Dana, Jay and me at the party 

Dana got danced at a lot at Candace's party 

This week of Reading?

So, classes ended last Friday
and exams started yesterday.
The intermittent time is called
Reading Week.
But who really gets to read?
More like Writing Week
or Up Until 3am Week
or Aauuughh! Week.

Here's what I did this week:
3 hours of church nursery
3.5 hours babysitting
8 hours of tutoring children
8 hours of ConEd
2 more than 10 page papers (and one to go!)
2 3am nights writing above papers
2 parties
1 exam

And last night I found out that
whiskey makes me dance.

So much online quizzes... there really is stuff going on in my life...

You Are 27 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

Another Surprise, this one from the Personality Defect Test

Hippie

You are 14% Rational, 85% Extroverted, 14% Brutal, and 42% Arrogant.

You are the Hippie! Characterized by a strong sense of extroversion, irrationality, gentleness, and humility, you no doubt frolic through fields preaching peace and love to all! You are probably either very spiritual or needlessly paranoid about "the man", like most hippies, as a result of your focus on intuition and feelings over cold, brutal logic. You are also very, very social. And like any hippie who would have no qualms about hitchiking across the country just to meet some interesting people, you also love to interact with others, even complete strangers. Because we know most any hippie is peace-loving and humble, it stands to reason that you, as well, are terribly gentle and humble, almost to the point of revulsion. Your carefree attitude of peace and harmony is probably very, very sickening to realists or cynics or anyone who isn't a hippie, to tell the truth. In short, your personality is defective because you are overly emotional, extroverted, gentle, and humble--thus making you an annoying hippie. And you listen to psychadelic rock and smoke a whole lot of pot. Okay, maybe not, but I wouldn't be surprised if you did.

To put it less negatively:
1. You are more INTUITIVE than rational.
2. You are more EXTROVERTED than introverted.
3. You are more GENTLE than brutal.
4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.

Compatibility:
Your exact opposite is the Sociopath.
Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Hand-Raiser, the Televangelist, and the Robot.


If you scored near fifty percent for a certain trait (42%-58%), you could very well go either way. For example, someone with 42% Extroversion is slightly leaning towards being an introvert, but is close enough to being an extrovert to be classified that way as well. Below is a list of the other personality types so that you can determine which other possible categories you may fill if you scored near fifty percent for certain traits.

The other personality types:
The Emo Kid: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Humble.
The Starving Artist: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant.
The Bitch-Slap: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Humble.
The Brute: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant.
The Hippie: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble.
The Televangelist: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant.
The Schoolyard Bully: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble.
The Class Clown: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant.
The Robot: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Humble.
The Haughty Intellectual: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant.
The Spiteful Loner: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Humble.
The Sociopath: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant.
The Hand-Raiser: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble.
The Braggart: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant.
The Capitalist Pig: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble.
The Smartass: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
You scored higher than 2% on Rationality
You scored higher than 86% on Extroversion
You scored higher than 8% on Brutality
You scored higher than 39% on Arrogance

The Personality Defect Test

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=4741219933576750506

My cousin Sarah, Aunt Betsy, Grandma, and me at Thanksgiving 

Ready for a shock?

According to this quiz:
http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html

I am
52% Dixie (Right on the Mason-Dixon line).

I'm not used to this

Short hair cuts are funny
and I don't know if I like it.


The hairstylist didn't quite hear what I was saying.


Dorothy Hamill had my new haircut in the 70s.
It looks charming on her.


Maybe it's cute when it's curly.

Proverbio XXIX

Traveler, your footprints are the road and nothing else
Traveler, there is no road; the road is made by walking
Walking makes the road, and to turn and look back
Is to see the path that you will never again return to tread
Traveler, there is no road, but rather wakes in the sea.

-- Antonio Machado

The assemblage of thanks! i.e. people who came and ate turkey and stuff at our apartment on Saturday. (front: me, Jay, Michael, Lane, Ben, Luke; back: Dana, Matt, Erin, Marie, Craiggers, Dave, John) 

Dana and me with the lovely, delicious, golden brown turkey! 

Dana washing the bird, I mean preparing the turkey for cooking. 

We're having 10-15 people over for a pre-emptive Thanksgiving Dinner tonight

Here's the food list, TV Dinner style:
Turkey -- Beth and Dana
Dressing/Stuffing -- Elizabeth
Mashed Potatoes and gravy -- Marie
Green Bean Casserole -- Michael
Rolls -- Jay
Sweet Potatoes -- John
carrot salad -- John
Baked Apples? -- Erin M2 and Matt
Pineapple Jello Salad -- John
Pineapple Casserole -- John
Cranberries -- Erin M1
Other Veggies and dip -- Erin M2 and Matt
Pies (pumpkin, and chocolate chip) --Erin M1
Rice Krispy Bars -- Sara
Drinks -- Craig
Hot Cider -- Erin M2 and Matt
Cranberry Margaritas -- Katy

That's 12 people.
We think that at least 2 more are coming.

We just took the turkey out of the oven.
It is golden.

Photos later.

The waterfall in N. GA that I hiked up and down this weekend. 

Michael can't read signs. 

Candace, Anjie and I are strong.

I am a sellout to the blogospherical Man

I now have MySpace and Facebook profiles.
Oygh.
It's far too much.
I can procrastinate until the day is done
and never accomplish a bloody thing.
Alas.
This internet.
It provides entirely too many diversions.
And I am far too susceptible.
Woe is me.
I am undone.
And it is all Dana's fault.

Hooray!

I am done.
I wrote and wrote and wrote,
and I finished that paper.
It's 10 pages of text,
and over a page of biblio.
The topic, so you know,
is the issue of homeless children
and the church's involvement in service and activism.
Rock on.


Here are some jokes from laffy taffy:

What is the difference between a fish and a piano?
You can't tuna fish.

What street does a ghost live on?
A dead end.

Where did the dentis go on his vacation?
To the mouth of the Mississippi.

Which garden has the most vegetables?
Flash garden.


Okay. I got them all except the last one.
Flash garden?
Who can say...

What my birthday means, according to blogthings.com

Your Birthdate: March 15

You take life as it is, and you find happiness in a variety of things. You tend to be close to family and friends. But it's hard to get into your inner circle. Making the little things wonderful is important to you, and you probably have an inviting home. You seek harmony with others, but occasionally you have a very stubborn streak. Your strength: Your intense optimism Your weakness: You shy away from exploring your talents Your power color: Jade Your power symbol: Flower Your power month: June

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

This is the strangest one of these weird quizzes so far. Intense optimism? Flower symbol? Very stubborn streak?

Oh, and the link on the last one didn't work but here it is: http://www.blogthings.com/threequestionpersonalitytest/

Just so you know

because I didn't

there are about 4,000 unaccompanied homeless youth in Atlanta
and 100 shelter beds for that population