autodidact means self-teacher

… It’s Greek.

You paid attention during 91% of high school!

85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don’t get scores that high! Good
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Stolen from Caroline.

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Your personality type is SCOAI

You are social, calm, moderately organized, accommodating, and intellectual, and may prefer a city which matches those traits.

The largest representation of your personality type can be found in the these U.S. cities: Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, Nashville, Tucson, Phoenix, Memphis, W. Palm Beach, Portland/Salem, Louisville, Cincinnati, San Diego, Los Angeles and these international countries/regions Slovenia, Luxembourg, India, Croatia, Romania, Taiwan, Middle East, China, Caribbean, Iceland, South Africa, Czech Republic, South Korea, Hong Kong

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Yeeeeeesh

Cool, Clear Stream of Consciousness

See right there I thought I was writing a title, forgetting I’d already written ‘Yeeeeesh’ as a title. Take this gesture as it is meant: a tongue sticking out in the face of my normal lucidity while writing stuff. And am I lucid even? Ever? I can’t remember.

The following text is the text that follows this statement:

I’m going to have to start using passworded posts, so if you should ever out of curiosity want to read one, please email me and I’ll give you the key. Chances are you’ll have to either be a really good friend or a complete stranger to get the correct key though. Or maybe just someone I trust or from whom I wouldn’t mind a little advice. Then again, I kind of think the whole idea of passworded posts is a little off-putting. So maybe I won’t even go that route. Who knows? I’m a woman: I can change my mind to match my socks, whenever I please. But it is good to know that I in fact have the option to password the whole thing, so no one sees my socks when I don’t want them to.

I don’t wear socks much lately.

Sssssssssssssh. *giggle giggle*

I want to do Caroline’s survey. You know, the one with 90 questions. Shall I? Shall I right now?

No. Give it 15 minutes or so. Then I’ll change my mind and go to bed.

Stephen broke his Windows Media Player, and he’s using my Book Port. I’m stuck loading mp3’s into the Studio Recorder beta I downloaded.

Right now, I’m listening to Thursday’s general session of ACB-ness. Frank Curt Sylke is dancing hotly on the WebBraille shut-down issue. HA! He’s got quite an interesting amalgamation of dialects under-lying his New England accent. He completely drops the middle ‘t out of the word ‘titles.’ … I wonder where he grew up? Kind of a North-Brit sound — but just on that one word. Hmmmm.

Man, what a pain not to have WMP! And his compy won’t even let me think about downloading Winamp.

Frank Curt Sylke’s computer of course … not Steve’s.

I’m not drinking tonight at all. I promise.

It was almost like Christmas in July when I checked into Audible to renew my subscription now that funds are sufficient. I had 8 credits to my name! How could I not notice I’d never turned off my subscription in the first place? 8 creds! What to read … what to read! … (when I get Booker P back, that is.

I’ve been catching lots of television! Oh yes … I have. I like 24 and West Wing just as much as anticipated. I catch Glenn Beck at 6:00 every night while I eat supper. If you don’t catch Glenn … it’s entirely OK. He’s not nearly as good at the TV thing as he is at the radio. On radio … he rules the waves in Rush’s wake.

What do you guys think about Rush’s viagra thing? I don’t know much about it at all. All I do know is that I’m not surprised. To tell the truth, nothing he could do would surprise me. He’s an Addict with a capital ADD. (Wait … Glenn’s the ADD reference, really) … but anyway. Rush, we’ve always known what you are. Just … please … keep broadcasting from prison when the day comes, all right?

When it’s someone like Rush, I’m not surprised. When it’s someone like a pastor, I’m still not surprised. One thing Rush and even the most devout of the clergy have in common is their humanity. They are men. Their natural instinct is to seek pleasure and sex and widen their respective circles of influence, right? Anything beyond the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is not natural … as in supernatural … as in of the grace of God. Are we any different? No. If you are a Christian, you know it’s a struggle to always put off the old man in favor of the new. Paul wouldn’t have to remind us to do it if it weren’t a struggle at times.

