My Life, according to Weird Al

Describe yourself: "Fat" and "White and Nerdy" and "I Love Rocky Road"

How do you feel: "Like a Surgeon" and "Constipated"

Describe where you currently live: "Nature Trail to Hell" also "Traffic Jam"

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: "Albuquerque"

Your favourite form of transportation:  "Another One Rides The Bus"

Your best friend is(are): "It's Still Billy Joel to Me"

Your fear: "Slime Creatures From Outer Space"  or "Living With A Hernia"

What is the best advice you have to give: "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch" and "Just Eat It"

Thought for the day: "The Saga Begins"

How I would like to die: "Smells Like Nirvana"

My soul's present condition: "I Think I'm a Clone Now"

My motto: "Everything You Know is Wrong"

I am a Type 5

I took this Enneagram Test and here are the results. I also took this test 2 years ago.

The Observer (the Five)

Observers have a need for knowledge and are introverted, curious, analytical, and insightful.

How to Get Along with Me

• Be independent, not clingy.
• Speak in a straightforward and brief manner.
• I need time alone to process my feelings and thoughts.
• Remember that If I seem aloof, distant, or arrogant, it may be that I am feeling uncomfortable.
• Make me feel welcome, but not too intensely, or I might doubt your sincerity.
• If I become irritated when I have to repeat things, it may be because it was such an effort to get my thoughts out in the first place.
• don't come on like a bulldozer.
• Help me to avoid my pet peeves: big parties, other people's loud music, overdone emotions, and intrusions on my privacy.

What I Like About Being a Five

• standing back and viewing life objectively
• coming to a thorough understanding; perceiving causes and effects
• my sense of integrity: doing what I think is right and not being influenced by social pressure
• not being caught up in material possessions and status
• being calm in a crisis

What's Hard About Being a Five

• being slow to put my knowledge and insights out in the world
• feeling bad when I act defensive or like a know-it-all
• being pressured to be with people when I don't want to be
• watching others with better social skills, but less intelligence or technical skill, do better professionally

Fives as Children Often

• spend a lot of time alone reading, making collections, and so on
• have a few special friends rather than many
• are very bright and curious and do well in school
• have independent minds and often question their parents and teachers
• watch events from a detached point of view, gathering information
• assume a poker face in order not to look afraid
• are sensitive; avoid interpersonal conflict
• feel intruded upon and controlled and/or ignored and neglected

Fives as Parents

• are often kind, perceptive, and devoted
• are sometimes authoritarian and demanding
• may expect more intellectual achievement than is developmentally appropriate
• may be intolerant of their children expressing strong emotions

Color Career Counselor

The Dewey Color System® is the world's first and only validated, color-based personality career testing instrument. Based on our experience and your interests, your best suited occupations are listed below.

Best Occupational Category
You're a RESEARCHER
Key Words: Independent, Self-Motivated, Reserved, Introspective, Analytical, and Curious

The investigative types gather information, analyze and interpret data, and inquire to uncover new facts. They have a strong scientific orientation, enjoy academic or research environments and prefer self-reliant jobs. Dislikes are group projects, selling, and repetitive activities.

RESEARCHER OCCUPATIONS

Suggested careers are College Professor, Physician, Psychologist, Pharmacist, Chemist, Marketing Research, Inventor, Sales Forecasting, Project Engineer, Dentist, Identifying Consumer Demand, Chiropractor, Dentist, Medical Technician, Optometrist, Research & Development Manager, Respiratory Therapist, Real Estate Appraiser, Chiropractor, Veterinarian, Geologist, Physicist, Science Teacher, Medical Technologist, and Author of Technical Books.

RESEARCHER WORKPLACES

Task-oriented careers where you can become absorbed in the job, be original and creative, and not conform to rigid company rules will work best for you. Unstructured organizations, for example, that allow you to sail your own ship are vital.

Suggested Researcher workplaces are universities and colleges, home office positions, medical facilities, computer-related industries, scientific foundations and think tanks, research firms, and design laboratories.

The test can be taken here.

