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Mrowrl!
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Jul. 25th, 2008 @ 02:07 am
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Your results: You are Catwoman
| Catwoman |
| 73% |
| Poison Ivy |
| 70% |
| Mystique |
| 64% |
| Green Goblin |
| 64% |
| The Joker |
| 60% |
| Riddler |
| 56% |
| Mr. Freeze |
| 56% |
| Two-Face |
| 56% |
| Dr. Doom |
| 55% |
| Venom |
| 54% |
| Dark Phoenix |
| 51% |
| Magneto |
| 46% |
| Lex Luthor |
| 45% |
| Apocalypse |
| 35% |
| Kingpin |
| 29% |
| Juggernaut |
| 24% |
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With a troubled past and an upbringing on the streets you have learned how to fend for yourself through crime.
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Click here to take the "Which Super Villain am I?" quiz...
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Mike Gravel?!?!? Who the hell is he?
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Jan. 6th, 2008 @ 02:45 pm
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92% Mike Gravel 91% Dennis Kucinich 84% Chris Dodd 84% John Edwards 84% Barack Obama 82% Joe Biden 79% Hillary Clinton 71% Bill Richardson 38% Rudy Giuliani 26% Ron Paul 25% John McCain 18% Tom Tancredo 17% Mitt Romney 17% Mike Huckabee 9% Fred Thompson
2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz |
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Meme taken from Helen's Eidolon :)
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Jul. 4th, 2007 @ 01:50 am
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Oh my gosh, Lauren, you picked some really hard questions. :)
1) Why did you pick psychology?
Because I love it. The discipline deals with human nature. Human behaviour is something I've always been fascinated by, possibly because I feel like I don't completely understand it. Humans have always been a mystery to me, to be completely honest. It also frames these questions in a scientific manner. A lot of other "social sciences" seem like complete bullshit to me. For instance, in my Women's Studies course, I had to cite Andrea Dworkin, who seems like she just pulls stuff out of her ass. I read a lot of her papers and say to myself "Um...cite?" Instead Psychology relies upon experimentation, data, and statistics. But it's not math intensive like chemistry or physics. And it's always interesting, even when you have a not-so-great teacher.
2) What's your favourite book and why?
"Weird Sisters" by Terry Pratchett. I love the two main witch characters. Granny Weatherwax I love because she's so stern and so sure of herself, hard as steel, cold as ice. Knows how to get the job done right, and she practices "Headology". (In fact, I named my cat Esme after Granny.) Nanny Ogg I love because she has the wonderful joie de vivre, she loves a good snort of brandy and a good snog. I consider myself a wiccan actually, (and I HATE telling people this, because they assume I sacrifice cats or something,) and frequently read Buckland's Complete Guide to Witchcraft and another book on solitary practicing that I own. I also love growing and identify herbs and learning their medicinal uses, (which is traditionally a witche's forte.) So I guess I really relate to the characters, and how it's not all dancing around naked under the moon. :)
3) How did you decide to go back to school? Has it been a good decision for you?
I was a bookkeeper for ten years. If you've never been a bookkeeper, let me tell you how it goes. Monday, you do A, B, C and D. Tuesday, you do A, B, C, D. Wednesday....etc...etc...mindnumbingly etc...... So I was very eager to quit. :) My ex always said that I'd never make it in school. It's good to know he was wrong. I found out a while ago that he flunked out of school a couple years before I met him. And of course, if he couldn't do, he didn't think I could. But I think he was very interested in keeping me down. And once I realized that, I knew I had to try. And the first semester I think I got a B+ average, which isn't bad at all. Right now, I'm trying to raise my A- to an A, but I'm having a really hard time of it. I may just have to be satisfied by an A-. (Peter thinks I'm silly, and should be very proud of the A-)
4) Are you a cat person or a dog person?
Both. Although, I would say I'm slightly more a dog than a cat person. Maybe because I've so far found dogs to be more affectionate. But I'd say I'm more an animal person. I am NOT a snake person though. I hate snakes!
5) What are some of your goals in life?
