Zugenia's Procrastination Salon

Your result for The Find Your Philosophical Era! Test...

The Ancient

38% Ancient, 6% Medieval, 38% Modern and 19% Post-Modern!

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Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test ...
English Genius

You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 100% Expert!
You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!

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If I'd scored less, I obviously wouldn't have bothered to post this meme.

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This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:

* dead (4x)
* hell (3x)
* kill (2x)
* shithead (1x)


"Dead"? "Hell"?? Funny, I'd have thought it was this entry that did it...

And thank god I managed to get all seven in—though I'll have to work on my pride a bit. I blame grad school.

Your Deadly Sins

Envy: 80%

Lust: 80%

Gluttony: 60%

Greed: 40%

Sloth: 40%

Wrath: 40%

Pride: 20%

Chance You'll Go to Hell: 51%

You will die in a duel.

Harry Potter Personality Quiz by Pirate Monkeys Inc.

This is what you get for growing up in upstate New York: some cheeky internet quiz telling you you're actually midwestern.

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Inland North You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
The Northeast
Philadelphia
The Midland
The South
Boston
The West
North Central
What American accent do you have?

I'm still moving in, which means my space here hasn't really settled yet. But here are some images of the current state of things.

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In other news, I had my oil changed today and got hit on by the car guy. He asked for my digits, and I told him that I could give them to him but they were my boyfriend's digits too, so if we actually went out he'd have to go with both of us (technically not true; Z and I share many things, but a cell phone is not one of them), and he said, "Okay." When I reported this encounter back to Z, he said, "You did give him your digits, right?"

I confess that for the past couple of days I've been lurking about my friends' Where Were You Back Then and Photos of My Life memes, which are delightful. This morning I suddenly started to feel guilty and voyeuristic for not participating myself. Also, I'm very sleepy this morning (was rudely awakened by Z just as I was making guacamole in the library, and I can't wake up properly when interrupted at the dramatic climax of my dreams), and can't think of anything more original to write.

So, grendel031's Decades Gone By Meme:

30 years ago: Hmmm. Didn't exist quite yet.
20 years ago: A skinny kid in a suburb of Rochester, NY, about to turn 9. I had a boyfriend named Steven Sanfilippo, who was even skinnier than I was. For my birthday (one month later) my parents took me and Steven and a few other friends to a Red Wings game, and I had a baseball-shaped cake.
10 years ago: Working as an intern in the editing department of Avon Cosmetics in midtown Manhattan, earning money for my impending junior year abroad at Oxford. I had a boyfriend named B.B., who was even skinnier than I was. We lived in the living room of a 1-bedroom apartment on St. Mark's Place occupied by his surly older sister. She only tolerated us because her parents paid her rent and they said she had to.
Now: Settling into Fayetteville, AR, about to start my first tenure-track job as a professor of English. I have a boyfriend named Z, who is not quite as skinny as I am. He is secretly sulking because I said I'd be ready to go to the library and get some work done by now and I'm not. But even when he's annoyed with me beause I wake up late and tired and cranky and then I waste time on my LJ when I should be getting dressed, he still comes by and refreshes my coffee cup.

OK, and for the photo meme, tell me to take and display pictures of stuff that's not, like, my naked butt, and I will.

How many times has someone on your friends list posted about something and you were really confused, but you didn't want to ask because you knew you SHOULD know?

How many times have you felt 'guilty' asking a close LJ friend a question that should be 'obvious'?

Well, here's your chance. If you've missed a few things, missed an entry and are confused, ask me anything.

Even something EXTREMELY basic, like where I live! I'm not allowed to get even slightly irritated at any of the questions - we've all missed things before. In turn, though, you must repost this in your own journal.

zugenia Arsonist to the stars

'What will your business card say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

On my first try. Hee.

Which Rock Chick Are You?

They better be talkin' the old-school, Ask For It, Live Through This, messed-up-lipstick-torn-babydoll-dresses-and-a-whole-lotta-mad-girl-kick-ass Courtney Love that hooked Kurt Cobain, and not the plastic monstrosity she's recently become.

You are a Theory Slut. The true elite of the
postmodernists, you collect avant-garde
Indonesian hiphop compilations and eat journal
articles for breakfast. You positively live
for theory. It really doesn't matter what
kind, as long as the words are big and the
paragraph breaks few and far between.


What kind of postmodernist are you!?
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Everyone should do this one. I laughed so hard I nearly hurt myself.

( My humor style )

I'm meme-ing because I should be working. Seriously, you have no idea how much work I have to do. And I have to watch the premiere of Surface at 8, too. I'm a busy, busy woman.

