Ramblings of an Anonymous Coward

Peek-A-Boo

some may wonder what ac actually looks like. seeing as it is a leap year and all and this is leap day...

according to this avatar creation app, this is what i look like. close enough.

now you didn't actually think.... nah, you wouldn't have. ok, then... more quizillas!

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regular, plain old sex-- boring to some, yet you seem to love it. hey, do whatever pleases you! (and of course your significant other) What type of SEX do You enjoy? brought to you by Quizilla
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Word Association, Week 56

1. Hollywood:: , but i wouldn't
2. Censor::
3. Nascar:: boring
4. Lube:: oil and
5. Mortgage:: payment
6. Freedom:: of information act
7. Champion:: ship
8. Reality TV:: fad
9. New York:: islanders
10. Tease:: tickle

If It Were Only So

Your future occupation by meteoric
Your name
Your future occupation	Writer
Yearly income	$946,987
Hours per week you work	3
Education	Up to 2 years of college
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Bloggish Acquisition

so yet another weblog related company gets acquired as it was announced today that tucows purchased blogrolling.com. financial terms were not disclosed; however, it was noted that jason would continue behind the scenes for a little longer to get the new team up to speed.

Heart Of Fire

What is Your Heart REALLY Made of?
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V-Day is BJ-Day?

so in yahoo!'s oddly enough, there is an article School's Sex Column Offers 'How To' Guide that menions an article published in the northern arizona university student newspaper. according to the artcle, the story offered a graphic guide and was quite offensive to many prudes. being the curious sort, i tracked down original article. quite a disappointment actually.

A Day In The Life

so i'm driving to the office, taking the shorter route as usual through the mountains -- a winding, narrow, two lane road. in fact earlier this winter a section of the road was wiped out, meaning it essentially dropped off a cliff, so the county has temporarily put in a stop sign so cars will share a single lane to get through that small section. now i've driven this route hundreds of times, so despite the low speed limit, i can make pretty good time -- if ya know what i mean.

so as i approach this road outage, i see a highway patrol office sitting off on a side road that is just before the stop sign. i'm thinking "shit, i hope he doesn't think i'm speeding", so i instinctively pay extra attention to this stop sign. the road is not heavily travelled, so many people will do a rolling stop and motor on through the single lane section. this time, i stop. a dead stop. for a couple of seconds. i then hit my turn signal, move into the other lane and continue on. as i slip back into the proper lane, my eyes keep darting up to the rear-view mirror to see if the office is going to make his move. seems i'm safe as i take the first bend in the road.

less than a quarter mile later, mr. trooper is behind me. no lights, just behind me. "damn it", now i have to pay special attention to the speed limit too. this will be tough as i'm on the downhill side of the mountain and you gain speed unless you ride your brakes. as i approached a turnout, the lights flashed. "fuck, fuck, fuck!", i exclaimed to myself as i pulled to the side. he approached the car and asked....

quick interlude here
i made this joke years ago that when officers stop you and approach the car they nearly always say "Do you know why I pulled you over". perhaps i'm dating myself here, but i've always said i should respond with... "Why yes. These are Bugleboy jeans I'm wearing".

... "do you realize your registration tabs have expired?". now the totally stupid thing here is that i have the fucking things with me, just everytime i think to do it, i can't or it's impractical. i tell him yes, but that i have them here and proceed to pull them out of my bag. he of course wants my license and proof of insurance. "wow, this picture is from 1999 -- it doesn't look like you". for starters, the picture is from like 1992 which much better explains why it doesn't look like me, but who am i to argue. he also then notices the rather large crack in my windshield which i haven't gotten repaired yet. it's a single crack and simply hasn't been a problem. in this case laziness has far less to do with it than me being a cheap bastard.

"i'm going to have to write you up a fix-it ticket.". what does that mean i ask -- i've only had speeding tickets. he gives me the scoop and after what seemed like an eternity, let me get back on my way. did i put the new sticker on yet? of course not. we were parked in the mud. did i do it when i arrived? no, as now i was running a touch behind schedule. did i do it when i got home? no, it was very dark. have i done it this morning? no, because i'm blogging about it and it's raining. somewhere out there is the proper sized foot for my ass methinks.

the story doesn't end there. i get to the office and as i slip in the backdoor i run into bs (initials, not bullshit -- though sometimes that does apply as well):

bs: how was your drive?
ac: it fucking sucked! i got a ticket on the way in
bs: yeah? for what?
ac: a "fix-it" ticket. expired registration tab on my plate
bs: [laughs] jk got one of this this morning too, for the same thing.
ac: he also got me for my cracked windshield
bs: [laughs again], jk too!
ac: your kidding?!?
bs: no, and you wanna know what's funny? i was driving right behind him and have the same problem, but the officer pulled him over instead of me.

so two of us in the office got pulled over at the same place for the same thing. and another one had the same problem (sans the windshield), but escaped. clearly his karma bank had a little more in it than ours.

