Being Amber Rhea

This has been going around, so I figured I should take it, too. And the results are in!

27 As a 1930s wife, I am Poor Take the test!

This one is via Sara Speaking. By what percent does going through and fixing all the automatically-generated HTML so that it validates raise my neuroticism level?

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Your result for The Neurotic Test…

The Subtle Neurotic

You scored 64 anxiety, 72 awkwardness, and 31 neuroticism!

You have all the makings of neuroticism without any of the amusing trappings–you are The Subtle Neurotic! Plagued by doubt, fears, and worries, you are much more likely to have a quiet existential crisis off on your own than to bite your fingernails. You worry a lot over social situations, but take heart–chances are, you’re not nearly as awkward as you feel you are. The best advice I can give you? Confide your worries in someone–no matter how irrational they seem. You’re far too likely to keep everything bottled up.

Your high anxiety score implies that you are unable to relax, worry about the future often, and probably are plagued by irrational fears and self-doubt.

Your high awkwardness score implies that you are socially nervous, probably have difficulty with conversation, and perhaps feel uncomfortable in large groups of people, such as at parties.

Your low neuroticism score implies that you don’t exhibit subtle neurotic behaviors–your nails are probably an acceptable length, your pencils aren’t covered with bite marks, and your bookcase isn’t arranged alphabetically by genre. Congrats!

Take The Neurotic Test at HelloQuizzy

Why not?

Your Brain’s Pattern

Your brain is always looking for the connections in life. You always amaze your friends by figuring out things first. You’re also good at connecting people - and often play match maker. You see the world in fluid, flexible terms. Nothing is black or white.

What Pattern Is Your Brain?

Via Rootie.

I got all my knowledge of the Bible from fancy book-learnin’ (ie, actually reading it).

When there’s something on my mind I’m itching to write about, but can’t at the moment, I distract myself with stupid internet quizzes. Hence:

There it is, folks, everything about me! (Complete with horrid HTML.) Except, about a third of it is wrong… Oh well, that’s still a pretty good ratio for a stupid internet quiz.

Everyone else is doing it (e.g., Nikki and Thomas), so here are my results from the Presidential matching thingy:

87% Hillary Clinton
87% Barack Obama
86% John Edwards
84% Chris Dodd
82% Dennis Kucinich
82% Mike Gravel
78% Bill Richardson
75% Joe Biden
46% Rudy Giuliani
38% John McCain
32% Mike Huckabee
25% Mitt Romney
21% Tom Tancredo
16% Ron Paul
16% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these silly quiz/meme things that purports to hold the key to vast secrets of my being; so here you go:

I haven’t read Orlando. I’ll be honest; I hadn’t even heard of it before this. Adding it to my Amazon wish list now…

Side note: I hate the code Quizilla generates. I always have to practically rewrite it. Can we please leave the <font> tag to rest in the 20th century, where it belongs?

This amuses me for several reasons…

Why is the cartoon of a dude? :P Boo.

Here’s the extended results description from the site itself:

You’re not in this for the money, for you blogging is all about the passion! Sure you might make a little pocket change now and again, but you know that it’s the content, the audience and the people that are what makes blogging great!

You’ve been blogging since Nick Denton was in diapers. When it comes to blogging experience, you are the authority on blogging. Heck you probably even have a blog where you give advice about blogging!

You love web 2.0 stuff like Digg and Delicious and you’re involved in more blogging groups, networks and activities than anyone else you know. With all your connections, you make Neil Patel look positively anti-social!

FWIW, I think Digg pretty much sucks. I obviously heart del.icio.us, though. And whoTF is Neil Patel?

In happy news, my new pole (and stage and other assorted parts) arrived last night and it’s almost completely assembled! We’ll be making a trip to Home Depot after work for sandbags, which were supposed to come with all the other stuff, but which Platinum Stages naturally forgot to enclose. This new setup is a hell of a lot more sturdy than that sketchy “semi-removable” whozit. Only downside is the pole isn’t very tall, so climbing will be very unimpressive, and going upside down might not happen. We shall see! In any event, I’m excited to finally have it! And this means I can actually get some practice in before Sunday’s student showcase (!!!!!).

I’m not surprised:

92%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?

Mingle² - Online Dating

But, really, I took this quiz simply because of the graphic (I saw it on someone else’s site) and I knew Jenny - who is still blogless - would get a kick out of it.

Basically this post is one big inside joke that only a handful of people will understand.

Lots of other people are doing it, so I will too. Via Newt In a Tea Cup (whose blog design I love, btw).

