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I HAVE READ...

(yes) Douglas Adams

(yes) Piers Anthony

(yes) Isaac Asimov: one book, a long time ago, want to read more

(no) Arthur C Clarke: it's actually possible this is a yes... there were a lot of borrowed books back in high school where I don't even remember the title, let alone the author

(no) Stephen Hawking: I'm pretty sure I've never read him

(yes) Robert Heinlein

(no) Robert Jordan: See Arthur C Clarke

(no) H.P. Lovecraft: Why? Oh why haven't I? I need to scour the library or something.

(yes) Anne McCaffrey: gotta love her Pegasus series, and the Rowan books. Dragon Riders of Pern are okay, but I get this urge to go through them with a red pen. Also to chart the dragons from each book, cause I'm pretty sure she mixes up which rider goes with what dragon... Acorna FTW! (that was my intro into the wonderful world of Anne. When my father saw that, he pointed me towards a hundred other books and authors ^.^)

(yes) J.R.R. Tolkien: Silmarillion was like pulling teeth for me... I wanted the result of having read it and knowing what was there, but god was it painful to read. I'm really not a history person. LOTR ROCKS

(yes) Any "The Companion to ..." books: if only I could remember which one...

(yes, but I forgot about it) books based on Star Trek or Star Wars: I read one of the Star Wars books, about Leia's son

(yes) comic books: Psycho Jungle Cat! (calvin and hobbs)

(yes) graphic novels: V for Vendetta, FTW

(yes) fan fiction: as a teen, gundam fics

(no) hypertext fiction: I really gotta look up what this is...

(no) The Knowne Worlde Handbook

(yes) books on math/science outside class: M C Escher, hooray!

(yes) books on grammar outside class: I'm a writer

(yes) books on history outside class: I'm actually very interested in history x.x I just can't pass the "what year did xxx happen in" tests.

(no) Russian Literature outside class: but there's a couple books I'm interested in

(yes) gaming books: dnd

(yes) cover to cover: dnd phb 3.5

(no) entire calculator manuals: I have a tendancy to lose them

(no) entire computer manuals: the things come with a manual?

(yes) software/computer language books: well, I'm counting the internet as a book... cause I was using it as one

(no) for a reading circle or book club: hmm... I think I might have been part of one for a couple months in high school... didn't like someone else picking what I read though

(yes) joke/humor books for self-enrichment: actually, this might've been a no... I was thinking of "A Whack on the Side of the Head", a book about stimulating creativity... well, then again, after reading that I have gone to humor books to restimulate my creativeness once it's been dead awhile, so...

Geek Test 3

[Dec. 26th, 2009|12:24 pm]

I HAVE... (2)

(no) attended a geek party: well, maybe I should check this... it was a gathering of geeks for geeky things, but it wasn't exactly a party.

(no) been really excited about attending a geek party: but I would be had I been going to one

(no) thrown a geek party: but now, I'm seriously considering the diea

(no) beta tested this Geek Test: alas, I didn't know about it yet in the beta phase

(yes) roleplayed: dnd, irc

(yes) 3+ times a week: every night it was on, for irc

(yes) for 12 hours straight (or longer): our record session, where I was in for the whole thing, was 16 hours long. It was right before christmas break my senior year of college. We started around 4 in the afternoon, and went all night long until we realized it was 8am and we all needed sleep. It was an awesome session though.

(maybe) introduced several people to roleplaying: actually, this is a yes, since I was instrumental in gathering the people for the dnd group, and a few were new to it

(no) gamed in a tournament: I have never considered myself to be good enough at games to do this

(no) and won: see above

(no) gone to a party just to play Trivial Pursuit: but I did go to one just to play Risk

(no) a phone number with GEEK as the last four digits: but I have attempted

(no) or something equally geeky: every single phone number I try to make a geek word from it. I want 1337 as my number at some point, or 42 in there somewhere. oooo, 42MARVN (426-2786) ^.^

(yes) worn a costume other than for halloween or a play: Ren Faire! Fall 2004

(no) worked for a Renaissance Faire: but I want to

(yes) criticized normality: "Normality is the root of all evil", but then I ammended it to "the desire for normality is the root of all evil"

(yes) taken the mensa test: 121!

(no) joined Mensa: "$32? But I'm a poor college student!"

(yes) talked to plants to help them grow: and then forgot to water them enough x.x

(no) quoted Yoda in a convesration or debate, at least semi-seriously: but I'm still looking for the opportune moment

(no) gone to the movies alone: actually, I don't remember now, if I was with anyone when I went to see H2G2... I think I was though. Now, go to the movies? Why? Downloading's cheaper.

(no) regularly

(no) gone to a movie dressed up like one of the characters: I tried...

(no) alone: was tempted

(yes) waited in line 2+ hours for movie tickets: LOTR FOTR

(no) waited in line 12+ hours for movie tickets: the island is not that big

(yes) skipped parties to program or repair computers: I hate parties anyway

(yes) to read or study: reading > partying

(yes) to talk online: irc > partying

(yes) because I'm not cool enough to go: x.x

(yes) argued about which "Trek" is the best: though, I'm not sure if it's the original or NG, cause I haven't seen enough... but I know it's not any of the later ones

(yes) founded a club of any sort: I was part of the founding of the creative writing club at my undergrad college

(yes) snorted while laughing: who hasn't at least once?

