In which I continue to scrutinize myself using only the most current and accurate self-assessment tools

Your result for The Perception Personality Image Test...

HBDS - The Commander

Humanity, Background, Detail, and Shape

You perceive the world with particular attention to humanity. You focus on the hidden treasures of life (the background) and how that is affected by the details of life. You are also particularly drawn towards the shapes around you. Because of the value you place on humanity, you tend to seek out other people and get energized by being around others. You like to ponder ideas and imagine the many possibilities of your life without worrying about the details or specifics. You are highly focused on specific goals or tasks and find meaning in life by pursuing those goals. You prefer a structured environment within which to live and you like things to be predictable.

The Perception Personality Types:

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In which I start to do a bunch of old memes because I cannot talk about how an Idiot Wind if trying to blow me down

Your result for The Classic Dames Test...

Katharine Hepburn

You scored 19% grit, 24% wit, 38% flair, and 26% class!

You are the fabulously quirky and independent woman of character. You go your own way, follow your own drummer, take your own lead. You stand head and shoulders next to your partner, but you are perfectly willing and able to stand alone. Others might be more classically beautiful or conventionally woman-like, but you possess a more fundamental common sense and off-kilter charm, making interesting men fall at your feet. You can pick them up or leave them there as you see fit. You share the screen with the likes of Spencer Tracy and Cary Grant, thinking men who like strong women.

Find out what kind of classic leading man you'd make by taking the
Classic Leading Man Test.

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Music update (lame!), Falling madly in love (not lame!)

In lieu of a real post (I know, I suck), I am updating the music meme that I posted before my head exploded, my body turned inside out, the earth tilted on its axis, and my whole world was--in short--rocked.**

All lyrics are identified and a couple of links are thrown in for fun and for the pure joy of watching that sweet Welsh rocker boy, Kelly Jones, as well as the one and only JT.

1. There was a rapture, so I can never see you anymore. (The Twilight Singers, "Bonnie Brae")
2. You don't need your name in bright lights. (Jamiroquai, "High Times")
3. Breaking away to the other side, I want to make sense of why we live and die. (Cowboy Junkies, "I Don't Get It")
4. In my mother's house, there's a photograph of a day gone past. (Corinne Bailey Rae, "Butterfly")
5. She found a fifth-wheel trailer and a blueblood cat. (Cash Monies and the Jetsetter, "Blueblood Cat")
6. You say you want a revolution. (The Beatles, "Revolution")
7. G Gb F E D Gmi C7 Bmi . . . (John Coltrane, "Spiral")
8. Jesus, don't cry. (Wilco, "Jesus, etc.")
9. Got to get in on the scene, hon? (Stereophonics, "Pedalpusher")
10. It's going down, Tennessee. (Justin Timberlake, "Chop Me Up")
11. The festival was over and the boys were all planning for a fall. (Dylan, "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts")
12. Well, Annie's pretty neat. (David Bowie, "John I'm Only Dancing")
13. We came down the rivers and the highways. (The Doors, "Names of the Kingdom")
14. By the way, you know that hope will make you strange. (Jack Johnson, "Fall Line")
15. Someone and someone were down by the pond looking for something to plant in the lawn. (Neil Young, "Words")
16. Like a mirror, I'm nothing. (Morphine, "Like a Mirror")
17. Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while. (Led Zeppelin, "Gallows Pole")
18. Mary, Mary, where you been? (Stereophonics, "Madame Helga")
19. Hand over hand on the lifeline, luckily the knots stay tight. (Morphine, "Rope on Fire")
20. Seen the arrow on the doorpost saying this land is condemned all the way from New Orleans to Jerusalem. (Dylan, "Blind Willie McTell")
21. I told you how I feel but you don't care. (Fiona Apple, "Sleep to Dream")
22. Have I a hope or half a chance to even ask if I could dance with you? (Hurricane Smith, "Oh Babe, What Would You Say?")
23. Driving in the South, the motor's on fire. (Yo La Tengo, "We're an American Band")
24. I'm walking out in a force ten gale. (Radiohead, "Scatterbrain")
25. Turn off that weak jam, man. (The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, "Mr. Happy")

**It doesn't sound pleasant at all when I put it this way, does it? It is very very pleasant. I am still thinking through the ins and outs of blogging about The Someone. Stay tuned.

