Excuse Me, Normal?!

If this does not show how inherently flawed Internet personality quizzes are, I honestly don't know what will.

Your result for The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test...

Joe Normal

For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.

You scored less than half in all three, earning you the title of: Joe Normal.

This is not to say that you don't have some Nerd, Geek or Dork inside of you--we all do, and you can see the percentages you have right above. This is just to say that none of those qualities stand out so much as to define you. Sure, you enjoy an episode of Star Trek now and again, and yeah, you kinda enjoyed a few classes back in the day. And, once in a while, you stumble while walking down the street even though there was nothing there to cause you to trip. But, for the most part, you look and act fairly typically, and aren't much of an outcast.

I'd say there's a fair chance someone asked you to take this test. In any event, fairly normal.



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100 Things About Me

Got this off an ex-classmate:

1 Birth date?
Same as the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaievna, but on the New Calendar, 92 years later

2 Place of birth?
Singapore

3 Blood type?
A+

4 Height?
170 cm (5'7")

5 Weight?
50 kg (110 lbs)

6 Shoe size?
EU 37/38, UK 7 (I think)

7 Work? Study?
Both. I work as a clerk at an insurance firm, and study media at Republic Polytechnic

8 Childhood nickname?
Ask me nicely, and I might consent to tell...

9 Average hours you sleep in a day?
Not enough

10 Time you go to bed?
Formerly 5 am, but now 2 am

11 Any siblings?
Two

12 Eyesight – short-sighted, long-sighted or perfect?
Short-sighted, unfortunately

13 What languages do you speak?
English, Mandarin, some Russian

14 What languages would you like to speak?
Russian, Greek

15 Nickname on Messenger?
Formerly Sol Invictus, now my name in Cyrillic

16 What do you collect?
Books, various curios

17 Model of cellphone you are using?
Nokia 6070

18 What is on your shopping list?
Several DVDs, a suit

19 Favourite t-shirt brand?
None

20 Favourite cut of jeans?
Never wore them

21 Favourite fashion designer?
None

22 Favourite clothing label?
None

23 Favourite shoe label?
Clarks

24 Favourite bag label?
None

25 Most dominant colour in your wardrobe?
Black

26 Most worn-pair of shoes?
Black oxfords

27 Favourite shampoo?
Am not too picky

28 Favourite conditioner?
Never used

29 Favourite bath product?
?

30 Favourite facial product?
Aloe vera

31 Favourite cosmetics?
Never used

32 Favourite art movement?
Byzantine, Realism

33 Favourite artist?
Andrei Rublev, Ilya Repin, Viktor Vasnetsov

34 Favourite gallery?
Probably the State Tretyakov Gallery

35 Favourite cold drink?
Black tea

36 Favourite hot drink?
Black tea

37 Favourite flavour of ice-cream?
Chocolate mint

38 Favourite cuisine?
Sichuan

39 Favourite sandwich?
Roast lamb

40 Favourite cake?
Black forest

41 Favourite chocolate?
Dark

42 Favourite fast food?
Fish & Chips

43 Favourite sushi?
Ikura gunkan maki (salmon roe)

44 Favourite breakfast?
Eggs, scrambled

45 Spaghetti – tomato, cream or pesto sauce?
Cream

46 Beef – rare, medium rare, medium, well-done?
Medium rare

47 Restaurant you frequent most?
Liu Da Ma's Mutton Chuanr

48 Best dining experience?
See above

49 Worst dining experience?
Cafe Le Caire

50 Favourite book?
After Jesus: The Triumph of Christianity

51 Favourite movie?
Malèna

52 Favourite artist writer?
Wha-?

53 Favourite actor?
Sean Connery

54 Favourite actresses?
Amy Yasbeck, Maria Poroshina

55 Favourite record?
None that I know of..?

56 Favourite singers?
Anna Vissi, Elena Paparizou, Ruslana

57 Favourite bands?
Blestyashchie, Fabrika, VIA Gra

58 Favourite lyrics?
For now, Elena Paparizou's Το Φιλί της Ζωής (The Kiss of Life)

59 Favourite TV show?
Batman: The Animated Series

60 Favourite newspapers?
I don't really have a choice here...

61 Favourite magazine?
TIME

62 Favourite flower?
Rose

63 Favourite animal?
Grey wolf

64 Favourite country?
Too many

65 Favourite street (in your country)?
Temple Street

66 Favourite street (overseas)?
Like I'd know!

67 Favourite sport?
Soccer

68 Scariest movie?
Can't recall

69 Funniest movie?
Can't recall

70 Favourite leisure activity?
Reading

71 Favourite public transport?
Metro

72 Favourite weather?
Partly cloudy

73 Dream honeymoon destination?
Prague

74 Computer you use?
Lenovo 3000

75 Wallpaper on your computer?
Ostankino Tower

76 Screen saver on your computer?
None

77 How many hours on the internet a day?
