I'm about an hour away from 6 glorious days of vacation. My parents and I are packing up to fly to Albuquerque tomorrow (where Jon shall meet us), rent a car, and explore the many vistas of the Southwest.
I can't wait to breathe a happy sigh of relief as the mad months of April and May (well most of May) will be behind me, and SUMMER can finally begin.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Friday, May 25, 2007
mmmmmm NERD!
Your Score: Pure Nerd
56 % Nerd, 26% Geek, 21% 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, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd.
The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful.
Congratulations!
Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you're interested in any of the following:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Professional Wrestling
Love & Sexuality
America/Politics
Thanks Again! -- THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST
| Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test |
Friday, May 18, 2007
Tag, I'm It!
I have answered Amanda's challenge to complete the "8 Things" meme.
The rules -1: Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
2: People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules.
3: At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and include their names.
4: Don't forget to leave them a comment and tell them they're tagged, and to read your blog.
1. I have broken my right arm on two occasions. The first was as a toddler when I got pissed at my mom for putting me down for a nap, so I threw myself out of the crib. The second was in the third grade when at my neighbor's outdoor play set, I decided to cross the monkey bars with gloves on. Neither were very good ideas and I definitely paid for it!
2. I have a major fear of social dancing. I feel like there should be steps for me to learn. It's not fun, I feel like the world is looking at me attempting to dance, and I hate it when men I don't know try to come up and dance behind me. This is why I don't go out dancing, or to crowded bars, mainly because I'm not comfortable with people I don't know.
3. I knew that I wanted to be a librarian after the first semester of my second year of college. Journalism wasn't doing it for me and I needed a career where I could help find information for people without skewing people's views.
4. I question a lot about Catholicism. There are so many things that I don't agree with, the main item being the use of birth control. I just don't think that a group of old men should determine a woman's right to well, anything. I can't leave though. I go to church every Sunday and remain in awe of the mysteries and feel like I can see beyond the preachy part of Christianity straight to it's roots. I can't leave simply for that reason.
5. I have never been more insecure with my life than I was with color guard. I thrived on thinking that I was terrible for nine years. I wanted more than anything the approval of my instructors (especially in drum corps and winterguard) and to know that I was doing well, despite not having much talent. As a teacher, I miserably failed multiple times. I stayed in it about two years too long. Once I discovered my self-destructive tendencies and insecurities only seemed to lie in color guard, I quit. I don't regret quitting, but I do regret the fact that only a handful of people ever got to know the real me. I will never take something like that so seriously again.
6. I always have to do everything on the right first... from applying eye shadow to the right eye, to putting on the right shoe first, to sleeping on the right side of the bed. Somehow things will go wrong if I start on the left.
7. One of my biggest fears of getting old (like elderly old) is losing my mind or losing a functional body. I would hate to not be able to walk or remember the names of my own family.
8. My heritage is as follows: German, Czech (the main players), Irish, English, Cherokee Indian
Okay, so I tag the following (it will not be 8):
-Brett
-skwinkle
-Andrew
-Samantha
-anybody else who wants to!
The rules -1: Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
2: People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules.
3: At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and include their names.
4: Don't forget to leave them a comment and tell them they're tagged, and to read your blog.
1. I have broken my right arm on two occasions. The first was as a toddler when I got pissed at my mom for putting me down for a nap, so I threw myself out of the crib. The second was in the third grade when at my neighbor's outdoor play set, I decided to cross the monkey bars with gloves on. Neither were very good ideas and I definitely paid for it!
2. I have a major fear of social dancing. I feel like there should be steps for me to learn. It's not fun, I feel like the world is looking at me attempting to dance, and I hate it when men I don't know try to come up and dance behind me. This is why I don't go out dancing, or to crowded bars, mainly because I'm not comfortable with people I don't know.
3. I knew that I wanted to be a librarian after the first semester of my second year of college. Journalism wasn't doing it for me and I needed a career where I could help find information for people without skewing people's views.
4. I question a lot about Catholicism. There are so many things that I don't agree with, the main item being the use of birth control. I just don't think that a group of old men should determine a woman's right to well, anything. I can't leave though. I go to church every Sunday and remain in awe of the mysteries and feel like I can see beyond the preachy part of Christianity straight to it's roots. I can't leave simply for that reason.
