The Color Quiz

I took the Color Quiz that I read about over at Dr. Ragan’s Psychology of Clutter blog and here are my results. I only took the test once, and I have a feeling my color prefs might be different tomorrow. So here are the results of the Color Quiz test I took this morning.

Your Existing Situation:
Readily participates in things that provide excitement or stimulation. Wants to feel exhilarated.
My Take: Just because I like orange and yellow, doesn’t mean I want to sky dive. I do like to have fun, and I adore excitement, but you won’t find me at the end of no bungie. OK, I do like stuff that makes one jump around and laugh like crazy.

Your Stress Sources:
Wishes to be independent, unhampered, and free from any limitation or restriction, other than those which she imposes of herself or by her own choice and decision.
My Take: Yes, I plan to win the MegaMillions lottery on a BIG day.

Your Restrained Characteristics:
Feels she is receiving less than her share, but that she will have to conform and make the best of her situation.
My Take: If I were still trapped in an office cubicle, working for Corporate, this would probably ring true. I do have conformance issues. I live with a Vegan Veggie, bless his green little heart, and conforming to his lifestyle in a way that works for me without offending his sensibilities takes some doing, you know, like making my morning coffee next to the stove with the fan on so the nasty coffee fumes don’t get in his face :>

Your Desired Objective:
Hopes that ties of affection and good-fellowship will bring release and contentment. Her own need for approval makes her ready to be of help to others and in exchange she wants warmth and understanding. Open to new ideas and possibilities which she hopes will prove fruitful and interesting.
My Take: Does this equate to ‘I just love telling other people what to do and expect them to be nice about it?’ Actually, these days I work as a Personal Assistant so I think there is a tie-in there. As for Fruitful New Ideas . . . oh please, no, I hate new stuff, new stuff is constantly crashing in waves around me. Don’t get me started on why I am taking another class tonight on using Dreamweaver to generate code, and why CSS is next on the list, and Forms.

Your Actual Problem:
Feels restricted and prevented from progressing; seeking a solution which will remove these limitations.
My Take: I think we just got back to the MegaMillions lottery and how thrilled I was when Gov. Schwarzenegger got it California in on it.

So what do I think about all of this? I like these little quizes, but I hate giving up personal preferences to strangers who have figured out a way to market them. But, since I am using a blog, might be time to get over that ;>

Music and Laguna Beach

I’m learning about the music that works best for me when I am here at this computer. I put every CD I own that doesn’t suck (the rest went up for trade over at lala ) onto my old, pre-click wheel iPod, set up the entire smash onto one playlist, and run that on random play in my office. I use the Bose ring player, set on a towel, and it sounds good enough. I have stuff like West End Girls and Bibo No Aozora (Ryuichi Sakamoto), the Divas Exotica CD and Trance Electronica (head banging variety) to keep me going.

And today, I am also checking out embedding links in a post. Working within the WordPress format, I assume this will work, but count on nothing. I also assume that if I link to another blog in a post, that blog will hear about it. Again, I’m not counting on it and think I will/should/might notify them?

Ah, Van Morrison’s Spanish Steps from the Poetic Champions Compose CD just came on. I love that music. Reminds me of life on a pink cloud when I lived in Laguna Beach throughout the 80’s. Always I dream of going home again, and lying on the beach in the wind in November, waiting for a break in the swells to swim out to the reef and then along the coast up to Aliso Pier and back. The reef makes a noise all of its own, and you follow it when swimming so you don’t have to keep looking up to see where you are. And, following the reef is a good idea in case the fog comes in unnoticed. If you are swimming to the pier, you just turn right, coming back from the pier, turn left and follow you ears. Sounds easy, but the first time it happens, the panic can turn you around in the water so fast. Fortunately, Pacific Coast Hwy makes enough noise, that if you can still yourself, you can make it back to shore, I did.

Yes, music works for me. Which reminds me, I checked in on a blog called scrimblings. This blogger has been putting up clips of her favorite musics, and now I am a Brown Eyed Girls fan too.

Another Day in Happy Valley

Blogs is not an easy place. Last night, late at night, while sorting through my Firefox bookmarks, I broke the google icon that links/feeds blogs to my google reader. Now I have to click through two pages to link to a blog . . . and today the feeds on one of the blogs and one of the web sites that I assembled are not feeding . . . moaning music please.

I am getting the hang of making small modifications to the wordpress code, and thought I was going great with the blogspot code as well, till I realized I broke the sommink that inputs the blog post title. The little box above the posting box is gone, gone, gone. Good thing I reserved multiple blogs for this person. Good thing I broke it before she actually started posting. I test everything first on my blogspot blog, belladonnadeepdelver, but only broke it on hers of course ;>

What can I say? I know the rules, don’t work when it’s late, don’t bring the lappie in to watch TV and tinker at the same time. The other rule is don’t try and squeeze in a bit or writing while cooking, yes?

Back to Feedburner and Feedblitz and how to keep them apart. I am in so over my head, which is what makes life the most fun of all of course  ;D

From a List About Me

Taken from a list I started to get a feel for what the words will look like on the page:

10. I am learning everything I can about blogging (and internet presence) for a client and along the way I have found a passion.

11. I like to be very still and look at the sky, but not as often as when I lived in Laguna Beach.

12. When I lived in Laguna Beach, I watched Japanese TV. I liked the modern dramas best. I would entertain myself by filling in the dialogue (no subtitles) with plots centering around the dry cleaning.

13. As I retype this to an email blank, I think writing out the list long-hand worked really well for me, and retyping the list allowed an easy, light-handed edit.

14. I write/store a lot of my draft copy/web content in my draft email folder. This email is addressed to the name of the blog, and the subject - Master List: random facts/habits. It will sit in the Drafts folder until I process it for final use or maybe just continue to add to it.

15. I love colored pens and pencils and use them whenever I can. I always have at least one thin/medium/fat Sharpie, a red pen, a couple of mechanical pencils in super colors, and an ink and roller ball pen.

16. I work best with music. Music without words, and music without commercials. I also like variety while working. I tune out if the same style of music goes on more than 3 songs. Living with a hoarder (dear soul that he is) I have an unlimited supply of CDs to select music from for my iPod. My personal library consists of around 75 core CDs. In Search of Angels, Island by Hae, The Leaving Time, Carninval of the Animals, I think I like pretty music.

17. I have taken pics of my office. Before pics. I am stalling on the After Pics part. It occurs to me that I will take pics as I remove the layers of stuff, and then the piles of books, and it might make an interesting, fast-play slide show.

. . . and if anybody knows what a trackback is, and how it works, I would appreciate a share :>