Have it your way

[vovat]

1. So, it looks like Tony "America's Sidekick" Blair won another term as Prime Minister. Kind of surprising, considering that I got the impression not too many people like him. But then, I suppose I have to keep in mind that: 1) I don't know all that many British people, and 2) most Americans I know are anti-Bush, yet HE still won. (Also, considering the way things work in the United Kingdom, I guess people didn't actually vote for Blair himself, but rather for the Labour Party.) I don't exactly follow British politics (I have enough trouble with our own), but it really seems to me like the Bush administration is making a mess out of American foreign policy, so it's disconcerting to see a European leader go along with pretty much all of it.

2. This morning, I tried the Enormous Omelet Sandwich at Burger King. It was good, although I do have to wonder why it includes a sausage patty. It wasn't bad, but I would have preferred ham or something. Isn't it supposed to be like an omelette? (Actually, I had a sausage omelette once, at Bob Evans. It wasn't very good.)

3. To continue with my theme of asshole drivers from my last post, I had to make a left turn today to get to the expressway on-ramp. When I reached the turn, the light was green (rather than a green arrow), and people were coming the other way, so I stopped to let them pass. Apparently this really pissed off the guy behind me, who honked his horn, and then eventually went around me to make his own turn. (This was in a left turn lane, mind you, so it isn't like I was blocking the cars going straight or anything.) Now, I guess it's possible there was enough time for me to turn before the cars going the other way reached the intersection. In the absence of a green arrow on my side, though, don't they have the right of way?

4. I'm listening to the new Ben Folds album, Songs for Silverman. So far, it hasn't really grabbed me the way Rockin' the Suburbs did. Now THAT was a great album.

5.

Robot You are 71% Rational, 14% Extroverted, 42% Brutal, and 28% Arrogant.

You are the Robot! You are characterized by your rationality. In fact, this is really ALL you are characterized by. Like a cold, heartless machine, you are so logical and unemotional that you scarcely seem human. For instance, you are very humble and don't bother thinking of your own interests, you are very gentle and lack emotion, and you are also very introverted and introspective. You may have noticed that these traits are just as applicable to your laptop as they are to a human being. In short, your personality defect is that you don't really HAVE a personality. You are one of those annoying, super-logical people that never gets upset or flustered. Unless, of course, you short circuit. To put it less negatively: 1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive. 2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted. 3. You are more GENTLE than brutal. 4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant. Compatibility: Your exact opposite is the Class Clown. Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Hand-Raiser, the Emo Kid and the Haughty Intellectual. * * 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 57% on Rationality You scored higher than 11% on Extroversion You scored higher than 44% on Brutality You scored higher than 17% on Arrogance

Link: The Personality Defect Test written by saint_gasoline on Ok Cupid

:: how jedi are you? ::

You scored as Harlem. Harlem stretches from Central Park North to the Harlem River and from Fifth Avenue to St. Nicholas Avenue. This is the nation's most famous black neighborhood. Harlem is not just African American; many recent African immigrants live around the 116th St area. The older areas such as Striver's Row and Edgecomb have been totally renovated. You can't find a brownstone for less than 800K these days. But despite the rapid gentrification, Harlem retains many of its charms. On hot days take a folding chair and sit one the sidewalk with your pals and talk about politics and who makes the best BBQ Thanks for taking my test! -Susan </td> Harlem 67% Inwood 61% Stuyvesant Town 56% Alphabet City 56% El Barrio 44% Financial District/Battery Park 39% Upper West Side/ Morningside Heights 39% Chelsea 33% Hell's Kitchen/ Theatre District 28% Kips Bay 28% SoHo/ TriBeCa 28% China Town 17% Washington Heights 17% Upper East Side 11% Which neighborhood in Manhattan is best for you? created with QuizFarm.com

Um...okay. I guess this is the result you get when you answer "no" to all the "Are you rich?" questions.


6. Oh, I almost forgot. Yesterday was the forty-fifth birthday of John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants.