if you like.)


What color is your bra?
Black

Do you straighten your hair everyday?
I have serious 'fro-envy, so no.

Do You Worry About The Size Of Your Boobs.
Only by way of worrying about backaches

What’s your favorite girly magazine?:
Maxim <--heehee! 
Actually, the only magazine I read with any frequency, believe it or not, is "Southwest Spirit", the magazine of Southwest Airlines (yay, long-distance relationship).

Would you kill for chocolate?
Honestly, most of the time I don't even really like chocolate that much.  This, of course, excludes anything poetofthefuture might bake!

Jeans or skirts?
Depends on the weather and what's clean

Do you wear clothes/shoes/jewelry that’s uncomfortable?
Sure- I'm not above suffering for beauty

Did you ever spend all day/night getting pretty for a guy?
Um, no.  Although before I figured out how to put kohl on correctly I was known to spend a loooooong time putting on makeup.  now it's mostly just finger-smudge and go. 

Did you ever cry during a romantic movie?:
Hehee!  I actually cried a whole lot on the drive into work this morning just from listening to the "Happy Feet" soundtrack (it's true!).  I'll cry at anything.

Would you leave the house without makeup on?:
Does anyone actually ever answer "yes" to this question?  I mean, unless you're a 1950's housewife, who *really* has to put on makeup every day?

Do you consider making out “unladylike”?
Huh?

On a scale of 1-10, how fun is shopping?:
This is a dumb question.  Shopping for what?  Shopping for cars or, say, monkeys = very fun.  Shopping for food = not so fun.

Are you a girly-girl, tomboy, or in the middle?
Malcolm in the middle

Do you think lipgloss is the best?:
My favorite thing in the world is the hemp lip balm from The Body Shop.  It works great, and tastes just like Earl Grey tea!

Do you HAVE to have a boyfriend at all times?
While my personal history may suggest otherwise, I would have to say "no" to this one.

Do you freak out if you miss your favorite show?
Is this really a girly thing?  But, no.  That's what DVDs are for.

Do you obsess over your looks?
I did for a long, long time.  And then one day I actually found myself feeling good about the way my body looked, and immediately started obsessing over thinking my eyes are set too close together.  And that was just So Lame that I don't really worry about things like that so much any more.

How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
Believe it or not, from bed to car most days it's 5-10 minutes.  Although it's longer now that I have an electric toothbrush that makes me brush for two whole minutes (no cheating!)

Do you wear sweatpants/pajama pants to school/work?
No. 

Are you a sucker for skater guys?
Um, no. 

Is pink truly the best color in the entire universe?
What?

Have you ever dressed unlike yourself to impress a guy?
Not really.

Do you often wish there was something you could change?
I have bags under my eyes that Droopy Dog would envy <--me too!

Gold or silver?:
Silver.

Do you dress up too much for holidays?
Not really.

Do you like wearing dresses?:
Yes, when I feel like it

Do you write a lot of mushy love poems?:
I'm not really the poetry-writing type.

On a scale of 1-10, how much do guys confuse you?
No more than anyone else, I guess

Do you worry/fuss about your weight?
Yeah, but then I remember that my eyes are set too close together, and that's what I should *really* be worried about!  :)

What makeup product could you NOT live without?
Lotion or moisturizer.  Dry skin is PAINFUL!

Go ahead, you take it, too. ‘Fess up

1. If you could pick your own theme song, what would it be?
"O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana.

2. Now be honest...if others had to pick a song that described you, what would they choose?
"If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands"

3. What song would be/was the first dance at your wedding?
I think that "Heroin" by the Velvet Underground is the most honest love song ever written.  And this perhaps indicates that I should not get married.

4. What song gets stuck in your head most often?
When I feel bad about my poor work ethic (which is to say, all the time) I tend to get this song stuck in my head from my sister's first-grade school play.  She played an ant, and had to sing "Dilligence is quite a virtue!  Working hard will never hurt you!  When you're done, there's always a reward!" Which totally sucks, is totally not true, and sounds either Commie-Pinko or Naziesque, depending on my mood.  I do not like this song.

