Fellowship emails, RSVP, compromise, OK Cupid quizzes

This is a typical Fellowship-related email from Blasting Simperer: "Bible Study Outing Nights are important!!! You can reach out, share, encourage, and laugh together. Build beautiful Bible Study group memories that you will cherish. Do you want good memories? Go to your Outing Night. Say YES! I LOVE JESUS and I LOVE MY BIBLE STUDY GROUP! Go love each other and have loads of fun. Contact your dear sweet Bible Study group! Say YES, I am coming. I am so there!!!"

Hmm. While I have nothing against Bible Study Outing Nights (and certainly agree that they can be memorable sometimes), I can hear her silly over-the-top tone of voice if she were to say this to us instead of emailing us. At the same time, I realize that it's her way of talking and such, so eh. Not that I'd want to CHANGE it per se, but sometimes the simpering gets a bit much. Ah well...

Speaking of Bible Study, I was also thinking that the BS crew should have taken my Boston Pizza suggestion more seriously yesterday... but then I figured that if they make the sacrifice to come to Richmond (especially with gas prices how they are now), I can compromise and go a little bit beyond my usual milieu to the Cactus Club by bus. It's not like I won't have a ride home from the dessert place or wherever... besides, I love these friends of mine a lot. :) At least I was the FIRST to RSVP to her Bible Study email this time instead of the LAST... I don't need to talk to Eric later in the week as we usually do, heh.

Someone and I got into a "warm discussion" about that earlier in the year... those are simply the habits which work for Eric and me through many years of "Richmond Crew Friday plans on Thursday / Friday." Not because I don't want to RSVP (I always do), but it's easier to know what you'll be doing after a certain time on Friday if you make plans later in the week as opposed to earlier! :P


If the rest of this entry turns out to be a big thing of OK Cupid quizzes (and by "big," I mean more than 10 :P), you can blame Teunis for it. I suspect if that's the case, I'll be at church service tomorrow morning sitting by Jeremy or whoever, and thinking various non-charitable thoughts about the dude. :P However, I'll definitely give Andrea her birthday Bathroom Reader tomorrow if I see her long enough to do that. It's always crazy on Sundays with people going to a squillion meetings and whatnot...

Fool You scored -3 out of 42!

Look. Just don't breed, okay? Us competent folks have plenty of work to do without adding more drones to the pile.

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 0% on variable 1

Link: The Lazarus Long Test written by selenite on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

It's "we" competent folk... I think.

Not that bad You scored 41 in music taste!

Well, your music taste is probably not bad but you don't necessarily like the same music that I do. Sure, you like some good stuff, but you probably don't like the mainstream music. The closer your score is to 0, the less music taste you have. The closer it is to 112, the closer your taste is to mine.

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 12% on music taste

Link: The Music Taste Test written by ghettoxfabulous on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Hamlet You scored 18 evilness, 36 romance, 36 tragic, and 27 comic!

Philosophical procrastinator, Hamlet is among the greatest tragic characters ever created. In despair over his father's murder and his mother's marriage to his uncle, Hamlet discovers that his new stepfather and uncle is his father's killer. But Hamlet thinks about revenge too long, which costs him his life.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 53% on evilness You scored higher than 30% on romance You scored higher than 56% on tragic You scored higher than 5% on comic

Link: The Shakespeare Character Test written by mandi_g on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Ganga You scored 37 intellect, 29 prosperity, 20 sexuality, and 72 goodness!

Ganga's outstanding quality is that she is good. She is a river goddess - the goddess personified by the largest river in India, in fact. When the people of the world were left without water (long story why) she agreed to fall to earth as a great river, her impact softened by the hair of the god Shiva, to save humankind. Now the river she is said to inhabit is the most revered in India.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 7% on intellect You scored higher than 68% on prosperity You scored higher than 18% on sexuality You scored higher than 94% on goodness

Link: The Which Hindu Goddess Are You? Test written by mirchini on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Poet Smurf You are 16% Action Driven, 53% Interpersonal, 25% Street Smart, and 55% Artistic

