I don't think you know me at all

[vovat]

I saw The Ring Two last night with bethje (who had already seen it once). There were some things I liked about it, but I don't know. I thought the first one was actually scary, and had a compelling plot. Without giving anything away, I didn't think this one was scary, and the plot didn't have anywhere near as many interesting twists and whatnot. If you liked the first one, it's probably worth seeing just so you can find out "the rest of the story." But don't expect a masterpiece.

Since lozenger8 did a "How well do you know me?" type of test (kind of similar to those friends tests that were floating around a few years ago), I'm going to follow suit. I'm even keeping the same number of questions (aside from the extra credit) and some of the same questions, but many of them are different.

1. In what year was I born? (No cheating!)
2. What's my political affiliation?
3. How many foreign countries have I visited?
4. What degrees do I have?
5. Who was my first pet?
6. What's my favorite They Might Be Giants song?
7. How long have I been into TMBG?
8. Which Oz book is my favorite?
9. Name three other things (that I haven't yet mentioned in this entry) of which I'm a big fan.
10. How long have I been in my current relationship?
11. What's one of my favorite beverages?
12. What year did I graduate high school?
13. When did I first start keeping an online journal?
14. Name a musical instrument I've tried learning to play.
15. What was the last concert I went to?

Assuming I've set it correctly, comments will be screened until what time, if any, I deem this quiz to be ended.

Comments

[revme.livejournal.com]

I will probably do horrifically bad, although maybe that's not too surprising, since I don't actually, like, personally know you and all.

1. 1976
2. Liberal [Democrat/maybe Green when it is feasible they will win a race]
3. 5
4. Uh, I know you've got one in Library Science, but I don't recall what level. Part of me is thinking maybe doctorate, but part of me is thinking it's the one right below that. Sorry?
5. A kitten!
6. Uh... "Purple Toupee"?
7. Uh, since John Henry-era?
8. The one with the girl with the gigantic breasts. (Seriously, I'm guessing "Ozma of Oz", because I think that's the title.)
9. XTC, Weird Al, Simpsons
10. 3 years
11. Tea
12. 1994
13. 1998
14. Guitar
15. Wasn't it TMBG?

[vovat.livejournal.com]

You got five and a half correct. Your answer to #8 is a real book, and a good one too, but not my personal favorite.

[revme.livejournal.com]

Hooray! I am figuring that's pretty good with the Oz question, just because I tend to know very, very little about the Oz books and whatnot.

[loz]

I regret to inform you, I'm not even going to attempt this. I shall lap up the answers when you post them however.

[bethje.livejournal.com]

1. In what year was I born? (No cheating!)
1977
2. What's my political affiliation?
socialistic democrat
3. How many foreign countries have I visited?
Just Canada?
4. What degrees do I have?
BA in history and MS in library science
5. Who was my first pet?
Arthur?
6. What's my favorite They Might Be Giants song?
It's Not My Birthday?
7. How long have I been into TMBG?
1997?
8. Which Oz book is my favorite?
Patchwork Girl?
9. Name three other things (that I haven't yet mentioned in this entry) of which I'm a big fan.
Pixies, talking too much about the problem with the overly religious, Camper Van Beethoven, and my ass. That's four.
10. How long have I been in my current relationship?
Since July 10, 2000.
11. What's one of my favorite beverages?
Applejuice. Haha.
12. What year did I graduate high school?
1996
13. When did I first start keeping an online journal?
Well, I started in October 2000, and you got yours shortly before that.
14. Name a musical instrument I've tried learning to play.
La guitarta.
15. What was the last concert I went to?
Might I count the last TMBG instore? You/we've been on a real concert dryspell this year, though.

I think a lot of those questions would be tough even for people who know you pretty well.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Those are all correct. Of course, you DID have an advantage on some of them. {g}

I guess some of the questions were kind of tough, but I think I'll given the answers to most, if not all, of them on my journal in the recent past. I have a tendency of making quizzes difficult without really trying, though. Just ask anyone who's taken my Oz quizzes.

[jenhime.livejournal.com]

1. In what year was I born? (No cheating!)
1977

2. What's my political affiliation?
Democrat -- or at least "Left". You seem to be more of a Social Democrat than a plain ol' Dem, but we don't really have SDs in the US.

3. How many foreign countries have I visited?
two?

4. What degrees do I have?
Well, I know you have a backelor's and a master's -- perhaps Library Science?

5. Who was my first pet?
I don't know... Perhaps a goldfish named Fluffy. ;)

6. What's my favorite They Might Be Giants song?
Not sure on this other either, although I'm fairly certain that it's not Particle Man.

7. How long have I been into TMBG?
7 years?

8. Which Oz book is my favorite?
I don't know... the only one I can think of at the moment is Ozma of Oz...

9. Name three other things (that I haven't yet mentioned in this entry) of which I'm a big fan.
video games, The Simpsons, XTC

10. How long have I been in my current relationship?
5 years

11. What's one of my favorite beverages?
o_O root beer?

12. What year did I graduate high school?
1996 (I'm guessing from your birthdate on this...)

13. When did I first start keeping an online journal?
3 years ago?

14. Name a musical instrument I've tried learning to play.
accordian! (Really, I have no idea.)

15. What was the last concert I went to?
I remember you posted about a TMBG concert recently...

[vovat.livejournal.com]

You got seven and a half correct.

i'm going to attempt this even though i practically just met you.

[obsessical.livejournal.com]

1. 1980
2. Liberal
3. 3
4. masters
5. a dog
6. Ana Ng
7. ten years
8. The Wizard of Oz
9. The Simpsons, video games
10. a year
11. Coffee
12. 1998
13. two years ago
14. guitar
15. tmbg

i just took really blind stabs to the ones i didn't know. You said in your latest entry that we should attempt it, so i figured i'd give it a shot. :)

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[vovat.livejournal.com]

For #4, I was looking more for the subject(s) than for the type of degree, although the latter is also good.

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[obsessical.livejournal.com]

so wait, did that mean i got *zero* right?

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[vovat.livejournal.com]

No, you got some right. I was just going to give you another shot at #4 before I give you your score. I guess that wasn't totally clear.

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[obsessical.livejournal.com]

ohhh. then my official answer is uh...literature. english literature.

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[vovat.livejournal.com]

It looks like you got four right. Pretty good, considering you don't really know me very well.

[colleenanne.livejournal.com]

1. 1977 or 1978
2. Democrat
3. 1 (Canada?)
4. History undergrad, Library Sciences type grad
5. Cat
6. Mr. Claw (ok, I have no clue)
7. Since about 1996 or so
8. Return to Oz
9. Simpson's, Futurama, Camper Van Beethoven, XTC
10. 5 years in June (that one is easy. hehe.)
11. Pepsi (well, I know it's not coffee or milk.)
12. 1995 or 1996
13. September of 2000 or so
14. Guitar and accordion
15. TMBG? Or Rasputina.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

You got nine correct. (I gave half credit for the ones where you made two guesses and one was right, by the way.) Much better than I would do on a quiz about you, I'm sure, which is kind of embarrassing.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Wait, for number 5, did you mean A cat, or specifically the cat named Cat? If the former, you're right, and should have gotten ten points (not that it matters much anyway). If the latter, I actually had Arthur first.