But then again, I spent all of Tuesday with George-from-Seinfeld's "Believe it or not, I'm really not home!" answering-machine song in my head.  Random.

5. What song would you want played at your funeral?
My first impulse is to say Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" from Life of Brian, but that seems too cliched.  But then that makes me want to go TOTALLY OVERBOARD cliche-wise and say "My Heart Will Go On", just because it would be funny.

New Five, New Month


1) This is the 1st of September, what do you want to accomplish by the 31st?
I want to have gone a whole month without taking any time off work.  Oh- except for my stupid doctor's appointment next week.  Gah!

2) What does September make you think about or feel?
Hooray, students will be back and work won't be so booooring!

3) September is the ninth month; can you name nine memories so far from this year?
January:  being sad I couldn't see my sister on her birthday
February: being suuuper sick when T came over on Valentine's day, but going out to dinner anyway, and trying unsuccessfully to walk in heels with a dizzyfever. 
March: St Patrick's day at my house, and then trying to avoid stepping in the vomit outside the bars on Santa Cruz Ave.
April: listening to "April, Come She Will" by S&G approx. 500,000,000,000 times.
May: hearing about C&G practising wrestling moves on each other for thir 1st wedding anniversary
June: 1outta4's wedding in St. Croix!
July: rachbomb's birthday @ Bullshit Pizza
August: stumbling down the aisle at Adrienne's wedding
September: trying to think why I can read a book on the physics of time travel without too much difficulty, but I couldn't manage to fill out my timesheet correctly.

4) What does September have in common with three other months and can you name them?
Um, September, October, November, and December all end in "er"?

5) The first weekend in September signals the end of summer for many even though it doesn’t really end for weeks. When does summer end for you?
It used to end when school started, but now it's pretty much over as soon as it gets to be a reasonable temperature outside (and thank god or it!)

It's my journal, I can x-post if I want to!

The Year was 1995...

1. Who was your best friend in high school?
Daniel!!!

2. What sports did you play?
I lettered in Snarkiness

3. What kind of car did you drive?
baby blue 1985 Honda Civic (the Blue Armored Dildo!)

4. It's Friday night, where were you?
Probably watching "Jeffrey" or "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert" or "Tank Girl" with Daniel, and planning our Rocky Horror Picture Show outfits for the next night.

5. Were you a party animal?
No, but I think the people at Lyon's Restaurant were royally sick of me waltzing in at 2am by the time I graduated

6. Were you in the "In Crowd"
Um, no.

7. Ever skip school?
Yes! But never Mr. Rib's class, because that would be... suicide!

8. Ever smoke?
nope

9. Were you a nerd?
My grades weren't high enough for true "nerd" status, but other than that...

10. Did you get suspended/expelled?
nope

11. Can you sing the alma mater?
No, but our fight song included the couplet "win or lose, we'll do our best/our spirit will never rest". Yes, I grew up in California.

12. Who was your favorite teacher?
Mr. Ribovich and Mr. Colburn and Madame.

13. Favorite class?
AP English

14. What was your school's full name?
Milpitas High School (although we once created a fictional high school called St. Anne Leona Francis Marie Ann Kim Reinheitskabot High School)

15. School mascot?
The Trojans. During the whole should-we-hand-out-condoms-to-students scandal, I thought we should write to the Trojan company and get them to sponsor us.

16. Did you go to Prom?
Yes!

17. If you could go back and do it over, would you?
Prom? Sure! It was great!
High school? Nah, I had fun but I'm glad it's over.

18. What do you remember most about graduation?
There were five of us, and we wanted to spell something out on our mortarboards. Against my adamant protestations, we went with "FRENZ". I really wanted to spell "ENNUI"

19. Favorite memory of your Senior Year?
I plead the 5th...

20. Were you ever posted up on the senior wall?
the what?

21. Did you have a job your senior year?
two: Kumon Math and Reading Center, and the Milpitas Community Library

22. Who did you date?
um, depending on your definition of "date", this could have a few different answers...

23. Where did you go most often for lunch?
Burrito Express! (yum!)

24. Have you gained weight since then?
Oh, yes. In fact, I've been carrying an extra half-high-school-Heather around with me for the past 10 years!

