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Interests: Fresh strawberries, curly hair, sunny days, making things grow, languages, people, kids, and, of course, Andrew
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| From my sister:
Snuffleupagus
You scored 56% Organization, 55% abstract, and 52% extroverted! | | This test measured 3 variables. First, this test measured how organized you are. Some muppets like Cookie Monster make big messes, while others like Bert are quite anal about things being clean. Second, this test measured if you prefer a concrete or an abstract viewpoint. For the purposes of this test, concrete people are considered to gravitate more to mathematical and logical approaches, whereas abstract people are more the dreamers and artistic type. Third, this test measured if you are more of an introvert or an extrovert.By definition, an introvert concentrates more on herself and anextrovert focuses more on others. In this test an introvert wassomebody that either tends to spend more time alone or thinks moreabout herself. You are somewhat organized, both concrete and abstract, and both introverted and extroverted. I bet you didn't think you were Snuffleupagus. Let's find out why. You are both somewhat organized. You have a goodidea where you put things and you probably keep your place reasonablyclean. You aren't totally obsessed with neatness though. AlloyiusSnuffleupagus (and all Snuffleupagus') is not sloppy by nature, but hemoves so incredibly slowly that it is impossible for him to be totallyorganized.
You both are about equally concrete and abstract thinkers. You have agood balance in your life. You know when to be logical at times, butyou also aren't afraid to explore your dreams and desires... withinlimits of course. Snuffy generally has very basic interests, but heexplores his abstract sensitive side when he plays his snuffleflute.
You both are somewhat introverted. Originally Snuffleupagus was veryshy and was only Big Bird's invisible friend. However as he has aged hehas started to build new friendships with new characters. Like Snuffy,you probably like to have some time to yourself. However, you doappreciate spending time with your friends, and you aren't scared ofsocial situations. The other possible characters are
Oscar the Grouch
Big Bird
Cookie Monster
Ernie
Elmo
Kermit the Frog
Grover
The Count
Guy Smiley
Bert If you enjoyed this test, I would love the feedback! Also if you wantto tell me your favorite Sesame Street character, I can total them upand post them here. Perhaps your choice will win! |  |
My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: | You scored higher than 51% on Organization | | You scored higher than 63% on concrete-abstra | | You scored higher than 31% on intro-extrovert |
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| I love growing things. My latest kick is my pumpkin plants. I've been learning all kinds of cool things about them.
There
are two kinds of pumpkin flowers that bloom: the male flower with the
plant
sperm, and the female flower with the plant eggs. Yes, I know those are
the wrong words for plants, but bear with me here. The female flower
has
a little baby pumpkin at the base, but unless she gets fertilized, she
won't grow. The flowers only bloom for a day, though, and then they
die.
Well, I was out there tonight, and I saw that there were
3 or 4 flowers on my two plants- but none of them had a baby pumpkin at
the base. That's weird, isn't it? So I came to the lab and looked up
pumpkins. And get this. The pumpkin starts putting out only male
flowers at first to attract pollinators like bees. Then when the female
flowers start blooming in a few days (along with more male flowers),
the bees will already be coming to the pumpkin plants, and the baby
pumpkins will get pollinated! How freaking cool is that?
By the way, I think plants are amazing.
And
my marigolds are doing incredibly well. I think they're annuals, which
means they only bloom for one season and die. And I think they're
suffering water stress, because I read that when annuals suffer water
stress, they'll bloom profusely. Which is what they're doing. But still! I have a few plants that
probably have between 50-75 flowers on EACH plant. They're all
different, too. Some of them are bright orange, and some are bright
yellow. Some are deep red. Some are pale yellow, and fluffy-looking,
and some have flat petals like a daisy. Some are striped yellow and
black; some start out deep orangey-red and mature to a coppery color.
They're perfect fall flowers.
I <3 my garden. /nerd! | | |
| Hi Heather!
That's all.
I love you, sis!
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| On fingers and front doorsMy first advice is to not slam your middle finger into a front door.
Not only will this make you want to cry, but your typing speed will be
greatly diminished. The rest of your hand may or may not go cold as the
blood rushes past the rest of your fingers to the tip of your middle
finger, causing it to swell and turn an impressive shade of bright red.
You may notice a bright purple splotch under the fingernail right away,
and as you watch, the rest of the nail will darken. At this point you
will vainly wonder if said nail will fall off, which would be sad. Some
may suggest cold water or ice. These will cause you to be able to bite
holes in steel from the pain. Also: ow. | | |
| It's been a long freakin' time since I updated here. Actually, the only
reason I wanted to update now is because Chris Tyler is on xanga, and
that made me happy. *wave* Hi Chris; I am a very poor updater, but I
will read your posts faithfully =D
Now that I'm here, I should write about at least one thing. One of our
elders this morning preached an amazing sermon on the relationship
between the church and the government. One of his points was that the
church and the government exist for very different purposes. The
church's role in the world is to offer mercy and compassion.
Governments exist to provide order and enforce laws. The two should not
be confused, and we should especially not depend on the government to
provide mercy. The response to Hurricane Katrina was a great example of
this. And when the government failed spectacularly, the church did open its doors and people found help there.
He also said that a government can only last as long as the people
under it are moral people. Because a hundred years ago, most people had
a little thing called a "conscience" to keep them from looting a
Wal-mart when a city is submerged. That's the internal check. The
government provides the external checks. But when the internal checks
are abandoned, the government has to keep providing more and more
external ones, and you can kiss freedom goodbye.
This sermon has really been affecting the way I see the world - the gay
rights movement, abortion, wars, oil; everything. I hope I am able to
do something to keep our country from collapsing in its own horrific
squallor, like the Roman Empire did.
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