Test results

For your entertainment and consideration:

I took some on-line quizzes. Here are the results. Perhaps this will bring us all a little closer to understanding the complex and sometimes misunderstood creature that is me.

first, we have the I.Q. test:

"Your Intellectual Type is Insightful Linguist. This means you are highly intelligent and have the natural fluency of a writer and the visual and spatial strengths of an artist. Those skills contribute to your creative and expressive mind. "

Yup, that sounds about right.

Next, the 'Which Sex And The City character are you' quiz:

"Your answers peg you as a Carrie-type, much influenced by the Air Sign qualities associated with Gemini, Libra and Aquarius. Like confident Carrie, a sex columnist, you're curious and perceptive, always seeking answers and never satisfied with the superficial. An Air Sign influence can lead to indecision and an avoidance of tough issues, like with Carrie and her on-again, off-again attachment to Mr. Big. Forward-thinking, incredibly intelligent and witty, you just exude quirky charm. You'd be utterly bored by someone who's just a pretty face or hot body -- though you don't mind looking and flirting! You're more turned on by an equally smart and funny mate, someone who challenges your mind and makes you laugh. You love to talk, so you need a good listener who's open to playful and eccentric ideas about love and lovemaking."

Why yes, I do in fact ooze quirky charm. Thank you for noticing.

Here are the strangest results, from a 'personality test based on decades of research by color psychologists around the world'. They show you coloured squares and you eliminate them based on what colour you like best. This is what it uncovered about my true nature:

"The fear of rebuff and the extreme caution of her approach make it difficult for her to achieve the degree of intimacy and identification she desires. Has lost the resilience and strength of will necessary to contend with existing difficulties, which appear to her as deliberate opposition. Stands her ground, but is subjected to intolerable pressure. Needs cooperation and emotional fulfillment and feels that, in their absence, there is nothing she can do to improve the current situation. Wants to 'get away from it all' quickly. Feels that she is burdened with more than her fair share of problems. However, she sticks to her goals and tries to overcome her difficulties by being flexible and accommodating. Feels that things stand in her way, that circumstances are forcing her to compromise and forgo some pleasures for the time being. Has a powerful drive towards sensuousness. Anxiety and a restless dissatisfaction, either with circumstances or with unfulfilled emotional needs, have produced considerable stress. She tries to escape from these into a conflict-free security in which she can relax and recover. The tensions induced by trying to cope with conditions which are really beyond her capabilities, or reserves of strength, have led to considerable anxiety and a sense of personal (but unadmitted) inadequacy. She attempts to escape from this into a stable and secure environment in which she can relax and recover, free from any further demands."

Wow! Who knew my love of neutral tones made me come off like such a sad-sack weirdo! I'm a little ashamed of this, but, gosh darn it, I just do like taupe and rust more than bright yellow. I mean, some of it is admittedly true, but all this poppycock about 'conflict-free security', 'extreme caution of her approach' and 'a sense of personal inadequacy'? Obviously they've mistaken me for someone else.

So, there you have it. Those of you who know me well can judge the accuracy of these tests for yourself. The rest of you can build a more complete picture of who I really am deep down inside. Just ignore everything except 'incredibly intelligent and witty'- that's all you need to know.