25. What did you do after graduation?
Party at Daniel's pool! Very fun.

Taken from Abu!

"Bold the ones you've read, italicize the ones you might read, cross out the ones you won't, underline the ones on your book shelf, and place parentheses around the ones you've never even heard of."

Ok, I'm never going to absolutely rule out reading a book, so I'm just going to forget about the whole crossing-out thing.  And I'm saving the italics for books I actively plan to read.

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (ok, I admit it, I really like Dan Brown.  I've got a copy of Holy Blood, Holy Grail on hold waiting for me today, even though I think their lawsuit is bullshit)
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (what self-respecting former-wannabe-teenage-loner hasn't read this book a thousand times?)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald and Faulkner are the reasons I specialized in American lit, rather than English language lit, or modern lit)
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story - George Orwell
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien (T would be so disappointed in me for saying this, but... eh)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon (wow, this was fantastic)
Lord of the Flies - William Golding (I actually just got rid of this one.  When I was going through my bookshelves trying to find books I didn't really need anymore, my mantra was "am I really ever going to read Lord of the Flies again?)
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
1984 - George Orwell
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling (my favorite HP book.  MORE SIRIUS!)
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (honestly, I don't really know what the hoopla was about.  I thought most of it was a bit better than ok, and the ending was beyond awful)
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut (even more amazing reading it as an adult!)
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brönte (oh my god, I hated this book.  My first novel-phobic rumblings at the tender age of 13)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis (eh.  I never understood why people were so obsessed with this book.  Or why it was such a shock that the movie was taken to be Christian allegory.  OMG, YOU DON'T SAY!)
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides (this is quite a lovely book, and you should read it for the race riot scene, if nothing else)
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
(Atonement - Ian McEwan)
The Shadow Of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway (my god, I hate Hemingway!)
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (this book scared the fuck out of me when I was 14!)
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Dune - Frank Herbert

Thanks to Neasea for pointing me to the BEST QUIZ EVER! and I'm not even in law school!





take the WHAT INTENTIONAL TORT ARE YOU test.


and go to mewing.net. because law school made laura do this.

You scored 90 % WELL DONE YOU OLD BUGGER

Offended? You shouldn't be. Well done if you scored highly on this test. If not, why not pop down to your local high school or off-licence and learn from the teenagers you find there. Thank you for taking my test!

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 75% on variable 1

Link: The Great British Swearword Test written by insomniac_josh on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

the Peacemaker Test finished!

you chose BX - your Enneagram type is NINE. "I am at peace" Peacemakers are receptive, good-natured, and supportive. They seek union with others and the world around them. How to Get Along with Me If you want me to do something, how you ask is important. I especially don't like expectations or pressure. I like to listen and to be of service, but don't take advatage of this. Listen until I finish speaking, even though I meander a bit. Give me time to finish things and make decisions. It's OK to nudge me gently and nonjudgmentally. Ask me questions to help me get clear. Tell me when you like how I look. I'm not averse to flattery. Hug me, show physical affection. It opens me up to my feelings. I like a good discussion but not a confrontation. Let me know you like what I've done or said. Laugh with me and share in my enjoyment of life. What I Like About Being a Nine being nonjudgmental and accepting caring for and being concerned about others being able to relax and have a good time knowing that most people enjoy my company; I'm easy to be around my ability to see many different sides of an issue and to be a good mediator and facilitator my heightened awareness of sensations, aesthetics, and the here and now being able to go with the flow and feel one with the universe What's Hard About Being a Nine being judged and misunderstood for being placid and/or indecisive being critical of myself for lacking initiative and discipline being too sensitive to criticism; taking every raised eyebrow and twitch of the mouth personally being confused about what I really want caring too much about what others will think of me not being listened to or taken seriously Nines as Children Often feel ignored and that their wants, opinions, and feelings are unimportant tune out a lot, especially when others argue are "good" children: deny anger or keep it to themselves Nines as Parents are supportive, kind, and warm are sometimes overly permissive or nondirective Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele The Enneagram Made Easy Discover the 9 Types of People HarperSanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages You liked the test? so please RATE it :-) You are not completely happy with the result?! You chose BX Would you rather have chosen: AX (SEVEN) CX (TWO) BY (FOUR) BZ (FIVE)

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 26% on ABC You scored higher than 30% on XYZ

Link: The Quick and Painless ENNEAGRAM Test written by felk on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

This time I will actually post the link for my Johari Window...