I'm alive! Alive! (cue music)

Oh the work, it consumes me. As proof of my continued existence, I shall do the ubiquitous music meme. As seen in its ubiquity and TWICE at Dr. Crazy's (proving she's no ubiquity snob =).

The rules:
Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike through when someone gets them right
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING.

1. There was a rapture, so I can never see you anymore.
2. You don't need your name in bright lights.
3. Breaking away to the other side, I want to make sense of why we live and die.
4. In my mother's house, there's a photograph of a day gone past.
5. She found a fifth-wheel trailer and a blueblood cat.
6. You say you want a revolution. (The Beatles, "Revolution")
7. G Gb F E D Gmi C7 Bmi . . .
8. Jesus, don't cry. (Wilco, "Jesus, etc.")
9. Got to get in on the scene, hon?
10. It's going down, Tennessee.
11. The festival was over and the boys were all planning for a fall. (Dylan, "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts")
12. Well, Annie's pretty neat.
13. We came down the rivers and the highways.
14. By the way, you know that hope will make you strange.
15. Someone and someone were down by the pond looking for something to plant in the lawn. (Neil Young, "Words")
16. Like a mirror, I'm nothing.
17. Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while. (Led Zeppelin, "Gallows Pole")
18. Mary, Mary, where you been?
19. Hand over hand on the lifeline, luckily the knots stay tight. (Morphine, "Rope on Fire")
20. Seen the arrow on the doorpost saying this land is condemned all the way from New Orleans to Jerusalem. (Dylan, "Blind Willie McTell")
21. I told you how I feel but you don't care.
22. Have I a hope or half a chance to even ask if I could dance with you?
23. Driving in the South, the motor's on fire.
24. I'm walking out in a force ten gale. (Radiohead, "Scatterbrain")
25. Turn off that weak jam, man.

I am saucy that way

As seen as Brigindo's.

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and galaxies god knows we try to get out but i pour whiskey on him
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(Someday I will post something other than a meme. You have no idea how much I miss my wardrobe-inspired-by posts. Oh--but Lina created an outfit for me for an upcoming wardrobe-challenging event, and it is perfecto!)

Quite true

As seen at New Kid's and Luckybuzz's

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland   "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The West
The South
The Inland North
Boston
The Northeast
North Central
Philadelphia
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I am accentless, but I am not from Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, or Missouri. I was born across the river from Philly; I did live in Indiana for a short time (and my grandparents lived there all of my life); my parents lived in Missouri, where my sister was born; I spent a chunk of my early childhood in West Virginia, which is close to these places; and I have lived in nearly every single area in the U.S. but "The Midland" since. So, yes, this is also the American gypsy/migrant family accent. Like a good gypsy, I often pick up the accent of the people I am around.

I give 134%

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This is 134% MORE than other websites who took this test.

As seen at Lina's, who swears as robustly and finely as anyone I know, despite the poor results of her test. I must say I am deeply suspicious of a cuss-o-meter with the range labels "darnit," "a-hole," and "f-bomb."

Floral Medusa

What These Carnations Say About You

You have a distinct style... one that many people find fascinating. You are charming and alluring. People are drawn to you - and you are very popular. You never forget a name or a face. And the people you love are always on your mind

What Do The Flowers You Pick Say About You?

As seen at the fabulous Lina's

I normally think of carnations as tacky, scrawny, and cheap, but maybe I have seen one too many dyed and dying prom boutonniere. I love them in this picture.

Just in case any of you ever feel the need to send me flowers, though, peonies are my very favorite:

7 things meme

I've been tagged for a meme by a curmudgeonly fellow! And so because I have 42 ungraded research papers sitting beside me, here goes!

The rules:

1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 random and/or weird things about yourself.
3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
4. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. On it.