On Judgment

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.   -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

DMCA Killed the Video Star

last week in san francisco, a us federal judge ruled against 321 studios and has given them seven days to stop selling its controversial software DVD X Copy. in a funny sort of way, i think this will work to the benefit of 321 studios since i can't imagine they won't win their appeal, and based on my searching the local stores to finally buy my copy for it's too late -- sales are booming. all of the normal outlets were sold out!

over on the pvrblog, there is apparently discussions at tivo about allowing you to transfer recorded programs both into and out of the units. tivo eludes in their survey that people might want to burn the programs onto dvd. duh! i wonder what trouble they will run into with this?

thinking of tivo and big brother... the mpeg-7 standard, due for release this spring, has a strong information retrieval focus, including face recognition technology fast enough to locate a scene containing a particular person out of 24 hours of video in one second on a conventional computer. despite the implications of face recognition, there really are some interesting applications for this technology... from the overview document:

• Play a few notes on a keyboard and retrieve a list of musical pieces similar to the required tune, or images matching the notes in a certain way, e.g. in terms of emotions.
  
• Draw a few lines on a screen and find a set of images containing similar graphics, logos, ideograms,...
  
• Define objects, including color patches or textures and retrieve examples among which you select the interesting objects to compose your design.
  
• On a given set of multimedia objects, describe movements and relations between objects and so search for animations fulfilling the described temporal and spatial relations.
  
• Describe actions and get a list of scenarios containing such actions.
  
• Using an excerpt of Pavarotti’s voice, obtaining a list of Pavarotti’s records, video clips where Pavarotti is singing and photographic material portraying Pavarotti.
  

Hello, Hello, Hello, How Low?

Which 1990's Subculture Do You Belong To?

Word Association, Week 55

1. Angel:: of the morning
2. Birth:: death
3. Logic:: al
4. Stars:: 2 fall
5. Nursery:: rhyme
6. View:: room with a
7. Hart:: trophy
8. Creation:: evolution
9. End:: the
10. Fortune:: wheel of

More Quizzes

surely you want more quizzes?!? here are some from psychcentral.com. my scores:

• depression: 74
• do i need therapy?: 25
• sexual addiction screening: 6
• how do others percieve you?: 42
  WTF??. pfft, a dr. phil quiz. figures.
• ocd screening: 15
• mania screening: 12

what classic movie am i? apocalypse now
what famous leader am i? albert einstein

Perfect Match

so not only did michele get me to waste spend a bunch of time on that 1980's trivia quiz, she just had to link to another test today, didn't she? i really need to learn to resist these things, but alas i find my curiousity succumbing.

so while yet more database fixes are zipping around in the background, i took the match.com [gasp] physical attraction test and am posting the results here along with my comments -- because as nifty as the test was -- and it was quite interesting -- i don't completely agree with it's results. not that they are completely wrong mind you.

please note: these results are not an effort to troll for chicks, even if you are the model picture below. 'cause we all know how much the babes want an anonymous coward. i do;however, maintain my special exception for olivia newton john -- and if she's reading this, call me! :-)

anyway, a little bit about the test... as frankly that part was pretty cool. they initially showed a bunch of images and essentially had you rate them on a 1-9 scale, but they did it with quick little click buttons. then there was a round of which do you like better -- i found that much more difficult at times. next up was what i'll call the lightening round. it put up a bunch of pictures and you had to pick which ones that caught your eye. after the first click, images started replacing other images, so it really was sort of an arcade game type of thing... i'll take that one, and that one, ... after going through that, they attacked things from a negative perspective -- ones you didn't like. maybe i was being too nice, but i had difficulty clicking on too many. the set i had the most trouble with was picking images of people i think might like me. the test went on to have images and drawings of body types, noses, eyes, and a whole bunch of stuff. all-in-all the test was pretty cool. definitely worth taking, but requires macromedia flash.

oh! they also make a point of telling you all the images are of models and are in particular poses to help filter the results. fair enough. now on to the results.

		According to the selections you made in the test, this woman (left) fits Your Type. Favorite Qualities Your photo choices suggest that older is more appealing than younger to you Very beautiful women So-called "Ecto-Mesomorphs," with narrow chins and nicely angular faces So-called "Endomorphs," with full, curved faces Blonde hair
Interestingly, a lot of the features you liked are not especially popular. They're not what usually defines "mainstream" attractiveness for women. But who cares what the mainstream thinks?

ok, she's definitely an attractive woman, and probably in the top-10 from the images they showed. they couldn't give me a redhead though, could they?!? sigh.

What Is Your Approach to Judging Which Women Are Beautiful or Very Attractive?
Very Picky: It's official: You're "picky." The fact is you are drawn to the most beautiful of the beautiful. You know what you like in women and are more selective than most men your age. Your tastes seem instinctual. You'd make a great casting agent, because you have a good eye for women who have "star quality." In real life, your high standards may be an obstacle for you. It's hard to find a woman with the strong features you like, who's also well-rounded in other ways. Still, you know the importance of a real physical "spark" in a relationship, and aren't willing (or able) to settle for less. The challenge is finding a woman who really wows you physically, even if she's not the most attractive woman in the room.

well, i think they are blowing things out of proportion here, especially after telling me that the features i liked most were not very popular. picky? sure. what warm-blooded man wouldn't want a babe on his arm, but frankly i think my supposed high standards are the least of my obstacles. and yeah, i wouldn't have a relationship with someone i thought was ugly. how stupid would that be?!?

