now these are scores I can brag about

Nerd Test

This test is designed to help you determine your nerdity quotient. In the past, someone may have watched you, or listened to something you said and then exclaimed, “You geek! What do you think you are doing?” Or maybe it’s just us. In any event, we here at the nerdity testing lab were prompted to ask “just what is a nerd?” In response, we came up with this test. By taking it, you will determine your current nerdity quotient (from 0% to 100%), with 100% roughly corresponding to a pile of sludge unable to communicate with anything human except through a device that is a miracle of modern medicine and engineering, and whose only connection to the outside world is through the computer Internet system.

Your Score: 33.3 – Closet nerd

And then, for even more fun, The Geek Test v.3.1

Your Score: 31.75542% – Total Geek

Four Things about Me

from Morning Coffee

A) FOUR PLACES I GO OVER AND OVER: church, work, campus, and Subway

B) FOUR PEOPLE WHO ENCOURAGED MY FAITH ALONG THE WAY: My parents, my priest, and the wonderful Orthodox women I’ve met online (sorry, I can’t pick just one!)

C) FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS: pizza, spinach, oranges and peanut butter

D) FOUR PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW: in bed, in a coffee shop, at the ocean, in Africa

E) FOUR MOVIES I WOULD WATCH OVER AND OVER: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Chalk, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Babe

F) FOUR THINGS I LIKE ABOUT THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: wholeness, balance, beauty, and ritual (above and beyond any experience I came close to in Protestantism)

G) FOUR OF MY FAVORITE HOBBIES: photography, reading, cooking and daydreaming

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My Personality


 
Neuroticism
32
Extraversion
12
Openness to Experience
80
Agreeableness
69
Conscientiousness
51


You do not experience strong, irresistible cravings and consequently do not find yourself tempted to overindulge, however you are sensitive about what others think of you. Your concern about rejection and ridicule cause you to feel shy and uncomfortable around others. You are easily embarrassed and often feel ashamed. Your fears that others will criticize or make fun of you are exaggerated and unrealistic, but your awkwardness and discomfort may make these fears a self-fulfilling prophecy. You tend to feel overwhelmed by, and therefore actively avoid, large crowds. You often need privacy and time for yourself. You tend not to express your emotions openly and are sometimes not even aware of your own feelings. You are tenderhearted and compassionate, feeling the pain of others vicariously and are easily moved to pity, however you feel superior to those around you and sometimes tend to be seen as arrogant by other people. You are well-organized and like to live according to routines and schedules. Often you will keep lists and make plans.

Take a Personality Test now or view the full Personality Report.

Neuroticism

high on: self-conciousness
low on: immoderation

You are generally calm, although some situations can make you feel anxious or tense. You rarely get angry and it takes a lot to make you angry. You very rarely feel depressed and are usually in a good frame of mind. You are sensitive about what others think of you. Your concern about rejection and ridicule cause you to feel shy and uncomfortable around others. You are easily embarrassed and often feel ashamed. Your fears that others will criticize or make fun of you are exaggerated and unrealistic, but your awkwardness and discomfort may make these fears a self-fulfilling prophecy. You do not experience strong, irresistible cravings and consequently do not find yourself tempted to overindulge. You are poised, confident, and clear-thinking when stressed.

Extraversion


high on: cheerfulness
low on: gregariousness (so low, in fact, I scored a ’0′)

People generally perceive you as distant and reserved, and you do not usually reach out to others. You tend to feel overwhelmed by, and therefore actively avoid, large crowds. You often need privacy and time for yourself. You tend not to talk much and prefer to let others control the activities of groups. You lead a leisurely and relaxed life. You would prefer to sit back and smell the roses than indulge in high energy activities. You get overwhelmed by too much noise and commotion and do not like thrill-seeking activities. You experience a range of positive feelings, including happiness, enthusiasm, optimism, and joy.

Openness to Experience


high on: artistic interests
low on: emotionality

Often you find the real world is too plain and ordinary for your liking, and you use fantasy as a way of creating a richer, more interesting world for yourself. You love beauty, both in art and in nature. Sometimes you become easily involved and absorbed in artistic and natural events. You tend not to express your emotions openly and are sometimes not even aware of your own feelings. Familiar routines are good, but sometimes you like to spice up your life with a bit of adventure or activity. As a person who is open-minded to new and unusual ideas, you love to play with and think about ideas. You also like to debate intellectual issues and often enjoy riddles, puzzles and brain teasers. Often you exhibit a readiness to challenge authority, convention, and traditional values. Sometimes you feel a certain degree of hostility toward rules and perhaps even enjoy ambiguity.

Agreeableness

high on: sympathy
low on: modesty

You mostly assume that people are honest and fair, however you are wary and hold back from trusting people completely. There are times when you believe that a certain amount of deception in social relationships is necessary, however you are mostly candid, frank and sincere. People find it moderately easy to relate to you. You find helping other people genuinely rewarding and are generally willing to assist those who are in need. You find that doing things for others is a form of self-fulfillment rather than self-sacrifice. You dislike confrontations and are perfectly willing to compromise or to deny your own needs in order to get along with others. You feel superior to those around you and sometimes tend to be seen as arrogant by other people. You are tenderhearted and compassionate, feeling the pain of others vicariously and are easily moved to pity.

lovely little lemming

I’ve got Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto playing in my head. Which is infinitely more enjoyable than what must be running through my coworker’s head, as she just found out her airline went bankrupt. EPIC FAIL.

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anyway, I swiped this from

:

1. My username is ______ because ______.

My username is ‘emchelle’. It’s a nickname my mom gave me, a combination of my first and middle names: Emily Michelle. It flows nicely, and as a username, it’s almost always available.

2. My name is _____ because ______.

My name is Emily, because it’s my mom’s middle name. I love it because it’s unique, which may seem odd, because Emily has consistently been one of the most popular girl’s names for decades now. But I have honestly met only a handful in my lifetime. I was the only Emily in my entire school, and have been the only one in all but a few college classes. There have got to be a lot of Emily’s out there, but they’re not around here…

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____.

My journal is titled namaste because I find the word to be beautiful and meaningful. I blogged about it here.

4. My friends page is called ____ because ____.

My friends page is called The F-list because I’m creative like that.

5. My default userpic is ____ because ____.

My face. I’ve thought about changing it, but I guess I’m just lazy.