Peter's Geek Test

So, here are my results from the nerd / geek / dork test. I was kind of surprised, I figured I'd have a higher rating on Geekiness, but I guess compared to folks my age I do.

Joe Normal 47 % Nerd, 47% Geek, 47% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored less than half in all three, earning you the title of: Joe Normal. This is not to say that you don't have some Nerd, Geek or Dork inside of you--we all do, and you can see the percentages you have right above. This is just to say that none of those qualities stand out so much as to define you. Sure, you enjoy an episode of Star Trek now and again, and yeah, you kinda enjoyed a few classes back in the day. And, once in a while, you stumble while walking down the street even though there was nothing there to cause you to trip. But, for the most part, you look and act fairly typically, and aren't much of an outcast.

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 35% on nerdiness You scored higher than 68% on geekosity You scored higher than 80% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on OkCupid Free Online Dating

stupid football fans

So Amanda and I are at the Georgia Tech game the other night, and this completely moronic and loudmouth woman is sitting a few rows behind us. It's one thing to be annoying, it's another thing to be so loud that people in the next state can hear you while you making stupid comments. It was, however, very very nice to drink real Coke at a football game, rather than commie Pepsi products.

I'm quite pleased with Bama's defense. As they said on Gameday Final last night, Bama's D will keep us in pretty much every game all year. That's a good feeling as a fan, just knowing that it's going to be close (unless we blow them out, which I'm all for).

espn and frat boys

so ESPN has, for the second straight week, noticed that frat boys dress up and bring their sorority dates to the games, also dressed up. they at least had someone figure out that it was part of rush. they then, however, started making fun of the frat boys, how it's too hot to wear that kind of stuff. i always made fun of them, since lord knows I'd cause the second flood if I wore a suit to a Bama game.

i can't believe that fsu had to come back to tie the citadel at half. ridiculous.

refugees and such

well, i've now completed my first week of my last year in seminary. kind of weird, I guess, but not really. I think my classes will be pretty good. I'm taking Methodist Polity with Bishop Woodie White, Theology of Church and Sacraments with Ted Runyon, Christian Communalism in America with Luther Smith, and Pastoral Care and Mental Health with three different adjunct professors, in addition to my thesis work with Dr. Noel Leo Erskine. Interestingly (I just realized), all but one of the teachers I've got this semester are black. I think each of my classes will be good in different ways, and that the semester will be a good one.

one of the things on tv that's really annoyed me is a) all the people playing politics and refusing to see any mistakes from anyone of their political persuasion (from liberal leaders who only want to blame to feds to republicans who only want to blame the mayor of New Orleans). There was a lot of screwing up that happened, and I'd just like to see the nation help the millions of people who are currently refugees.

which brings me to my major annoyance b), which is that people are offended at being called refugees and feel that using that term makes them less human and less American. i hate that there are refugees right now; I hate that there are folks in Rwanda who are refugees, folks in Israel who are refugees, and folks in Atlanta that are refugees. I hate that my uncle was a refugee for a while as he and his wife and kids stayed with my parents. But to imply that "americans can't be refugees" or that "refugees aren't human" shows both a misunderstanding of the concept and a complete disregard for all of those who have been refugees for years. Thankfully things haven't gotten as bad in Houston as they have in various parts of Africa, but we've still got refugees (which includes any corporate types staying in ritzy hotels while their gulf coast mansions are rebuilt). To have people out of their homes and living elsewhere for protection is horrible, but I just can't see getting riled up about being called a refugee as productive.

the stories of Katrina

the following was written about the deadliest hurricane to hit the U.S. (possibly ever, possibly deadliest before Katrina). I think it applies to Katrina today.

from the website http://www.1900storm.com/

The story of Galveston's tragedy can never be written as it is. Since the cataclysm of Saturday night a force of faithful men have been struggling to convey to humanity from time to time some of the particulars of the tragedy.

They have told much, but it was impossible for them to tell all, and the world, at best, can never know all, for the thousands of tragedies written by the storm must forever remain mysteries until eternity shall reveal all.

Perhaps it were best that it should be so, for the horror and anguish of those fatal and fateful hours were mercifully lost in the screaming tempest and buried forever beneath the raging billows.

Only God knows, and for the rest let it remain forever in the boundlessness of His omniscience.

But in the realm of finity, the weak and staggered senses of mankind may gather fragments of the disaster, and may strive with inevitable incompleteness to convey the merest impression of the saddest story which ever engaged the efforts of a reporter.

- As published Sept. 13, 1900, in The Galveston Daily News

today was a good day

It's always nice to have a good distraction, and today proved to be that. Alabama wins, Tech knocks off Auburn, Franchione's team loses. All I needed was UAB to pull it off against UcheaT. Things are great. I know there's all sorts of bad crap going on, but after a week of seeing horrible pictures from New Orleans, it's been nice to forget about that, even if it's just for a while. I'm definitely blessed to be able to forget about it, but hopefully by doing what I can it'll help ease some people's suffering.

Pictures from DragonCon 2005

storm troopers

the emperor etc.