My seven randoms and/or weirds:

1. I was a competitive gymnast. I lost my cherry to a balance beam.
2. I am a claustrophobic.
3. One day in the grade school lunchroom, after having watched Sarah T., Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic on television, I told everyone at my table that I had vodka in my thermos. This prompted the first of many visits to the offices of various school principals, lasting into my high school years. It also forever proved to me that I am exactly the wrong audience for PSAs, after-school specials, and any film warning of drug and alcohol abuse. I am the only person I know, for example, who wanted to try heroin after watching Trainspotting. I didn't, but I wanted to.
4. I scootch way down in the bed when I sleep, making sure my feet are hanging just a touch over the foot of the bed.
5. I met my first boyfriend in Guadalajara when I was 13. I still love him.
6. When I was in college, I worked as an artist's model. This is a painting of me.
7. I don't like chocolate.

Hmmmm. . .hard to know who hasn't been tagged, but I tag Lina (Did you notice I am so almost naked in that painting? Bwahahahaha!!), Heidi, Ozma, profgrrrrl, Maude Lebowski, Wol, and Canada.

And from one of my very favorites!

Fear no more the heat o'the medusa
Nor the furious winter's rages.

Which work of Shakespeare was the original quote from?

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(Though I would not put too much faith in these words. The heat of the Medusa is still to be feared, Imogen is not really dead, and those country boys are not what they seem . . =)

As seen at Crazy's and everywhere

You tend to know these things after so many years of hanging out with rockstars

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Via the preggers rockstar, Luckybuzz =).

If I were not a gorgon but a deity . . .

Morpheus
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As seen at Earnest English's

I got nothin'

And so, a meme. These are the ten questions the great and creepy James Lipton asks each guest on Inside the Actor's Studio. (If you have never seen the show, this will give you a good idea of what it's all about.)

1. What is your favorite word?

Hyena

2. What is your least favorite word?

Begins with a "m" ends with an "t" and sounds like "hoist." Will punch you in the arm if you say it out loud.


3. What turns you on?

Wit

4. What turns you off?

Earnestness without passion or wit or whimsy

5. What is your favorite curse word?

Fuck. It's fucking fantastic, for fuck's sake.

6. What sound or noise do you love?

The sound of propane firing a hot-air balloon. Wind and things creaking in the wind, for example the sound of the wind on the top of Tesuque peak and the creaky sounds of the chair lift.

7. What sound or noise do you hate?

Slurping

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

Filmmaker

9. What profession would you not like to attempt?

Politician

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

Join me at the bar, won't you?

Apparently I am thinking at 21% (which explains a lot)

My personality test results! They actually make a lot of sense to me, intuitively if not intellectually =). As seen at New Kid's, Crazy's, and everywhere.

Lunatic moon child

As seen at Lina's . . .

You Are The Moon

You represent the unconscious side of life, what happens in dreams. You are capable of great genius - but also of great madness. Emotions tend to be primal for you, both your fears and your fantasies. Your intuition is always right, listening to it is the difficult part. Your fortune: You are about to embark on a very important journey - and a very difficult one. Some of your deepest dreams will be realized, as well as some of your deepest nightmares. Follow your creativity and visions; stay away from your weaknesses. You are taking a voyage to the center of yourself, and you may be pleasantly surprised by what you discover.

What Tarot Card Are You?

For those of you who are writing this week. . .

A fabulous meme, found at Life & Times--the random academic sentence generator from Pootwattle the Virtual Academic and Smedley the Virtual Critic!

I am in love with my generated sentences:

Pootwattle the Virtual Academic(TM) says:

The culture of system is, and yet is not, the de-eroticization of patriarchal grammar.

Smedley the Virtual Critic(TM) responds:

Pootwattle's lukewarm affirmation of the relationship between the culture of system and the de-eroticization of patriarchal grammar narrowly avoids withdrawal into conscious unreadability.

Ninth Circle of Burnout, Second Level of Dante's Hell

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	Very High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Low
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Low
Level 7 (Violent)	High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Low

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

No surprise that I am in Level 2. I am confused, though, about the "high" results in 7 and 8. Perhaps I am a violent fraud? I really thought 2, 3, and 4 would be my highest general area of sinfulness.

A new title for the new year

I have to admit it kind of suits me . . .

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Lady Medusa the Clement of Mellow under Trollness Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

Found at Addy's.