My Johari Window

stolen from mouserz!

Instructions:
1) Visit: images.google.com

2) Search for:
* Place you grew up.
* Place you live now.
* Your name.
* Your Grandmother's name.
* Your favorite food.
* Your favorite drink.
* Your favorite song.
* Your favorite smell.

( my answers )

Starlight Express - You don't even belong in this category. You're Rollerball set to music. You're quite possibly gayer than Cats. You're an abmomination and you should be ashamed of yourself.

Which Stephen Sondheim Musical Are You?
brought to you by The Best Website Ever

The sad thing: my first thought was "Starlight Express was Andrew Lloyd-Webber, not Stephen Sondheim!"

Guilty of loooooove!

Guilty Pleasures Meme, tagged by souldanzer!

I once read an interview with Alison Bechdel wherein she said she prefers her guilt to be pleasure-free.

1. American cheese.  I am VERY PARTICULAR about which cheese goes with which food.  American cheese (while I admit only barely technically qualifies as actual cheese) goes with: plain omelettes with taco sauce (red, not green), as extra in mac-n-cheese, and melted, mixed up with a bunch of salsa for "chile con queso" and eaten with sourdough bread.  Yum!  T. was mortified the first time I brought it in the house.

2. gossip.  I love it, I can't help it. 

3. America's Next Top Model!  Pretty girls wearing skimpy clothes doing stupid things.  What could be better?

4. Shakira.  She's hot.  I know I'm not supposed to like her, but... She's hot.

5.  McDonalds cheeseburgers (modified).  The first time I had a cheeseburger without the meat (approx. 4 years after going veggie) I almost cried, it was so good.  I wish that were further from the truth than it actually is!

And I tag...
poetofthefuture
robslug
ryca
rachbomb
chancel

Fashionista 51% Tastefulness, 74% Originality, 69% Deliberateness, 43% Sexiness

[Tasteful Original Deliberate Prissy] One is certain: you have great taste and plenty of ideas. You have clearly defined beliefs about what's good and what's bad in fashion but they are far from banal. Stylish and imaginative, you prefer to inspire admiration than to shock and you mostly succeed. Even if sometimes you'd like to have more courage to put on something absolutely outrageous you do great job in creating a unique look that others look up to. There is a possibility that you work in the fashion industry. If you don't, perhaps you should. The opposite style from yours is Bar Cruiser [Flamboyant Conventional Random Sexy]. All the categories: Fashion Enemy Bar Cruiser Kid Next Door Sex Bomb Hippie Kid Fashion Rebel Fashion Artist Catwalk God(ess) Librarian Sporty Hottie Office Master Uptown Girl/ Boy Brainy Student Movie Star Fashionista Glamorous Soul

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 20% on Tastefulness You scored higher than 98% on Originality You scored higher than 90% on Deliberateness You scored higher than 37% on Sexiness

Link: The Fashion Style Test written by mari-e on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Greed:	Medium
Gluttony:	Medium
Wrath:	Medium
Sloth:	High
Envy:	Low
Lust:	Very High
Pride:	Medium

Take the Seven Deadly Sins Quiz

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don’t know about you.

YOU
1. Name:
2. Date of birth:
3. Where you live:
4. What makes you happy:
5. Currently listening/the last thing you listened to:
6. Do you read my journal?:
7. If yes, what makes it especially good or bad?:
8. An interesting fact about you:
9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment?:
10. Favourite place to spend time:
11. Favourite lyric:
12. The best time of the year:

RECOMMEND
1. A film:
2. A book:
3. A band, a song, or album:

PLUS
1. One thing you like about me:
2. Two things you like about yourself:
3. Look at my friends-list and tell what you like about one of our mutual friends:
4. Put this in your journal so that I can tell you what I like about you.