You seem to have a thing for "Fiery Redheads." Although pretty rare, this type caught your eye in the photo test. Their deep (even auburn) red hair frames their beautiful, fair skin. You probably even have an appreciation for freckles! As the name suggests, this type tends to convey a sense of energy and confidence that you have to be around. Maybe that's why 1 in 3 men (29%) find these redheads very appealing.

uh yup. now i must admit that i've seen many a redhead that i did not find attractive, but it is definitely a color that can turn a pretty woman into a hottie.

Women with a "Wholesome Beauty" were also popular with you. Part "girl next door" and part "Hippie Chick," these women don't need to hide behind a lot of makeup or "big hair." They have a very healthy look with beautiful, glowing skin, and well-balanced features. Their wide smiles and innocent expressions make them seem approachable, and you may not even notice how lovely they are until you get up close. Still, someone's noticing, since 1 in 3 men (29%) are drawn to this "all natural" look.

absolutely! glamour girls definitely aren't my type. if i were on the market -- sure i probably wouldn't toss one out of bed -- but it's a definite no as far as relationships go.

You liked the body type referred to scientifically as a "Mesomorph." This is a fancy way of saying that you like slender, athletic women. You'd find this type among dancers and tennis players, who are strong without being bulky, and have good flexibility and agility.

A woman's height is extremely important to some men. According to choices you made in the test, you prefer to date only women who are about the same height as you. This is the best "fit" for you!

i'm not quite sure how they figured this one. maybe i just don't understand what they are describing. i certainly tend to gravitate towards more zaftig woman. i firmly believe that "real woman have curves". firmly. note that petite woman can have curves too! lets just say that chest/waist/hips should all be different numbers, ok. as for height, yeah, sure, whatever. i wouldn't want there to be too large a discrepency either way, though i'm sure i'd be less than comfortable with a WNBA player.

You preferred women to have nice average-sized lips; not too thin and not too full. Even though thicker lips are more popular, you were not especially drawn to them. Perhaps it's because you like very natural-looking women, without a lot of makeup.

Women with a soft smile or grin seemed more appealing to you than women with big "toothy" smiles. Although you probably didn't notice this tendency, the preference for soft smiles fits your overall interest in women who appear genuine, warm, and approachable.

yeah, yeah... but there are exceptions. angelina jolle has some beautiful lips! and again yes... "toothy" smiles are out and sly grins are in.

Although you liked women with a variety of hair styles, you seemed to have a special interest in women with full, wavy hair. Although straight hair has been in fashion recently, wavy hair has historically been the "ideal" and most desired hair type for women. Thick, wavy hair tends to give women a very feminine and stylish look. And it's by far the best hair to run your fingers through!

You liked women with a variety of hair cuts, but tended to favor women with medium-length hair. You seem to appreciate women with really beautiful hair, but aren't especially drawn to very long or very short hair. Women with medium-length hair can have a variety of different "looks." They can have a sporty pony-tail in the afternoon and then have glamorous-looking hair that night. Plus, there's nothing sexier than watching her toss her hair back to the side when she's flirting with you!

Blondes really catch your eye. In the test, you picked a definite subgroup of women who had a variety of different features and "looks," but many had blonde hair. Their hair seems to capture the youthful, natural quality in women that you find so personally appealing.

yes on the hair length... that on or just over the shoulder look can be hot. the short look can be good too, but really depends on the face and other factors. crystal gayle like long hair can be quite sexy too, but like short hair it depends on the person. blondes catch my eye? honestly, i think i tend to like women with darker hair, but who am i to question scientific results?

so there we have it. the results they return are much more comprehensive and talk about face types, body types, and simply starts to get boring; however, overall i think the results were quite interesting and the style and way the test was given rated high on the coolness scale. kudos to match.com for providing such a thing... to bad their self assessment test isn't also available to non-members, that sounds interesting.

Apple On A Stick?

metafilter says that the rejected 9/11 memorial designs are now all on-line. the articles author notes a number of designs, some of which are nuts, others downright insulting if you ask me. seriously though -- an apple on a stick. that, imho, is just plain stupid. and having what the article called ghostly planes or a pez dispenser are downright insulting, disrespectful, and simply in very bad taste.

Mr. Piano Man

it's nine eleven o'clock on a saturday friday
the regular crowd shuffles in
there's an old man sitting next to me
...

You are Schroeder!

Which Peanuts Character are You?
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learned of this quiz from jodi

What Book Are You?

alrightly. by now you know i'll run off and take just about any wacky quiz. this time i took the book quiz. i'm quite surprised with the result. I'm apparently...

The Sound and the Fury!
by William Faulkner
Strong-willed but deeply confused, you are trying to come to grips with a major crisis in your life. You can see many different perspectives on the issue, but you're mostly overwhelmed with despair at what you've lost. People often have a hard time understanding you, but they have some vague sense that you must be brilliant anyway. Ultimately, you signify nothing.

you can buy it from amazon.

Tough 80's Quiz

michele over at asmallvictory has this really tough 80's quiz. damn tough actually... makes me wonder if i actually lived in the 80's or not. but hey, i'll give it a shot.