(no) never turned down a date: though before January 2008, this was a yes. Never did figure out how a guy could ask the clerk at a gas station out, but whatever...

(no) held an office in the SCA: wait, wasn't this in an earlier section? Ah, no, that was ran for office

(no) written articles for SCA publications

(no) used "authenticity police" in a sentence: but if I ever have the occasion to, I will

(no) framed my scroll(s): alas, I have no scrolls to frame... yet...

^.^

Geek Test 2

[Dec. 25th, 2009|11:26 am]

The Geek Test, Item by Item, with explanations

I HAVE BEEN...

(no) geek of the year: my adoptive parents are very sexist, and consider most things geek in the realm of men. Therefore, I was never considered geeky enough. grrrr

(no) in an a/v club: the schools I was in didn't have one. BUT! I did try to get one started. x.x

(yes) a theater techie: props mistress, sudo-junior year of high school ^.^

(no) to a gamecon: not had the chance, or it would've been a yes

(yes, but I didn't check it) to another con: cause does RenFaire count as a con or not? I did go in costume, which I got the check for that one.

(no) host at any con: almost "Wingstock" when I was roleplaying as Miyumi for Gwing.net Plans were made, but never fleshed out enough for the con to happen.

(yes) Game master: dnd, I was game master for a couple times, but the games didn't get anywhere.

(no) a comp lab monitor: those were relegated to the work study students. My parents make too much for me to have qualified for work study when I was an undergrad.

(no) to a LAN gaming party: another, plans were made, but something got in the way.

(no) host at a LAN gaming party: I will not host something unless I have a decent idea of what it is like. This was one thing that I was told, "you have to be there to understand". Until I manage to go to one, I will not host one.

(no) in a fan club or on their mailing list: never a fan club nearby that I was interested in joining. (all those were preppy ones.)

(no) "that guy" at a concert: even taking it as "that girl", 1- I don't know what that means and 2- I have never been to a concert

(no) in the SCA: I was too busy watching anime and playing video games to run

(no) seriously involved in the SCA: see above

(no) trivial pursuit winner > 10 times : I have only played it once. It was the history version in history class. *shudders*

(yes) called a geek: by myself and others

(yes) several times: see above

(yes) labeled socially inept: but I'm getting better, as I'm sure you all know

(yes) by your "friends": the worst part is- they were geeks too x.x

(yes) in "smart" classes: alg 1 in 8th grade, honor's geometry and honor's biology in 9th, AP calculus in 12th, A Lehman Scholar at my college (math/science distingushed scholar), in Honor's English freshman year of college

(no) on a game show

(maybe? didn't check it) a scout for 10+ years: I was a girl scout. Started at 7. But, I haven't done much with scouts since I was 15, except for being a camp counselor the summer after I graduated college...

(no) a high school mascot: the first high school didn't allow freshmen to do such. The other one didn't have a mascot costume.

(no) in marching band: kinda hard to march w/ the piano, and no school I went to had one

(no) in show choir: I was in choir. We put on concerts. But the rest of the choir sucked and was just there for the fine arts cred.

(no) to band camp: I was a girl-scout-camp kid

(no) to a math/science camp: but I did sign up for the science session at gsc one year

(yes) in the chess club: it started as a mistake. I accidentaly went to the math room on Thursday, forgetting that it was chess club day. There was someone else there not playing. We got into an argument over who was worse, and he spent the entire rest of the year trying to lose to me. x.x I was obviously the worse player. I won a whole of twice. Once, he conceded it to me when it was on the third day and I had more pieces on the board. The other time, I won fairly. All he had was his king. All I had was my king and two rooks. It took me two hours to figure out how to corner a king with two rooks. (okay, it took me 5 mins to figure it out, and the rest of it to perfect the technique cause I kept messing it up)

(no) on any sort of academic team: my schools didn't have any math teams.

(no) in a math competition: none were available

(no) placed high or won: see above

(no) in a science competition: not counting the science fair, since it was required

(no) placed high or won: kinda hard to win something I never been to

(yes) museums by my own free will: I should get an extra- I volunteered at the children's museum of science for my community service cred in college

(no) referred to as Dilbert: I am female. Wait, never mind, I should've checked this... someone actually did

(no) referred to as Velma: actually, I think I was... but the memory is not clear enough for me to be sure it wasn't just a product of my twisted mind

(no) dumped at a dance: never dated, never been dumped

(no) dumped at a star trek convention: *cries* I've never been to a star trek convention! Damn my brother for taking the remote!

(that's right, the only reason I'm not a trekkie is cause I would try to watch star trek, and even if he wasn't watching tv and wasn't going to watch tv, he would take the remote, and change the channel, and threaten me if I changed it back... cruel bastard)

Geek Test 1

[Dec. 25th, 2009|11:06 am]

I HAVE....

(no) Programmed a calculator in Math Class: because I didn't have the owner's manual anymore by the time I found out I could. I did play around and try to figure out the language, but...