Stolen from ryca!

( Take this survey about your High School memories. )

You are 'Latin'. Even among obsolete skills, the
tongue of the ancient Romans is a real
anachronism. With its profusion of different
cases and conjugations, Latin is more than a
language; it is a whole different way of
thinking about things.

You are very classy, meaning that you value the
classics. You value old things, good things
which have stood the test of time. You value
things which have been proven worthy and
valuable, even if no one else these days sees
them that way. Your life is touched by a
certain 'pietas', or piety; perhaps you are
even a Stoic. Nonetheless, you have a certain
fascination with the grotesque and the profane.
Also, the modern world rejects you like a bad
transplant. Your problem is that Latin has
been obsolete for a long time.


What obsolete skill are you?
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from alongcameaspydr
( memes )

Ok, it's modified a bit. I deleted some of the dumb-er ones. And ones that didn't seem funny, like "The median price of a house is $500,000...for 1200 sq. ft. with no yard because it's a town house" because, well, that sounds about right.

You Know You're From Silicon Valley When...
When asked about your commute you answer in time, not distance

Even though you work 80 hours per week on a computer, for relaxation you read your email and peruse eBay

You can name four different programming languages and you are not a programmer

You remember the names of the three closest cheap sushi joints, the location of all the Fry's in the area and which companies your friends work for that are going public in the next year, but don't know the name of the mayor

You live on some of the richest farm land in the world but most of what you eat comes from South America on a boat

You have a master's degree in engineering but half the people in your department either didn't go to college or have history degrees, except if you have a master's from Stanford, in which case everyone in your department has a master's degree from Stanford [heehee!]

You think it's normal to see chip-design software or relational databases advertised on freeway billboards.

If someone refers to "SunnytogaDeAnzavale Road", you laugh and know what they're talking about.  [again, one of my favorites.  T's house is a block away from this road, and I never know what to call it]

You take your out-of-town friends to see the techie gadgets at Fry's. But you don't let them buy anything.

You know how to recognize re-sealed returned electronics at Fry's.

You don't ask the staff any questions at Fry's. You know they hire idiots and pass the savings on to you. [good lord, are they stupid.  uniformly.  It's like they go through miseducation camps upon being hired]

You know that a "fixer-upper" home could cost a half-million dollars.

You aren't bothered much by earthquakes because you're ready for them. But the thought of tornadoes and hurricanes terrifies you.

You clearly remember where you were when the Loma Prieta quake hit.

You know several funny stories about swimming pools in the quake.

You can't recognize a thunderstorm without seeing lightning first.

You cringe when a Southern Californian refers to highways like "the 101". It's just "101". No "the".

You call low clouds "fog" even if they're hundreds of feet off the ground.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Silicon Valley.

1. Go here.
2. Pass it on.
( my answers )

Try typing that five times fast.

7 Deadly Sins Meme, stolen from ealasaidh

Wrath
1. Who did you last get angry with?
TNL

2. What is your weapon of choice?
"Irony, Adjectives, Eyebrows!" (ten points to whoever recognizes it!  1outta4, I'm looking at you!)

3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?
I think souldanzer is living proof of that...

4. How about of the same sex?
...and motherisfish is living proof of that!

5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you?
Probably T

6. What is your pet peeve?
I can't stand being late for movies.  I even get upset if I miss the beginning of the trailers.  I don't know why- I'm not that anal about anything else.

7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily?
I totally keep grudges.

Sloth
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time?
brush my teeth.  Just kidding!  I keep meaning to do this funky breathing exercise my yoga teacher taught us, but never am awake enough to remember in the morning...


2. What is the latest you've ever woken up?
what a strange question.  


3. A person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't:
My inner adult

4. What is the last lame excuse you made?
see question #1

5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through?
yup.  I'm strangely susceptible to them.  "This facial cleanser will CHANGE  my LIFE!"

6. When was the last time you got a good workout in?
Monday at Yoga

7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today?
only once- I actually fell asleep with my phone/alarm clock in my hand, and didn't wake up until T came in to say goodbye...

