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They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Post a picture in my comments of what you think describes me when you think about what/who I am.

Give no written explanation though. Just an image. Macros are OK, but only from Marcelo.

Copy and paste into your own journal and see what others think about you in pictures!

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This is totally the fault of [info]theda

take a picture of yourself right now.
don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
post that picture with NO editing.
post these instructions with your picture.

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You type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr search.

Then, using only the first page, pick an image.

Then, copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into this mosaic maker.

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

My creation



1. 265/365- I <3 NY, 2. I hope she at least ate the sheep that died for her shoes., 3. Prom, 4. The Photographer, 5. whenever I think about you, 6. chocolate peanut butter banana shake, 7. Vegas Slow Hand, 8. Rhubarb and strawberry pie, 9. Another day at the office, 10. I kissed a girl, 11. i took the red pill..., 12. Howdy, Dood?

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courtesy of [info]theda    

Movie meme
1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDB and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDB search functions. Totally cheating, you dirty cheaters.

more... )

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My blog is worth $3,951.78.
How much is your blog worth?

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via [info]berrylicious877 :

For the first three people that reply to this post who re-post this challenge: you win!

I will send you a gift.

It might be something I've made or something I see that I think you will like, or just, well just about damned anything, really. Presents. Don't pass em up.

Whatever it is, I promise I will get it to you in 365 days of your posted comment or less (hopefully much less), and I will need your snail mail address.

The only thing you need to do to receive your gift is PARTICIPATE.

Be one of the first three journalers to reply to this with your snail mail address (comments will be screened), and post this very same thing in your journal, and YOU are the lucky giftee.

First gift is for [info]dreaminsound! Second gift is for [info]swingdoc! One gift remains!

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NerdTests.com says I'm a Cool High Nerd.  What are you?  Click here!

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YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I WANNA KNOW YOU...
I want to know 33 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine...You're on my list, so I wanna know you better!
questions lurk herein... )

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Current Location: My cubicle
Current Mood: bored
Current Music: This American Life

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1. List your top 10 celebrity crushes. (I'm just doing five, as ten was way too many)
2. Put all of them in order of your lust for admire them.
3. Say why you lust for/admire them and which movie/show/thing it was that hooked you.
4. Supply photos for said people.
5. Tag five people (Tagging is dumb. Do it if you want to.)

1. Liz Phair - I think it's her voice more than anything else. It's friggin' hot. I think it was also first sold for me on "Fuck and Run".


2. Parker Posey - She's terribly hilarious, and really really cute. I was "hooked" by The House of Yes


3. Christa Miller - She's just cute. And something about her voice/inflection is a beautiful combination of grating and adorable. Although I don't find her nearly as attractive on Scrubs as I did on Drew Carey.


4. Sarah Silverman - she's raunchy and Jewish. Enough said. Although my first crush developed when she was on Greg the Bunny.


5. Alexis Bledel - no, it's not a "Rory" thing. I just think she was totally hot in Sin City.

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via [info]theda in a way...
What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)Northern
You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.
Personality Test Results
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The Everything Test

There are many different types of tests on the internet today. Personality tests, purity tests, stereotype tests, political tests. But now, there is one test to rule them all.

Traditionally, online tests would ask certain questions about your musical tastes or clothing for a stereotype, your experiences for a purity test, or deep questions for a personality test.We're turning that upside down - all the questions affect all the results, and we've got some innovative results too! Enjoy :-)

Personality
You are more emotional than logical, more concerned about self than concerned about others, more atheist than religious, more dependent than loner, more lazy than workaholic, more traditional than rebel, more engineering mind than artistic mind, more cynical than idealist, more leader than follower, and more introverted than extroverted.

As for specific personality traits, you are intellectual (74%), adventurous (69%), greedy (67%), innovative (64%).

Stereotypes
Prep69%
Hippie63%
Geek59%
 
Life Experience
Sex44%
Substances38%
Travel38%

Politics
Your political views would best be described as Liberal, whom you agree with around 64% of the time.
  Socioeconomic
Your attitude toward life best associates you with Upper Class. You make more than 97% of those who have taken this test, and 52% more than the U.S. average.

If your life was a movie, it would be rated PG-13.
By the way, your hottness rank is 50%, hotter than 17% of other test takers.