20 Random Facts About Me: A List

1. I have atrocious eyesight. I can't see anything beyond a few inches without my glasses or contacts.
2. I ate avocado for the first time in college.
3. I like my hamburgers and steaks obscenely rare.
4. When "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys comes on, as it did a minute ago on iTunes, I sing along. Every time.
5. I like nature, but not when it's, like, crawling on me or biting me. I guess I like nature on TV.
6. When I was a kid, and people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would always say "a naturalist." I wanted to be Jane Goodall, but with lions instead of chimps.
7. In my senior high school yearbook, I was voted "Most Likely to Leave Behind a Trail of Male Suicide Victims."
8. I can be a real bitch when I'm under-caffeinated or over-intoxicated.
9. I'm ridiculously nice most of the time, otherwise.
10. I'll never apologize for voting for Nader in 2000, but I never considered voting for him in 2004.
11. I probably drink too much wine by American standards, but not by French ones, so I don't worry about it.
12. I qualified for the Providence Poetry Slam semifinals 3 times, but never made the team. I now think poetry slam is largely uninteresting. I have also been paid to read poetry on several occasions.
13. I worry constantly that I don't know enough to do what I do for a living.
14. I also worry quite a lot that I used to be much smarter than I am now.
15. I eat lemons like oranges. I rarely eat oranges at all.
16. I can't stand cheese, with the exception of melted or fresh mozzarella. The smell of Mac & Cheese makes me queasy.
17. I was born in Taipei.
18. I cry when I get frustrated in arguments, so I avoid arguing with people.
19. I was an accomplished oboist in high school.
20. When I was younger, I thought I'd have a baby at age 28. I'm 28 now, and I'm not having one any time soon.

According to the meme gods:

( On the one hand, I'm... )

( On the other, I'm... )

I'm quite pleased with my Leading Man designation. In fact, I believe I'll go buy that Thin Man box set I've been thinking about.

Courtesy of bountifulpots:

Pick 10 fictional characters you'd have sex with and then tag 5 friends.

1. Spike from Buffy
2. Greg from CSI
3. Legolas from The Lord of the Rings
4. Warrick from CSI
5. Amy from The West Wing
6. Dickon from the musical The Secret Garden (he's older in the musical, so it's not sick)
7. Mina Harker from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (the comic, not the movie)—yes, I know Mina is technically "from" Dracula, but I want the one from the comic, okay? Okay.
8. Mr. Chow from In the Mood for Love
9. Giles from Buffy
10. Zorro, particularly if played by Antonio Banderas

Z caught a glance at my list when Legolas was at the top and declared it "the gayest list ever." I'm not sure whether putting a British vampire at the top of the list instead remedies this problem or not.

I was tempted to put Young Che from The Motorcycle Diaries on there, but I don't know if a biographical rendering of a historical figure counts as a fictional character.

I tag everyone because this is too much fun.

Not enough coffee yet to do anything but meme. This is an interesting one.

What does your name mean? (first and middle)
Well born; gracious.

Are you named after anyone?
I think I had a great or great great aunt Genia (hard G) in the Polish branch of the family.

Do you have any favorite nicknames people have called you or you wish you had been called?
I've been called Gena (soft G, long E) for as long as I can remember. I tried to get people to call me Snake for a week in eighth grade, but it didn't catch on.

If people don't get your name right, what is the name people are most likely to call you?
It's mostly a matter of mispronunciation or misspelling. People say "You-Geena," which as a statement is correct, but is not how you say my name. Or they say "Jenna," which is not how you say my shortened name. Or they write "Gina," which is not how you spell my name. It can be amazingly complicated.

Did you ever have a name that you wished was yours instead of the one you were born with/ given by your parents? If so, do you go by it now?
I went through a very odd phase in second grade where I wished I was a Sharon. Then, when I started riding horses at age nine (?), I fancied myself a Victoria, Vikki for short. Both conceits died with the '80s.

If you were ever to have a child/ have ever dreamed of naming a child/ have named a child, what are names you like/liked?
I was fond of collecting horrible names for my children when I was in high school, because I believed naming was a way for each generation to inflict the same torture it received from the previous one on the next. This is what happens when you're an unpopular teenager named "Eugenia." At the top of my list was Cashew. Mucus ran a close second. Having grown into my name, I've given up on this particular mode of humiliating my future offspring. I've always liked the name Sebastian, though I believe sillygirl84 thinks she called dibs on that one. I have a hard time with girls' names; they always seem so allusive. Maybe Violet.

Do those names mean anything?
Sebastian: As in "Belle and..."—the cartoon, not the band. Violet: see icon.

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Well, I had to do the zombie meme, having just watched both Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead.

( Zombies! )

Just waiting for Netflix to deliver Day of the Dead, then I can see the new one.

Now I must go spend the rest of my day imagining Poppy Z. Brite sitting at home with a pint of Ben & Jerry's calmly watching me and my friends get devoured by zombies on TV.

Z was in Boston last night for band practice, which left me alone for the evening. This usually means that I come home tired and grumpy, forget to eat dinner, and watch too many episodes of C.S.I. and Law and Order until I fall asleep on the couch. Last night, however, before going home, I went to the store and bought dinner supplies and two kinds of cheap wine with excellent labels, which got things off to a good start. I should mention that I had a revelation in the grocery store regarding salad. I was having a craving for my favorite salad items—tomatoes, cucumbers, and artichoke hearts—so I decided to buy salad stuff, and spent a few moments trying to decide what to add to the three main items to make it a legitimate salad before realizing that I was eating alone and didn't need to legitimize my salad. Lettuce be damned! So for dinner, I had tomatoes, cucumbers, and artichoke hearts doused in balsamic vinaigrette, with a warm baguette on the side. But anyway. From the store, I came home to find an Edith Piaf CD from grendel1031 and a new BUST magazine in my mailbox. Oh yes. So I popped open a bottle of pinot grigio, threw Edith in the CD player, and sprawled out on the couch with my only-the-good-stuff salad and my magazine. I also painted my toenails a delightful magenta. And I only watched one episode each of C.S.I. and Law and Order: SVU.

When Z returned at midnight, we opened the merlot and watched Boris Karloff's The Mummy, which is a very weird movie.

Here's some meme-y goodness I nicked from irascignavojo:
( the ABCs of me )
Now I'm going to spend the rest of the day wondering whether I'd rather be a mako or a sandtiger, and whether I prefer Animal or Beaker. I should not be allowed to take these surveys.

*Edited to add: I decided definitely mako over sandtiger, but in the process I remembered silvertips (beautiful) and tiger sharks (scary! and can smell food miles away). Also, there's something called a megamouth—yes, I did google an entire list of shark species to try to settle the question—and that sounds pretty good too. Maybe I'll just be a giant squid.

I don't know how this happened, but I love it. Summer's my faaaavorite. (I'm skeptical of the high "Oliver" rating, though. That guy totally sucked.)

You scored as Summer. You are overly image focused and not entirely honest about who you really are. Start developing your true self to avoid ending up with a counterfit life. Focus more on cultivating a personality than maintaining an image. </td> Seth 78% Oliver 78% Summer 78% Caleb 72% Kirsten 67% Marissa 61% Hailey 56% Sandy 56% Julie 50% Anna 45% Jimmy 33% Luke 28% Ryan 11% What OC character are you? created with QuizFarm.com

It is snowing again. SNOWING. As I drowned my winter blues in coffee at Ocean, I overheard someone saying of the weather, "Oh, it's so pretty." Sure. You know what else is pretty? White sand beaches. Tropical sunsets. And a little turquoise paper umbrella stuck into a rum-filled coconut.

I'll take that one, please.

In the interest of stalling on the chapter in front of me, I grabbed this meme from Bountifulpots. Let me direct your attention to the list of fellow babes of 1977. Oh yes: the Bellydancer, the Slayer, and Legolas are all in my club. I'm considering organizing a dinner party.

( In 1977, the year I was born... )

Oh, and if you can spare some well-wishes, think happy birthday thoughts for my mom today! Here's what was happening in the world the year she was born:

( In 1949, the year my mom was born... )

Wow; I just learned that my mom is the same age as Erik Estrada and Bruce Springsteen. What does one do with information like that?

Congratulations! You are Violet, the eldest
Baudelaire! You are an excellent inventer and
often use wit and cleverness to get your way
out of situations! And also, you enjoy wearing
ribbons.


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You scored as Geek. </td> Punk/Rebel 56% Geek 56% Loner 50% Drama nerd 50% Stoner 31% Goth 31% Ghetto gangsta 6% Prep/Jock/Cheerleader 0% What's Your High School Stereotype? created with QuizFarm.com

OK, I would just like to point out that, technically, my score was TIED for "geek" and "punk/rebel." So why do I get the picture of the fat boy in glasses? Or am I the surly girl sitting behind him?

Just wanted to share: According to The Nerd Quiz, I am "Not nerdy, but definitely not hip." I'm having a bit of an identity crisis, as I always assumed I was both nerdy AND hip.