Philotheus!

This would be the non-hardwired stuff, then?

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Shiver me timbers, or some such nonsense

My pirate name is:

Mad Charity Vane

Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You tend to blend into the background occaisionally, but that's okay, because it's much easier to sneak up on people and disembowel them that way. Arr!

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One has to do something to pass the time until POTC 3 comes out...

Sabotage and Chinese Unicorns

Ultimate Sabotage, baby! Yeh koi maamooli sabotage nahin hai, yeh hai nayee ULTIMATE SABOTAGE! *grin*

Your word is SHIT. You are laid back and relaxed,
and most people like you. You don't especially
want to stand out from the crowd, you are
pretty happy with your lot.


Which Swear (Curse) Word Are You?
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Hippie You are 42% Rational, 57% Extroverted, 28% Brutal, and 28% 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 too 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 45% on Rationality You scored higher than 55% on Extroversion You scored higher than 24% on Brutality You scored higher than 19% on Arrogance

Link: The Personality Defect Test written by saint_gasoline on OkCupid Free Online Dating

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Minerva Indeed, you are 66% erudite, 33% sensual, 45% martial, and 33% saturnine.

Another virgin Goddess (Diana or Artemis being the other), Minerva was, just like her Greek counterpart Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom and Freedom as well as an all powerful Goddess of War, which made her a most formidable opponent indeed. Among the many disciplines that fell under her control were: writing, the sciences, architecture, embroidery, and just about anything else dealing with artistic skills, wise counsel, and of course battle and warfare. Like Athena, owls were considered sacred to Minerva, representing wisdom. She was a very wise warrior, respected by the Roman legions. She was also, no kidding, the Goddess of Women's Rights and patroness of career women. The Fifteen Goddesses These are the 15 categories of this test. If you score above average in ? ?all or none of the four variables: Neit. ? Erudite: Minerva. ? Sensual: Aphrodite. ? Martial: Artemis. ? Saturnine: Persephone. ? Erudite & Sensual: Isis. ? Erudite & Martial: Sekhmet. ? Erudite & Saturnine: Nemesis. ? Sensual & Martial: Hera. ? Sensual & Saturnine: Bast. ? Martial & Saturnine: Ilamatecuhtli. ? Erudite, Sensual & Martial: Maeve. ? Erudite, Sensual & Saturnine: Freya. ? Erudite, Martial & Saturnine: Sedna. ? Sensual, Martial & Saturnine: Macha.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 19% on erudite You scored higher than 1% on sensual You scored higher than 30% on martial You scored higher than 13% on saturnine

Link: The Mythological Goddess Test written by Nitsuki on Ok Cupid

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Ki-lin You scored 64% Esotericism, 14% Power, and 14% Malevolence!

A mythical being of Chinese mythology, comparable with the Western unicorn. Ki-lin personifies all that is good, pure, and peaceful. It lives in paradise and only visits the world at the birth of a wise philosopher. The unicorn, which can become one thousand years old, is portrayed as a deer with one horn, the tail of an ox, the hooves of a horse, and a body covered with the scales of a fish. It is one of the four Ling.

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 86% on Esotericism You scored higher than 13% on Power You scored higher than 29% on Malevolence

Link: The Mythological Profile Test written by LacedWithASmile on Ok Cupid

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Obi-Wan Kenobi You scored 84% wisdom, 35% aggression, 57% power, and 79% morality!

You are one of the wisest Jedi of them all, and have had a very eventful career full of failures and successes. You are a skilled fighter, having defeated many powerful opponents in your time. You are not overly aggressive, though. You are more reserved and collected. Your sense of morality is without question, and you are a model Jedi.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 77% on wisdom You scored higher than 33% on aggression You scored higher than 37% on power You scored higher than 61% on morality

Link: The Famous Jedi or Sith Test written by SarumantheMad on Ok Cupid

Hearts of Foam and Other Trivial Things...

