Of This and Other Worlds

My Personality

Neuroticism	13
Extraversion	38
Openness To Experience	43
Agreeableness	37
Conscientiousness	75

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You are neither a subdued loner nor a jovial chatterbox. You enjoy time with others but also time alone. You are generally calm and composed, reacting moderately well to situations that most people would describe as stressful. A desire for tradition does not prevent you from trying new things. Your thinking is neither simple nor complex. To others you appear to be a well-educated person but not an intellectual. You have some concern with others' needs, and are generally pleasant, sympathetic, and cooperative. You set clear goals and pursue them with determination. People regard you as reliable and hard-working.

Hm, wonder where the "desire for tradition" came from? But otherwise, pretty accurate, I think.

( Which Biblical Villain Are You? )

Hey! Silly Internet personality tests are not supposed to be convicting.

*skulks off in shame*

First, one that I took on my own and scored a frightening 110% on -- I did miss a few songs along the way, but I made up for those losses by getting most of the obscure (and therefore higher-scored) answers plus a couple of bonus questions.

( 80's Music Test )

Now for the really fun lyrics quiz, and as Dora the Explorer would say, "We need your help!" Created as part of this year's MIT Mystery Hunt by the perennially clever and witty callyperry, it's a quiz called "Denial". And since it was designed to be solved by a group, I'm asking my f-list to help me out.

( Here's how it works... )

So... anyone on my f-list care to comment with your guesses?

ETA: ( Got another one! )

Although to be fair, none of the other results really fit me either, since I am a wimp.

Gacked from taiamu:

( Is anybody out there not having a good time? )

( I'm a Ravenclaw INTJ )

The result's true enough, though actually the "and others" part doesn't so much apply. I enjoy challenging myself (in some areas, anyway -- in others I'm lazy as a pet coon) and organizing things for myself, yes; but I really don't enjoy setting standards of achievement for or trying to organize other people. It's one of the main reasons I've never wanted to be a schoolteacher, in spite of a host of other personality traits that would ordinarily make me a shoo-in for the job...

( Which Firefly Character Are You? )

My husband has seen a few eps of Firefly but I've never got around to it myself. And now my whole f-list is abuzz about it, and I'm actually thinking of seeing Serenity if I get the chance... but right now I'm just trying to figure out when I'm going to find the time to see last night's House and Amazing Race episodes without shortchanging myself on my much-needed sleep. Yawn.

Read The Hallowed Hunt last night, couldn't put it down, loved it. At first I was disappointed that Bujold wouldn't be writing any more Vorkosiverse stories and resented that she'd got caught up with this new series (which was ironic, seeing as I normally much prefer fantasy to SF), and I didn't really enjoy The Curse of Chalion that much when it first came out. But I really enjoyed Paladin of Souls and I think this one has to be my favorite of the series yet. Also, a story in which a ( minor spoiler ) may be a Bujold first, although I had to wonder a little about ( further minor spoilage related to the first )

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Since I have pretty much given up on this season's Canadian Idol in despair, as there is not one single contestant in the Top Ten (now eight, I guess) that I care about enough to back, let alone vote for, I decided last night to give Rock Star: INXS a chance. *shudders* Never again. Sure, most of the contestants are poised and professional on stage (more than can be said for the Idol franchise), and the live band is definitely a nice touch. But the skank factor is just way too much for me. And Brooke Burke and especially Dave Navarro make me want to run weeping into the arms of Ben Mulroney, which is a very frightening thing indeed.

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Aw, the Tenth Doctor is so cute in his spiffy new outfit. Stop pouting and get over it, Billie (who looks oddly pastede on yay in these pics, especially the last one).

Is it Christmas yet?

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Massive congratulations to james_bow, who has just landed a publishing contract with Canadian publisher The Dundurn Group for his YA novel Rosemary and Time. Way to go, James!

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And finally... ( some cold-related TMI )

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ETA another silly meme result: ( That wand thingmy )

Gacked from cesario:

You scored as Lawful Good. A lawful good person acts as a good person is expected or required to act. They are dedicated to upholding both what is right and what is set down in law. </td> Lawful Good 95% Neutral Good 70% Lawful Neutral 65% Chaotic Good 60% True Neutral 40% Chaotic Neutral 30% Lawful Evil 25% Neutral Evil 20% Chaotic Evil 20% What is your Alignment? created with QuizFarm.com

Sigh. I kind of liked the idea of being chaotic, or at least quixotic in my "goodness". But I am boring and conventional, obviously. :)

Gacked from sabrinanymph:

( I'm a Ravenclaw NTJ -- no surprise there )

In other news, I am back from my week's holiday, which was very nice and involved eating way too much good food cooked by other people. The kids had a blast -- they didn't want to leave. However, I got no editing done on my novel, though I thought about it wistfully numerous times. Sigh.

Also, I seem to be coming down with some sort of bug. My legs ache from the hips down, my head hurts, and my tummy is upset. [/whine]

I have lots of things I want to post here and on the blog, but first I have three chapters of other people's fiction to beta, plus a daunting pile of backlogged e-mails and a graphic design project for a client. And feeling better would be nice, too.