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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
4:54 pm	I think it stems from view on subjective morality Your result for The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test... The Cardinal You scored 61% Cardinal, 28% Monk, 35% Lady, and 46% Knight! You are the real power behind the throne. No one dares dispute or refuse you. Which is good because that's how you get things done. You are also, however, completely corrupt and highly immoral. This doesn't bother you in the least as you lounge around your rich comfortable surroundings, reveling in wealth and authority. Take The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test at OkCupid Current Mood: awake Current Music: Running Down a Dream - Tom Petty (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
12:38 pm	I can't believe I scored so high as ESFJ Provider Your result for The Socionics Typology Test... INTJ - The Conceptualizer, Director Introverted Logic, Extroverted Intuition You can test your friends and then read about your relationships with them: Click here for descriptions of how you relate to the other types I often feel I am missing something, that I have a perspective or viewpoint that isn’t widely shared and that I am decades ahead of my time, maybe more. It’s like being caught in a time warp. I tend to be someone who looks at all the what-ifs, thinking way ahead with a vision of things and anticipating. I’m always interested in extending myself into areas I don’t do well in. I’m a good problem solver from that perspective. I like to go through anything I can think of before I act—the implications, what others have tried before and their effect, my options and their consequences, who to mobilize and in what time frame. I like coming up with new ideas about how to approach a situation until I find a solution that feels right. And I like to think that solution will be something that works for everyone. I experience problems as challenges, not as things that can’t be dealt with or accomplished. Challenges can always be dealt with I am naturally organized, structured, and analytical. If a project enters my mind it immediately assumes the form of its pieces, its basic structure, and what order—first, next, last—it will take to get it done. This isn’t something I do, it happens instantaneously without effort. Issues are multifaceted and I try to think from different perspectives, not only my perspectives but others’ too. And I’ve found it’s good to gather as many facts as I can. Sometimes there is a piece that needs to be thrown out, or maybe it’s the seed of another project. I won’t do something if I feel I can’t do it well. I prefer trying something, then critique after the fact. I will integrate the experience and never make the same mistakes again. I am satisfied when things work well, and I like to improve people’s lives by reorganizing and introducing things in an understandable way that is explicit and clear and makes sense. Then someone else can come in and take over. I set very high standards for myself, and I believe it is possible to be competent at anything and everything I set my mind to. I keep myself very private; that’s a part of who I am. I keep people at arm’s length. They have to gain my trust and interest. People are curious about me, I think, but only the brave try to figure me out. I feel very serious, but some I meet I just like a lot, and I can be spontaneously playful. I have a sensitivity to people and can feel warm with them, although many perceive me as intimidating, aloof or annoyed, or incredibly calm and competent about everything. People say I ask them good questions, not to make the decision for them, but to help them think through things. I look for systems that will make things better, and I am very much a person who seeks fairness and equality. People are very important, and I want to help them develop the skills they need to get on in life, whatever that means for each one of them. There’s always something to occupy my mind or attention. I must be using my mind in a purposefully creative way, pushing the envelope with the most creatively challenging thing I can do, being the originator of a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist yet. It’s a complex world, and I believe we each should develop as complex an inner life as possible with the facility to react or initiate in a wide variety of ways. The more successful one is at actively developing all of that and having access to that, the better things can be. If something really interests me I have an incredible ability to stick with it—even though I have a larger perspective, I can be very focused and zero in on a point. I have always seen the world at many levels. Autonomy is important, to be respected for my own thoughts and feelings, ideas and creativity. I am turned off when people try to discredit my ideas or don’t listen before they even understand, or when people don’t try to do the best they can or fight against progress. And if the emotional piece is not well managed in my life, or not compartmentalized, work is very difficult. Chitchat is tedious. I don’t know what to say, and I figure the other person isn’t actually interested in me anyway. Over time I have built a world-view, like constructing a map of the cosmos, and from this, essentially everything is understandable and anything is possible. All the things I’ve done, have been self-taught by picking up on or asking myself good, clear, penetrating questions to expose and articulate the hidden structures that underly the experience of living. Take The Socionics Typology Test at OkCupid Current Mood: amused Current Music: Blues Stay Away From Me - King Records (Comment on this)