This test measured 4 variables. First, this test measured if you place a higher value on words or actions. Both have their own advantages. For instance, a skilled negotiator and a skilled firefighter both save lives. Second, this test compared your intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligences. Simply put, intrapersonal intelligence means you understand yourself... while interpersonal intelligence means you understandothers. Third, this test measured if you are more book smart or street smart. Book smart people may be more interested in a variety of topics, while street smart people focus on the most relevant information. Smurfette is very street smart, while Poet Smurf is not. Fourth, this test measured if you prefer an artistic or functional approach to life. Artistic people may concentrate more on details and ambience, while functional people focus on if it works. In this case, Vanity Smurf would be considered Artistic... while Hefty Smurf just wants to lift stuff up. You are more word driven, more interpersonal, more book smart, and more artistic. Let's find out why you are Poet Smurf! Poet Smurf is obviously more interested in words than action. He spends most of his time just writing away. Like Poet Smurf, you understand the value of the pen. You understand that words can often be more effective than force. Your high interpersonal intelligence suggests that you know other people well. Poet Smurf loves sharing his masterpieces with others. You probably are more comfortable learning about something new instead of jumping right into it. Poet Smurf is so book smart oriented that his daydreaming often gets him into danger. Finally, he uses his writing to reveal his artistic side. Like Poet Smurf, you appreciate art / creativity / design. The 16 possible Smurf categories are... Lazy Smurf, Slouchy Smurfling, Hefty Smurf, Papa Smurf, Jokey Smurf, Grouchy Smurf, Sassette Smurfling, Grandpa Smurf, Handy Smurf, Dreamy Smurf, Painter Smurf, Poet Smurf, Baker Smurf, Vanity Smurf, Smurfette, Tailor Smurf Well we can't all be Papa Smurf or Smurfette, but I hope you enjoyed this test. Positive feedback is always appreciated. Thanks!

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 58% on functionl-artsy You scored higher than 1% on Words-Action You scored higher than 34% on Intra-Inter per You scored higher than 5% on Book-Strt Smart

Link: The Smurf Personality Test written by greencowsgomoo on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Perfect Score You scored 100% Knowledge and 0% Prejudice!

Wow. You either (a) know far too much about death and disaster or (b) know how to read a test. Furthermore, you were smart enough to figure out that, of these atrocities, only 9/11 involved Muslim male extremists. You are clearly smart enough to be wary of the hysteria of racial and / or religious profiling. Congratuations! This quiz originated as a parody of one (not seen on OKCupid) designed to justify racial and / or religious prejudice against Muslim men. This other quiz ignored all other forms of violence -- state sponsored, accidental, individual, whatever. The authors simply picked their data to argue their point, and ignored everything else. I got annoyed, and wrote (a previous version of) this quiz as a response. Note: Some dates, events, names and terminology are from Wikipedia.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 50% on Knowledge You scored higher than 0% on Prejudice

Link: The Know Your Killers Test written by grumpyacademic on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

For obvious reasons, this test was right up my alley. :D

Lawful Chaotic You scored 52 eclecticism, 44 normality, 56 antinormality, and 42 variablefour!

In the world of sauces, you are the spicy tangerine gravy. Moderately eclectic and antinormal, yet normal enough to be entered as a dish at the local state / county / municipal / nation-wide gathering/fair/sewage processing plant opening. Like Goldilocks, you're blonde and stole porridge from a family of bears, as well as breaking and entering.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 33% on eclecticism You scored higher than 44% on normality You scored higher than 38% on antinormality You scored higher than 50% on variablefour

Link: The Random Situational Eclecticism Test written by CanuckErrant on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Adequately Hygienic You scored 143 cleanliness!

You're kinda messy, but in a relatively normal sort of way. Even though you can be sloppy, you're not quite an outright slob. You do all right -- you're probably not bad at keeping up appearances around others out in public. But those who are familiar enough with you might say there's room for improvement. Perhaps a motivator might get you to make a little more effort. Somebody you'd want to make a good impression on, for instance. But then you'd likely just go back to your untidy habits again after awhile. Oh well...

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 8% on variable 1

Link: The Definitive Hygiene Test written by LeeLeo on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test