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August 28th, 2008


09:04 pm - Brief post to show I'm alive
It's Alive!!!!! )

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November 23rd, 2007


08:31 pm - I didn't expect this result...
Discworld quiz under the cut:
oook )
Current Mood: [mood icon] amused
Current Music: Schonherz & Scott "Peace of Mind"

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September 1st, 2007


01:09 pm - Surprised not...
...except for the "cool" part. Via [info]malkingrey


NerdTests.com says I'm a Cool High Nerd.  What are you?  Click here!

Current Mood: [mood icon] amused
Current Music: Between - Vienna Teng

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August 7th, 2007


03:01 pm - Pottermemeology
Yes! It's a Potter Meme! And it's behind the cut!

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July 13th, 2007


11:17 pm - Since when am I elite anything?
Thanks to [info]kristine_smith for the latest memeage.

How to Win a Fight With a Conservative is the ultimate survival guide for political arguments

My Liberal Identity:

You are a Reality-Based Intellectualist, also known as the liberal elite. You are a proud member of what’s known as the reality-based community, where science, reason, and non-Jesus-based thought reign supreme.


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June 24th, 2007


09:28 pm - But I expected a G....
Online Dating

Mingle2 - Online Dating


Current Mood: [mood icon] tired
Current Music: Simon & Garfunkle - So Long Frank Lloyd Wright

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June 16th, 2007


09:26 pm
From [info]sartorias via [info]kristine_smith

If there are one or more people on your friends list who make your world a better place just because they exist, and whom you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.
Current Mood: [mood icon] accomplished
Current Music: Rosanne Cash - Runaway Train

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June 2nd, 2007


10:40 pm - Another meme
This one is presented in honor of the Weird Fortune Cookie Collection.

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Current Mood: [mood icon] tired
Current Music: Uncle Kracker - In a Little While

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June 1st, 2007


08:01 pm - I've been 7 Thinged
Seven Things Meme

I've been tagged by [info]deedop. I'm spectacularly lacking in facts that both random and interesting, but I'll do my best:

The Rules:
Here are the rules: Each person tagged blogs 7 random facts about themselves, as well as the rules of the game. You need to tag seven others and list their names on your blog. You have to leave those you plan on tagging a note in their comments so they know that they have been tagged and to read your blog.

1) I'll be fifty next month, and over the years have done things that should have resulted in some pretty severe damage. Despite this, I've never broken any bones*, never needed stitches*, and never had anything wrong that required going to a hospital. When people start talking about their health, I get really quiet.

2) In a reversal of the standard geek sterotype, my parents live in my basement (okay, my house doesn't really have a basement, but they live on the first floor and I live on the second).

3) I don't have a televison. I've never watched much TV, and last winter I realized that it hadn't been turned on since the last episode of Angel aired. So I unplugged it and freed up the space in my living room. However the parents have television, and every now and then I'll visit with Mom and watch whatever happens to be on Animal Planet, so I'm not completely cut off from modern culture.

4) Bruce Springsteen patted me on the shoulder and told me that he hoped I'd get a chance to enjoy some of the concert (that was in 1979, during my rock n roll years - his band was doing a sound check and he was roaming the hall, making sure everything was the way he wanted it. I had stepped out of the office for a bit to watch, and he stopped to chat for a moment. I told him that I'd miss most of the show because I had to work, and he was nicely sympathetic. I should note that my function during this time period was to be the sober, level-headed person who watched the box office and counted the money.)

5) I live a little over 15 miles from where I was born.

6) I cannot sing. I was kicked out of third grade choir because I was so awful that I threw everyone around me off tune. This does not stop me from singing VERY LOUD when I'm alone in my car with the radio cranked up.

7) I love glass. I particularly love large lumps of non-representational brightly colored glass that is useless for anything except looking neat and collecting dust.

I'm supposed to tag 7 people now, but I've waited so long to do this after being tagged that I think this meme has already passed on to where all good memes go. If there's anyone reading this who hasn't already done it and wants to participate, consider yourself tagged.


* I think I broke the big toe on my right foot skydiving. But I knew that broken toes don't get put in a cast or anything, so I didn't bother to get it x-rayed to find out for sure.

**There were some wounds that probably could have used a stitch or three, but butterfly bandaids and adhesive held everything together, and I've always been real good at healing. My body would be hell to identify - I have no scars at all.
Current Mood: Weekend!
Current Music: The Barra MacNeils - Dance With Me Daily

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May 26th, 2007


04:59 pm - Not the most cheery result....
Meme courtesy [info]kara_gnome

All hope abandon, ye who enter here! )
Current Mood: Guarded
Current Music: The Mamas & the Papas - Monday, Monday

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May 19th, 2007


05:11 pm - My spinoza on life, the universe, and everything
This is a neat quiz. Thanks much to [info]quietspaces.


Your Score: Baruch Spinoza


You scored 55 realism, 61 rationalism, 27 materialism, and 44 atomism!




Your philosopher is Benedictus de Spinoza (November 24, 1632 - February 21, 1677), named Baruch Spinoza by his synagogue elders. Along with Ren� Descartes and Gottfried Leibniz, he was one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy. He is considered the founder of modern Biblical criticism. His magnum opus was the Ethics.

