How true...

You Are The Moon

You represent the unconscious side of life, what happens in dreams. You are capable of great genius - but also of great madness. Emotions tend to be primal for you, both your fears and your fantasies. Your intuition is always right, listening to it is the difficult part. Your fortune: You are about to embark on a very important journey - and a very difficult one. Some of your deepest dreams will be realized, as well as some of your deepest nightmares. Follow your creativity and visions; stay away from your weaknesses. You are taking a voyage to the center of yourself, and you may be pleasantly surprised by what you discover.

What Tarot Card Are You?

Test, Test, Test!

There isn't a whole lot for me to say about this, so enjoy, take the test, enjoy some more, tell me what you got on it, etc.

Your Personality Is Like Acid

A bit wacky, you're very difficult to predict. One moment you're in your own little happy universe... And the next, you're on a bad trip to your own personal hell!

What Drug Is Your Personality Like?

Talk to everyone later.
Ja mata!

Duck on the Loose

End of Semester

Yay! The semester is over!
I don't know if I am overly happy about that though. I had to type a five-page paper based on my readings in my Japanese literature class instead of taking a traditional final. We had several topics to choose from, and I decided it would be great to write about the role and fascination of licensed quarters in the "floating world", thinking that there would be an abundance of material on this topic. However, I quickly found out that there was an abundance of sensual material, but a good chunk of it did not or only barely had anything to do with the licensed quarters. At that point though, it was too late to pick a new topic and start over.
Here I have a confession to make: As much as I wanted never to forget my medication again, I realized that I was running out of antidepressants. I did ask for refills, but to preserve gas, I can't drive back to the Quad Cities every week or so. I also didn't ask my mother to send me my meds because I didn't want to cause her any additional stress. So, I thought, "Ah, what the hell. I'll be okay without my antidepressants for two or three days.". Unfortunately, I started having withdrawal symptoms on the second day... I had dizzy spells, nausea, extreme drowsiness, my body would start to shake, etc.
Needless to say, I could hardly concentrate on concentrating, let alone on a paper.
In the end, I wasn't able to fill out five pages, it was a few minutes late, and I really don't remember what I was writing about and/or if it made any sense.
However, I'm still not finished with my coursework. I have two courses that I need to finish: One on statistical methods and the other on social psychology. I'm looking forward to these because I can work at my own pace, but I still want to finish them before August.
Oh yay, the joys of my post-semester schedule, but I'm pretty happy that I at least have a vague schedule for the summer.
Okay, I'm done. No more bitching from me today.
Back to watching Dark Water (the original version, that is)...creepy.

Another Quiz

Well, this is pretty self-explanatory...

You are 93% Cancer

How much do you match your zodiac sign?

If you are interested in this quiz, just go to http://www.blogthings.com/astrologyquizzes.html and click on the appropriate astrology quiz. However, if you are curious, you could always go through each of these quizzes.

Okay, I'm off to going through more quizzes.

Happy Birthday!

Yes, another birthday... My brother turned 16 yesterday. He sounded very pleased with the way his birthday was going, so I was happy to hear that. He also sounded like he was looking forward to seeing me this weekend, but we'll see what happens between now and tomorrow. I still need to put together presents for my brother and my sister, but I don't really know what to give my mom for Mother's Day... Depending on the way my family acts, I might not even stay until Mother's Day, which makes me feel bad for Mom, but she doesn't even want to do anything anyway.
So, what else is new... My annual physical is tomorrow, my final paper is due tomorrow, my boyfriend is depressed and I don't know how to help him, I can't remember last night's dreams, and I'm tired and slightly dizzy. I think that pretty much sums my current situation up.
Now, I'm not even sure if I'm aggravated or depressed...or both, but I do know that I'm pretty hungry, so I'm going to fix that now.
Well, take care everyone, and I'll talk to you later.

Quick Break from Apocalypse Watch

Well, I have added a new link to my links section. It is listed as Fulltang and is for the livejournal of one of my good friends, who just set it up yesterday. So, it's still in the baby phase, I guess, but check it out and show your support!
Now, back to preparing for the apocalypse...or going to bed, whichever comes first.
A bientot, mes amis.

Bad dreams? Paranoia? Apocalypse?