Now Playing: Parineeta - Piyu Bole

So, I went to the Hot & Spicy Food Festival at the Harbourfront centre yesterday with Julia, Linda, Mimmie & Stephanie. The food was great - I had a nice and spicy jerk chicken roti - and the International Marketplace they have there is always a great place to browse. Anyway, we got seats in front of the CIBC stage, and waited for the live entertainment to begin, & the first artist to perform was this beat poet whose name escapes me utterly. At any rate, she was pretty good, although very angry - "You think I'm Pavlov's Dog/ Well just ring that bell, motherf***er!" Anyway, one of her (other) songs had the lyric, "If my heart was made of foam, it would shatter..." - and so I remark to Steph and Julia, "Argh, that metaphor doesn't hold up! Foam can't shatter!!!" to which they replied, "What foam? She said 'bone'!" - and suddenly the song made a lot more sense. :D

OMG INTERPOL IS IN TORONTO FOR A CONCERT SEPTEMBER 28TH WHO WANTS TO GO WITH ME??? Okay, I love this band, and I really want to go see them - but I really think I'm the only person who listens to their music (that I know), and I don't want to go by myself! :'( So leave me a comment if you're up for a night of awesome indie rock. :D

If anyone has a copy of the song "Ek Pal ki Zindagi" (literally, life lasts only for a moment) from the movie D, please, please let me know. D is an awesome movie describing the rise to uber-don status of the eponymous Deshu ("D for Deshu" - as the opening monologue puts it) . D is meant to be the prologue to Ram Gopal Varma's 2002 film Company, in which Ajay Devgan played mob boss Mallik. I guess Ajay Devgan wasn't available to do the prequel, so they got a new actor, and renamed the character. In any case, it's not a perfect movie by any means - the very fact that it is a prequel removes most of the dramatic tension surrounding Deshu's fate - but it is very well done.

A scene that really impressed me came near the beginning, when Deshu (played by Randeep Hooda) has just returned to Bombay from Dubai because of the death of his mother. At this point, I need to explain that the trains in India generally don't have doors that open and close at each station, and also that trains that run within the city of Bombay itself and the immediate suburbs, stopping at every stop, are called local trains. So, Deshu's riding a local train at night; the compartment is mostly empty - and then, of a sudden, he hears a sudden scream behind him, startling him as much as it does the audience. He goes to investigate, and sees some rough looking guys, but no direct signs of a struggle, nor of the screamer. The camera pans over everyone in the compartment, all looking as though nothing at all had happened, and back to Deshu, who slowly realizes he's not going to get any answers... and he walks back to his old spot.

Also watched recently:

• Parineeta - well made, well acted, but the ridiculous wall-breaking scene at the end was a jarringly sour note in an otherwise note-perfect film.
• Bunty aur Babli - entertaining, but not very rewatchable, I'd think. I did crack up when Rani Mukherjee's Babli said of Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan's characters, "tum shakal se rishtedar lagte ho!" ("From your faces, you seem to be related") Also of note - the Taj Mahal Sale bit was a total riot - the actor playing the "American" was absolutely hilarious!
  
• Morning Raga - the only redeeming factor was Shabana Azmi's performance as a Carnatic singer traumatized by the deaths of her son and her best friend in an accident - and even that was diminished by the all too obvious fact that Shabana Azmi does not look remotely south Indian, which is what her character is supposed to be. Nevertheless, the performance was note perfect, down to the way she had her hair done, and the way she wore her sari.
• Elaan - if a movie has John Abraham, Arjun Rampal and Rahul Khanna, and I still don't like it? it's a really, really stupid movie.
  

And now off. Have a great long weekend!

PS - got a haircut. now i look like the cookie monster. :S Atleast Megha will be happy. :D

Edited to add -

Your brain: 40% interpersonal, 80% visual, 180% verbal, and 100% mathematical!

Congratulations on being 400% smart! Actually, on my test, everyone is. The above score breaks down what kind of thinking you most enjoy doing. A score above 100% means you use that kind of thinking more than average, and a score below 100% means you use it less. It says nothing about how good you are at any one, just how interested you are in each, relatively. A substantial difference in scores between two people means, conclusively, that they are different kinds of thinkers. Matching Summary: Each of us has different tastes. Still, I offer the following advice, which I think is obvious: Don't date someone if your interpersonal percentages differ by more than 80%. Don't be friends with someone if your verbal percentages differ by more than 100%. Don't have sex with someone if their math percentage is over 200%.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 28% on interpersonal You scored higher than 39% on visual You scored higher than 92% on verbal You scored higher than 69% on mathematical

Link: The 4-Variable IQ Test written by chriscoyne on OkCupid Free Online Dating

Okay, so my interpersonal & visual skills suck - dude, I knew that much already! :D

School. Again.