You believe that what we think of as "God" and "Nature" are two names for the same reality, namely the single substance that underlies the universe and of which all lesser "entities" are actually modes or modifications. There is, in each rock, tree, animal and human, a bit of the same essence; deep down we are all the same. Your compassion for others is therefore as deep as your compassion for yourself, and in all things you see the same spirituality you see when you look in the mirror.




Link: The Philosophy Test written by Datamouse on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Current Mood: Philosophical
Current Music: Catie Curtis - Cross Over To Me

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May 13th, 2007


11:17 am - It is amazing that I'm on anyone's friends list
Whoa. Check out that interpersonal score.

(this meme was brought to you by [info]quietspaces



Your brain: 0% interpersonal, 120% visual, 200% verbal, and 80% mathematical!




Congratulations on being 400% smart! Actually, on my test, everyone is. The above score breaks down what kind of thinking you most enjoy doing. A score above 100% means you use that kind of thinking more than average, and a score below 100% means you use it less. It says nothing about how good you are at any one, just how interested you are in each, relatively. A substantial difference in scores between two people means, conclusively, that they are different kinds of thinkers.




Matching Summary: Each of us has different tastes. Still, I offer the following advice, which I think is obvious:


  1. Don't date someone if your interpersonal percentages differ by more than 80%.
  2. Don't be friends with someone if your verbal percentages differ by more than 100%.
  3. Don't have sex with someone if their math percentage is over 200%.





Link: The 4-Variable IQ Test written by chriscoyne on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Current Mood: Solitary
Current Music: the sounds of silence

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May 10th, 2007


09:09 pm - An Animated Thingee
Well, it was animated when I made it. It doesn't appear to be moving now, however.


This is [info]karenetaylor's fault.





Edited: Ah ha! Originally, I had copied the image to my computer, and pasted it to LJ from there. When I replaced that with a direct link to the meez site, suddenly there was movement!
Current Mood: [mood icon] artistic
Current Music: Anugama - Healing Earth

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April 13th, 2007


09:26 pm - Aw, lookit this - I'm DEEP


You Are Emerald Green



Deep and mysterious, it often seems like no one truly gets you.

Inside, you are very emotional and moody - though you don't let it show.

People usually have a strong reaction to you... profound love or deep hate.

But you can even get those who hate you to come around. There's something naturally harmonious about you.


Current Mood: Green
Current Music: Hayley Westerra - Quanta Qualia

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April 7th, 2007


07:40 pm - Big Surprise (not)
Meme courtesy of a major portion of my friends list. However, unlike most of them, I am a SINGLE-MINDED nerd - note the teeny-tiny scores in all the other categories.

What Be Your Nerd Type?
Your Result: Literature Nerd
 

Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today's society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works.

It's okay. I understand.

Social Nerd
 
Artistic Nerd
 
Science/Math Nerd
 
Gamer/Computer Nerd
 
Drama Nerd
 
Musician
 
Anime Nerd
 
What Be Your Nerd Type?
Quizzes for MySpace

Current Mood: Proudly Literary
Current Music: The Be Good Tanyas - Song for R.

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April 4th, 2007


07:47 pm - Memeage from the world of newsgroups!
Yes, this was found on a genuine, old-fashioned, USENET-style newsgroup. Who'd have ever thunk it?





You’re St. Melito of Sardis!


You have a great love of history and liturgy. You’re attached to the traditions of the ancients, yet you recognize that the old world — great as it was — is passing away. You are loyal to the customs of your family, though you do not hesitate to call family members to account for their sins.


Find out which Church Father you are at The Way of the Fathers!





Current Mood: catted
Current Music: Ron Sexsmith - Gold in Them Hills

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April 1st, 2007


11:33 am - Oh dear (a meme, of course - did you expect anything else?)




What type of Fae are you?
Current Mood: [mood icon] awake
Current Music: Stepping Out Slowly - Jerry Burns

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March 11th, 2007


09:06 pm
Gakked from [info]juliabk

YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I WANNA KNOW YOU... I want to know 34 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, never liked each other, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine... I just wanna know you better.



1. Can you cook?
2. What was your dream growing up?
3. What talent do you wish you had?
4. Favorite place?
5. Favorite vegetable?
6. What was the last book you read?
7. What zodiac sign are you?
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
9. Worst Habit?
10. Do we know each other outside of Livejournal?
11. What is your favorite sport?
12. Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15. Tell me one weird fact about you.
16. Do you have any pets?
17. Do you know how to do the Macarena?
18. What time is it where you are now?
19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21. Would you be my partner in crime or my conscience?
22. What color eyes do you have?
23. Ever been arrested?
24. Bottle or Draft?
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?
26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?
27. What's your favorite bar to hang at?
28. Do you believe in ghosts?
29. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30. Do you swear a lot?
31. Biggest pet peeve?
32. In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33. In one word, how would you describe me?
34. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
Current Mood: [mood icon] busy
Current Music: Monday, Monday - The Mamas and the Papas

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January 29th, 2007


09:08 pm - I Have No Blog But I Must Meme


You Are Romanticism



You are likely to see the world as it should be, not as it is.

You prefer to celebrate the great things people do... not the horrors they're capable of.

For you, there is nothing more inspiring than a great hero.

You believe that great art reflects the artist's imagination and true ideals.


Current Mood: [mood icon] productive
Current Music: Snow Machine - Birmingham

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December 21st, 2006


12:12 pm - Me-me-me-me-memeage
My very own aristocratic title: Her Eminence the Very Viscountess Amy the Perplexed of Lower Slaughter Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

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