Too many

78 Favourite blog?
Orwell's Picnic, The Western Confucian

79 Favourite news site?
Pravda.Ru

80 Favourite site?
Probably Facebook.com for now

81 First pet?
A terrapin named 'Michelle'

82 Favourite cartoon from childhood?
Transformers

83 Favourite toy from childhood?
Robocop action figure

84 What makes you smile?
The children I babysit

85 What makes you cry?
News regarding Kosovo and Metohija

86 Which celebrity would you like to be?
Dennis Kucinich

87 What colour would you be if you are a crayon?
Blue

88 If you can go back in time, which period would you want to be in?
Late Middle Ages

89 If you can have your own business, what would you venture into?
Precious metals, energy

90 What TV program would you like to go on?
«Женский взгляд Оксаны Пушкиной»
(en: Oksana Pushkina's Woman's View)

91 How satisfied are you with your current situation?
Not very

92 What would you rather be doing if you have a choice?
Dating

93 The most important thing that has happened in your life?
Knowing my friends

94 What do you think you’ll be doing 5 years down the road?
Reading

95 Most desired now?
Her love

96 Biggest worry now?
Falling ill

97 Most unforgettable incident?
Too many

98 New Year resolution?
To actually make one next year...

99 Your motto in life?
'Nemo vir est qui mundum non reddat meliorem'
(What man is a man who does not make the world better?)

100 Who do you want to answer “100 Things About Me”?
Let's try Francis & Karen for starters

Tagged!

By Josephus Flavius

The rules are:
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about himself.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

What was I doing 10 years ago:
Studying English, Math, Sciene & Chinese at primary school. Absolutely hated the last subject. And girls too.

Five things on my To Do List today:
1. Attend an 'Emotional Intelligence' workshop.
2. Buy blueberries for Liza & Vika.
3. Give a talk at Holy Family [Roman Catholic] Church with Edward on Holy Week & Easter in Byzantine Christianity.
4. Store more songs in my mp3 player.
5. Spend less than $3 on journey home.

Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
* Donate to orphanages.
* Purchase land, build a church in the image of the Kazan Cathedral in Moscow and donate it to the local Russian Orthodox church.
* Buy an SUV for my father (probably the Audi Q7).
* Campaign to end bride kidnapping in the Caucasus.
* Move into Orchard Parksuites.
* Buy homes in Moscow, Prague, St Petersburg, Athens, London, Chicago, Paris, Yalta, Montréal and Vladikavkaz (don't ask).
* Meet PLANKA.
* Optional: send Karyn off to Nativity of the Mother of God South-Ussury Convent (Archdiocese of Vladivostok).

Three of my bad habits:
1. Procrastinating too often.
2. Being infatuated with all the wrong women.
3. Over-educating myself in all the things I shouldn't have known.

Five places I’ve lived:
Uh? I haven't moved since I was born.

Five jobs I’ve had:
1. Shop assistant
2. Babysitter
3. Altar server
4. Office temp
5. Surveyor

Five books I’ve recently read:
1. Illustrated History of the World: Powers of the Crown AD 1600-1700
2. The Origins of Everyday Things
3. 1000 Wonders of Nature
4. Conflict in the 20th Century: The Cold War
5. London: In the Footsteps of the Famous

The five I tagged:
1. The Western Confucian
2. Camille
3. Andrew
4. Ben
5. Karyn

Crazy Eights

Tagged by the Western Confucian:

Here are the rules...

1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.

1. I was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder when I was 10.

2. I was taught to play the piano and violin as a child; I play neither instrument today (or any other instrument, for that matter).

3. I am utterly addicted to the fragrance of sesame oil.

4. The nouveau riche irritate me. These parvenus are conspicuous and tasteless with their spending and constantly use their wealth to flaunt their newfound status. Why can't they just acquiesce to the accepted behavior of their social class?

5. Cultural ignorance is the bane of my existence.

6. Save for Anglican evensong, I haven't really been listening to songs performed in the English language until I began listening to the lovely Regina Spektor this year.

7. I love taking care of babies and young children. I find it quite calming, really.

8. I've been accused of anti-Semitism on more than one occasion, usually after criticizing Israel's defense policy. I don't hate Jews; I merely disagree with Zionists (and that includes many Christians).

Eight more people: Karen, Francis, Paul, Edward, Julia, Norman, Dominic and Vernon.