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jlhSince the last entry was so serious, here's just some quizzes.
I like this, but I also really liked the frogs in Magnolia
Take the Purrsonality Quiz!
You know, when I took this initially, I got the Siamese. I was uncomfortable with it because it didn't really sound like me. Then everyone else was getting Siamese so I felt better and decided to post my result. But when I took it today, as you see, I didn't get Siamese. Go figure.
What Was Your PastLife?
I have no comment.
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ballyharnon's long quiz:
[[10 Bands You've Seen Live]]
The Takers
U2 (three times)
REM (Life's Rich Pageant Tour, and I still have the t-shirt, thanks)
The Go-Gos
Crowded House
Simple Minds
Duran Duran (first concert, 1983)
Travis
Indigo Girls
Lollapalooza One (Nine Inch Nails, Siouxie, Living Colour, Body Count, Jane's Addiction)
[[09 Things You're Looking Forward To]]
season premiere of Gilmore Girls
D__'s visit this weekend
My visit to D__ in LA this fall
(hopefully) the Muses seeing CoS together
talking to my twin
reading the cool angstmysterydeathtragedydrama bit of /of silver/
next sex
finishing EWFS and starting the sequel
going back to school
[[08 Things You Wear Daily]]
Oceanus perfume (body shop)
an underwire bra
vast quantities of Frizz-Ease hair care products
a black & silver watch
reading glasses
contact lenses
vast quantities of moisturizer
a hair elastic
[[07 Things That Annoy You]]
people telling me what to do
my minions at work not doing what I tell them to do
menstruation
negative people making negative comments about the behavior of others
stupidity
junk mail
the heat
[[06 Things You Touch Every Day]]
my AC
my keys
my ibook
my bed
my stereo
myself
[[05 Things You Do Every Day]]
read
listen to music
talk to a friend
drink tea
write
[[04 People You'd Want to Spend More Time With]]
C____
D__
P____
S____
[[03 Movies You Could Watch Over and Over]]
The Philadelphia Story
Swing Time
All About Eve
[[02 Of Your Favorite Songs At This Moment]]
My Curse by Afghan Whigs
Fell in Love with a Girl by the White Stripes
[[01 Person You Could Spend the Rest of Your Life With]]
I haven't met them yet
The Vanity Fair Proust Questionnare:
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Riding in a car with no particular destination, plenty of good music, and good friends
What is your greatest fear?
It used to be insanity. Then it was loneliness. Now I suppose it's being misunderstood.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My fear.
What is your greatest extravagance?
My cable modem. Or living in Manhattan in the first place.
What is your favorite journey?
Honestly, the one I'm on. The life one. Trite, but true.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Telling the truth. People who pride themselves on it too much are generally hurting others without really making anything better.
What words or phrases do you most overuse?
"Do you see what I mean?"
On what occasion do you lie?
When the other person is incapable of hearing the truth, or at least understanding it.
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Sure, I would like to be thinner. But really, I don't like my shoulders that much.
Which living person do you most despise?
You know, hate is really a waste of time. But I suppose, anyone who is cruel to someone weaker then they are.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Overcoming crippling clinical depression.
What is your greatest regret?
Any decisions that I made that were motivated by fear or a wish for safety.
What is your current state of mind?
Creative, and only a little anxious.
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
Any answer I could give would either sound self-serving and maudlin, or reveal too much. But all of that might have been okay if my mother were a stonger person, for her sake and all of ours.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
To have so many very close and very old friends; that is, a talent for sustained intimacy.
What is your favorite occupation?
Writing
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Generosity of spirit
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Generosity of spirit
What do you value most in your friends?
Intimacy
Who are your favorite writers?
Dorothy L. Sayers, William Carlos Williams, L.M.Montgomery, JKR, Billy Wilder, and many, many more.
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
I'm not much for the hero type, actually. Perhaps Harriet Vane?
Who are your heroes in real life?
People who act on their convictions.
What is your motto?
"The greatest work that men do comes under stress and at great personal cost."--William Carlos Williams.
Or, "Party On!"
Quiz results I am not posting:
My characters: None of the answers to the questions matched what Seamus would do. I got "girly" but I think that was by default.
Disney villain: I don't think I'm in touch with my evil side. I'm not sure if that's good or bad.
Dream #1:
I was at Harvard. I saw this guy that I knew in HS and one thing led to another (as often happens) and so I took him home. In doing so, I locked out my roommate. (I think we were in Old Leverett House.) For reasons known only to my subconscious, my roommate wasjohnwalton, only he was Korean, which he isn't. John was of course very displeased to be locked out just so I could get my groove on. When I rather sheepishly went next door to invite him back in, he was talking on the phone with a hands-free headset. I have no idea what that means, except that I need to get some sex, sooner rather than later. Why John was there, though, I have no idea.
Dream #2:
I had a tall, narrow jar of some sort of small round objects in syrup. Probably cherries, but I'm not sure. I thought they were olives, but olives don't come in syrup. Anyway, each time I opened the jar, it would squeak. Finally, I opened it and left it open, and a hummingbird flew out. It was dark and coated with the sticky syrup. It flew out the window. Then, a bird of prey swooped down and grabbed it.