5. I have never been more insecure with my life than I was with color guard. I thrived on thinking that I was terrible for nine years. I wanted more than anything the approval of my instructors (especially in drum corps and winterguard) and to know that I was doing well, despite not having much talent. As a teacher, I miserably failed multiple times. I stayed in it about two years too long. Once I discovered my self-destructive tendencies and insecurities only seemed to lie in color guard, I quit. I don't regret quitting, but I do regret the fact that only a handful of people ever got to know the real me. I will never take something like that so seriously again.
6. I always have to do everything on the right first... from applying eye shadow to the right eye, to putting on the right shoe first, to sleeping on the right side of the bed. Somehow things will go wrong if I start on the left.
7. One of my biggest fears of getting old (like elderly old) is losing my mind or losing a functional body. I would hate to not be able to walk or remember the names of my own family.
8. My heritage is as follows: German, Czech (the main players), Irish, English, Cherokee Indian
Okay, so I tag the following (it will not be 8):
-Brett
-skwinkle
-Andrew
-Samantha
-anybody else who wants to!
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
May Flowers, New Hobbies, and Family Gatherings
I can't believe that it's already the middle of May. A year ago, I was preparing to move back to Georgia and desperately seeking a job.
I've taken a sudden interest in gardening. I like the smell of dirt and flowers and enjoy daydreaming about my future garden (whenever I move away). For now, I'm slowly edging myself into the gardening water, so to speak, by helping my parents out with menial tasks in their new yard. While I'm weeding, avoiding bees, and dead heading plants, I can watch them do the actual landscaping. It's good to watch before I actually attempt to do something myself (maybe in a few weeks), considering that it amazes me how I've kept an indoor plant alive for 3 years. I feel like I'm going to have even more trouble keeping outdoor plants and flowers alive.
I feel like I am truly becoming an adult with these new hobbies of mine. Long gone are the color guard days of yore. I'm really really wanting to learn archery for some reason (and maybe even some hand gun action). Not that I'll be hunting, seeking out any urgals, joining a role playing game, or joining the NRA any time soon, but I think it would be fun to learn how to shoot, especially an arrow (yes, I've been made fun of for this already, so no need to drag it on). Maybe I've been reading too many fantasy novels lately.
After sitting through two weekend graduations (punishment for not going to my own last year), we're now on summer schedule at work. I'm looking forward to shorter weeks (when I'm not working in weekends to build time) and more time to write policy and such.
Jon visited this past weekend for the first time since Christmas. It was only for maybe 36 hours at the most, but we somehow managed to squeeze in a LOT of family time. The mothers had good Mother's Days and my brother and his brother seemed to get along really well. Now both families are acquainted and I feel like I will be a little more comfortable come his family reunion in August. I can't wait for our trip to the Southwest, which is officially two weeks away from now!
Nothing else to update...
I've taken a sudden interest in gardening. I like the smell of dirt and flowers and enjoy daydreaming about my future garden (whenever I move away). For now, I'm slowly edging myself into the gardening water, so to speak, by helping my parents out with menial tasks in their new yard. While I'm weeding, avoiding bees, and dead heading plants, I can watch them do the actual landscaping. It's good to watch before I actually attempt to do something myself (maybe in a few weeks), considering that it amazes me how I've kept an indoor plant alive for 3 years. I feel like I'm going to have even more trouble keeping outdoor plants and flowers alive.
I feel like I am truly becoming an adult with these new hobbies of mine. Long gone are the color guard days of yore. I'm really really wanting to learn archery for some reason (and maybe even some hand gun action). Not that I'll be hunting, seeking out any urgals, joining a role playing game, or joining the NRA any time soon, but I think it would be fun to learn how to shoot, especially an arrow (yes, I've been made fun of for this already, so no need to drag it on). Maybe I've been reading too many fantasy novels lately.
After sitting through two weekend graduations (punishment for not going to my own last year), we're now on summer schedule at work. I'm looking forward to shorter weeks (when I'm not working in weekends to build time) and more time to write policy and such.
Jon visited this past weekend for the first time since Christmas. It was only for maybe 36 hours at the most, but we somehow managed to squeeze in a LOT of family time. The mothers had good Mother's Days and my brother and his brother seemed to get along really well. Now both families are acquainted and I feel like I will be a little more comfortable come his family reunion in August. I can't wait for our trip to the Southwest, which is officially two weeks away from now!
Nothing else to update...
Monday, May 07, 2007
Book Blog
I don't really feel like updating my life (there aren't any real updates), so I'm going to talk about some of my recent, and upcoming reads. So some of you can skip this post entirely if you don't like books, and some can move on.
