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May. 10th, 2003 09:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
egypturnashWoke up, got out of bed. Started netting for a while. I was in the living room pondering my books for a book-recommendation response I wrote in ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kattything's lj when the alarm clock went off. "Nyyyaarrrgggh,' I groaned. Or something to that effect. a low, unhappy noise. Almost exactly the same one I make when the alarm drags me from dreams.
Since it's going around, and I really don't want to get up and go to work, yet must, I goofed off by doingpostvixen's fluorescence test. My tally (including a few half-points here and there) is about 42% fluorescent.
Have you ever...
1) ...roleplayed? Yes.
2) ...roleplayed without rules? Yes.
3) ...had an imaginary friend? No.
4) Do you still have an imaginary friend? No.
5) ...been regularly called by the name of one of your characters? Yes. How many of the people I know via online venues even know my real name?
6) ...joked that you are something nonhuman? Yes.
7) ...seriously suggested that you are something nonhuman? No.
8) ...daydreamed? Yes.
9) ...slept just for fun, to see what sort of dreams you'd have? Only if waking up on a weekend, then going back to sleep, counts.
10) ...had a dissociative or multiple personality episode, or a hallucination? No.
11) ...created your own world? Sorta. I've built worlds as backgrounds for story ideas; when you tend to come up with SF or fantasy stories, some amount of world-building is a given.
12) ...lived in a world you created? No.
13) ...brought others into a world you created? No.
14) ...felt like your own gender doesn't fit you? Yes.
15) ...talked to yourself? Yes. And argued. Like Alice (in Wonderland), I often give myself good advice, but refuse to listen to it.
16) ...talked to inanimate objects? Yes.
17) ...talked to plants or animals, with no humans around? No.
18) ...attempted magic, telepathy, kything, sincere prayer, or a similar non-rational method of making something wondrous happen in reality? No.
19) ...ever perceived a musical note as a color? No.
20) ...ever considered yourself to have a sense of wonder? Yes.
21) ...ever read for fun on a regular basis? As long as I can remember.
22) ...made up a game to entertain yourself or others? Edited rules of existing ones, but never from scratch.
23) ...shared so many catch phrases and in-jokes with your friends that you compiled your own dictionary? No. There are a few, but not enough to fill up a page of paper.
24) ...been creatively inspired? Yes.
25) ...felt so inspired you felt it as a physiological sensation? Nnno.
26) ...been struck by an idea in the middle of the night, so intense that you had to write it down? Yes.
27) ...been fascinated by shiny or glowy things? Yes. More shiny than glowy.
28) ...been distracted by a train of thought by something pretty? Probably.
29) ...used the DSM-IV as a checklist? No. (And I do know what DSM-IV is; I even referred to it in a conversation recently.)
30) ...cuddled with a stuffed animal, within the last year? No.
31) ...been curious about altered consciousness? Yes.
32) ...achieved altered consciousness without drugs? No.
33) ...had a lucid dream? No.
34) ...kept a dream journal? No.
35) ...kept a diary? Only if this Livejournal counts.
36) Were you an only child? Yes.
37) ...gotten angry because you realized something you desperately wanted was physically impossible in the real world? Hm. No.
38) ...been so moved by a work of fiction that you cried? Yes.
39) ...thought of yourself as an empath, literally or figuratively? No.
40) ...been described as an empath by somebody else, with no prompting from you? No.
41) ...seen something so beautiful that it was physically or emotionally painful? No.
42) ...written someone else a love letter? No. I wrote someone a not-love letter once, though.
43) ...crumpled up a love letter you wrote somebody before sending it? No.
44) ...been in love with a fictional character? No.
45) ...felt bliss for no logical reason? No.
46) ...thought you might have a soulmate? Yes.
47) ...spent all night talking with somebody you just met? Yes.
48) ...had severe depression for a month or longer? Yes, though it was a reaction to external forces.
49) ...seen a psychiatrist or therapist? Yes.
50) ...cut yourself deliberately? No.