Gluttony
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice?
champagne!  I know that's not what they meant, but come on.  Who really would rather have a mocha than champagne?

2. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event?
Good lord, who even knows.  Dorothy Parker, my liver[,] says "hi", by the way.

3. Do you have an issue with your weight?
I'd like to say no, but who are we kidding?

4. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods?
yes, please.

5. Have you ever looked at a small house pet or child and thought, "LUNCH"?
um, vegetarian.  Unless you have a tiny pet asparagus, in which case, maybe.

Lust
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)?
I can't count that high

2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)?
see above.

3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation?
duh...

4. Have you "done it"?
Was this meme written by a 6th grader?

5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice?
there's this girl at yoga who has the most delicious-looking feet...

6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?
not to my knowledge

7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy?
yeah- I'm pretty good about that...

Greed
1. How many credit cards do you own?
one

2. What's your guilty pleasure store?
Bunnies Shoes!

3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it?
let's be honest: probably invest it right before the market crashes like it's never crashed before.

4. Would you rather be rich, or famous?
they both would be kind of fun in moderation, but I guess I'd get sick of being famous a lot sooner.

5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks?
define "boring".  I have no self-discipline, so I'd probably end up calling in sick.

6. Have you ever stolen anything?
Air France is missing some silverware...

7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive?
three- all the others have been burned in order to free up space

Pride
1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of?
I'm not sure... everything sounds so paltry when you put it like that

2. What's one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of?
probably my MLIS

3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life?
good lord, this is getting depressing

4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place?
not really

5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much better than those you were competing against?
probably

6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score?
No.

7. What did you do today that you're proud of?
um, didn't call in sick?

Envy
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own?
I have to say I've been eyeing that funky vintage dress Adrienne bought last week...

2. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be?
someone more creative and adventurous

3. Have you ever been cheated on?
not to my knowledge

4. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own?
um, yeah.  You name it

5. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself?
quick-wittedness, perfect pitch, confidence, drive.

6. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey?
not really

7. Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin?
I'd like to say "lust", but many days I think "sloth" is more up my alley.

from souldanzer

1. Reply with your name and I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. I'll pick a flavor of jello to wrestle with you in.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5. I'll tell you my first memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.

Harry Potter Personality Quiz by Pirate Monkeys Inc.

the Wit (73% dark, 26% spontaneous, 11% vulgar)

your humor style: CLEAN | COMPLEX | DARK You like things edgy, subtle, and smart. I guess that means you're probably an intellectual, but don't take that to mean you're pretentious. You realize 'dumb' can be witty--after all isn't that the Simpsons' philosophy?--but rudeness for its own sake, 'gross-out' humor and most other things found in a fraternity leave you totally flat. I guess you just have a more cerebral approach than most. You have the perfect mindset for a joke writer or staff writer. Your sense of humor takes the most effort to appreciate, but it's also the best, in my opinion. Also, you probably loved the Office. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check it out here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/. PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Jon Stewart - Woody Allen - Ricky Gervais

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 87% on dark You scored higher than 31% on spontaneous You scored higher than 0% on vulgar

Link: The 3 Variable Funny Test written by jason_bateman on Ok Cupid

Although I've been more a vanilla cafe au lait person recently.

You Are a Frappacino

At your best, you are: fun loving, sweet, and modern At your worst, you are: childish and over indulgent You drink coffee when: you're craving something sweet Your caffeine addiction level: low

19 out of 20, baby! (and really, I just gave the guy I missed the benefit of the doubt because he seemed nice)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/index.shtml

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from prismakaos!

Movies!

1) Total number of films owned?
legally: 25ish
otherwise: ...I plead the 5th...

2) The last film I bought?
Kinsey

3) The last film I watched?
Sullivan's Travels

4) 5 films that mean a lot to me or that I watch a lot?
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
Fight Club
The Royal Tennenbaums
Harold and Maude
Malcolm X


Books!

[1] Total number of books I've owned:
Ummm... I'm a *librarian*...