Graduate. Get married. (I don't think that's really a goal, but it's more something I think will happen in the next couple years or so.) Buy a house. Get a barbeque and a nice backyard to relax in. (Ok, I just did that, but now we need to fix it up before we can move in.) Help run the DNC next May-August. (A friend is helping me with that. I'll post more about this once things firm up.) Have kids. Remain sane while having kids. (These last two go together.) Go to grad school. (After the kids get older.) I don't know what after that. So much of my life has been just reacting to other stuff around me. For a while I was just trying to survive. So it's hard for me to look to the future and make goals. But I'm starting to make plans. |
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I won a basket!
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May. 29th, 2007 @ 01:07 pm
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From the Ottawa Farmer's Market www.ottawafarmersmarket.ca I filled out one of the entries last week and won! I now get a goodie basket filled with local produce, meat, arts and crafts. Neato! |
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Beijing!
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May. 28th, 2007 @ 12:14 am
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I found out I have the opportunity to go to Beijing sometime this summer/fall. I'm so psyched! Anyone been? I think I'm going to bring an empty suitcase so I can bring a ton of stuff back! Or maybe I'll ship stuff, I dunno. Still looking up stuff on the intarweb to discover the touristy things I can do/see. |
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Your Score: True Neutral 60% Good, 44% Chaotic  Plane of Existence: The Outlands, "Plane of Concordant Opposition". Description: The plane between all other outer planes.
Examples of True Neutrals (Ethically Neutral, Morally Neutral)
Red XIII, "Nanaki" (FFVII)
Vincent Valentine (FFVII)
Cid Highwind (FFVII)
Mr. Spock
Linus Torvalds
Dr. Strangelove
Scott Evil
Batman
The Punisher
Switzerland
Canada
Not actively for or against anything. Has his or her own reasons for doing everything. Usually difficult to understand.
Will keep their word if in their best interest
May attack an unarmed foe
May use poison
May help those in need
May work with others
Indifferent to higher authority
Indifferent to organizations
True Neutral "Pure Neutral"
"Balancer"
Some neutral [people] commit themselves philosophically to neutrality. They are of the true neutral alignment as described in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
A true neutral [person] sees good, evil, law, and chaos as prejudices and dangerous extremes. He advocates the middle way of neutrality as the best, most balanced road in the long run.
Some true neutral [people] actively support balance in the world, and seek to avoid having any one side, law or chaos, good or evil, become too powerful over them or anyone else, and will work against whichever side is the most powerful. They tend to side with the underdog in any situation, and are often opportunistic in their actions.
True neutral is committed to the avoidance of extremes, and is non-judgemental.
Side-Note from Xan81:
Due to your Neutrality, I would really, really LOVE your feedback. Not that I don't want feedback from members of the other alignments, but a True Neutral's feeback is typically NOT emotionally, morally, politically, or socially charged. Please send me an email! I have it set to automatically email me when someone gets this score, so I know who you are ;) True Neutrals are the classic, "I just don't give a shit" alignment, and I fully understand if you don't feel that you have any responsability or obligation to sending an email/comment. Even if you did, I'm sure you'd have some difficulty in deciding what to comment about. But, I guess that depends on your tendencies :D Xan
Other Alignments and Tendencies (Tendenices are what you would more often sway towards; esp. for Neutrals):
0-39% Good, 0-39% Chaotic:Lawful-Evil
0-39% Good, 40-60% Chaotic: Neutral-Evil
0-39% Good, 61-100% Chaotic: Chaotic-Evil
40-60% Good, 0-39% Chaotic: Lawful-Neutral
40-60% Good, 61-100% Chaotic: Chaotic-Neutral
61-100% Good, 0-39% Chaotic: Lawful-Good
61-100% Good, 40-60% Chaotic: Neutral-Good
61-100% Good, 61-100% Chaotic: Chaotic-Good
May. 20th, 2007 @ 01:08 am
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| » Exams are over!!! |
Took my last exam (Brain and Behaviour) today at 9:30 am. Surprisingly easy exam, I was expecting an essay question, but instead, we got a couple short answer questions.
Exams over, time to sleep!!!!