• Name: Please. You know it by now.
• Age: 27
• Height: 5′6″
• Weight: 130 lbs.
• Do you consider yourself attractive? For the most part, yeah. But it’s hard to say that without the “ZOMG STOP UR BEING SELFISH!!!!” bells going off in my head.
• Do others consider you attractive? *shrug* Some do. Some probably don’t. I’m not a mind reader.
• What is your biggest insecurity and why? I have quite a few insecurities (there’s a surprise!) which sometimes I don’t feel insecure about for weeks, and then they’ll just creep up on me one day and I’ll feel like shit for no good reason. These include: my teeth (not white enough, not straight enough), and I can point to exactly what that goes back to, but that’s another story for another time; I have a fairly odd mole on my leg; every once in a blue moon, I think my eyebrows look weird. I’m sure no one else cares. And I feel like a jerk for even enumerating these insecurities, for some reason. That’s MY SHIT!
• Have you/Would you consider using plastic surgery? Why or why not? I don’t like these “would you” type questions. At the moment, no, I wouldn’t; but who knows what could happen in the future that would make me change my mind. So there’s a definitive “I don’t know” for you!
• What is your relationship with make-up? I hardly ever wear it, and as such I don’t have much of it around the house. At the moment I own a lipstick, which I use maybe 3-4 times a week, and a thing of eyeshadow which I’ve used like twice since I bought it.
• How much money do you/think is reasonable to spend on your appearance? I guess however much I want to and can reasonably afford.
• What is your experience of dieting? I haven’t been on any specific diets. I try to eat healthy and most of the time I succeed, but that’s pretty much the extent of it.
• Have you/ anyone you know tried any specific diet programs i.e. Lighter Life? How did that affect your health? your moods? your relationships? Rusty and Niki both did South Beach and it was a great experience for them. Rusty says he feels so much better (healthier) now.
• Do you have any experiences of eating disorders i.e. either yourself or someone you know? A few friends and acquaintances have struggled with eating disorders of one type or another.
• How did other people react to this; what was the fallout? Umm, I don’t really have an answer to this question. I mean, with my friends, I was concerned about them; but with most of them the eating disorder was in their past, before I knew them.
• Have you had negative experiences relating to your appearance and people’s reactions to it? Have I? Well, how much time have you got? … Seriously, throughout middle school and some of high school, I was “the ugly girl.” Worse, I was the smart “ugly girl,” so I got a double-dose of abuse. It didn’t matter that, as I got into my later teens, I wasn’t an awkward-looking 7th grader anymore; I’d been branded, and that was my identity, and there was nothing I could do about it. Not surprisingly, since I didn’t have much in the way of positive support at home, and my friends were just as fucked-up as I was, I internalized it and believed it. It took me years to finally believe that I’m not ugly. Thanks, therapy, you are awesome. I admit that sometimes, that old shit still sneaks up on me. The younger you are when shit happens, the more deeply it gets embedded in your brain, and… that shit is in there deep.
• What about positive reactions to your body? The compliment I get the most is people saying I have beautiful eyes. Various people over the years have told me I’m sexy and such. Rusty tells me every day, usually multiple times a day. That makes me happy. (Note: at this point I should point out, if you’re some guy I don’t know very well or don’t know at all, and you’re reading this, and you feel like now would be a good time to chime in with some comment about how sexy I am… don’t. It’s not flattering. It’s creepy.) More than a few people have told me I have “stealth boobs” which are a pleasant surprise. I’m a 34-D but I guess, somehow, it doesn’t show? People have said stuff like, “You don’t wear tight shirts!” Except that I do, sometimes. So I don’t know what’s up. But stealth is okay with me. Oh and Dacia said, “Dude, you’ve got some serious tits.” To which I replied, “Yeah, they’re serious, but they also like to kick back and just have fun, too.”
• How has your body image and attitude changed over the years? It’s gotten better and better. I’ve had a few backslides - biggest one after my divorce - but it’s pretty much remained positive, despite all the shit I dealt with as a teenager. Senior year of high school and freshman year of college were particularly positive, liberating times that helped shape my self-image into something more confident and secure.
• What do you love about your body? I do have beautiful eyes; I love ‘em. I also love my ass and my stealth boobs. And for the most part, I love my hair, just the way it is, even if it isn’t anybody’s idea of fashionable or hot or whatever else.
• What is your opinion on the media portrayal of women’s bodies? “Ludicrous” might be putting it mildly.
• What would you change about the way you/ your friends/ your family/ general people see their bodies? If I could wave a magic wand? I’d get rid of all that bullshit that I’ve dealt with to a large extent, but which I’m still carrying around in some form, whether I like it or not. Same for everybody else with all their various types of baggage.
• What makes you feel beautiful? I like being naked. Also, sitting in the sunlight makes me feel beautiful (’cause of the warmth, maybe?), and so does pole dancing.
• and just for fun… Do you shave legs/pits/upper lip moustache? Legs: yes, about every two weeks or so; pits: had laser hair removal but still have to do some trimming every once in a while; upper lip moustache: don’t have one.

So there you have it. No shame. I’m over shame.