I’m not excusing sexual infidelity for the Church, OK? I think it’s devastating! A pastor caught in adultery should be dismissed at once. He has just ruined his ministry. The Bible is clear on that. But I also know we can go to extremes sometimes to dole out the punishment that is God’s and not ours to give. Rachael and I were discussing this last night. And I’ve just been thinking about what cows Christians can be sometimes. We really need to be on our knees more. And not in public, blithely declaring the depthless depravity of those fallen brothers and sisters we must ‘brush away with the other filth on our feet’ but in private, when there’s only God to weep with us. And I have wept over this very thing. I’ve seen how the righteous can come to ruins. Moreover, I’ve seen how their families suffer and break.

There is so much to say on this subject. We need to start saying it instead of brushing it under our white-washed rugs while the world watches with gleeful … ummmm

gleeful …

Wow. there’s a word for obvious perverted enjoyment, but I don’t have it now. Something else then …

Finally, I’m starting to get tired. What to do — what to do …

YOUR NAME

(1) The singular boring question: What is your name?

Sarah

(2) If you had been born a member of the opposite sex, what would your name have been?

Jonathan. In fact, Steve was supposed to be a Jonathan, so I would have certainly gotten it.

(3) Would you name a child of yours after you?

No

(4) If you had to switch first names with a friend of yours, who would you switch with?

I always thought Meredith was a pretty name.

(5) What’s the way people most often mispronounce any part of your name?

They say Hessen for my last name. Really. This has to stop. It’s pretty much constant. In fact, all my return emails my first few weeks of work were routed to Sarah.Hessen@basesupply.com. Meanwhile, I was only receiving the ones from people who knew how to spell my last name. So if you wrote a new message and manually entered my address, it probably got to me. But if you replied to something I wrote … no … I never got it! This kerfuffle only came to people’s notice when I was found not to have been doing any of the work assigned to me via email. It wasn’t getting done because people sent it all to sarah.hessen!!!!

(6) If you were to become famous, would you drop your last name (like Madonna, Cher, Roseanne)?

No

(7) How easy is it to make you laugh?

Very.

(8) What person you know makes you laugh the most?

My sister Kristin, hands-down!

(9) Do you laugh at jokes you know you shouldn’t?

Yes

(10) Do you tell jokes you know you shouldn’t?

At times. I’m not exactly known for it though.

(11) What words instantly make you laugh or at least smile?

Biscuit. Gobbet. Glom. Pustule. Sprout. … many many others.

(12) What do you think is the funniest thing you’ve ever said or written?

That’s tough. People think I’m being funny when I’m dead serious.

(13) Do you ever dance to music when nobody’s watching?

Yes.

(14) What is/are the worst song(s) you have ever heard?

Unfortunately, it’s a Gospel song. It should be erased at once from all hymnals … and indeed, from Church history as a whole. It’s called “Let Him Have His Way With Thee.” SLKGSLGSIWIOVOSOO> THAT is beyond disturbing!

(15) What song(s) do you wish you could understand a little better?

The beautiful arias in other languages.

(16) What song(s) are constantly in your head?

Gloria. Ezekiel Saw the Wheel. Star dust (Benny Goodman’s first one). Popular (from Wicked the musical. Fit (The Streets). Eleanor Rigby (the Beatles).

(17) What song(s) do you think describe your personality best?

Lately it’s ‘On My Own’ from Les Mis. But only five minutes ago it was Smile (And no, not Sarah Smile).

(18)If you were to serenade the object of your affections, which song(s)would you use?

I Will (Beatles)

(19)If the object of your affections were to serenade you, what song(s)would you hope he or she used?

I’d be floored by just about anything. Not Easy Being Green (Kermit’s smash hit)? A gregorian chant? Well, I’d melt through that floor if he played an instrument simultaneously. Some lush jazz standard with lots of improv on the piano. A Spanish love song on guitar. But that’s daydreamin’. In real life, I nearly flatlined from sheer blis when a MaryMartha choir boy got on one knee in front of me and sang You are my Sunshine ala Boys 2 Men. He was practicing for one of his day school performances, but I so wanted to reel him in by that sharp little neck tie and do a little practicing of my own.