1) Who were Turbo and Ozone? characters/players on american gladiators
2) What bar did the gang from Three's Company always go to? reagle beagle
3) What was the last name of the man who adopted Webster?
4) Where were Willis and Arnold in Different Strokes from originally? harlem, ny
5) Name the two players chosen in the NBA draft before Michael Jordan.
6) Who were Ricky's three best friends in Silver Spoons?
7) What was Punky Brewster's dog's name?
8) Who did President Reagan beat when re-elected in 1984? walter mondale
9) Who headed the PMRC and had many legal battles with Dee Snider of Twisted Sister? tipper gore
10) Who sang "Too Shy"? kajagoogoo
11) What was the largest selling album of the 80s?
12) Name three Weird Al Yankovic songs. eat it, i lost on jeopardy, smells like nirvana
13) What year did Poison release their first album?
14) Whos legs did the ball go through on the Red Sox in game 6 of the 1986 World series? bill buckner
15) What were the names of the 4 Ghostbusters (character names). venkman, spengler, don't remember the others
16) Name 3 members of the Kobra Kai.
17) School aged girls wore hundreds of these on their arms.bangle bracelets?
18) What happened to the "Ark" at the end of Indiana Jones?
19) Who was Ubu? sit ubu sit... dog after family ties show
20) Nigel Tufnel and David St Hubbins were in this group. spinal tap
21) The Pop group "Wham" consisted of George Michael and... who cares?
22) What was the original title of Return of the Jedi?
23) Who was Latka's other personality in the show "TAXI?"
24) Name all 5 members of the New Kids on the Block.
25) In the 80s, Steven Spielberg produced this Scifi/Action/Adventure/Mystery sitcom
26) Who played "The Incredible Hulk?" lou ferrigno
27) What was the bears name in Grizzly Adams?
28) Who were the Duke Boys' Cousins? since it isn't daisy, who cares?
29) Name the Concert in which music artists raised millions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia. farm aid
30) According to Prince, what was the name of "that shrink in Beverly Hills?"
31) What was the name of the burnout in Fast Times at Ridgemont High? jeff spicoli
32) Who did Woody replace on Cheers? coach
33) Who played "The Greatest American Hero?"
34) What was the name of the McDonalds sandwich that kept "the hot hot and the cold cold?"
35) What was the first video ever aired on MTV and who sang it? video killed the radio star
36) Who sang the song "I know what boys like?" the waitresses
37) How many times did the Celtics face the Lakers in the NBA finals? Who won?
38) The "Brat Pack" consisted of: molly ringwald, emilio estevez, michael anthony hall, and some others
39) Name 3 "Brat Pack" movies. breakfast club, pretty in pink, st. elmos fire
40) What was the name of the computer in the movie "War Games?" w.o.p.r.
What game did it want to play? global thermal nuclear war
41) What was the plumbers name in the show "One Day at a Time?" schneider
42) Who was Khan? kirk's nemesis in the star trek movie, played by roberto montalabon
43) How many sequels were there to "Jaws?" 3
44) Who was the leader of the Thundercats?
45) What cartoon did Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids watch all the time?
46) What was Balkie's catch phrase from the show "Perfect Strangers?" don't be re-diculous cousin
47) Who were the two detectives that helped Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop?
48) These sneakers had little "pouches" on the side. roos
49) What was the toy "for a girl or a boy?"
50) These dolls were the most popular toy of the 80s. People fought over them in stores and they had a signature on their butts. cabbage patch kids
51) AIDS was originally called.
52) Who teamed up with Hulk Hogan to fight Rowdy Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff in Wrestlemania? macho man randy savage
53) What kind of car fell into the water in Risky Business and what color was it? porsche 928. red.
54) What did the old woman in the Wendys commercial say throughout the 80s? where's the beef?
55) Sing the chorus to the theme song of Growing Pains.
56) Name the family members from Family Ties. parents were michael and elise. kids: alex p. keaton, jennifer, and mallory. they had a little one at the end, don't remember the name. mallory married nick, so i suppose he counts sorta.
57) What was Scooby Doo's favorite food? scooby snack!
58) What kind of pants were good for Break-dancing. parachute pants
59) What were the rules for keeping a Gremlin? don't get them wet, don't expose to light, and do not feed them after midnight
60) What show featured "Rerun" and "Roger?" what's happening
61) What food was "Crispy Chewy?"
62) What year did David Lee Roth get booted from Van Halen?
63) What was V66?
64) In the show "He-man", what was the name of Skeletors castle?
65) Name one song by Samantha Fox.
66) What replaced the shoelace for a while in the 80s?
67) Who won more regular season MVP awards: Larry Bird or Magic Johnson? Who won more titles?
68) What was ET's favorite candy? reeses peanutbutter cups
69) Did Richie Cunningham have a brother? yes
70) Eddie Murphy had two comedy specials. Name them.
71) If Richard Prior spent 30 million dollars in a month with nothing to show for it, how much would he receive and in what movie was this? i don't recall the amount, but the movie was brewster's millions
72) What song did Tom Hanks play on the Foot Piano in the movie "Big?" heart and soul
73) Who was the bounty hunter that brought Han Solo to Jabba the Hutt?
74) What was Pepsi with no caffeine called?
75) Name the 4 ghosts in Pac-Man. blinky, pinky, speedy, and clyde
76) Name all the sweathogs. vinny barbarino, freddy "boom boom" washington, juan epstein, and arnold horseshack. mr. kotter was honorary!
77) What are three rumours you have heard about Ozzy Osbourne. the class is the biting off of the bats head (which was true), then there is he is/was a satanist, and i recall something about him snorting piss off a sidewalk
78) What was the character name of the little boy in Mr. Belvedere?
79) What happened when you reached 1,000,000 points in Asteroids? it rolls back over to zero??
80) What was the last name of the family in National Lampoon's Vacation? griswold
81) Name both of Jack Tripper's landlords and his best friend from downstairs? mr. roper, then mr. furley, and his friend was larry
82) What is the name of the drummer for Bon Jovi? tico torres
83) What was Bill Cosby's name on the Cosby Show? clifford huxtable
84) Who was the unknown stuntman that made Eastwood such a star?
85) Who sang the song "Toy Soldiers?"
86) What Television station did Rosie O'donnell work for?
87) Finish the following line: "Well the world don't move to the beat of just one drum"
88) What was the last name of the villians in the movie "The Goonies?"
89) Name 2 of the members from Boston that played on Third Stage. brad delp and ???
90) Name three people from the Legion of Doom aside from Lex Luthor.
91) Which band never opened for Van Halen: A) Journey B) Dokken C) Ozzy Osbourne
92) What was the only year in the 1980s that the New England Patriots played in the Superbowl?
93) What was the name of Men At Work's first album? business as usual
94) What was the name of the son on Sanford and Son?
95) What year did Kiss take off their make up?
96) What was the name of the guardian on "The Facts of Life?" ms. edna garrett
97) Who took Pee Wee Herman's bike?
98) Name both wrestlers of the tag team "The Killer Bees."
99) What movie was both Mr T and Hulk Hogan in and what were their character names?
100) What line did Cyndi Lauper sing in We Are the World?
101) What planet was Alf from?
102) What was Jim McMahon's line from the Superbowl Shuffle?
103) Name five Smurfs. pappa, brainy, smurfette, ???
104) What criminal lost the election for Michael Dukakis?
105) Who produced a stainless-steel sports car? delorian
106) What snack was always on Reagan's desk? jelly beans

