A few Questions

Taken from Inside The Actor’s Studio. This is one of my favorite quizzes. I think it gives some good insight into people, when they choose to answer it honestly — even if not seriously. 🙂 And the cool thing is, the answers could change from day to day, depending on what one’s mood is, where they are in life, and what new things they’ve discovered in life.

What’s your favorite word?
I think this is one that changes from week to week, perhaps even daily. Right now it’s "integral".

What’s your least favorite word?
Again, it changes often. Right now I think its "organic".

What turns you on, creatively, spiritually, or emotionally?
Music. Listening to it or mixing it. People who are authentic, not playing at being something or someone. Hanging out with my friends (all of whom are very creative). Lively conversation.

What turns you off?
Cliches of the day and people who use them. I’ve been around long enough to have heard many pop-culture and church-culture words and phrases go in and out of fashion. And I’ve never liked it. One person comes up with an idea, or a new way of defining something, and it is great and wonderful and powerful. And soon everyone is using that definition or idea to describe a great many things that its originator never intended it for. It becomes a watered down shell of its original self. I hate that. Nothing turns me off faster.

What sound do you love?
Laughter! Especially a baby’s or child’s joyful laughter.

What sound do you hate?
Ringing telephones. ugh.

What profession, other than your own, would you like to attempt?
Oh, so many… Astronomer, archeologist or paleontologist, something in organizational communications or human resources, recording engineer/producer; to name a few off the top of my head…

What profession would you NOT want to participate in?
Dentistry. I have a good friend who’s a pediatric dentist and I just can’t understand it. Sticking my fingers in someone else’s mouth?? Ewwww….

What’s your favorite curse word?
shit — which for some reason seems to be a really bad word to say here in the South. In LA, it was incredible tame, and unoriginal, compared to what I heard on a daily basis. I never knew the f-word could be joined with so many other words and used in so many various ways…. Here, I’ve noticed, sometimes people will even whisper "shit" rather than say it aloud. Very different.

If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you get there?
"What took you so long?" (with a twinkle in His eye, of course) because no matter what will have happened between now and that moment, no matter how hard or how easy "death" was, I’ll be ready for a good laugh.

Sacramental

sac·ra·men·tal adj. – Consecrated or bound by or as if by a sacrament; consecrated; anointed

This was a fun little quiz. Take it yourself and let me know what your results are.


You scored as Sacrament model. Your model of the church is Sacrament. The church is the effective sign of the revelation that is the person of Jesus Christ. Christians are transformed by Christ and then become a beacon of Christ wherever they go. This model has a remarkable capacity for integrating other models of the church.

Sacrament model

95%

Mystical Communion Model

78%

Servant Model

39%

Herald Model

39%

Institutional Model

11%

What is your model of the church? [Dulles]
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“Hidden” Talent

Your Hidden Talent
You have the power to persuade and influence others.
You’re the type of person who can turn a whole room around.
The potential for great leadership is there, as long as you don’t abuse it.
Always remember, you have a lot more power over people than you might think!
Your Hidden Talent
You have the natural talent of rocking the boat, thwarting the system.
And while this may not seem big, it can be.
It’s people like you who serve as the catalysts to major cultural changes.
You’re just a bit behind the scenes, so no one really notices.

Don’t…

…rent a nice, new car for a long weekend trip if your car is old and run-down. Especially when you’re likely to spend most of your time in the car. Trust me on this. You’ll end up lusting after a new car and really disliking your old one. Not the best way to end a great weekend.

Man, do I want a new car!!!!

Color Me… Moderate??

Wow. I knew I wasn’t an ultra-conservative. But I never thought I’d score so close to moderate… interesting. Take it yourself and see what you think. And then come back here and post your results. I’d love to see ’em!

Your Political Profile

Overall: 60% Conservative, 40% Liberal
Social Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Ethics: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Email Funnies

My friend Cathy sent me these questions and and answers given in courthouses all over the country. They are from a book called, "Disorder in the American Courts," and, as the email says, "are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place."

Perhaps you’ve gotten this email. If so, feel free to skip this post… But this email gave me a good laugh and I thought I’d share that with you…. so here are my favorites:

Q: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?
A: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
______________________________________

Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
______________________________________

Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
______________________________________

Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A: Yes.
Q: And what were you doing at that time?
______________________________________

Q: She had three children, right?
A: Yes.
Q: How many were boys?
A: None.
Q: Were there any girls?
______________________________________

Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
______________________________________

And the best one yet….

Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.

Half Your Age Plus Seven

This is interesting. I hadn’t heard of the Half Your Age Plus Seven rule before.

If Your Age is 39:         26.5 to 64
If Your Age is 40:         27 to 66

I’d always felt that 10 years was the breaking point for age-difference in relationships. Any more than that and you start getting into serious generation gaps.

For most of my life I wanted to marry someone my age or older. I never considered marrying someone younger. Not until my friend Holly began encouraging me to marry someone younger, based on her experiences with her then boyfriend-now husband, Erik. did I ever entertain the thought. Now I think it would be very refreshing to marry someone younger. Heck, I wouldn’t mind just dating someone younger….. Heck I wouldn’t mind just dating….

At any rate, I certainly ain’t gonna marry no 60-something year olds. I can’t even see myself with a 50-something — even if he were Richard Dean Anderson, who’s somewhere around 54.

Well… okay… I would marry Ricky Dean…
….I mean, look at him. Who can resist this!

HI-Q

I took an IQ test from Tickle.com It was longer than I expected, but I eventually got through it, Sometimes I just didn’t even bother trying to figure out the answer… like with one question about two people going in opposite directions and how far apart would they be — blah, blah, blah. A mathemetician I’m not, soooo I just didn’te even bother.  I guessed. But check out my results! Pretty cool, nonetheless.

Congratulations, Lu!
Your IQ score is 120

This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others.

Your Intellectual Type is Word Warrior. This means you have exceptional verbal skills. You can easily make sense of complex issues and take an unusually creative approach to solving problems. Your strengths also make you a visionary. Even without trying you’re able to come up with lots of new and creative ideas. And that’s just a small part of what we know about you from your test results.

But I had no idea what these numbers meant, so I went a-huntin’ on google and came up with  this:

Intelligence testing is a form of psychological testing of an individual’s capacity to learn and deal effectively with his/her environment. IQ (intelligence quotient) is the score of an intelligence test.
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale is the most widely used individually administered intelligence test (IQ test) for adults. It comprises of 11 subtests made up of six verbal subtests and five performance subtests. It yields three IQ (intelligence quotient) scores: Verbal Scale IQ, Performance Scale IQ, and Full Scale IQ. A scale for children ages 5 through 15 years is called WISC — Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and a scale for children ages 4 to 6* years is called WPPSI–Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence. Classification of Intelligence according to IQ scores….   

Normal
90 to 110

Bright normal
110 to 120

Superior
120 to 130

Very superior
130 and above

Cool! I scored on the border of "Bright Normal" and "Superior". Another site I found said, "One could reasonably equate "bright normal" with "smart," and "very superior" with "genius."

Wow. I just might be on the cusp of "genius". Of course, this is just from an internet test, but still…. makes me feel pery darn good about myself. 🙂