Apr. 30th, 2007 @ 11:05 am
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| » I GOT IN! |
I have been waiting to hear from U of O about my application to the Honours Psychology program. I had originally been accepted under General Arts, because I applied as a mature student, and essentially they wouldn't let me into any other program. I applied to the Psychology program in February, and wasn't so sure I'd get in. I kept checking their website every few days, (they have what they call "Infoweb", it tells you your status, financial, grades, etc.) Yesterday I checked it, and noticed the link was red. "Uh oh" I thought, "This means that they've updated the file, maybe I didn't get in...." BUT I DID! I am now a 3rd year Honours Psychology student! What a great birthday present!
Apr. 18th, 2007 @ 01:03 pm
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| » Random updates |
I'm home sick with the beginnings of a cold or flu today. Sight fever, sore throat etc. I hate getting colds. I used to get 4-6 per year, and they used to drag on for a month or more, but in the last two years, I only seem to catch 1-2 (This is my 2nd this year.) I'm less stressed now, an it's done good things for my immune system.
I'm thinking about going to grad school for Psychology. I almost have the grades, I'd need to go from a B+ average to an A-, which is not impossible at all.
I keep having dreams that Andrew is trying to kill me. And while I realize this is unlikely, I don't think it's completely impossible. He doesn't know where I live right now, but knowing him and how he reacts to things, I could totally see him tracking me down and breaking into my apartment in the middle of the night. And it's not like it doesn't happen to other women, just watch the news sometime.
But otherwise things are going well. I love school. I've reconnected with the community where I live. I got a guitar for Christmas and I'm learning to play it. (I will admit, it's a steep learning curve though, and I've just been practising scales and some simple chords.) Things are going pretty darn well and pzbowen and I are actually pretty darn happy. :)
Jan. 22nd, 2007 @ 12:30 pm
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| » First day back at school |
I need to decide if I'm going to take a nap or go out for coffee.
Jan. 4th, 2007 @ 04:13 pm
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| » Grades |
I got my first grade back:
PSY3303 Theories of Personality: A+
My first A+ EVAR! Woot!
Dec. 24th, 2006 @ 01:24 am
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| » Because I can't sleep... |

Nov. 29th, 2006 @ 02:09 am
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| » Cottage and Car and School |
Peter and I are heading off to the cottage for a week with Rufus. We have someone coming in once a day to take care of our cat Esme. Now, all that's left to do is tidy up my place a bit, and pack up for the trip. I bought some used books at the bookstore under the Bytown; a compilation of Johnathan Swift's works, and a compilation of Edgar Allen Poe's. I also picked up Widdershins at Chapters.
Peter is picking up our new car today. It's a 2005 Subaru Legacy. We got it for a great price. It has All Wheel Drive, and still has some of its warrantee left on it! The dealer was eager to get it off his lot.
I'm looking forward to school begining again. Soon I'll have to buy my text books. I'm thinking I may also pick up a pair or two of shoes and maybe a couple sweaters. Yay for School Supplies!
Aug. 24th, 2006 @ 12:57 pm
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(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)
| × I miss somebody right now. (Not Right now, but he'll be gone for 4 days starting Monday. :() |
✓ I don't watch much TV these days. |
✓ I own lots of books. (A couple shelves worth.) |
| ✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses. |
✓ I love to play video games. (WoW) |
✓ I've tried marijuana. (Didn't like it.) |
| ✓ I've watched porn movies. (Ex made me, I don't care for it.) |
× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship. (Don't think I ever have) |
✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy. (yep yep) |
| ✓ I curse sometimes. (Oh fuck yeah!) |
✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. (Yes yes yes.) |
× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me. (that's a creepy question....) |
( it goes on... )
Jul. 10th, 2006 @ 02:00 am
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| » Holy Crap! He may be mentally ill! |
We were learning about personality disorders in psychology today, and my prof described *someone I know* PERFECTLY!
(I don't have a link to my textbook, so I just used the link at the mayo clinic.)
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/narcissistic-personality-disorder/DS00652/DSECTION=2
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
"Signs and symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder may include:
* Grandiose sense of one's own abilities or achievements * Fantasies about having exceptional power, attractiveness or success * Sense of belonging to an exclusive group of people who truly understand each other * Need for constant praise * Expectations of special treatment * Exploitation of other people * Lack of empathy for other people * Envy of other people or a belief that you are the subject of other people's envy * Haughty or arrogant behaviors"
Sound like anyone we know? :)
Jun. 27th, 2006 @ 01:52 am
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N-S-R You scored 66% Non-Reductionism, 44% Epistemological Absolutism, and 33% Moral Objectivism! | You are an N-S-R: a metaphysical Non-Reductionist, an epistemological Skeptic, and a moral Relativist. If you are simply dying inside to figure out what all this mumbo-jumbo means, then simply continue reading.