I've either been reading British classics or YA literature as of late. After Tithe, which I discussed a few posts ago (eh, alright, but not willing to read the sequels), I ventured on to the latest Printz Winner, American Born Chinese. I read it in about half an hour and loved it. It's a graphic novel that weaves three seemingly different stories (The Monkey King, Jin Wang, and Danny with his cousin "Chin-Kee") into one. The drawings were beautiful and the stories focused both on cultural identity and more importantly, self-acceptance, which is key in almost all teen literature. I HIGHLY recommend the book.
After the Printz Winner, it was time for me to try another classic. I would like to eventually read all of Jane Austen's novels, so I started with Sense and Sensibility. I loved this novel (and the movie too). My favorite characters were Elinor and Colonel Brandon (especially after seeing Alan Rickman in this role). I found this novel easier to follow than my initial reading of Pride and Prejudice, but that's possibly because I'm 7 years older and have a much wider knowledge of history and literature at this point in my life (and that whole reading for pleasure thing).
Post S&S, it was time to read more YA lit. I decided on the second and third books in the "Internet Girls" series called TTFN and l8r, g8r, by Lauren Myracle. I read TTYL last summer. I'm slightly embarrassed for reading these and actually liking them a little bit (hey, I'm, um, conducting research). The books are written entirely in IM (the pages look like an instant message screen) and detail the lives of three girls in Metro Atlanta from their sophomore through senior years of high school. The jargon is actually readable (I'm just barely too old for that "lol" stuff) and the girls experience all of the normal drama associated with high school. Overall, not too bad.
On to another classic, my most recent read was Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. My boyfriend (the one who is all about some nonfiction) lent this book to me, and it is excellently creepy! Vanity, vanity, vanity... I forgot all of the drama that comes with being vain (granted, we all are vain in some way, but I used to hang around a few VERY vain people, males and females). I'm truly coming to love the Gothic horror novels because they contain elements of romance (basically, I can handle the horror). I paid close attention to Dorian's physical descriptions, but I can't get it out of my head that I think he should have a completely different physique (maybe I'm basing it on the picture below). Regardless, I almost always imagine characters different from the way the author thinks they should be. Next up, the movie!
I'm now moving on to another book, but I'm thoroughly happy with what I have read lately.
I've either been reading British classics or YA literature as of late. After Tithe, which I discussed a few posts ago (eh, alright, but not willing to read the sequels), I ventured on to the latest Printz Winner, American Born Chinese. I read it in about half an hour and loved it. It's a graphic novel that weaves three seemingly different stories (The Monkey King, Jin Wang, and Danny with his cousin "Chin-Kee") into one. The drawings were beautiful and the stories focused both on cultural identity and more importantly, self-acceptance, which is key in almost all teen literature. I HIGHLY recommend the book.
After the Printz Winner, it was time for me to try another classic. I would like to eventually read all of Jane Austen's novels, so I started with Sense and Sensibility. I loved this novel (and the movie too). My favorite characters were Elinor and Colonel Brandon (especially after seeing Alan Rickman in this role). I found this novel easier to follow than my initial reading of Pride and Prejudice, but that's possibly because I'm 7 years older and have a much wider knowledge of history and literature at this point in my life (and that whole reading for pleasure thing).
Post S&S, it was time to read more YA lit. I decided on the second and third books in the "Internet Girls" series called TTFN and l8r, g8r, by Lauren Myracle. I read TTYL last summer. I'm slightly embarrassed for reading these and actually liking them a little bit (hey, I'm, um, conducting research). The books are written entirely in IM (the pages look like an instant message screen) and detail the lives of three girls in Metro Atlanta from their sophomore through senior years of high school. The jargon is actually readable (I'm just barely too old for that "lol" stuff) and the girls experience all of the normal drama associated with high school. Overall, not too bad.
On to another classic, my most recent read was Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. My boyfriend (the one who is all about some nonfiction) lent this book to me, and it is excellently creepy! Vanity, vanity, vanity... I forgot all of the drama that comes with being vain (granted, we all are vain in some way, but I used to hang around a few VERY vain people, males and females). I'm truly coming to love the Gothic horror novels because they contain elements of romance (basically, I can handle the horror). I paid close attention to Dorian's physical descriptions, but I can't get it out of my head that I think he should have a completely different physique (maybe I'm basing it on the picture below). Regardless, I almost always imagine characters different from the way the author thinks they should be. Next up, the movie!
I'm now moving on to another book, but I'm thoroughly happy with what I have read lately.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
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