If you were to ask my mother, she would tell you that one of the things that I have managed to keep from my childhood is my vivid imagination. I mean, we're talking about someone who was even sent to therapy because she told her parents that her Barbies went out shopping every time the lights were turned off!!
So, how do I make the connection between the previous sentences and this post's title? Well, recently I've experienced an increase in bad dreams, at least from what I can remember. I am also having this general feeling of impending doom (lots of underlying negative currents)... Oh, and let's not forget that I thought I was driving through Silent Hill last night due to some very dense fog that had managed to find its way into Iowa City. Even though I felt tempted to take pictures, I didn't get around to it...sorry. I was almost expecting to find a girl standing in the middle of the road...
Anyway...here are my theories (hypotheses, actually) as to what this all could mean or what the sources to this could be:
1) I am still processing the fact that three tornadoes touched down in Iowa City, which would explain why I've had two dreams with tornadoes. One of them featured a huge tornado (and a pregnant Angelina Jolie) and the other had tornadoes everywhere...and I mean everywhere (granted, one of them turned out to be three drag queens standing on each other, but I don't know how to explain that one...).
2) It's just the usual Bettina panic attack: Paranoia caused by an inborn anxiety disorder + Overly vivid imagination = CODE BLUE! CODE BLUE!
3) Maybe I've been letting my family's situation get to me more than I would have liked...
4) Or, or...now stay with me on this one: It could be a sign of the apocalypse...psssh, psssh, not too loud. We don't want the men in the white jackets to find out about this theory quite yet.
5) Of course, it could always be a combination of the hypotheses 1-3. Not too sure if I should include 4 in that one...
Well, I am still none the wiser, even though my middle name does grant me lots of wisdom already, so let's just hope it's not the apocalypse...hihi.
Okay, I'll just retreat for now...with my aluminum hat...underneath a table...and I will (hopefully) write another post soon. ; )

So, take care and...beware of the signs...

D'oh...

You know, I can't expect anyone to take these tests and share their results if I haven't even bothered leaving links to them. So, here it is:

The Commonly Confused Words Test

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=14457200288064322170

Okay, I'm bowing out again. Baibai.
Talk to ya'll later! Ki o tsukete kudasai.

Atarashii tesuto

I recently took a test about my knowledge of the English language. It turns out that I haven't quite mastered it on the expert level yet, but I'm not far from it.
I got this from Devamon's livejournal, who, on the other hand, got it from one of his friends' livejournals, and so on.
Anyway, here are my results:

English Genius

You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 93% Expert!

You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!

Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!

For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/.


My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:


You scored higher than 60% on Beginner


You scored higher than 39% on Intermediate


You scored higher than 80% on Advanced


You scored higher than 87% on Expert


There you have you it. If you should take this test and notice differences between the way my results are listed and the way that OkCupid lists your results, well, that is because I tried to copy the HTML of my results, but there seems to be an issue with the images... So, I had to copy the text and after changing the fonts and whatnot, I am now able to finally post my results.
Oh, on a different note: Kwyndig has posted the second part of his fantasy/mystery/adventure story. Yay!
In addition to that, Adrienne has posted the first few chapters of an I-novel from one of her students, which I also think is great.
With that, I wish all of you happy reading and stay tuned for more fun tests, stories, and whatever else happens to cross my path.
Oyasumi nasai minasan! Ja mata, ne.

Updates

Hello everyone!

Soooo sorry for the delay! I'll do my best from here on out to post more often.
Anyway, now on to the actual message: One of my good friends, who is listed as Trifthen in the Links section, changed the name of his domain some time ago. So, it originally was kildosphere.com, but he has now changed it to bonesmoses.org. As for his old domain name, he still plans on using it, but I haven't seen, read, or heard anything new about it. However, I will definitely keep everyone posted on this issue.
Secondly, please check out Kwyndig's livejournal. He posted a great story as his April 27th (as far as I remember) post. I absolutely loved it! It seems to be a combination of mystery/fantasy/sci-fi and I can't wait to see if he'll continue this story. I hope he will...
So, if you're interested, click on the name Kwyndig in the Links section. Then you can tell me what you thought about it and I can give him your feedback, or you can post comments on his livejournal telling him what you thought about it yourselves.
Well, I have another post to work on, so I hope that it will be up in the next day or two.

Take care everyone and keep on reading.

Happy Birthday Dad and Sis!

Well, it's that time of year again...oh wait, this blog didn't exist at this time last year...hmmm. Anyway, on May 1st, my father turned 50 years old and on May 2nd, my younger sister turned 17. However, I don't think that they got the memo on how old they are actually supposed to be...
My father can't make up his mind if he wants to be 3, 8, or 110, and my sister thinks she can act and talk like a 25-35 year old, but still get the perks of being a minor.
Don't get me wrong, I love both of them...on some level or other. They have just been at each other's throats for way too long now, and neither of them wants to make compromises... I'm just happy that they have entered a stalemate. It is very sad that I am so worn out by this "war" because I don't live with my family anymore!
Okay, all of that ranting can be left for another day because this is supposed to be a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" message. So, again, happy birthday Dad and Sis (most you probably already know her name)! I hope that you both have a good year!
And with that, I will end this message because I have babysitting to attend to.

So, take care ya'll.