yikes! now that was done without cheating too!

Links O' Lay

time to purge some interesting links. maybe i should create a linkblog for all these little things? pfft.

• I blagged my way through, reading a torn-up textbook and ad libbing
  this is quite funny!
• Protected Storage PassView v1.60
  this utility is fantastic! ever want to recover those damn passwords you "saved" under windows? this will give 'em back to you in plain text!
• yahoo! is becoming an rss directory
• apple beefs up it's rss feeds, including interesting info from iTunes.
• lots of good photoshop information for those of us less talented in the art.
• rules of an affair, an observer article.
• jim's take on that whole college republicans at Roger Williams University setting up a white-only scholarship (a whopping $250, btw).
• did you miss out buying miss Aguilera`s thong? sniff, sniff. lol.
• pruno, the drink of ... prison inmates.
• Jabber SoftwareFoundation

My Music

i traced the my music meme back to skipblog after seeing it somewhere or another. it pretty much dead-ends there, and i'm not going to start combing livejournals to see where it clearly occurred earlier. it's always nice to give credit where credit is due. nobody seems to do that enough -- myself included; however, crediting skip is the best i'll be able to do this time 'round.

Just so you guys can see what kind of music I have on my computer -- note the distinction between "listening to" and "have on my computer" -- here's a meme that a few people on my LiveJournal friends list have been doing recently. Pass it around.

Step 1: Open your MP3 player.
Step 2: Put all of your music on random.
Step 3: Write down the first 20 songs it plays, no matter how embarrassing.

so i loaded up my music folders, hit shuffle and here we go... i decided to do the first 50.

1. The Way You Look Tonight -- Frank Sinatra
2. Don't Go Knockin' on My Door -- Britney Spears
3. Hot Mallets -- Lionel Hampton
4. Highway to Hell -- AC/DC
5. Down in the Dark -- Nirvana
6. Dope Hat -- Marilyn Manson
7. Loving You Sunday Morning -- Scorpions
8. Planet, Schmanet, Janet -- Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack
9. Love Song for No One -- John Mayer
10. Sweet Child O' Mine -- Guns N' Roses
11. Santa Baby -- Eartha Kitt
12. (Who Says) You Can't Have It All -- Alan Jackson
13. My Friend of Misery -- Metallica
14. Platinum Blonde Life -- No Doubt
15. Under African Skies -- Paul Simon
16. Du Hast -- Rammstein
17. Bye Bye Blackbird -- Miles Davis & John Coltraine
18. In My Place -- Coldplay
19. Pieces of You -- Jewel
20. Barcelona Nights -- Ottmar Liebert
21. Objection (Tango) -- Shakira
22. Station To Station -- David Bowie
23. Get Down On It -- Kool & The Gang
24. Santa Is Gonna Kick Your Ass -- Arrogant Worms
25. Round and Round -- Ratt
26. Don't Stop Believin' -- Journey
27. What He Don't Know -- Heart
28. Just Can't Make It -- Maktub
29. Duck And Run -- 3 Doors Down
30. Light In Your Eyes -- Sheryl Crow
31. Pretty Fly -- Offspring
32. Little Things -- Bush
33. Wonderful -- Everclear
34. Freebird -- Lynard Skynard
35. Have A Cigar -- Foo Fighters
36. You Oughta Know -- Alanis Morissette
37. My Kind of Town -- Frank Sinatra
38. Rock Me Amadeus -- Falco
39. Bring Me To Life -- Evanescence
40. Basie's Basement -- Count Basie
41. Crawl Away -- Tool
42. Cranking the Sirens -- Soilwork
43. Can't We Talk It Over In Bed -- Olivia Newton-John
44. Even Flow -- Pearl Jam
45. Johny Got Suspended -- Zambonis
46. All of My Life -- Phil Collins
47. Learning to Fly -- Pink Floyd
48. Alberta -- Eric Clapton
49. Wishing It Was -- Santana
50. Sleep To Dream Her -- Dave Matthews Band
    