51) ...had an irrational phobia? No.
52) ...spent more than ten minutes stargazing? No.
53) ...had a friend whose sentences you constantly finished, and who constantly finished yours? No.
54) Do you usually stare out the window and daydream on long cartrips? ("Only Child Syndrome") No; I usually read.
55) ...been polyamorous? No.
56) ...been a political idealist? Yes.
57) ...colored your hair a color not occurring in nature? Yes.
58) ...found somebody with unnaturally colored hair attractive? Oh yes.
59) ...been glittered? No.
60) ...dressed up for Halloween, within the last three years? No.
61) ...painted your face? No.
62) ...decided on the spur of the moment to undertake travel plans that took you more than 50 miles? No.
63) ...decided on the spur of the moment to undertake travel plans that took you more than 200 miles? No.
64) ...decided on the spur of the moment to undertake travel plans that took you more than 500 miles? No.
65) ...blown bubbles, within the last year? No.
66) ...been to a rave? No. I tend to avoid anything involving more than four people as a rule.
67) ...been disappointed by a rave or other "countercultural event" because it was too commercial or the people were too shallow? No. Unless a bad convention counts?
68) ...been "urban spelunking," going into parts of buildings where you had no practical business being? No.
69) ...fallen in love with a city? No.
70) ...called in sick just because it was too damned sunny to work? Yes.
71) ...skipped work or school in order to pursue a creative inspiration? No, sadly.
72) ...coined a new word that caught on with other people? No words, but I've coined a few phrases. The one I see the most right now is 'fridge art', and it gives me a little smile every time.
73) ...perpetrated a hoax? No.
74) ...been persuaded to change an important course of action by a piece of art or music or fiction? No.
75) ...shopped for yourself in a toy store since you turned eighteen? Yes.
76) ...lost sleep wondering if there is a God? No.
77) ...attended a pagan ritual? Yes.
78) ...made up your own religion? No.
79) ...seriously practiced a religion you made up yourself? No.
80) ...practiced a religion of your own invention with a group? No.
81) ...been told by the school principal or guidance counselor that "you're such a smart boy/girl, why don't you apply yourself?" Yes. Many times. They all gave up after a while.
82) ...been sent to the principal or guidance counselor for doing something WEIRD? Probably. Most of elementary and high school has been pushed far to the back of my mind.
83) ...had more older friends than friends your own age as a kid? Not sure.
84) ...had more younger friends than friends your own age as an adult? Yes.
85) ...used the word "mundane" as a pejorative? Yes.
86) ...hidden hobbies or habits from your friends because they'd think they were age- or gender-inappropriate? Yes.
87) ...been bullied on a regular basis? No.
88) ...been compared to one of the following comic strip characters: Calvin, Ozy, Millie, Linus, or Binkley? No.
89) ...been bored at work on a regular basis? Yes. Though it seems like my work may become extremely more interesting soon, perhaps on a permanent basis.
90) ...tried to explain an idea, hobby, lifestyle, or feeling to a friend or family member, and had to give up in frustration? Yes.
91) ...been a sci-fi or fantasy fan? Yes.
92) ...ever owned a blacklight? No.
93) ...gone into a toy store (a real toy store, like Kay-Bee or Toys R Us) in order to buy costuming equipment or fetish gear? No.
94) ...considered yourself bisexual or bicurious? Yes.
95) ...been into BDSM or any other non-vanilla sexual practices? Yes.
96) ...worn accoutrements of an alternative lifestyle into public areas among mundanes? No.
97) ...worn such accoutrements outside by accident, without realizing it? No.
98) ...roleplayed during sex? Yes.
99) ...been stoned? No.
100) ...woken up after being stoned and found things that you don't remember writing? No.
