if you've taken this and dated me (or if you want to date me! i'm all equal opportunity!), i'd really love to know your scores. just saying.

OKCupid! The 4-Variable IQ Test: "

Your brain: 60% interpersonal, 100% visual, 140% 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%.

"

many weeks rob brezny is just interesting or funny. some weeks i read free will astrology and say "uh, what?"


City Pages - Free Will Astrology: "LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Polls reveal that many Germans wish they could return to the days when the Berlin Wall was intact. They complain that dismantling the barriers between the eastern and western portions of the country has led to economic turmoil in both areas. I mention this, Libra, because I think it resembles a feeling you're currently harboring. A part of you is longing for the bad old days when a now-defunct obstacle was a fixture in your life. You're romanticizing the protection that the obstacle offered and forgetting how oppressive and limiting it was. It's OK to entertain the fantasy of restoring the wall--in fact, I recommend that you do--but don't you dare actually restore it. "

some weeks i think he's been stalking me.

yay! rachael's book is out!

Amazon.com: Books: Phishing : Cutting the Identity Theft Line

wiscon has eaten my brain. more later, once the schedule has gone to the pubs goddess.

the intermonet is always right.

Blogthings - You Are As Cool As They Come: "

You Are As Cool As They Come

(You are more dramatic than 20% of the population.) Rational and relaxed, no one could accuse you of being dramatic. You roll with the punches, and nothing ever gets you too worked up. You are able to maintain perspective and see the big picture. And even if you're emotional inside, you don't let it show. You're great at keeping it together, and you're rewarded for that. People see you as an ideal friend, employee, and partner.

Are You a Drama Queen (or King)?

"

(also, any of you thinking "you were having problems for *how long* before you left him?" should now be nodding sagely.)

okay, that's classy. way to go.

Abbas wishes Sharon, Katsav happy Passover:

Jerusalem - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas telephoned both Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Moshe Katsav on Friday to pass on good wishes for the Jewish festival of Passover, official sources said.

where the internet thinks i should live.

Here's my recommended list from FindYourSpot.com's quiz:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Chicago, Illinois
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Hartford, Connecticut
Worcester, Massachusetts
Providence, Rhode Island
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Oshkosh-Appleton/Neenah, Wisconsin
New Haven, Connecticut
Las Vegas, Nevada
Oak Park, Illinois
Sacramento, California
Madison, Wisconsin
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Boston, Massachusetts
Portland, Oregon
Washington, District of Columbia
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Kenosha, Wisconsin
San Jose, California
Little Rock, Arkansas
San Francisco, California
Baltimore, Maryland

See what places FindYourSpot.com recommends for you!
Take the FREE quiz and get your list at:
http://www.FindYourSpot.com

well, there are spots that i quite like in wisconsin, so that's okay. you couldn't pay me to live in chicago. some of those cities in new england look interesting. and i was in baltimore this year and i liked the bits i saw of it. however, the bit where it totally skips the twin cities is weird. this is probably because i said i'd rather die than go outside, though.

last night m. socks and lt came over and helped me pack. we listened to booty shaking hits, packed all my books, packed many more breakable things, and shook our booty. well, m. socks and i did.

i am having a really very good week, despite minor mortgage weirdness. (the mortgage will be fine, it's just apparently required that you have at least one nervous breakdown while trying to buy a house. but now i'm done with it.)

did i mention the no subtlety part, or had you picked that up on your own?

anyhow. the ex got most of the cool kitchen gadgets, because while he didn't actually cook any more than i did, in this area (as in all areas) he is more of a gadget freak than i am.

so, i am short on knives and pots and pans and tongs and such. i am adding things to my amazon wishlist (under my last name, and my description says that i am allergic to the shift key), so far nearly everything that oxo has made except for the toilet brush. i am resisting the toilet brush, but it's difficult.

i have to figure out what pots and pans i need. any suggestions? i am not much of a cook, although i am looking to become more of one. i think what i'm looking for is something in the "eh, pretty good" range.

this is not, by the way, shilling for presents. but if you were going to buy me any, i'd be sooo excited to see kitchen stuff off this list. (or bath thingies. did i mention the house has an honest to god usable bathtub?)

can i just make a list of things that are more exciting than writing my epidemiology paper?

okay, that would have to go at the top of the list, wouldn't it.

the pirate dog of cuteness is lying across the back of the sofa cushion that i am sitting in front of, and she is asleep and snoring gently in my ear.

did i mention the near-toxic levels of cuteness?

Unitarian Jihad Name Generator: "

My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Sister Howitzer of Looking at All Sides of the Question.

Get yours.

"

and in breaking news-- pope still dead.

i have a cold. i also am sneezing, which makes the dogs look at me as if i were insane. joy oh rapture.

Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | "Sin City":

And the movie's sexual politics are straightforward but not necessarily retrograde: The safest and sanest part of town (relatively speaking, at least) is the section that's populated and run by its prostitutes, who know what's what and conduct themselves accordingly. They understand the nature of men better than men themselves do -- not a new idea by any means, but one that refuses to buy into the idea of women as simpering victims who need to be protected.

uh, what movie did these people see? not the same one that i did.

so, thursday, i went and looked at some houses. some awful ones, some ones that were okay, one that would certainly do although it was a bit far east in st paul and i was worried that no one would ever ever ever come visit me there, and one that i kind of liked.

on friday, i emailed my realtor and told him that i'd like to bring a posse through to kick the tires of the one that would do and the one that i liked on saturday.

we went through the one that i liked first, everyone else liked the house. i told realtor bob to please call and say that we would not be showing up at the other one. then, i went and wrote out an offer.

this morning, realtor bob called me back and talked about what nice people they were who were selling the house and how they'd wanted to talk about it for a while and how he was sorry that that meant he was calling me back later than he'd meant to and once i'd turned blue from holding my breath, he told me that they'd ACCEPTED MY OFFER.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

i'm pretty excited. panicky, but excited. i will post pictures later; if you'd like to see the house now, email me (betsy at moose party dot org) and i will send you a link to the listing.

holy cow.