(20) When eating, are you more concerned with taste or healthiness?

Depends on the time of day and how fat I’m feeling

(21) What’s your favorite kind of cheese?

Smoked Cheddar.

(22) What do you think your answer to the previous question reveals about your personality?

No. No … that would be the crackers question you completely overlooked.

(23) If you knew exactly what went into Chinese food, hamburger meat, etc., would you still eat it?

Ignorance is blis.

(24) Do you ever feel guilty eating meat?

Yes.

COMPUTERS

(25) Mac or PC?

PC. At least until Mac gets its accessibility act together.

(26) How much do you actually care about the inner workings of your computer, as long as it works?

I care enough not to touch them.

(27) Do you ever begin preferring IMs to other forms of conversation?

No. I’m a relatively slow typist.

(28) Do you find you’re different talking through IMs than face-to-face or on the telephone?

Yes. For one thing, many people like to save their IMs for future perusal, or just to have a record. I’m more guarded on IMs.

(29) Have you ever ended bid on something on eBay and regretted it later?

No.

THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES

(30) Have you ever wished you could experience being the other gender?

Oh yeah. About once every month!

(31) What do you love most about the other gender?

That they like us.

(32) What do you dislike most about the other gender?

They’re becoming less and less assertive every day. They don’t charge anywhere on a white horse anymore. The women are mowing them down and leaving lots of carnage

(33) What do you understand least about the other gender?

I get them pretty well. I had two older brothers, and I get that ‘guy humor’ thing. They’re pretty straight forward, even when they think they’re hiding something. It’s us women who are hard to get.

NUMBERS

(34) Do you laugh when you hear or read the number 69?

No. I’d have to be a) a guy, and b) about 12 to laugh at the 69 thing..

(35) Were you lying about your answer to the previous question?

No

(36) Do you actually know your Social Security Number?

Yes, and I think it’s important that everyone know their SS number

(37) Do you actually know your IP address?

No, but I know where I can find it if I need it

(38) Do you know what an IP address is?

Yes

(39) Ever thought there were too many numbers floating around in our lives?

LOL … I work in e-commerce … Invoices, order numbers, account numbers, item numbers, ATRs, dimensions, and phone numbers phone numbers phone numbers to dial about them!

(40) Does your head begin to hurt when you think of infinity, imaginary numbers, irrational numbers, etc.?

No. It makes me smile and think of how awesome God is to keep it all so beautifully in balance as he has. And then to share some of his reasoning with us … I love that about Him.

LOVE, SEX AND ALL THAT

(41) Did you get a little frightened or uncomfortable seeing this as a section title?

No

(42) If someone you had no interest in dating expressed interest in dating you, how would you feel?

Umm … Probably just like I do when someone I have no interest in dating shows interest in me. That’s just a guess.

(43) Do you prefer getting to know someone first before dating them or going in “blind”?

I’d like to know them first, but I wouldn’t be opposed to blinding it with someone on the recommendation of someone who knows us well.

(44) Could you carry on a relationship with someone with the same first name as a family member?

I’d probably draw the line at Anna.

(45) Have you ever wished it was more “socially acceptable” for a girl to ask a guy out?

Sure.

(46) What’s your opinion on sex without emotional commitment?

LOL … How ridiculous of a question. What if I’m emotionally committed to having sex, how ’bout? Or ‘You make me emote: Let’s get it on!’ Now sex with rings on … That’s what I think of as commitment.

(47) Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractive?

Yes.

(48) Do you think the opposite sex finds you good-looking?

Yes.

(49) Would you be willing to give up sex in exchange for an emotional commitment you knew would last?

You. Are Odd. What, like when I marry a gay quadriplegic or something?

(50) What do you think about homosexuality?

