I finally read Carolyn’s blog and saw that she actually updated it. She had taken some of those “online tests” so I decided to take some myself. The first was a sort of an IQ test. Not quite accurate, but kind of tells me that I don’t know as much as I thought. I think genius means you got all four right and they weren’t exactly hard.

See how I only got “exceptional” in general knowledge? Means I didn’t know something simple.

Slow and Steady

Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It’d really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment. They expect you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then usually decide against it.

This demonstrates the accuracy of the tests, or demonstrates how I don’t answer truthfully. I suppose I don’t do a lot of things impulsively except tell people when I think they’re being idiots. And, come to think of it, it’s not impulsive, it builds up and I really ought to keep my fat trap shut but, of course, I don’t.

I really have no analysis for this last bit. At least it’s general enough to say, “Oh, yeah, I can see that.”

Today we went to the building where we could be relocating our office. It’s mostly sure we’re moving, but since I work for a small start-up, things are never completely certain. The space is much smaller, it’s further from downtown, and next to a place I used to work. Sounds like the last of the workers from back then was just let go, so it’s just the owners and new people now. They’re still doing OK and are even expanding their customer base. Good for them. More proof that life goes on without me.

I could have SWORN I hit the “Publish” button, but there isn’t even a draft saved. My browser crashed and probably deleted whatever I wrote.

But yesterday, besides being too hot, had nothing interesting going for it. You didn’t miss much. I did like the TV show, “The Closer,” but I didn’t mention that. Not even anyone being a weirdo at the gym.

Apparently one of my intolerant neighbors (well, THE intolerant neighbor) is thinking of moving back east because of all the horrific events taking place in our neighborhood. I guess his car even was egged! People parking on the street in the middle of the night and no police to harass them! The horror! Well, there is one very odd neighbor who likes doing senseless things like peeling out in his pickup for no reason, driving around a Budget rental truck instead of his $100K+ Mercedes SUV, and pressure washing the street every week, but that guy is a millionaire so he’s part of the solution, not part of the problem. The intolerant neighbor is a right-wing Republican nutbag from what I can gather, so I’d think that an obnoxious millionaire would be just his kind of people.

I get mad about people talking crap about Portland, but if they don’t like it they can get the f*ck out.