    
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Seven Intelligence Areas

as i patiently await my database repair to complete, i took the seven intelligences test.

Intelligence is often considered how well you score on tests or what your grades are in school. In the 1900's, French psychologist Alfred Binet tried to come up with some kind of measure that would predict the success or failure of children in the primary grades of schools. The result was the forerunner of the standard IQ test we use today. This gave us a dimension of mental ability by which we could compare everyone. In the 1980's, Harvard University psychologist, Howard Gardner had a pluralistic view of the mind, and recognized the many discrete facets of cognition. Gardner defines intelligences as the ability to solve problems or to fashion products that are valued in one or more cultural settings. (Gardner) He acknowledged that people have different cognitive strengths as well as different cognitive styles. Gardner bases his view in part on findings from sciences that were nonexistent in Binet's time. The first is cognitive. Out of this came Gardner's "theory of multiple intelligences."

my results

Linguistic: 5
Logical-Mathematical: 12
Spatial: 8
Bodily-Kinesthetic: 10
Musical: 5
Interpersonal: 2
Intrapersonal: 8

A Short Definition of your Highest Score

Logical-Mathematical - the ability to use numbers to compute and describe, to use mathematical concepts to make conjectures, to apply mathematics in personal daily life, to apply mathematics to data and construct arguments, to be sensitive to the patterns, symmetry, logic, and aesthetics of mathematics, and to solve problems in design and modeling. Possible vocations that use the logical-mathematics intelligence include accountant, bookkeeper, statistician, tradesperson, homemaker, computer programmer, scientist, composer, engineer, inventor, or designer.

Little Blue Pill

i think i just have to let this little viagra prank article speak for itself. it is an amusing read. despite being in 5 parts, it is quite short , so don't let that scare you away. when/if i can find the time, i'll have to poke around that site some more. funny stuff!

Lost In La Mancha

last nights movie was lost in la mancha, a documentary on terry gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. back injuries, freakish storms, jets flying overhead and the unexpected continuously sabotage the project. tis quite a shame since based on the bits and pieces you see from their preproduction work, the movie was going to be pretty cool.

we can of course always blame the french for this. jean rochefort was cast as don quixote and eventually it was his back injury that sank the film. nah! it's a curse. orsen wells also never managed to finish his film on don quixote. i guess like the man himself, it can only live outside reality. once sane, he dies.

now sancho, get me my lance!

Barcode Yourself

have you ever wanted to barcode yourself? me neither, but some guy whipped up a little flash program to do such a thing, so i figured what the hell. besides, it's odd things like this that often lead one to even more amusing things like the beatles' abby barcode? oy! does that conjur up some things.

User Friendly

i've been reading user friendly for quite some time now. illiad can really crack me up some days and today's comic definitely hit the spot this evening. it also reminds me of a quote...

Geeks are good at using resources efficiently. Most people can only count to 10 on their fingers. I can count to 1023.
-- Patri Friedman

I'm Green Dabba-Deeba

now quit your snickering and move along...

He Wasn't Joshing

there can be no argument here -- this was romantic. 'nuf said, go watch.

Repent

forgive me bloggers for i have sinned, it has been 16 days since my last meme.

1. Dragon:: 's lair
2. Molecule:: water
3. Tire:: d
4. Mighty:: mouse
5. Octane:: high
6. Troll:: under the bridge
7. Atmosphere:: ic pressure
8. Guide:: sherpa
9. Leash:: freak on a
10. Dustmite:: bed bug

In A Hearbeat

the daymare haunts me as if I'm watching the past from the future, each time a little different. sometimes with details and clarity that make me shiver as I snap to, each one forgotten. other times, with a haziness that lingers for hours, leaving me to fumble through the darkness in search of something -- a something that I still don't know. I awoke this morning and recall the following...

If Only I Knew the Words

i watched the movie sylvia today -- it was about the poet sylvia plath. i was familiar with some of her poetry, but knew little of her life. sad. disturbing really. i really don't care to say more than that. below is part of one of her poems...

Not easy to state the change you made.
If I'm alive now, then I was dead,
Though, like a stone, unbothered by it,
Staying put according to habit.
You didn't just toe me an inch, no--
Nor leave me to set my small bald eye
Skyward again, without hope, of course,
Of apprehending blueness, or stars.

V-Day

well, it's v-day -- i'm not excited. if you need a card, check out the be my anti-valentine page. if you are needing some dating advice, foamy the squirrel has some in his recent diatribe.

i made my own candy heart... you can too thanks to jef. sorry i wasn't more creative.

