I used to be so clever
This entry was posted on June 5, 2008
When I was in school I did something called the Morrisby Profile, which is “an integrated set of twelve paper and pencil tests which assess aptitude and work based personality.” I got some pretty good results but forgot about them until today when my Mum found the paperwork.
Let’s take a look at my results!
As you can see, my strengths were definitely in things relating to numbers. I always was a bit of a Maths nut, even if I did fail miserably at certain things. I once worked out a probability at 117, when it’s impossible for the answer to be anything higher than 1!
I’m quite proud of how well I did in this profile. I think of myself as a “frustrated” genius. Well, I’m not so much of a “genius”, I’m more… someone that has a fair amount of intelligence but doesn’t always get to use it as much as I’d like.
I wonder what would happen if I took the same test again today. My numerical skills definitely wouldn’t be that high! I can barely manage mental arithmetic these days. Maybe I just need some practice? I’d like to think that my confidence / inner conviction would be higher! I don’t have a huge ego at all, but… I don’t think I’m that retarded.
Other graphs and whathaveyou can be found in the Morrisby Profile set on my Flickr.
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10 facts meme
This entry was posted on April 24, 2008
I was tagged by the lovely Daniela to write about 10 facts, habits, goals, or other stuff about myself. I think I’ve done something like this before, so I hope I’m not about to repeat myself!
I’m fascinated by torture. I especially love reading about medieval torture methods. They had some twisted people back in those days! I love it. Yes, torture is a horrible thing that I wouldn’t wish on anybody, but there’s just something about a rack and some thumbscrews that has me intrigued.
I suck at reading. I try to read books, but I usually always fail. Hell, I haven’t even finished HP7 yet! I buy books with the intention of reading them, but I never seem to be able to manage it. I find myself reading the same paragraph over and over again, and not taking in any part of it.
I feel like everyone’s sister. My closest friends are all either only children, or have a single brother. Looking at the statistics, that’s eight people I can think of off the top of my head. I get on great with every single one of them, and I think that’s partly because I adopt the “sister” role that they don’t have otherwise.
I’m a very calm person. I’m nearly 21 years old, and not once have I lost my temper with anyone. I don’t even yell at people. It’s so strange to me when I hear about people having screaming matches with siblings / parents, because that never ever happens with me. I’m far too calm for that sort of anger.
I’m a massive High School Musical fan. I have two Zac Efron calendars, DVDs of both movies, a High School Musical (HSM) book, and HSM sticker album, HSM hairbands, and HSM bracelet, and HSM bag, and HSM pencil case, and some HSM postcards. I’ve also had HSM chocolate lollipops, and I have both movie soundtracks on my iPod.
I live in the countryside. Like… deep in the countryside. I can walk for ten minutes from my house and I’ll end up in the middle of nowhere. Our town is famous for being “near” things, and I kind of like that. We’re close enough to things to be able to access them, but far enough away to have plenty of empty space.
I have an oyster card. An oyster card is a way to get cheaper transport around London, which is weird because I don’t even live in London. I’m not even a regular visitor. And yet, I still have an Oyster card!
I can’t click my fingers. I hate the fact that I can’t click my fingers. I’ve tried so many times, and I’ve had various different people try and teach me, but nothing works. I’ve even tried different techniques, but nothing works! I fear that my fingers will eternally be silent.
I can say the alphabet backwards. In primary school we had an “elite” club, where in order to join, you had to be able to say the alphabet in reverse order. I was the first member when I was 8 years old, and I haven’t lost the talent since.
I write HTML like I write English. It’s a language which comes naturally to me now, and on more than one occasion I have found myself “closing” my written paragraphs. I even tried to italicise my handwriting once, but needless to say - it didn’t work. I guess my notebooks don’t interpret HTML in the same way my browser does!
As is the law with memes, I now have to tag people. And in true Calm Banana tradition, I am tagging you.
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Bully: Scholarship Edition
This entry was posted on March 16, 2008
Ever since I got my Wii at Christmas, I’ve been determined to have fun with it. One of the reasons the novelty of my PS2 wore off was that it just wasn’t enough fun. Eventually, I got bored. With my Wii, however, I have not once been bored with it.
One of the first things I did on my Wii was make my Mii, and you can see MiiRachael over on the right. It’s almost like looking in the mirror, except I have better proportions in real life.
Over the past few months I’ve bought some new games for my Wii, the newest being Bully: Scholarship Edition. The trailer for the game makes it look quite violent and at first I was a bit unsure about the game, but after having played it for a little while I have completely changed my mind.
The game centres around the character of Jimmy who is the new kid in a boarding school. He has a past reputation of being a bully and thus some of the students at the new school have it in for him. It’s all rather fascinating.
One of the things that shocked me with this game was just how easy it was to be violent. It’s quite a ‘free’ game in that you’re free to roam around the school grounds and interact with other students. The nunchuck and the wiimote are both used in this game, and as such, you can literally walk up to anyone and punch them in the face. I’m not a violent person, and I don’t like violent games, so that was a bit shocking for me to experience. However, if you punch people it’ll get you in trouble. Punch enough people and the school prefects will come and lynch you.
I’m now on a mission to make Jimmy be a reformed bully. From now on he’s going to be nice and not get in trouble. He’ll defend himself, yes, but he won’t go looking for fights. Well, unless I’m bored and need to release some stress, but that’s just horrible. Violence is wrong. Don’t hit people.
