Five Things Learned

Well, one good thing that happened yesterday was that we got the scholarship application shipped off to North Carolina. And despite the fact that my English professor has essentially dropped the ball and didn't have my rec letter ready I'm not going to get penalized for it according to an email I got back from one of the people in charge of the scholarship. They must get this type of thing a lot.

So, because I keep insisting that this was a "learning experience", here's what I learned:

( Five Things )

One of the (dare I say it) fun parts of this application was coming up with a 50 word biography, and this was what I came up with, which turned out to be 49 words:

I was raised by journalist parents in a house full of books and cats in the middle of the woods, learned to write in elementary school and have been addicted to it ever since, own way too many books, and spend lots of time up inside my own head.

And apparently that made my Mom laugh, so I think it expresses my personality pretty well.

Damn it!

They declared my car a total loss. And I really loved that thing. It really, really sucks that it was probably the fact that the airbags deployed is what did it in. So the things that saved my life killed the car. *sigh*

But perhaps as a good sign there's an ad in the paper for a blue 1998 Honda Civic LX with 122,000 miles on it for $3200, below the book price. It's a manual transmission, but I think I might like driving stick if I give it a little time. Plus this thing supposedly gets 32 miles per gallon. And I've always sort of wanted a Honda, though it's too bad that I've had to go through 2 cars to get to one.

So maybe there's a light at the end of the tunnel, though I am pissed off that this keeps happening. Hopefully all this will mean that the rest of my life will be free from this sort of thing, since I think this is already more than my fair share of this crap.

(And if it seems like I'm doing this rather quickly it's out of necessity. Unfortunately getting to school and work both depend on having a car, so essentially this is an ASAP situation)

Two Quizlettes

( For being big )

Ironically I just finished reading a book about Arthur... Now the other one. And as it turns out my Leopard Gecko's name is Ryu.

Your Score: Ryu

You scored 11 in Malice and 29 in Chaos!

Japanese dragons, or "Ryu," are very different from their Western counterparts; where the Western dragon is typically reptilian, with a heart as cold as its blood, the dragons of the Orient actually tend to err more on the side of beneficence. This should not, however, be construed as a license to treat them with disrespect; Oriental dragons are extremely powerful beings who do not tolerate impudence.

Ryu, like the dragons of the West, are known to have a fondness for shiny objects and treasure. Some Ryu are willing to part with their treasures if they deem a mortal worthy of inheriting it. Other dragons may also, like gods, grant wishes and supernatural powers to those who seek them.

At the same time, one must be wary when dealing with dragons; some may be extremely temperamental, and others even harbor a hatred for mankind and its desecration of the earth. Most dragons are by no means evil, but must still be treated with extreme caution.

Link: The Japanese Demon Profile Test written by Maharbal on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test