This doesn't surprise me; it fits with my snap judgment of the times she's described this flavor of personality - interesting, with some similarities to me, but not really me. Given the deep-sea influences in Peggy's design, perhaps 'bioluminescent' might fit me. *grin*
kattything's lj when the alarm clock went off. "Nyyyaarrrgggh,' I groaned. Or something to that effect. a low, unhappy noise. Almost exactly the same one I make when the alarm drags me from dreams.Since it's going around, and I really don't want to get up and go to work, yet must, I goofed off by doing
postvixen's fluorescence test. My tally (including a few half-points here and there) is about 42% fluorescent.Have you ever...
1) ...roleplayed? Yes.
2) ...roleplayed without rules? Yes.
3) ...had an imaginary friend? No.
4) Do you still have an imaginary friend? No.
5) ...been regularly called by the name of one of your characters? Yes. How many of the people I know via online venues even know my real name?
6) ...joked that you are something nonhuman? Yes.
7) ...seriously suggested that you are something nonhuman? No.
8) ...daydreamed? Yes.
9) ...slept just for fun, to see what sort of dreams you'd have? Only if waking up on a weekend, then going back to sleep, counts.
10) ...had a dissociative or multiple personality episode, or a hallucination? No.
11) ...created your own world? Sorta. I've built worlds as backgrounds for story ideas; when you tend to come up with SF or fantasy stories, some amount of world-building is a given.
12) ...lived in a world you created? No.
13) ...brought others into a world you created? No.
14) ...felt like your own gender doesn't fit you? Yes.
15) ...talked to yourself? Yes. And argued. Like Alice (in Wonderland), I often give myself good advice, but refuse to listen to it.
16) ...talked to inanimate objects? Yes.
17) ...talked to plants or animals, with no humans around? No.
18) ...attempted magic, telepathy, kything, sincere prayer, or a similar non-rational method of making something wondrous happen in reality? No.
19) ...ever perceived a musical note as a color? No.
20) ...ever considered yourself to have a sense of wonder? Yes.
21) ...ever read for fun on a regular basis? As long as I can remember.
22) ...made up a game to entertain yourself or others? Edited rules of existing ones, but never from scratch.
23) ...shared so many catch phrases and in-jokes with your friends that you compiled your own dictionary? No. There are a few, but not enough to fill up a page of paper.
24) ...been creatively inspired? Yes.
25) ...felt so inspired you felt it as a physiological sensation? Nnno.
26) ...been struck by an idea in the middle of the night, so intense that you had to write it down? Yes.
27) ...been fascinated by shiny or glowy things? Yes. More shiny than glowy.
28) ...been distracted by a train of thought by something pretty? Probably.
29) ...used the DSM-IV as a checklist? No. (And I do know what DSM-IV is; I even referred to it in a conversation recently.)
30) ...cuddled with a stuffed animal, within the last year? No.
31) ...been curious about altered consciousness? Yes.
32) ...achieved altered consciousness without drugs? No.
33) ...had a lucid dream? No.
34) ...kept a dream journal? No.
35) ...kept a diary? Only if this Livejournal counts.
36) Were you an only child? Yes.
37) ...gotten angry because you realized something you desperately wanted was physically impossible in the real world? Hm. No.
38) ...been so moved by a work of fiction that you cried? Yes.
39) ...thought of yourself as an empath, literally or figuratively? No.
40) ...been described as an empath by somebody else, with no prompting from you? No.
41) ...seen something so beautiful that it was physically or emotionally painful? No.
42) ...written someone else a love letter? No. I wrote someone a not-love letter once, though.
43) ...crumpled up a love letter you wrote somebody before sending it? No.
44) ...been in love with a fictional character? No.
45) ...felt bliss for no logical reason? No.
46) ...thought you might have a soulmate? Yes.
47) ...spent all night talking with somebody you just met? Yes.
48) ...had severe depression for a month or longer? Yes, though it was a reaction to external forces.
49) ...seen a psychiatrist or therapist? Yes.
50) ...cut yourself deliberately? No.
51) ...had an irrational phobia? No.
52) ...spent more than ten minutes stargazing? No.
53) ...had a friend whose sentences you constantly finished, and who constantly finished yours? No.