Monday, October 5th, 2009
8:13 am	Writer's Block: Agree to disagree Have you ever stopped being friends with someone over differences in political views? Are there any issues that are so important to you that you cannot be friends with someone who holds a contrary opinion? View 978 Answers Opinions are like spleens,everyone has one,not everyone knows what to do with it and most other people could live their lives fine without others being treated to a view of mine. ;] Honestly politics and its discussion ends up being purely theoretical. Humanity will never be fully able to resolves its disputes and controversies without external intervention. Conservative isn't bad in and of itself,it is when it becomes code for racist or greedy or wrongheadedly obstreperous that the problems arise with it. Current Mood: working Current Music: High - The Cure (Comment on this)
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
12:03 pm	Some excellent detective work if'n i do say so myself ( Excellent ) And now for something only slightly referrential. Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: What's Goin' On - Marvin Gaye (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
10:11 am	Well how was your day off from work? Mine was spent in a row with my third sister. She came and decided she was going to move a bunch of stuff and burn up stuff too. I told her our mother wouldn't take kindly to that When I arrive back at home my mother and her had had quite a blow-up so for once by inaction I did the right thing and escaped the wrath of Mom. LOL Anyways today marks the 9th anniversary if my third brother's death Alot of ups and down in the interval,but at least I'm still alive so even if I don't get some things done,I can at least make contingency plans to do so. Current Mood: nostalgic Current Music: Steal My Sunshine - LEN (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
3:50 pm	So it occurs to me Listening to the kerfuffle over Health Care reform,when it struck me The ones whining the loudest are the people who make the biggest racket about being Christian It makes me wonder,where is their faith,they are some of the first to say Jesus is coming back and soon. This "belief" is not enough to buoy them up until Jesus does come back in Kingdom power. Then again these are the same people who blithely ignore the jubilee principle when the perpetual servitude of an entire race of people will line their pockets. These are the same people who sidestep the Biblical prohibitions against fornication and the use of Blood just to gratify their immediate urge and ostensibly preserve their lives. It's a little like when they're sitting in the pews it just another idiot diversion for them,of course their ears are being tickled and their pastors would never say to them,this is wrong since that might jeopardize their comfortable parsonage and make the love gifts stop flowing so freely from the flock they're fleecing week after week, month after month year after years. Fear not there will be a reckoning. HINe BeNeI ADaM,HaMaLKUTH YeHWaH Hu QeRoV. Current Mood: annoyed Current Music: Randy Described Eternity - Built To Spill (Comment on this)
3:39 pm	Well it has been a while now hasn't it Wow just logged in and the last time I posted was 30 weeks ago. It was cool weather then,I'm not sure but I think it was about the time we had our late winter blizzard. Since then,let's see: My father died,we had a tornado,my car broke down and stranded me and my oldest surviving nephew went to jail,and our air conditioning went out. Yeah just a normal year I guess. :| Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: And Fools Shine On - Brother Cane (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, January 31st, 2009
7:30 pm	Trail of crumbs Well last week my sister woke me up complaining of chest pains I drove her to the emergency room and she was stabilized enough to go back home by the time I'd normally be getting up to go to work. No updates to report yet. Current Mood: blah (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 20th, 2008
2:39 pm	I guess I should know better Your result for The Pop Culture Archetype Personality Test... The Wizard The self-confidence of the wizard is often mistaken for arrogance, but it is a confidence rooted in expertise. The perfectionist wizards focus on specialized knowledge, and are willing to work at things and improve until they are masters of their domain. They know what they know, and they know what they don't know. Yet wizards are not all about logic; they combine intuition and imagination with reliability, and turn everything they work on into a personal moral cause. To this end, they will disregard authority if it suits their purposes, even pretending to conform while secretly working in their own unconventional, opportunistic ways. Anything is possible, and paradoxes are seen as a source of amusement, not an obstacle. With people, wizards have no tolerance for slackers, and their lack of appreciation for social rituals, small talk and flirtation means that personal relationships are their Achilles heel. They are deeply private and impassive, and their anempathetic self-confidence and expectation for directness means that they turn off many, leaving them with only a few close friends. Wizards are prone to Schizotypal behaviors, wherein they feel extreme discomfort in close relationships and often experience strange cognitive and perceptual experiences and eccentric appearance and behavior. They may see chance happenings as being related to their own experiences, and react with odd, magical beliefs and thinking. Their paranoid, suspicious natures leave them with few close friends, and their odd speech and inappropriate behaviors often drive away others, leading to increased anxiety in social situations. Famous wizard types include Dan Akroyd, Augustus Caesar, Chevy Chase, Arnold Schwarzenegger and John F. Kennedy. Take The Pop Culture Archetype Personality Test at HelloQuizzy Current Mood: blank (Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