This, I think, was just a garden variety anxiety dream.
what movie symbolism are you? find out!
I like this, but I also really liked the frogs in Magnolia
Take the Purrsonality Quiz!
You know, when I took this initially, I got the Siamese. I was uncomfortable with it because it didn't really sound like me. Then everyone else was getting Siamese so I felt better and decided to post my result. But when I took it today, as you see, I didn't get Siamese. Go figure.
What Was Your PastLife?
I have no comment.
ballyharnon's long quiz:[[10 Bands You've Seen Live]]
The Takers
U2 (three times)
REM (Life's Rich Pageant Tour, and I still have the t-shirt, thanks)
The Go-Gos
Crowded House
Simple Minds
Duran Duran (first concert, 1983)
Travis
Indigo Girls
Lollapalooza One (Nine Inch Nails, Siouxie, Living Colour, Body Count, Jane's Addiction)
[[09 Things You're Looking Forward To]]
season premiere of Gilmore Girls
D__'s visit this weekend
My visit to D__ in LA this fall
(hopefully) the Muses seeing CoS together
talking to my twin
reading the cool angstmysterydeathtragedydrama bit of /of silver/
next sex
finishing EWFS and starting the sequel
going back to school
[[08 Things You Wear Daily]]
Oceanus perfume (body shop)
an underwire bra
vast quantities of Frizz-Ease hair care products
a black & silver watch
reading glasses
contact lenses
vast quantities of moisturizer
a hair elastic
[[07 Things That Annoy You]]
people telling me what to do
my minions at work not doing what I tell them to do
menstruation
negative people making negative comments about the behavior of others
stupidity
junk mail
the heat
[[06 Things You Touch Every Day]]
my AC
my keys
my ibook
my bed
my stereo
myself
[[05 Things You Do Every Day]]
read
listen to music
talk to a friend
drink tea
write
[[04 People You'd Want to Spend More Time With]]
C____
D__
P____
S____
[[03 Movies You Could Watch Over and Over]]
The Philadelphia Story
Swing Time
All About Eve
[[02 Of Your Favorite Songs At This Moment]]
My Curse by Afghan Whigs
Fell in Love with a Girl by the White Stripes
[[01 Person You Could Spend the Rest of Your Life With]]
I haven't met them yet
The Vanity Fair Proust Questionnare:
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Riding in a car with no particular destination, plenty of good music, and good friends
What is your greatest fear?
It used to be insanity. Then it was loneliness. Now I suppose it's being misunderstood.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My fear.
What is your greatest extravagance?
My cable modem. Or living in Manhattan in the first place.
What is your favorite journey?
Honestly, the one I'm on. The life one. Trite, but true.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Telling the truth. People who pride themselves on it too much are generally hurting others without really making anything better.
What words or phrases do you most overuse?
"Do you see what I mean?"
On what occasion do you lie?
When the other person is incapable of hearing the truth, or at least understanding it.
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Sure, I would like to be thinner. But really, I don't like my shoulders that much.
Which living person do you most despise?
You know, hate is really a waste of time. But I suppose, anyone who is cruel to someone weaker then they are.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Overcoming crippling clinical depression.
What is your greatest regret?
Any decisions that I made that were motivated by fear or a wish for safety.
What is your current state of mind?
Creative, and only a little anxious.
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
Any answer I could give would either sound self-serving and maudlin, or reveal too much. But all of that might have been okay if my mother were a stonger person, for her sake and all of ours.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
To have so many very close and very old friends; that is, a talent for sustained intimacy.
What is your favorite occupation?
Writing
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Generosity of spirit
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Generosity of spirit
What do you value most in your friends?
Intimacy
Who are your favorite writers?
Dorothy L. Sayers, William Carlos Williams, L.M.Montgomery, JKR, Billy Wilder, and many, many more.
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
I'm not much for the hero type, actually. Perhaps Harriet Vane?
Who are your heroes in real life?
People who act on their convictions.
What is your motto?
"The greatest work that men do comes under stress and at great personal cost."--William Carlos Williams.
Or, "Party On!"
Quiz results I am not posting:
My characters: None of the answers to the questions matched what Seamus would do. I got "girly" but I think that was by default.
Disney villain: I don't think I'm in touch with my evil side. I'm not sure if that's good or bad.
Dream #1:
I was at Harvard. I saw this guy that I knew in HS and one thing led to another (as often happens) and so I took him home. In doing so, I locked out my roommate. (I think we were in Old Leverett House.) For reasons known only to my subconscious, my roommate was
johnwalton, only he was Korean, which he isn't. John was of course very displeased to be locked out just so I could get my groove on. When I rather sheepishly went next door to invite him back in, he was talking on the phone with a hands-free headset. I have no idea what that means, except that I need to get some sex, sooner rather than later. Why John was there, though, I have no idea.Dream #2:
I had a tall, narrow jar of some sort of small round objects in syrup. Probably cherries, but I'm not sure. I thought they were olives, but olives don't come in syrup. Anyway, each time I opened the jar, it would squeak. Finally, I opened it and left it open, and a hummingbird flew out. It was dark and coated with the sticky syrup. It flew out the window. Then, a bird of prey swooped down and grabbed it.
This, I think, was just a garden variety anxiety dream.
