Tag! I’m it!

Thinking Girl made the meme in her latest post a free-for-all, so I’m jumping in. (I never get tagged. Seriously. Never.)

What were you doing ten years ago? (Five things)
1. Turning 20. *gasp*
2. Working at Baskin-Robbins.
3. Meeting my dearest friend on this earth (Hi Kit!)
4. Dating a guy almost 10 years my senior.
5. Nabbing my first free site at Geocities.

What were you doing one year ago? (Five things)
1. Beginning my last year of grad school.
2. Settling in to being married.
3. Getting ready to go to a comic con (with Kit, of course)
4. Thinking I was going to take the MA exams in January.
5. Not reading much for fun, at all.

Five snacks you enjoy:
1. Chocolate, but only the good kind.
2. Fresh ciabattina dipped in olive oil
3. Apples and cheese (a good sharp cheddar, for preference)
4. Cinnamon raisin toast
5. Hummus or guacamole and chips

Five songs you know the lyrics to:
First five I can think of:
1. American Pie by Don McLean
2. Birdhouse in Your Soul by TMBG
3. Your Horoscope for Today by Weird Al Yankovic
4. Army by Ben Folds Five
5. Gekommen um zu bleiben by Wir Sind Helden

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire.
1. Buy a hybrid and/or scooter, pay with cash.
2. Work just a bit less.
3. Take random language classes.
4. Take a month-long vacation every year.
5. Buy all local, all the time.

Five Bad Habits:
1. Interrupting.
2. Not finishing projects.
3. Packrattery.
4. Procrastination.
5. Not trusting myself.

Five things you like to do:
1. Walk to the Farmer’s Market.
2. Settle into a good book at a coffee shop.
3. Wander around downtown.
4. Listen to people talk in other languages.
5. Spontaneously sing with other folks.

Five things you will never wear again.
1. Really dark makeup*
2. Anything too small for me
3. Anything I don’t really like
4. Earrings (probably)
5. A class ring (mine or anyone else’s)

*Unless it’s Halloween, then all bets are off.

Five favourite toys:
1. the new iMac ^^
2. IconBuffet
3. a wooden top my great-grandfather whittled for me
4. the new/old iPod
5. Smartass answer: Da Spouse ^^;;

Five things you hate to do:
1. Vacuum with a big old vacuum cleaner. (Yay Dyson!)
2. Work 8-5 in the winter.
3. Work nights.
4. Function on too little sleep.
5. Go without enough time for myself.

Okay, now it’s YOUR turn. Tag free-for-all!

‘Course, I’d really like to see answers from Richie, Tanglethis, Anna, Kit and Joel. ^^

Because I really AM a geek…

… here are the quiz results to prove it:

Your Score: Modern, Cool Nerd

86 % Nerd, 60% Geek, 26% Dork

For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.

You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd.

Nerds didn’t use to be cool, but in the 90’s that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn’t quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and “geek is chic.” The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)!

Congratulations!

Take it yourself: THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

Okay, so maybe I’m not MOSTLY a geek according to their definitions. STILL managed 60%. Yeah. Just because I’m not the horrible fan-girl (fan-folks just don’t have enough of a life, IMO).

That’s it. No thinking today.

Holy NC-17, Batman!

If my life were a movie, I have the sinking sensation it would be PG-13, at best.

So I was cruising through referrers to my blog…

… and I came across this:

The Viking Fish Store.

This just makes me happy. The fish-parody thing has been done to death, but this one was actually new to me. And accurate, at least up until 1000 C.E.

So, in the interests of beating a dead horse, post your favorite fishies here!

What do you think of *me*? [via Thinking Girl]

This is a meme, of sorts. Thinking Girl did this last Friday, and I stole her title played around with it, and made my own Johari window.

For those of you, who, like me, wouldn’t know what this is before going to the site: It’s another of those personality things (which I love to play around with) but this is a ‘you pick adjectives to describe yourself, then let others choose too, and see where they overlap’ type of thing.

So, for my edification: my interactive Johari window. Please play around and tell me what you think.

Oh! And if you make one of your own, post a li’l comment with the linky linky, please. ^^

EDIT: Random note — I imported my Blogger posts to this site (all 667 of them!) and I will be going through them to take out stuff I don’t want here. It was, quite frankly, an experiment, and primarily for the purpose of keeping all my stuff in one place. I may add more sometime, but for now I’ve got enough to deal with in this one Blogger account. ^^

quizfest loveliness

Okay, one last time-waste before I actually start working tonight….

Are you damned?
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more A GOLD Dragon Lies Beneath! I took the In…

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A GOLD Dragon Lies Beneath!

I took the Inner Dragon online quiz and found out I am a Gold Dragon on the inside. My Inner Dragon is the most honorable of all. Golds are the third rarest of all the dragons (after Platinum and Chromatic dragons) and have a station in society that reflects their rarity. I am what one might call a Draconic Knight. Golds live by a strict code of chivalry and commitment. Remember Draco? Yep, Gold Dragon. My appearance is fearsome and all-mighty but I’d never stoop so low as to bring any harm to a human. I’m one of only two dragon types that are aligned “Lawful Good” and demonstrate great magical proficiency. My piety, beauty, wisdom, and inner strengrth are absolutely without parallel.

Of course, being a Gold Dragon isn’t all high ethics and codes. I like to fly around scaring things, advise humans in their affairs, and shapeshift. Strike that, I LOVE to shapeshift. And I’m great at it. In fact, who’s to say I’m not really a Gold Dragon after all? My favorable attributes are honor, truth, kindness, gold, wisdom, bravery, and trustworthiness. If anyone threatens or tries to kill me, I could strike back with my breath weapon - Fire. But then, no one’s tried anything that stupid in the last couple thousand years. After all, I’m about 54 feet long.

70% I am 70% worshipable! And you? Find o…

70%

I am 70% worshipable! And you? Find out!

If I were a DND character

fun from foss

If I were a DND character, my stats would be:

Str: 7

Int: 13

Wis: 13

Dex: 10

Con: 10

Chr: 16

Congratulations. I’m human.

After my year/year-and-a-half stint of reading X-m…

After my year/year-and-a-half stint of reading X-men comics in high school, I had pretty much forgotten them until the movie came out. [Still one of the best I've seen, but maybe I'm biased.] After seeing the movie a few times, X-men went back-shelf in my brain again. Then, Harleen found a quiz.

I’m Rogue
What X-Men Character are You?

She’s still my favorite. How I ended up ‘being’ her is beyond me.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not complaining.