TAKE THE TEST
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Here's how this works. Leave a comment to this entry, and I will answer the following questions about you.

I won't even make you promise to repost in your own LJ - how about this instead: You reply to my reply with your answers about me to the same question. Make sense?

1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - a song, a color, a photo, etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Associate you with a character.
6. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
7. Tell you my favorite user picture of yours.
8. You then reply to my comment, with your answers to questions 1-7

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Mugsy Malone --

[noun]:

A dance involving little to no clothing



'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

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This is totally the fault of [info]theda . Just so you all know.


Crush this person!
Get your own ThisCrush.com CrushTag!

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Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like you. Then put this in your own journal, and spread the love.

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I think I did this last year, but I don't remember. But, inspired by Fuzzy...here we go: The first sentence of each month of my LJ in 2006:

January 2006: Carrie and I decided to spend New Year's Day at the Brookfield Zoo. more

February 2006: There's this meme going around where some app randomly generates "facts" about your username. more

March 2006: 2 days, 21 hours, 1 minutes, 34 seconds more

April 2006: It's a sign of the Apocolypse. more

May 2006: I'm very bored. more

June 2006: Happy birthday to my little sister, </a></b></a>[info]fashionarcade! more

July 2006: Basically, just testing the whole "embed Google video in LiveJournal" action. more

August 2006: Granted, my office is air conditioned, but the heat just makes me lethargic. more

September 2006: This is like custom-made porn for </a></b></a>[info]brian81773. more

October 2006: Matt:I played in that place in band camp more

November 2006: So I get this email this morning, from "Gary" at the Diversey Rock and Bowl. more

December 2006: Happy birthday to Kevin! more

Man, my LJ was boring last year.

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This is kind of cool. It's from a site that theoretically figures things out about you based upon which pictures you prefer.

Give it a try to see how well you know me?

http://www.likebetter.com

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This is all the fault of [info]missreagan ...

[info]mattstratton's Halloween party:


adara9 didn't even show up and doesn't get any candy.

alcippe dressed as Kurt Cobain.

artemitis dressed as a new superhero: Dynamo Flea.

atalanta74 dressed as a hooker.

babybear8200 dressed as Benjamin Harrison, though it looked more like a pirate.

bashbaby dressed as a new member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Excessive Conqueror.

beckto gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as a vampire.

belcanto88 dressed as a data entry secretary.

berrylicious877 dressed as the Earl of Stockton.

blueswench dressed as a Level 11 sorcerer.

brian81773 forgot to put on clothes!

bridgealicious dressed as a disturbing self-made character called "Doofus Tofubuns".

clitorisorusrex dressed as LeAnn Rimes.

darlyn dressed as the President of Macau.

davelippy dressed as a new superhero: Squirrel Bee.

devon_hague dressed as a third baseman for the Giants.

divajess dressed as Shakira.

dixiebelle dressed as a eagle.

djcrash dressed as a new superhero: Wing Flash.

djlarkin forgot to put on clothes!

dreaminsound dressed as the spirit of their dead grandmother Valerie.

drewfansler dressed as a zombie.

e1i gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as a substitute software reinstaller.

emmysue4you dressed as a substitute paper pusher.

fashionarcade dressed as a stiff dissipation, though it looked more like a towel.

fnf_anya dressed as a bottle of Acktemoias.

fricki dressed as the Governor of Pennsylvania.

fuzzygerdes dressed as Trent Reznor.

glassnickels dressed as Elton John's grandmother.

glitterlisa didn't even show up and doesn't get any candy.

gravytation dressed as Emeril Lagasse's uncle, and it suited them disturbingly well.

great_dame dressed as the love child of Al Gore and Madonna.

grumpyoldhepcat dressed as Martha Stewart.

heavymetalsushi dressed as the love child of Michael Jordan and Kirsten Dunst, and it suited them disturbingly well.

hepkitten65000 didn't even show up and doesn't get any candy.

hypr_chik dressed as the Duke of Taranza.

ibdreamy dressed as your grandmother.

jervo dressed as Anna Nicole Smith.

jivinjoules gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as Winona Ryder.

jodiemim dressed as a fullback for the Eagles.

jphilli1 dressed as Dr. Crusher from "Star Trek".

kathy_skadoo dressed as Abraham Lincoln.