54) Do you usually stare out the window and daydream on long cartrips? ("Only Child Syndrome") No; I usually read.
55) ...been polyamorous? No.
56) ...been a political idealist? Yes.
57) ...colored your hair a color not occurring in nature? Yes.
58) ...found somebody with unnaturally colored hair attractive? Oh yes.
59) ...been glittered? No.
60) ...dressed up for Halloween, within the last three years? No.
61) ...painted your face? No.
62) ...decided on the spur of the moment to undertake travel plans that took you more than 50 miles? No.
63) ...decided on the spur of the moment to undertake travel plans that took you more than 200 miles? No.
64) ...decided on the spur of the moment to undertake travel plans that took you more than 500 miles? No.
65) ...blown bubbles, within the last year? No.
66) ...been to a rave? No. I tend to avoid anything involving more than four people as a rule.
67) ...been disappointed by a rave or other "countercultural event" because it was too commercial or the people were too shallow? No. Unless a bad convention counts?
68) ...been "urban spelunking," going into parts of buildings where you had no practical business being? No.
69) ...fallen in love with a city? No.
70) ...called in sick just because it was too damned sunny to work? Yes.
71) ...skipped work or school in order to pursue a creative inspiration? No, sadly.
72) ...coined a new word that caught on with other people? No words, but I've coined a few phrases. The one I see the most right now is 'fridge art', and it gives me a little smile every time.
73) ...perpetrated a hoax? No.
74) ...been persuaded to change an important course of action by a piece of art or music or fiction? No.
75) ...shopped for yourself in a toy store since you turned eighteen? Yes.
76) ...lost sleep wondering if there is a God? No.
77) ...attended a pagan ritual? Yes.
78) ...made up your own religion? No.
79) ...seriously practiced a religion you made up yourself? No.
80) ...practiced a religion of your own invention with a group? No.
81) ...been told by the school principal or guidance counselor that "you're such a smart boy/girl, why don't you apply yourself?" Yes. Many times. They all gave up after a while.
82) ...been sent to the principal or guidance counselor for doing something WEIRD? Probably. Most of elementary and high school has been pushed far to the back of my mind.
83) ...had more older friends than friends your own age as a kid? Not sure.
84) ...had more younger friends than friends your own age as an adult? Yes.
85) ...used the word "mundane" as a pejorative? Yes.
86) ...hidden hobbies or habits from your friends because they'd think they were age- or gender-inappropriate? Yes.
87) ...been bullied on a regular basis? No.
88) ...been compared to one of the following comic strip characters: Calvin, Ozy, Millie, Linus, or Binkley? No.
89) ...been bored at work on a regular basis? Yes. Though it seems like my work may become extremely more interesting soon, perhaps on a permanent basis.
90) ...tried to explain an idea, hobby, lifestyle, or feeling to a friend or family member, and had to give up in frustration? Yes.
91) ...been a sci-fi or fantasy fan? Yes.
92) ...ever owned a blacklight? No.
93) ...gone into a toy store (a real toy store, like Kay-Bee or Toys R Us) in order to buy costuming equipment or fetish gear? No.
94) ...considered yourself bisexual or bicurious? Yes.
95) ...been into BDSM or any other non-vanilla sexual practices? Yes.
96) ...worn accoutrements of an alternative lifestyle into public areas among mundanes? No.
97) ...worn such accoutrements outside by accident, without realizing it? No.
98) ...roleplayed during sex? Yes.
99) ...been stoned? No.
100) ...woken up after being stoned and found things that you don't remember writing? No.
This doesn't surprise me; it fits with my snap judgment of the times she's described this flavor of personality - interesting, with some similarities to me, but not really me. Given the deep-sea influences in Peggy's design, perhaps 'bioluminescent' might fit me. *grin*
no subject
Date: 2003-05-10 03:11 pm (UTC)And I got 82%.
And I thought I was a mundane guy.
47%
Date: 2003-05-10 05:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-11 03:40 pm (UTC)