(yes) Studied a language on my own: currently working on Japanese

(sort of) Always hated mainstream: since about the time I figured out that there was a mainstream and what it really was

(sort of) Dated a geek: I don't date. But every guy who has been called my boyfriend by others (since none have been my either me or him) was a geek.

(no) married a geek: I am not married.

(yes) Done homework that wasn't required: I was doing Math Homework. When I finished, I looked at what I was supposed to do to make sure I'd done everything and found out I did about 10 problems I didn't have to do. I was also disappointed that there wasn't more that needed to be done, so I did a couple extras just for fun.

(no) Done homework for somebody else: against my personal policy. I have been asked, been offered money for it. I have offered to tutor, and I have asissted others with homework, but I do not do it for someone else.

(yes) looked forward to dissecting a frog, pig, etc: This was most of the reason I took biology. I was horribly disappointed when the honor's class didn't get through enough material to dissect the pig.

(yes) looked forward to doing my taxes: I don't like my parents. It was me or them...

(yes) attended public lectures on my own: Math and art? Sweet! Fractals!

(no) studied an artificial language: want to learn elvish (Tolkein), but for now, this is a no...

(yes) created an artificial language: working on my own form of elvish to accompany a novel I'm writing...

(no) filed teh Census as my persona: I don't do illegal

(no) worn 2+ watches at the same time: well, if phone w/ clock + watch counts, then I could count this... but I only ever have one watch on my wrist. I don't like ornaments, really.

(no) to keep track of multiple time zones: I've actually been tempted to get one for UK back when I was on irc, cause a few of my rp buddies were in the UK. I have been tempted to in the past year to get Japan's, just cause Japan is cool...

(no) named a pet after a scientist or inventor: the only pets I had were hermit crabs, which were forced upon me by my mother. I got them to keep her happy, so I named them to keep her happy.

(same answer for the following three)

(no) a Ph. D. : I have my BA in math. Might go for Master's, but I doubt I'll do a Ph. D. I might take the classes for it, but I don't think I could come up with a thesis.

(no, but I checked it anyway) A perfect attendance record in high school: I got really upset when my mother let me sleep through school cause I was sick.

(no, but I checked it anyway) A perfect attendance record in college: I skipped 1 day of history class (I'm a math major) to roleplay on irc.

(yes) Taken notes in more than one color: college.

(yes) thought I could win a quiz show: I think it was Jeapordy, cause all the sections were things I actually knew about

(yes) corrected a professor in class: Math, minor notation errors.

(no) corrected a salesperson on tech specs: don't know enough about this yet. Learning slowly.

(yes) Corrected a supervisor on spelling or grammar: signs the manager put up

(no) written a letter to the editor: well, I did write one, but I never got around to sending it in...

(yes) written fan fiction: one with a friend, two with my little brother

(no) written hypertext fiction: I didn't even know this existed until I took this test... x.x

(no) written for a webzine: no interest

(no) created a webzine: no interest

(yes) indexed and catalogued any personal collection: used excel to index my Magic the Gathering cards. Color, name, picture, edition, etc...

(sort of) a subscription to a sci-fi or comp magazine: I would have it if I could...

(no) anthropological or history mag: not into history

(sort of) nature or science mag: I always read my dad's Nat. Geographic when I can, and I used to have that kid's science mag when I was in elementary school (no, not pop mech, something else)

(no) financial or literary mag: well, does buying Reader's Digest every month I can afford it count?

(yes) games or gaming magazine: my roommate has a game stop card, with the magazine coming every month <3

(yes) solved a rubik's cube: I was 11 (but I forgot about that when I took the test, so it wasn't checked)

(yes) solved an entire 500+ piece puzzle: took me over a year, but I put the whole thing together myself. I never get a puzzle less than 1000 pieces.

Why do you say you are a geek?

[Dec. 25th, 2009|11:04 am]

Well... I've always thought geeky things were cool. :)

According to the geek test at innergeek ( http://www.innergeek.us/geek-test.html ), I score a 40% when I only cheat a little (not sure what it was about a year ago when, if the answer was sort-of, almost, or well, I would've, but xxx got in my way, damn them; then I checked it.)

Scoring chart is:

+ Geekish Tendencies................................≥09%
++ Geek.............................................≥15%
+++ Total Geek......................................≥25%

++++ Major Geek.....................................≥35%

+++++ Super Geek....................................≥45%
++++++ Extreme Geek.................................≥55%
+++++++ Geek God....................................≥65%
+++++++! Dysfunctional Geek.........................≥75%

So you see, I am a major geek. I am going to go through the test item by item and give the truthful answer, along with why this answer applies.

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Shower Show

[Dec. 23rd, 2009|09:29 pm]

I will be doing a shower show on December 30th, at 3pm US EST (8pm GMT). Trying for it to be group: which is only 10 toks a min. Showers rarely take more than 15 mins.

Appearance

[Dec. 19th, 2009|09:58 am]

Today, I will be focusing on finishing the move. Yesterday, I got sheets for the bed, hopefully we can get the whole place organized before 6pm. Whether it's 6 or 7 or later, when I am done I will be on mfc. See you all there!