[Alice Cooper] SCHOOL'S BACK FOR WINTER!!! [/Alice Cooper]

Eh, it had to happen eventually, and happen it did. Two weeks is so not enough time to shake off the malaise left by a succession of horrible exams, but here I am anyway.

Boxing Day Sales! were not as spectacular as the exclamation point would seem to imply. I mean, I went all through Eaton's, and frankly, there was nothing I wanted to buy! Besides, it seemed all the stores were selling the same sorts of clothes - synthetic turtlenecks (ew!), pinstripe shirts, hooded shirts, and horror of ultimate horrors, the padded winter jacket with fur-trimmed hood. Okay, it's not that I hate the jacket per se, it's just that EVERYONE has one. I mean, i looked around in one store, and saw THREE people wearing the exact same jacket. It's the same with my beloved tweed jackets - everyone else has one, but me! *weep weep* Anyway, the day was not entirely unfruitful - i did buy some tops from Roots (40% off makes me happy :D) and another from Reitman's, so I did do my part for the Canadian Economy. Yees, my shopping motives are totally unselfish...

TTC Pet Peeves:

1. The PDA people - The mornin' commute is bad enough without the lovey-dovey pair in the corner of the compartment continually rubbing noses and swapping spit. People, get a ROOM and out of our faces.
   
2. The dog people - Someone accused me today of being dog-phobic, and that's not entirely true. I'm only scared of dogs I don't know yet - which means that I'm scared of all the dogs in the world, except two. So yeah, I'm not entirely appreciative when over-enthusiastic dog owners decide to have their dog play effin' catch in the subway compartment. Oh, and the pair of dog-lovers who decided to bring THREE (that's right, folks - not one, not two, but three!) dogs on a crowded bus, and then fumbled ineffectively when two of the dogs slipped off their leashes - yeah, I'm not too fond of them either.
   
3. The wonderful way the buses don't show up on the days you have exams - but that's another rant for another day. :-D
   

Music I'm listening to - Music from the O.C., Mix 2 - especially Dios Malos' "You've got me all wrong", Nada Surf's cover of "If you leave" & Keane's "Walnut Tree." Seriously good tracks, all of them. Oh, and The Prodigy's "Spitfire" (from the album Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned) is quite possibly one of the most catchy tunes ever.

If anyone wants a gmail invite, just leave a comment below - i have ten of those puppies, just waiting for a good home. :D

Now I leave you with a bunch of arcane quizzes. What can I say - if you get 'em, you get 'em. :D

Which Rurouni Kenshin Character Are You?

Test Created By oronoda

what's your cowboy bebop theme song?

This last one isn't a quiz, but I included it, cause it's funny. What's your warning label?

electric.abacus may explode without warning

M EXPLOSIVE

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P.S. Visit Hem's blog and convince her not to stop blogging. :D Strength in numbers, people!

Indian? Canadian? Thai?

No, we're not talking food, it's just one more random quiz...

You're Thailand!

Calmer and more staunchly independent than almost all those around you,
you have a long history of rising above adversity. Recent adversity has led to questions
about your sexual promiscuity and the threat of disease, but you still manage to attract a
number of tourists and admirers. And despite any setbacks, you can really cook a good
meal whenever it's called for. Good enough to make people cry.
Take the Country
Quiz at the Blue Pyramid

Sexual Promiscuity? Cooking skills? threat of DISEASE? they've got it wrong, i tells you!

more substantial posts later. genetics is evil.

BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP!!!

or not. tee-hee!

Sharon was a Sneaky Greek God in a past life. http://quizme.stvlive.com/pastlife/quiz.php

Sharon spins tunes as DJ Crazy God http://quizme.stvlive.com/djname/quiz.php

Sneaky, crazy and divine? Sounds like me alright! :D And now, back to the grindstone. *sob*