[2] Last book I bought:
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

[3] Last book I read:
I'm (still) in the middle of The Satanic Verses- it's amazing! I just never want it to end

[4] Five books that mean a lot to me:
Moby Dick
The Complete Works of W.B. Yeats
The Bible (just kidding)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Catch 22

OK, I just realized that the file extention result I cut-and-pasted from the quiz yesterday is not the actual result I received! Originally I got "you are .jpg: You are very colorful. Sometimes you forget things, or distort the truth. You like working with pictures more than words", but instead I just broadcasted that I'm a crappy .tmp. I just took the quiz again, and it told me I'm a .mpg ("you live life like it was a movie. Constantly in motion, you bring pleasure to many, but are often hidden away"), but *again* when I tried to cut and paste it told me I'm a .tmp, which is actually pretty funny, if you think about it.

1. Take this list and post it into your own LJ, and mark the movies you've seen (in bold).
2. Add five more movies to the end of the list.
3. Count how many you have seen. If you've seen more than 70 movies, you are a Movie Whore. Post the score of how many movies you've seen in the subject line.
4. Use a LJ-cut since you've got at least one LJ-friend who doesn't really want to see an ungodly number of movies snaking its way down the computer monitor (now at 331).
5. (optional) Question your friend's taste in movies (cuz you can).
( movie meme )
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stolen from midnightapples...

-Two great reasons to be alive today

-Two songs I should listen to

-Two things you love about yourself

-Two things you love about me

-Two things you don't like about yourself

-Two things you don't like about me

-Two things for me to write about

-Two of your favorite swear words.

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Your Geek Profile:

Academic Geekiness: Highest

Internet Geekiness: High

Music Geekiness: High

Movie Geekiness: Moderate

Fashion Geekiness: None

Gender Expert You scored 79 Otherness and 78 Knowledge!

Whether you can be considered other or not is irrelevant, because your superior knowledge about otherness puts you in a class all your own. Chances are you are other, or that the freedoms and liberties of otherness are issues very close to your heart. In the unlikely even that you are not in a category of other yourself, you probably have friends, family or loved ones that are and you understand their issues as if they were your own.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 66% on Otherness You scored higher than 66% on Knowledge

Link: The Knowledge of Otherness Test written by peregrine_eric on OkCupid Free Online Dating

Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in
1. feminism score: 14
2. judith butler score: 10
3. cultural studies score: 9
4. feminist theory score: 7
5. american studies score: 6
6. political theory score: 6
7. ethnic studies score: 6
8. gayatri spivak score: 6
9. art score: 6
10. photography score: 6
11. michel foucault score: 5
12. writing score: 5
13. nina simone score: 5
14. gender score: 5
15. bell hooks score: 5
16. coffee score: 5
17. fashion score: 5
18. james baldwin score: 5
19. wahneema lubiano score: 5
20. postmodernism score: 5

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1)been proposed to by multiple old homeless men on Pacific Ave in Santa Cruz
2)been called "more beautiful than the Princess of Baghdad" (whoever she is), also by an old homeless man on Pacific Ave in Santa Cruz (um, I'm sensing a theme here, and I'm not so sure I like it)
3)accidentally seen the top of Patrick Swayze's head outside a bookstore in New York, gotten really excited, and then wondered why
4)willingly told a teacher in high school about my sex life
5)gone in drag to a formal dance
6)hallucinated without the aid of anything but my own personal brain chemistry
7)had a major fight with my significant other about string theory
8)been told by my therapist, midway through my first session with him, that I was a transsexual, and should consider hormone therapy (for the record: I don't think he was entirely wrong, but I don't think he was entirely right either. Mostly I just think he was an asshole)
8.5)realized that, at the end of the day, said therapist was just another man telling me that I needed to change my body. Again, asshole.
9)made a *gigantic* latch-hook rug with the face of Jesus on it. I really want to use it as a bath mat, but it would destroy the carefully-wrought aesthetics of our bathroom.
10)sat down to do my reading for a philosophy class and realized that my great-uncle had written the article. (Incidentally: I read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" in high school, and came to the conclusion that I should skip college and become a mechanic. And look how that turned out.)

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