Metaphysics: Non-Reductionism (Idealism or Realism) In metaphysics, my test measures your tendency towards Reductionism or Non-Reductionism. As a Non-Reductionist, you recognize that reality is not necessarily simple or unified, and you thus tend to produce a robust ontology instead of carelessly shaving away hypothetical entities that reflect our philosophical experiences. My test recognizes two types of Non-Reductionists: Idealists and Realists.
1. Idealists believe that reality is fundamentally unknowable. All we can ever know is the world of sense experience, thought, and other phenomena which are only distorted reflections of an ultimate (or noumenal) reality. Kant, one of the most significant philosophers in history, theorized that human beings perceive reality in such a way that they impose their own mental frameworks and categories upon reality, fully distorting it. Reality for Kant is unconceptualized and not subject to any of the categories our minds apply to it. Idealists are non-reductionists because they recognize that the distinction between phenomenal reality and ultimate reality cannot be so easily discarded or unified into a single reality. They are separate and distinct, and there is no reason to suppose the one mirrors the other. Major philosophical idealists include Kant and Fichte.
If your views are different from the above, then you may be a Realist. 2. Realists deny the validity of sloppy metaphysical reductions, because they feel that there is no reason to suspect that reality reflects principles of parsimony or simplicity. Realism is the most common-sensical of the metaphysical views. It doesn't see reality as a unity or as reducible to matter or mind, nor does it see reality as divided into a phenomenal world of experience and an unknowable noumenal world of things-in-themselves. Realist metaphysics emphasizes that reality is for the most part composed of the things we observe and think. On the question of the existence of universals, for instance, a realist will assert that while universals do not physically exist, the relations they describe in particulars are as real as the particular things themselves, giving universals a type of reality. Thus, no reduction is made. On the mind-body problem, realists tend to believe that minds and bodies both exist, and the philosophical problems involved in reducing mind to matter or matter to mind are too great to warrant such a reduction. Finally, realists deny that reality is ultimately a Unity or Absolute, though they recognize that reality can be viewed as a Unity when we consider the real relations between the parts as constituting this unity--but it doesn't mean that the world isn't also made up of particular things. Karl Popper is a famous realist.
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Epistemology: Skepticism (Idealism or Subjectivism) In regards to epistemology, my test measures your tendency towards Absolutism or Skepticism. As an epistemological Skeptic, you believe that ultimate reality cannot be known in any objective way. The two categories of Skeptics that my test recognizes are Idealists and Subjectivists.
1. Epistemological Idealists believe that knowledge of ultimate reality is impossible. All we can ever have knowledge about is the world of phenomenal human experience, but there is no reason to suspect that reality mirrors our perceptions and thoughts, according to Idealists. Idealists, then, tend to see truth not as a correspondence between propositions and reality--reality is, after all, fundamentally unknowable--but as a coherence between a whole system of propositions taken to be true. We cannot escape from language or our conceptualized world of phenomena, so we are unable to reference propositions to facts and must instead determine their truth by comparing them to other propositions we hold to be true. As a result of such an idealism, knowledge of any ultimate reality is taken to be impossible, hence the Skeptical tendency of idealism. All our pursuits of knowledge, science included, can only reflect a phenomenal reality that is of our own making. Famous idealists include Kant and Fichte.