I don’t get it. I don’t think God made people who could only find sexual pleasure in someone of the same sex. I do have some pretty good gay friends. That aside, I think there’s probably a girl somewhere a ‘gay’ guy could fall in love with, because he’s got the wiring somewhere! I’m straight, but who knows what I’d decide about my preferences if I thought we were all a product of chance and I could love who I wanted how I wanted.

POSSESSIONS

(51) What is your favorite possession?

my Book Port

(52) What physical, tangible possession do you want most?

Some new skirts.

(53) How badly do you want it?

I’ll live either way.

(54) Have you ever seen ‘The Exorcist’?

No

THREE TRULY RANDOM QUESTIONS

(55) Would you like to be cloned?

Sure.

(56) Do you wish you could be alive when the world was ending, just to experience it?

I probably will be.

(57) Scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the fandango?

Only on Thursdays.

THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

(58) When was the last time you let the people you love know you love them?

Today.

(59) What do you want the people who are reading this survey to know?

John, the disciple Jesus loved above all others was convinced that Jesus was God. He knew it, and he wrote a book in the Bible about it. I feel slightly sacreligious saying this, but it’s one of my favorite books in Scripture (along with Hebrews and Isaiah, and Romans, and Job, and Genesis, I mean), because John was Jesus’ top peep. Who better to know how it really went down? It starts out like this. Please read the whole thing sometime and tell me what you think.

HAVE YOU EVER

(60) Drank Alcohol:

Yip

(61) Gotten Drunk:

Nope. Never will, either. And from the amount of straight brandy I consumed without feeling the effects, I think it would take quite a lot to get me there anyway. Not that I’ll try.

(62) Had Sex:

Somehow, I get the feeling this whole survey was leading up to this question. But, no. I haven’t.

(63) Dyed Your Hair:

I sprayed it orange once for a spirit week function at college.

(64) Kissed the Same Sex:

My sisters. Little air/cheek kisses to girlfriends.

(65) Thought about Killing yourself:

No

(66)Hated Yourself:

Nope.

(68) Liked someone way older than you:

Yes. Nearly twice my age at 18. Dated him too.

(69) Liked someone way younger than you:

Not way way younger, but yes. Dated him too.

(70) Broken a Bone:

Yes. My brother would lay on his back on the livingroom floor and have me sit on his feet so he could launch me across the room. Once I landed on my right hand between the piano bench and the piano. We found out the next day that I’d broken my wrist.

(71)Had Surgery:

Yes.

(72) Talked to Strangers:

Isn’t everyone a stranger till you get to know them?

(73) Ran Away From Home:

No. Well … I kind of did when I packed up and flew the coop after college.

(74)Did the opposite your parents told you to do/not to do:

Of course.

(75)Sang in public:

yes

(76) Worn a Dress:

I’m most comfortable in a skirt.

(77) Worn a Tie:

No

(78) Worn a Suit:

A swim suit maybe …

(79) Gotten in to a physical fight:

yes, a couple of times I think

(80) Hurt someone emotionally:

MMMM-hmmm.

(81) Hurt someone physically:

Not seriously

(82) Made someone cry:

Oh come on. Of course!

(83) Said you loved someone:

Yes. Man, we’re really scraping the barrel, aren’t we?

(84)Said you hated someone:

Maybe when I was younger.

(85) Talked to a stuffed animal:

I don’t remember

(86) Talked to yourself:

Yes. Some of the most stimulating conversations I’ve ever had were among me, myself, and I.

(87) Danced in public:

Of course.

(88)Done pole dancing:

Haven’t you learned anything about me? Good glory

(89)Done Drugs:

No.

(90)Had any piercings in ears or weird places:

ears

(91)Interesting Facts About You:

I think if you’re a regular reader of my entries you probably all ready know quite a bit.