Testing Testing 1 2 3

i was over on the psychology today website and lo-n-behold, self tests. since they were tests... i took 'em. well, some of 'em.

• emotional iq - my score was 82
  There's some bad news and some good news. The bad news is that your Emotional IQ is low. In a practical sense, this means that you are not reaching your full potential. Now for the good news: by learning and practicing new skills and more effective ways of dealing with people, you can significantly improve your EIQ.
  
• romantic personality - my score was 68
  You are a borderline romantic. Though you aren't entirely wooed by splendid shows of love, you can get into a little bit of romance.
  
  Problems may arise if you are matched up with someone who is either more or less romantic than you. If you look forward to Valentine's Day to express your love and your partner doesn't even know when it is, you might end up feeling neglected. If your partner isn't as romantically inclined as you, it might be necessary for you to notice the effort your partner does make. Perhaps s/he doesn't display her affection in screamingly romantic ways, but if you tune into his/her subtle displays of adoration, your heart will soar with appreciation. And you can always encourage your partner to act romantically by rewarding him/her when s/he does try to woo you.
  
• self disclosure -- my score was 50
  In general, your score on the test suggests that, although you may occasionally self-disclose, you tend to avoid sharing too much personal information with other people. You are more likely to open up if someone asks about your thoughts and feelings, if s/he shows interest, or if you know it's a "safe" area to discuss. You might have a tendency to bottle up emotions, which could prove to be unhealthy for you and your relationships. True, self-disclosure can be overdone, but in your case, that's not much of a concern. You might want to give it some thought, and ponder whether increasing your self-disclosing (within reason) could have some beneficial effects.
  
• my act profile: boy o' boy does this cast me in a negative light.
  

  Legend
  	1 Helpful	(score = 14)	Your ACT Self Profile is a snapshot of your personality. The longest/largest shaded areas show which traits are most prominent and characterize your presence. If, for example, you score 82% on Competitive, it means that 18% of people are more competitive than you are and 81% of people are less competitive. This is a moderately high score compared to other people-higher than four out of five people. A score of 8% on Sociable is a hard sign that you are not a people person, given that 92% of people are more sociable.
  	2 Sociable	(score = 8)
  	3 Need for Approval	(score = 44)
  	4 Dependent	(score = 94)
  	5 Tense	(score = 54)
  	6 Rigid	(score = 84)
  	7 Controlling	(score = 63)
  	8 Competitive	(score = 82)
  	9 Conscientious	(score = 17)
  	10 Achieving	(score = 50)
  	11 Innovative	(score = 41)

  
  

Lost in Translation

i watched the movie lost in translation the other night despite enigma's less than stellar review. it was, afterall, a bill murray movie. the former SNL star played has-been actor bob harris who goes to japan to pick up some ad work. scarlett johansson plays charlotte -- a attractive, bright yale graduate (philosophy major) who is tagging along with here celebrity photographer husband. i personally found the characters to be realistic and personable and the movie to have an almost voyeuristic feel about it.

bob is feeling rather lost, an idea that comes up in repeated and shifting forms throughout the film. it's not just the language or his size, but his contacts with his family back in los angeles. they produce not yearning so much as weariness along with unarticulated questions. his wife faxes him notes such as noting he missed his son's birthday, demands a decision concerning the new carpet for his study (she prefers burgandy). in fact, she sends him swatches of carpet and upon opening they tumble to the floor as if he has no understanding of why they are even there. when he calls, she is always rushed, and in not so many words brushes him off.

charlotte on the other hand has a husband that fawns over her constantly, well, between work and sleep and celebrity friends, yet appears to have no notion of who she is or why they are married. the two run at different speeds and seemingly in different times. he collapses into bed late at night and stumbles off to work in the morning, occasionally leaving her alone for days at a time. she has a noticable need to feel recognized, special, and deserving.

Charlotte: I just don't know what I'm supposed to be.
Bob: You'll figure that out. The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.

it's a common theme: she feels alientated; he is weary; both are lonely. they meet at the hotel bar, confess their inability to sleep to each other and before long they are sharing sarcastic glances and exploring the city together. their connection isn't fleeting and the movie doesn't pretend otherwise. it also doesn't show it as salvation or even resolution, but rather investigation, or perhaps contemplation. the two remain poised throughout, neither sure of where things are going to lead, but doing their best to enjoy the moment.

the film makes good use of song and background to help provide not only the lonely feel for the characters, but the fulfillment they find in each other during their moments together. bob and charlotte live with unarticulated loss and the movie doesn't fix that for them. they awkwardly try and fix it for themselves in the least of enviable situations, but then, like the movie (and perhaps life), it quietly ends. nothing resolved.

the romantic hiding inside of me gives the film a thumbs up.

So True

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
-- Sophocles

Listen Here

for at least a while, on my main page, there will be a link to play music via the radio.blog player. i put nine songs up for your listening pleasure. enjoy!

Whatever

if you haven't seen this george bush flash animation, please do so now. it is way too funny whether you agree with the political statement it makes or not.

also in the "have you heard" category...

• mozilla firebird has changed it's name to firefox. version 0.8 was also released. i haven't upgraded yet; however, i'm sure it is at least as stable as version 0.7. which is good, btw.
  