If the above did not sound skeptical or idealistic enough to reflect your own views, then you are most likely a Subjectivist. 2. Epistemological Subjectivists, like idealists, believe that all our knowledge is ultimately of our own making because it is filtered through our subjective perceptions. Unlike an idealist, though, a subjectivist doesn't believe in any universal categories of "truth" that apply to the phenomenal world, because each individual can create his own truth. Either that, or he will hold that society or custom creates its own forms of truth. A subjectivist will tend to regard scientific inquiry as a game of sorts--science does not reveal truths about reality, but only gives scientists pseudo-solutions to pseudo-problems of the scientific community's own devising. It is a type of puzzle-solving, but the puzzle isn't of reality. The definition of truth to a subjectivist may be one that recognizes a proposition's usefulness to an individual. William James is one such subjectivist, who believes that we can "will to believe" certain propositions so long as we would find them useful. The example he gives is being found in a situation where you must leap over a chasm in order to survive. The true belief, in such a situation, is that the leap will be successful--this truth is certainly more useful to us, and in believing the truth we become more willing to commit to the jump and make it successful. So, in essence, knowledge of reality is possible for a subjectivist because they never make reference to any objective reality existing outside of our own perceptions and beliefs--we can have knowledge of reality through having knowledge of ourselves, and that is all that we should ask for. Famous subjectivists include Kuhn, Feyarabend, and James. Another famed critic of Absolutism is Hume.
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Ethics: Relativism (Subjectivism or Emotivism) My test measures one's tendency towards moral Objectivism or moral Relativism in regards to ethics. As a moral Relativist, you tend to see moral choices as describing a subject's reaction to a moral object or situation, and not as a property of the moral object itself. You may also feel that moral words are meaningless because they do not address any empirical fact about the world. My test recognizes two types of moral relativists--Subjectivists and Emotivists.
1. Subjectivists see individual or collective desires as defining a situation's or object's moral worth. Thus, the subject, not the object itself, determines the value. Subjectivists recognize that social rules, customs, and morality have been wide-ranging and quite varied throughout history among various cultures. As a result, Subjectivism doesn't attempt to issue hard and fast rules for judging the moral worth of things. Instead, it recognizes that what we consider "good" and "right" is not bound by any discernable rule. There is no one trait that makes an act good or right, because so many different kinds of things have been called good and right. In regards to the definition of "good" or "right", a Subjectivist will tend to define it as whatever a particular person or group of people desire. They do not define it merely as "happiness" or "pleasure", for instance, because sometimes we desire to do things that do not produce pleasure, and because we don't consider all pleasurable things good. Furthermore, Subjectivists recognize the validity of consequentialism in that sometimes we refer to consequences as good and bad--but they also recognize that our intentions behind an action, or the means to the end, can also determine an act's moral worth. Again, there is no one rule to determine these things. Hence the relativism of moral Subjectivism. The most well-known of the subjectivists is Nietzsche.
If that didn't sound like your position, then you are probably the other variety of moral Relativist--the Emotivist. Emotivists are moral Relativists only in a very slanted sense, because they actually deny that words about morality have any meaning at all. An Emotivist would probably accept Hume's argument that it is impossible to derive an "ought" from an "is"--no factual state of affairs can logically entail any sort of moral action. Furthermore, a emotivist's emphasis on scientific (and hence empirical) verification and testing quickly leads to the conclusion that concepts such as "good" and "right" don't really describe any real qualities or relations. Science is never concerned with whether a particular state of affairs is moral or right or good--and an emotivist feels much the same way. Morality is thus neither objective or subjective for the emotivist--it is without any meaning at all, a sort of vague ontological fiction that is merely a symbol for our emotional responses to certain events. Famous emotivists include Ayer and other positivists associated with the Vienna Circle.
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As you can see, when your philosophical position is narrowed down there are so many potential categories that an OKCupid test cannot account for them all. But, taken as very broad categories or philosophical styles, you are best characterized as an N-S-R. Your exact philosophical opposite would be an R-A-O.
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My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: | You scored higher than 99% on Metaphysics | | You scored higher than 99% on Epistemology | | You scored higher than 99% on Ethics |
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May. 22nd, 2006 @ 12:13 am
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| » all my grades are in! |
B in English Lit and Comp A in Linguistics A in Psychology A- in Religious Studies
May. 15th, 2006 @ 12:30 pm
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| » Another grade is in! |
Got an A in psychology!
May. 9th, 2006 @ 11:33 pm
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| » So far, so good |
so, I got 2 of my grades back already for last semester. I got a B in English Literature and an A in Linguistics. Not bad, I was actually expecting a B+ and an A-, so I guess it all works out. Now, to wait for my other grades.
May. 6th, 2006 @ 12:27 pm
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| You Passed 8th Grade Math |  Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct! |
Apr. 14th, 2006 @ 10:14 am
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