Hmmm...

You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational. </td> Cultural Creative 100% Idealist 75% Postmodernist 63% Existentialist 56% Materialist 38% Romanticist 31% Modernist 31% Fundamentalist 19% What is Your World View? (updated) created with QuizFarm.com

So... I think it's kind of odd that they say this is new... /:-/

Well, they know just how to puff up a person's ego, don't they?

The Goddess of Ice and Hope. You are a creative
wonder. Always calm and collected, you hold the
awe of many people and you are exceptionally
logical. You are an inspirational beauty.


Which gorgeous goddess are you? For girls! (breath taking pics!)
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Yep, 'nother quiz. (I really need to think of something interesting to write...)

You are the

RAVEN

You are a Mysterious Songbird and the most
Intelligent of all winged creatures!


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Always liked ravens. They used to follow me around the IU campus. Pretty things. :-)

well, now...

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to good manners and elegance.

In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved.

You'd like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic.

Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.

In this moment, you think of love as something you thirst for. You'll do anything for love, but you won't fall for it easily.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

One thing. Society and morality... not, really. My word, yeah.

So...

Dad, the step-mom, and my little sister (I adore that kid!) came back from their excursion up to Michigan to visit my uncle. (He and his wife and step-daughter moved up there because said step-daughter was accepted into Interlochen. I understand it's an honor. ^_^)
They brought souvenires. A cute little stuffed dragon with floppy limbs, a pair of tiny wooden shoes, and a smoothe black stone. If I hold it close to my face, I can smell the sunscreen that was on her hands when she picked it from Lake Michigan. (She has very fair skin, like me, so she has to wear lots of it.)
I couldn't get off of work to go this year (Grand Prix, always busy) but hopefully I'll be able to next year. I content myself with the knowledge that I will be going up to Chicago at the end of October. My cousin Martha wants to get together as many family members as would like to go for an all girl trip. (I haven't been to Chicago since the summer I went to Europe. My aunt and uncle took me up there with them for a Monet exhibit.)
I'm looking forward to it. I think if I ever had the money I wouldn't stop traveling. Just follow my trickle of gypsy blood wherever it wants to go... :-)
I baught the Criterion copy of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas the other day (also baught the a copy of the Phantom of the Opera--always loved that story).
In among the bits of writing that can be found in it's case, I found this quote, which I think pretty well expresses the state of things just now:

"In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile--and the rest of us are fucked until we can pull our acts together: Not necessarily to Win, but mainly to keep from Losing Completely. We owe that to ourselves and our crippled self-image as something better than a nation of panicked sheep... but we owe it especially to our children, who will have to live with our loss and all its long-term consequences. I don't want my son asking me, in 1984, why his friends are calling me a 'Good German.'"
--Hunter S. Thompson

Mind you I've no interest in spawning, myself, but I quite agree with the sentiment...