kendokamel dressed as a resolution, though it looked more like a kicker for the Chargers.

khirya dressed as a character from Harry Potter and the Coalition of the Goblet.

kitkatlj dressed as a witch.

kneemow dressed as something direct, but what, specifically, you can't tell.

krisdance dressed as the main character of "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith".

lagoedde23 dressed as the Earl of Hickupe, though it looked more like something quiet, but what, specifically, you can't tell.

larrykang dressed as Martin Van Buren.

lemonly dressed as a character from "Almost Famous".

lilieblue dressed as a elk.

lindybsnist didn't even show up and doesn't get any candy.

lindyflash dressed as a discount.

lindytrollop dressed as a diplomat from Tanzania.

lindze dressed as Optimus Prime.

liv_e_uh forgot to put on clothes!

lordjulius dressed as a eagle.

m_is_for_meg dressed as Guy Pearce.

michael_lucid dressed as Carrie-Anne Moss riding a camel.

missreagan dressed as a hooker.

misterctodd dressed as Drew Barrymore.

momarkelz dressed as a resolute widow.

mr_fredo dressed as a second baseman for the Giants.

mr_kickass dressed as a easy vampire.

mteson dressed as a KellyDot Com, Incorporated employee.

nandoasti didn't even show up and doesn't get any candy.

netski55 dressed as a disturbing self-made character called "Greasy Stinkerhiney".

nuitfaerie dressed as the spirit of their dead grandmother Amelia.

nuprinz dressed as a Level 10 sorcerer.

physibeth dressed as the Duke of Remipella.

pokealex forgot to put on clothes!

punkinpea dressed as a tasty witch.

rachakate dressed as a lampshade.

rachbee dressed as a diplomat from Georgia.

rickimsears dressed as Wesley Crusher from "Star Trek".

rmaltempo dressed as Viggo Mortensen.

robertajean dressed as Herbert Hoover.

rollick dressed as a 1960's hippie child.

scamdog dressed as a new member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Visual Enchanter.

scrapplequeen dressed as Jennifer Garner.

shadow00cat dressed as a bottle of Saraata.

shanabanana dressed as the Foreign Power Ranger.

snagglepuddlian dressed as Mary-Kate Olsen with her very own conjoined Ashley.

starrynytes4me dressed as a cup of tea.

stephaniekaye dressed as a character from Harry Potter and the Dwarf of Akron.

suchagirliegirl dressed as Colin Powell.

sunshine78 dressed as Will Smith.

sveltebunny dressed as Darth Vader.

swifty0682 dressed as the Governor of Louisiana.

swingchickie dressed as your sister.

swingdoc dressed as Alex Rodriguez riding a camel.

swingfeline dressed as the Straw Power Ranger.

t_diggity dressed as Master Shake.

tall_jade dressed as a Level 5 wizard, and it suited them disturbingly well.

tavist dressed as a U&O General Store employee.

tdj gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as someone who just had sex (and probably just did, too).

the_cook dressed as a ghost.

theda forgot to put on clothes!

themonkey dressed as Hurricane Erica.

theprotagonist5 dressed as your grandfather.

thesignet dressed as Geraldo Rivera.

tigerworm dressed as something swift, but what, specifically, you can't tell.

tinymich dressed as Ted Williams.

tjmweb dressed as the Marquis of Blackfield.

vintagedancer dressed as a linebacker for the Redskins.

vintagestitches dressed as a 1990's grunge child.

vsb dressed as a new member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Erratic Contender.

xetra dressed as Dan Brown's cousin.

yes_she_does dressed as Optimus Prime.

zerbie dressed as the love child of Harrison Ford and Queen Elizabeth.


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My Personality
Neuroticism
97
Extraversion
25
Openness To Experience
42
Agreeableness
7
Conscientiousness
3
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You are introverted, reserved, and quiet with a preference for solitude and solitary activities. Your socializing tends to be restricted to a few close friends. You can be easily upset, even by what people consider the normal demands of living. People consider you to be sensitive and emotional. A desire for tradition does not prevent you from trying new things. Your thinking is neither simple nor complex. To others you appear to be a well-educated person but not an intellectual. People see you as tough, critical, and uncompromising and you have less concern with others' needs than with your own. You like to live for the moment and do what feels good now. Your work tends to be careless and disorganized.

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