2009-03-11 15:22 | Gwar.
I took the Typealyzer quiz-thing for this blog. Results:
The analysis indicates that the author of http://axisofevil.net/~xtina/blog/ is of the type:
ISTP – The Mechanics
The Mechanics enjoy working together with other independent and highly skilled people and often like seek fun and action both in their work and personal life. They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters.
I always test out as ISTP, so this entertains me. As does the part where I can't tell the gender of the person here.
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2008-07-22 10:27 | Anti-homophobia list.
tigtog at Hoyden About Town reposts this list:
Notice: To all those who think Homophobia is wrong and want to fight for a better future for our gay and lesbian friends, please repost this:
- I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.
- I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.
- I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.
- We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.
- I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.
- I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.
- I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.
- I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.
- We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.
- I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.
- I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.
- I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.
- I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.
- I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.
- I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.
- I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.
- I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I did not have to always deal with society hating me.
- I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.
- I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.
- I am the person who is afraid of telling his loving Christian parents he loves another male.
Re-post this if you believe homophobia is wrong. Please do your part to end it.
2007-12-31 11:28 | What Privilege Do You Have?
This list is based on an exercise that is copyrighted by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University.
Bolding the ones that apply to me. Italics are ones I'm not sure of. My comments are underneath the bullet-item.
- Father went to college.
- Father finished college.
You know, I don't think so, but I'm not sure. He sure hadn't by the time I was about 24, so. - Mother went to college.
I remember barely seeing her, as she worked during the day, then went to night school. - Mother finished college.
- Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor.
- Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers.
I couldn't possibly say. Maybe the same? Most likely not higher? - Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.
- Had more than 500 books in your childhood home.
Mmm, science fiction forever. - Were read children's books by a parent.
- Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18.
I'm fairly certain I had speech lessons, as I had a stutter-or-lisp. Not sure that counts, but I'm listing it. - Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18.
- The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively.
W-ell, we're sort of portrayed neutrally. (Think Roseanne, more for dynamics than for class, but still.) I suppose that could translate to positively, given the current culture. - Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18.
I did have a bank account, but that doesn't count, I don't think. Does it? - Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs.
- Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs.
- Went to a private high school.
- Went to summer camp.
- Had a private tutor before you turned 18.
- Family vacations involved staying at hotels.
- Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18.
- Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them.
Absolutely not. My first car was a shitty Dodge Daytona, bought for $100 because it wouldn't start. I miss it. - There was original art in your house when you were a child.
- Had a phone in your room before you turned 18.
I had a pager, that I bought myself…? - You and your family lived in a single family house.
Townhouse first, then a "real" 5-bedroom house. - Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home.
- You had your own room as a child.
My sister and I shared a room until I was in my late teens, from what I recall, so I'm not sure how much this goes for. - Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course.
I did take the SAT, but the extent of my prepping was reading whatever guide came with it. - Had your own TV in your room in High School.
I had one when I was younger than that, but it was a shitty 6"-screen black-and-white job. - Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College.
- Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16.
- Went on a cruise with your family.
- Went on more than one cruise with your family.
- Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up.
- You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family.
I was unaware of the cost of anything, as a kid.
Apparently, one would, for that original exercise, take a step forward for each bolded item. I would have taken 9 steps forward, and then held up the exercise another 6 times while I clarified what the exercise-givers meant.
2007-04-23 16:39 | Masculine/Feminine Quiz
Elsewhere, I found a link to The Gender Genie. I plugged in the text of my most recent blog posts (only my text, not quoted text), which is precisely what happens when I'm waiting for data to be imported into SQL.
The results of copy-pasting all text that wasn't a quote or a bit of geek code or a bit of knitting instructions are:
Words: 4258
Female Score: 5411
Male Score: 6726
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
*snickersnort*