Busy Intersection Receives Bad-for-You Rating

The WAFTPSOBP (Wisconsin Activists for the Physical Safety of Blind Pedestrians) earlier today declared the intersection of Greenfield and Highway 100 to rate a “really really bad for you” on an as-yet undefined and highly subjective sliding scale. In today’s random test conducted at 4:09 CST by WAFTPSOBP, the West Allis conflux of Greenfield and 100 (affectionately dubbed ‘Hell’s Driving School’ by the group) scored a big fat ‘0 in 15 out of all 7 determining criteria.

“We crossed it today for the very first time,” said Sarah Hees*n, the little-publicized group’s President and Interim Sergeant at Arms. “We took the bus home from work, and we had to cross Greenfield in order to catch the 28. Well, I felt safer asking the nice bus driver to help me across, meaning the intersection fails accessibility testing hands-down.”

The intersection’s failing comes as no surprise to other disability groups around the state.

“I’m glad it failed,” said Sarah Hees*n, 25 of West Allis, member at large of the city’s first and only League of People Who Hate Hwy 100 and Greenfield. “This announcement gives our club a reason to exist.”

“Oh, it’s a crazy place,” said Sarah Hees*n, 3rd Executive Vice Regent of the Wisconsin chapter of the National Advisory on Issues Related to the Emotional and Mental Wellness of Poor Sheltered Blind Girls With No Social Life Despite Living in Large Metropolitan Areas. “There’s … like … cars everywhere, and they’re moving and stuff. There’s islands and right-turn lanes by the dozen at that one intersection. It’s pretty much like it’s a potentially fatally busy place or something. So, you have to pay attention to what the traffic’s doing probably. And maybe try to take cues from your dog guide. Add that plus the fact that you’re blind, so you don’t know if there’s even a mall at the other side to make it worth the hassle. That’s a lot on your psyche right there. A whole lot to deal with.”

Hees*n, (single white female, 25, 5 foot 9, glorious long auburn hair and barely-blind-looking clear blue eyes), admits she’ll be crossing Greenfield 5 days a week now that she has a job. “It really is a job for the professionals, and now that I’m a professional with a life and such … well, I have no choice. But, I only want them to know that I do it for them — only out of wanting to make the world a better place. Because I willingly suffer on the median at 100 and tell the world about it, they, the poor, mobility-challenged blind people of Milwaukee and of the world, can maybe one day learn how to cross the more rewarding streets by the malls on their own.”

Really good Wand Quiz

I’m slightly staggered to realize that really, I do have more in common with Cho than with Harry, Hermione, or even Neville. Ish. But this is a good test on a very sleezy sight for mature audiences. You’ve been warned.

 

10″, Willow, Veela You scored 42 wisdom, 27 bravery, 31 emotional, and 11 martyrdom!

A willow wand signifies that you care deeply about emotions, art, and intuition, and that you have a particular knack for charms. The veela hair as a wand core means that you are slightly unpredictable but very powerful.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 41% on wisdom You scored higher than 33% on bravery You scored higher than 77% on emotional You scored higher than 11% on martyrdom

Link: The Harry Potter Wand Test written by sputnik845 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Maine Coon

Yay! They’re beautiful.

 

What breed of cat are you?

You are a Maine Coon! You are larger than life, a gentle giant.
You are independent, but very affectionate with your friends and family.
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High-strung???

Not really. Not at all actually. But kind of more like … well not high-strung at all. We wouldn’t want anyone to get the wrong idea. No. I’m neither high-strung nor anxious, nor energetic. So don’t even bother going there. Please don’t. It might set me off. But nice try.

You Are an Espresso

At your best, you are: straight shooting, ambitious, and energetic At your worst, you are: anxious and high strung You drink coffee when: anytime you’re not sleeping Your caffeine addiction level: high

What Kind of Coffee Are You?

The Cube

About a year ago at one of my favorite HP websites, we played this game a few of you may have heard of. It was popular around the blogosphere for a while, and it involved imagining various objects including a cube. This is the greatest psycho-analysis game ever. You game?

