Another Blogthings Quiz

Your Personality Is Like Acid

A bit wacky, you're very difficult to predict. One moment you're in your own little happy universe... And the next, you're on a bad trip to your own personal hell!

What Drug Is Your Personality Like?

Well, that last bit is cheerful, huh?

But if you lose, the devil gets your clothes

Growing up on the edge of Appalachia, I had a knee-jerk anti-country music bias. I thought of it as mostly music for ignorant hillbilly types, and since I continually felt the need to prove that wasn't me I basically rejected anything that smacked of country.

There were a few exceptions (and the list has grown over the years), like I adored the Coal Miner's Daughter movie. It always made my meemaw cry. And there was Devil Went Down to Georgia. It's a ridiculous song, as is hilariously pointed out in this article from McSweeney's. But by the end of the song, I can't help singing along with "I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the best that's ever been." And when it gets the radio edit ("son of a gun") I always get irate.

But check out that picture. Yeah, I can see why I didn't want to be associated with that kind of fashion.

I haven’t brought this up, but since no one is actually reading this thing yet no one from work will know before I want to tell them (I hope).

I’ve been studying for the LSAT and thinking about going back to school (again!). I don’t really want to be a full-time student again; I’m actually quite bad at that because I get lazy and waste much too much time. I often react to stress by avoiding action until it’s almost unavoidable or until it’s scarier or more painful to do nothing, a bad habit that grad school just exacerbated. It has taken years to get past it and I don’t want to move backward on that. Plus, how would I make any headway cleaning up my credit/getting out of debt if I quit my job?

Luckily there’s a really good law school here in Seattle that does a part-time/evening program (not Big U, which only does a fulltime program – boo!). I’ve been talking to several good friends about becoming a lawyer, and just recently sat down with a lawyer and retired judge who I know through work. Once we got through the official work-related reasons for the meeting, I asked him some questions about law school, particularly about this part-time program and if he thinks I’m too old to start this. He was so supportive! He even told me that the current head of the Seattle Bar Association didn’t start law school until she was older than I am now. Lovely to hear when the guide to law school books say things like "average age of entering student to law school X is 24."

Anyway, so I’m sitting here tonight (on a Friday night) studying for the LSAT. Okay with occasional breaks for Sci-Fi Friday and my new resolution to blog more frequently. These logic puzzles are a bitch! I’m wait-listed to take the LSAT at the end of the month and frankly I almost hope I have to wait ‘til December for a seat so I can get better at these little monsters!

ps. the above cartoon was found on the very funny blog The L Word: Law School and Life

You Are a Lemon Cake

Strong, sexy, and overpowering. You know who you are, and you're not afraid to show the world your fabulous self. You're confident, charming, and extremely popular.

What Kind of Cake Are You?

Hmm, I'm not sure this is right -- I took the quiz and there are several ways I could have answered differently. I may actually be chocolate cake. Oh well, all cake is good. And quizzes are always fun.

My friend Greg used to work for a company in SF that made online quizzes. My favorite that he did is "What kind of Dog are you?" I was a Bernese Mountain Dog which at the time I thought was not so flattering but I think it actually helped land me a job. I had a job interview soon after taking the quiz -- it turns out my potential boss was a big dog person and loves BMDs, so when I joked about it to her she figured I was the type to work hard and loyally. :)

Also, apparently it's a cake-themed day, because my iPod randomly chose Cake's Hem of Your Garment when I got on the bus this morning.

New (Old) Must See TV

I'm slow on this news, but it appears I will have to put Desperate Housewives back on my fall tv watch list. The luscious Nathan Fillion will be moving to Wisteria Lane this season. Apparently, since that space cowboy career didn't quite work out, Nathan is now portraying sexy gynecologists exclusively (as he did in the excellent Waitress). As a woman, I am wholeheartedly behind the fantasy of the sexy OBGYN but I'm kind of surprised that DH creator Marc Cherry can figure out women quite that thoroughly.

I refuse to watch the end of last season to catch -- I'll just grab the recaps at Television Without Pity. Last year I stopped watching at about the time Carlos got Gabby pregnant against her wishes. Not funny my friends. Plus Terri Hatcher is seriously too fake-tanned and botoxed.

Also, isn't Dana Delany too old to play Nathan's wife? Not that I'm anti-cougar or anything but it just seems a little off. I guess we'll see.

Well, the vacation was wonderful but now a distant memory. Maybe shorter entries means I'll get them done?

In any case, one highlight of the first part of vacation was some of the most unusual (and best!) ice cream I've ever had. Chocolate and lavendar flavored ice cream at Elevated Ice Cream in Port Townsend, Washington. I'm trying to figure out when I can go back with an ice-filled cooler (They have quarts for take-out and there are lots of other great flavors to try. I'm thinking the cardamom for next time).

It's like Wallace Stevens said "The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream." I have no idea what that means, but I love it! :)