  
• did you know you can do custom underlines? i never really thought about it, but it does have some fairly nifty applications.
  
  
• where time stands still: Hihokan - Erotic Museums in Japan. (found via jwz) but still not was wierd as the furry people picture i linked to the other day. that one is still much too weird!
  
  
• then there is movie physics.

La La La La

as i sit here with the verse In the someday what's that sound?¹ stuck in my head, here are a few links to enjoy.

• some amusing t-shirts that make fun of everything from the atkins diet to the recent janet jackson media event.
  
• an interesting... ok, annoying memory game, best score so far is 8635, just shy of the top-100. stolen from jodi
  
• here's how you can do some fancy centering in your pages.
  
• a movement to get the best bang for the buck out of the pepsi/i-tunes marketing campaign.

¹ from nirvana of course

Of Course I Took 'Em

the smile test i mentioned in my last post was cool, but they have a bunch more psychology tests over there.

• do you think like a male or female... mine came out female. go figure.
  
• results of the lonely hearts test were -- well, not surprising i suppose. kinda hard to summarize here. for those that really care (which should be nobody), i put for myself "educated, witty, professional". for the gal, "confident, striking, and good sense of humor". the results were mildly interesting... try it if you have a minute or two.
  
• my millionaire potential score was 22. now if i can just convince my paycheck.
  
• then there was the morals test. i scored 33 of 44. fair enough.
  
• in the disgust/sensitivity test... ummm mildly interesting. really only one gross picture in the bunch, imho.
  
• lastly, there was the plain old personality test. kinda interesting.

  My Results
  
  Extraversion
  
  Some people like lots of stimulation; they want people around them, activity and excitement, whilst others prefer to be able to focus on things in a calm and quiet environment. Most people prefer a blend of the two extremes although your answers suggest that you have a preference for the quieter setting, preferring the company of just one or two people to large crowds. This may help you if you work in a quiet, ordered or solitary setting but you may find things less comfortable than most if you are constantly interrupted.
  
  Confidence
  
  Some people make decisions very easily and tend not to worry about them before or afterwards while, at the other extreme, some people are so careful and cautious that the decisions never get made! Taking a cautious approach can be a good thing (do you want to fly with a pilot that is so free from worry and concern that she never checks her controls and instruments and doesn't bother to communicate with air-traffic control?) and you seem to have described yourself as someone who does tend to be quite cautious and careful. This can be very important in detailed work or areas were mistakes can have a major cost although you may find yourself avoiding risks and many cautious people wish they were bolder.
  
  Openness
  
  While some people like experimenting with new things and ideas, others prefer traditional methods and taking a very practical approach to problems.
  
  Your answers suggest that you like to balance a willingness to try new things with making sure you don't scrap an existing approach that works just because it has been around for a while. Like most people you may not enjoy constant change and uncertainty or an environment where nothing develops from year to year, but your preparedness to see the merits of new and old alike can be helpful.
  
  Agreeableness
  
  Most people want to be able to get on with others but to some it is the most important thing in the world, whilst others are quite happy to upset someone else if it means that things get done.
  
  Your answers suggest that you are not prepared to put up with being messed about with and are quite comfortable being direct with people, even if this upsets them. You may therefore find it frustrating working in an environment that is very polite and where upsetting people makes it harder to get things done.
  
  Conscientiousness
  
  Some people like everything to be well planned, tidy and organised, whilst others prefer to deal with things as they come up and appear to work in absolute chaos.
  
  Your answers suggest that you don't like having things too structured or being tied down and you can cope quite well without having to have everything organised. This may make it hard to find things at times or for colleagues to know where you are or what you are doing, but you probably find coping with the unexpected (the things your colleagues didn't plan for!) easier than many.
  
  This questionnaire can't tell you exactly what you are like; it doesn't go into enough detail and only helps you ask questions about the way you behave and make decisions in your occupation. Don't rely on it to tell you what your personality is like but use it to think about the different ways that people go about doing things. Read each description, ask yourself if it sounds like you (and it may not!)
  
  

• ok, ok... last one. for my personality flavor, i picked tortilla chips. not sure it quite fits, but i'm jonsing for some salsa now!
  

I Got A Joe-Job

now get your minds out of the gutter people... an email alias that i handle got job jobbed and i've had thousands of emails a day pouring in (after filtering). mixed in, of course, are messages that i actually care about. between that and having my head buried in a rather interesting albeit not so well layed out database, time has been rather limited. as a result, i really have had little to say, but i do have a number of links i'd like to share.

• this gets a bit annoying, but these stereo images as gifs are very cool!
  
• WTF! i'm not sure i even want to know why this picture exists.
  
• some card ideas for v-day coming up. i have a few favorites in the mix, but will leave you all to make up your own minds.
  
• all the best robot chicks are already taken. figures.
  
• all nude teen stick figures. this is just plain silly.
  
• interpreting friendster photos. 'nuf said.
  
• shit bitch bears. someone had to make 'em.
  
• someone, quick, hire this guy, he knows chmod. dumbass puts HTML under programming too.
  
• given some of the things i've been doing recently, i'm kinda interested in how these guys did music plasma. give it a try.
  
• do you know a fake smile from a real one? help dr. eckman figure it out. i got 11 of the 20.