Right then. I’ll give you 6 things to imagine in your own way. These 6 things make up a whole that will help you and others to get a better picture of what you’re all about. Your job is to write down what comes to mind in the comments for this post. I’ll post a link to the key to the game at the bottom here, but, don’t read the key before writing down your thoughts! Completely ruins it! It’s best not to read others’ comments either till you’re done writing what comes to mind.

Here we go. Happy imagining.

1.) Imagine a desert landscape. It’s very simple . . . horizon, sand, sky, whatever you see when you think of a desert.

2.) In this desert there is . . . a cube! What does the cube look like? What’s it made of (if you know)? What color is it? How big? Is it sitting on the
sand, or in some other position? How close or far away is it?

3.) In this desert there is also a ladder. Where is it (in relation to the cube)? What is it made of? What position is it in? Does it have many rungs? A
few rungs?

4.) In this desert there now appears . . . a horse. Where is the horse? What color is it? What is it doing? Does it have on a saddle or bridle, or not?

5.) Now, somewhere in the desert there is a storm. What kind of storm is it? Where is it? And does it affect the cube, the ladder, the horse, or not?

6.) Finally, somewhere in the desert are flowers. Where are they (in relation to the cube, ladder, horse, storm)? What kind are they? Are they many or few?
Scattered or clustered?

And Here’s the key

6 ways to weird

Being quite familiar with my eccentricities, Caroline has tagged me to discuss six ways I’m weird. … Yeah, LOL … that’s what I said — Only six?

1. I don’t like chocolate.
2. I don’t have cable or a dish. Three weeks ago, I watched my first television this whole year.
3. I make noise. Constantly. Just talking and singing for the fun of it.
4. When calling companies, I like dealing with automated phone systems rather than real people I don’t know.
5. Today I recorded myself dropping a bag of trash down the trash chute just to document the sound of impact from 7 floors up.
6. I definitely believe in ghosts. And sentient species in other star systems.

Six people I want to do this:

You. That’s one. Your mama. That’s six.

Humor on Doctrine

I had to laugh when Shanti wrote this, about Christians being on the same page doctrinally, because my friend, Bob (who has a smashing new doctrine blog>, had just told me a good doctrine joke over coffee.

Seems Wesley, Luther, and Calvin all made it to heaven’s waiting room. There’s St. Peter at his desk, shuffling papers and making sure everything is in order.

“Looks like you’re all cleared,” said Pete. “You’ve been expected of course, so there shouldn’t be any trouble. Just a minute now and Jesus will call you in one at a time just to ask you a few final questions.”

“Questions,” Luther said. He had the weary look of a man already asked enough questions during his lifetime.

“Nothing to worry about. Just a brief review of your systematic theology, and a brief doctrinal questionnaire. You could do it in your sleep. … Probably have been, come to think of it.”

The three men relaxed.

Wesley was called first. He returned 10 minutes later, but all was not well. He was shaking and mumbling, “I can’t believe it. So much. There’s so much … I just can’t believe it.”

Hey, wrong door, John. Those are the stairs down. Where are you going?”

“Down. I have to go back down for now. I didn’t study enough. There’s just so much doctrine … I can’t believe all the stuff I didn’t know … “

So Calvin and Luther were left to look at each other. How could that be? We know he’s a little off, but, how could he miss a few simple questions?

Luther was next. This one took a little longer.

“Martin! Brother! Not you too … “

Luther was headed for the door to the stairs. He was clearly in a haze. “Just a few questions. I only missed a few questions … How could I have missed any?”

By now, Calvin had begun to sweat. What was this about? Trying to appear calm, he closed his eyes and did a few systematic run-throughs. Theology. Anthropology. Hamartiology. Christology. Soteriology. He defended infant baptism. He did a few side-by-side translation comparisons with the original Greek.

He was just considering adding another pedal to TULIP (because he could and because he seemed to have all this spare time), when the door opened.

“Mr. John Calvin? … “

Calvin’s interview took a very, very long time.

Finally, the door opened.

Jesus stumbled out, and headed for the stairs.

“There’s just so much. I can’t believe how much I didn’t know … “

– Goodness. LOL!