8:23 am	Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhksellent. Your result for The Personality Defect Test... Robot You are 57% Rational, 14% Extroverted, 43% Brutal, and 29% Arrogant. You are the Robot! You are characterized by your rationality. In fact, this is really ALL you are characterized by. Like a cold, heartless machine, you are so logical and unemotional that you scarcely seem human. For instance, you are very humble and don't bother thinking of your own interests, you are very gentle and lack emotion, and you are also very introverted and introspective. You may have noticed that these traits are just as applicable to your laptop as they are to a human being. You are not like the robots they show in the movies. Movie robots are make-believe, because they always get all personable and likeable after being struck by lightning, or they are cold, cruel killing machines. In all reality, though, you are much more boring than all that. Real robots just sit there, doing their stupid jobs, and doing little else. If you get struck by lightning, you won't develop a winning personality and heart of gold. (Robots don't have hearts, silly, and if they did, they would probably be made of steel, not gold.) You also won't be likely to terrorize humanity by becoming an ultra-violent killing machine sent into the past to kill the mother of a child who will lead a rebellion against machines, because that movie was dumb as hell, and because real robots don't kill--they horribly maim at best, and they don't even do that on purpose. Real robots are boringly kind and all too rarely try to kill people. In all my years, my laptop has only attacked me once, and that was only because my brother threw it at me. In short, your personality defect is that you don't really HAVE a personality. You are one of those annoying, super-logical people that never gets upset or flustered. Unless, of course, you short circuit. Or if someone throws a pie at you. Pies sure are delicious. To put it less negatively: 1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive. 2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted. 3. You are more GENTLE than brutal. 4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant. Compatibility: Your exact opposite is the Class Clown. Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Hand-Raiser, the Emo Kid, and the Haughty Intellectual. * * If you scored near fifty percent for a certain trait (42%-58%), you could very well go either way. For example, someone with 42% Extroversion is slightly leaning towards being an introvert, but is close enough to being an extrovert to be classified that way as well. Below is a list of the other personality types so that you can determine which other possible categories you may fill if you scored near fifty percent for certain traits. The other personality types: The Emo Kid: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Starving Artist: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Bitch-Slap: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Brute: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hippie: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Televangelist: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Schoolyard Bully: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Class Clown: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Robot: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Haughty Intellectual: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Spiteful Loner: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Sociopath: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hand-Raiser: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Braggart: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Capitalist Pig: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Smartass: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant. Be sure to take my Sublime Philosophical Crap Test if you are interested in taking a slightly more intellectual test that has just as many insane ramblings as this one does! About Saint_Gasoline I am a self-proclaimed pseudo-intellectual who loves dashes. I enjoy science, philosophy, and fart jokes and water balloons, not necessarily in that order. I spend 95% of my time online, and the other 5% of my time in the bathroom, longing to get back on the computer. If, God forbid, you somehow find me amusing instead of crass and annoying, be sure to check out my blog and my webcomic at SaintGasoline.com. Take The Personality Defect Test at HelloQuizzy Current Mood: contemplative (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
9:54 pm	Hyperandros I have the will to power and I do as I will. My will stops where it impinges on the free-will of another Soon I will have more responsibility than these arthritic shoulders would ever know to carry,but with it an autonomy this crusty old heap can only vaguely imagine. Mourn not for I will know it,and laugh. ;] Current Mood: determined Current Music: Rockafella Skank by Fatboy Slim (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, December 31st, 2007