The Sporting Presidents

While surfing for Olympic updates from Beijing, I chanced upon a picture of GMA literally surfing. It looks authentic enough so I'm posting it here.


And here's Dubya Bush showing Misty May how to do the wiggle.

Pride

I wonder how would you define pride. Wikipedia says it is the excessive love of one's own excellence. Wanting our own way without considering the outcome is a basic form of pride.

There are 277 occurences of the word "pride" using the concordance provided by BibleTab.com. Most verses do not take "pride" in a positive way. Pride is a sin God hates the most. But why do you think God hates it so much?

The original sin is pride. If you can remember, Lucifer started the trend when he said:

I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Isa 14:12-14.

Please note the number of times the word "I" is mentioned.

Here are more verses from the book of Proverbs, Basic English version:

(8:14) The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

(11:2) When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

(16:5) Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

(16:18) Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

(21:4) A high look, and a proud heart ... is sin. (KJV)

(27:2) Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

Is your pride stopping you from believing that there is someone greater than you? If you can't acknowledge that you are not the best there is, then you are too proud, and you will never be.

Pride makes you steal money to support the lifestyle that you have. Pride makes a liar out of you. Pride makes you hurt the one that you love. Pride drives you nuts and you can't even accept the fact that you need serious help.

Asking for forgiveness is an act of humility Praying is also an act of humility. Two very simple things that proud people cannot do. So, why don't we all reflect and surrender ourselves to Someone Higher Than Us to take away all the bad pride that we have? It's that simple.

Professional Boxing 101: Champs

Kagamo gid sang boxing a. Indi parejo sa basketball, or bisan ano na sport, may isa lang gid ka champion. Sa NBA, ang Celtics ang champion -- tapos na, wala gamo! Pero sa boxing ya kadamo sang sanctioning bodies: WBO, WBC, IBF, WBA. Pati ang Ring Magazine nag entra man! Pero indi na naton pag considerar ang iban maliban sa mga alphabet soup belts. Kada weight class pa, may ara champion. Kag ano kuno? Kada champion may ara pa gid classification? Grabe, sige aton estoryajan.

• International Champion. Amo ni guro ang pinakanubo na title na worth mentioning. Kulang pa ang praktis para magid tuod tuod na gid na champion a.
• Interim Champion. Kun appointed ka lang na champion, amo ka sini. Kun may injury ang current champion gina kuha ang iya title pag lapse sang defense deadline date. Des pues, ginahatag nila sa next contender and amo ni na title. Daw indi ka maging proud kung interim ka lang a.
• Linear Champion. Kun gin kuhaan ka sang belt tungod na injure ka or wala ka kabayad sang sanctioning fees, amo ni ginatawag sang press sa imo.
  
• World Champion. Amo ni ya ang tuod na champion. Ambot kun ano ang difference sa International kag World? Maayo lang wala Universe ba. Daw beauty pageant na to ya tani e.
• Unified Champion. Kun may two World Titles ka halin sa any sanctioning body.
• Undisputed Champion. Kun may three World Titles ka halin sa any sanctioning body.
• Super Champion. Kun gin pakyaw mo tanan na World Titles. Daw pacquiao ba.

Grabe no? Tam-an ka complicated. Amo na kun kis-a mga common fans wala gid ka entiende a. Gusto lang nila kakita sumbaganay hasta mapatay ang contra. Earth gid.

Next time lain naman a. Halong lang da, bords.

HTML 5 is Alive!

This specification defines the 5th major revision of the core language of the World Wide Web, HTML. In this version, new features are introduced to help Web application authors, new elements are introduced based on research into prevailing authoring practices, and special attention has been given to defining clear conformance criteria for user agents in an effort to improve interoperability.

Here's the W3C Working Draft

Here is a list of differences and some specific examples:

• New parsing rules oriented towards flexible parsing and compatibility
• New elements – section, video, progress, nav, meter, time, aside, canvas
• New Input attributes – date/time, email, url
• New attributes – ping, charset, async
• Global attributes (that can be applied for every element) – id, tabindex, repeat
• Deprecated elements dropped – center, font, strike