1:20 am	crossposted from My little spaces I'm a great uncle again. I haven't had a chance to see the little fellow yet but he is my oldest niece's son and i though my oldest nephew's daughter was a handful,but that is the nice thing about children as long as they can grow an learn then things can only get better. Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: Slither - Velvet Revolver (Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
10:03 pm	God Meme I recently heard an interview with Richard Dawkins about evolution,ostensibly a refutation of Intelligent design,but there is one persistent problem that has yet to be rationally explained away: God (YeHWaH ELoHIM) as he has simply been known by most believer and non-believers alike has continued to exist in spite of the modern age age of reason's attempt to discredit or disprove his existence. This cannot be done,God as His word(a book of scripture stretching into the human past for millennia) indicates is a being who lives exterior to four-dimensional space and as such is transcendent,it is roughly analogous to bacteria not believing in humans just because they've never seen one,but they cower in fear at the actions of humans, with their implementation of devices and chemicals that can at a moment kill them in their billions. We are only faint shades of realities and super-dimensional existence beyond what mere senses can touch or taste or or smell,hear or see. Many who are atheist or indeed blatantly anti-theist tend to chide believers as primitive or childish,but they offer nothing better. A hopeless short existence glutted with pain ful misery and then all that you are and made you unique and special winks out oblivious,never to return or make a difference to anyone or anything else ever again. Again that mouldy old tome triumphs,for they who are mortal might live again,they who are in utter despair can be deliver they who were wrong and harmed can be made whole and well again. It is not ignorance nor weakness. It takes a great deal more intellectual honesty to realize and face the possibilty that you and your ilk are not the end all and be-all,not the ultimate form, that something greater than we, has a capacity to care about us and in His time will make us whole again and bring us finally to that true golden age we have ever dreamt of,but never reached. It is better to die with hope than to live miserably in destitute abandon. Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: Riders On the Storm - The Doors (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
10:28 am	Can you believe it Today marks the fourth anniversary of my writing on Livejournal. What have I learned in that time? Stuff happens. Current Mood: busy Current Music: Never Again - Kelly Clarkson (Comment on this)
Friday, June 1st, 2007
7:06 pm	Underwhelmed I called into a radioshow the other day I am not pleased with the story,the designs, the actor choices,or the origin "mythology" behind Bayformers,other than those minor details I'm about as pleased a punch. Current Mood: angry Current Music: Crazy - Gnarls Barkley (7 Comments |Comment on this)
6:50 pm	Wow I can't believe it's been so long since I last posted to my journal,well this one at least. It's true once you get past 3 the years just zip by. Current Mood: working Current Music: Everything's Zen - Bush (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
11:57 pm	It's almost eerie I've been meaning to post this in my journal for some time now. It's about my greatniece Kinsley. When I look at her I can see again so much of what it was like babysiting her father before her. It makes me wonder would I feel so strongly about her if,my nephew ,her father was still alive,would I even have chance to spend the time with her if he were still alive,or would the circumstance have devolved into some drama-laden rift in a fractious family. Either way,I know she is one of the few reasons I have to do what I need to,or even want to. It's funny so often I can hear the words of Admiral Jerok when I look upon her no quote word for word,but in effect,he was willing to upset all that exisited, or he knew or was the norm in order to ensure she had a better place,to be in, or even to simply survive. Current Mood: thoughtful Current Music: My Father's Eyes by Eric Clapton (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 24th, 2006
2:17 am	No real surprise ;] You Are 100% Intuitive Your intuition is so spot on it's scary! You can learn a lot about people and situations, simply by listening to your gut. And you've even wondered if you can predict the future at times. Just be sure not to always listen to your intuition... someday it could be wrong! How Intuitive Are You? Current Mood: calm Current Music: Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
12:24 pm	Slack I've fallen far behind in posting to my journal quite a number of things have happened to or about me since last I posted. The negh'var has given up the ghost I flirted for the briefest of moments with losing my figurative soul to forestall being bankrupt. Then there was the roof incident,I nearly met eternity on a slippery roof,and split my pants in the process. But I got better. ;) (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
6:18 pm	Seasons won't falter stars won't fade away Six years ago at this time of day on this date I was inn the midst ofa mingling of relief and profound sadness My brother,we had gotten alittle closer in the interim but he had just died only hours ago,and the sky itself seemed to hang low in commiseration,the clouds were heavy and grey. It was hard to feel the peace he was now in because I knew coming home and going to bed that night there was a new empty place,where someone I had fought and laughed and cried with once was. Current Music: E-Beat by Midnight Oil (Comment on this)