Wednesday, June 29, 2005

The Seven Dos and Don'ts

7 things i have mastered to do very well:

sulk at the state of the environment
criticize all and sundry
doze off mid movie
eat, at any time of the day
frown
stress on some personal ideas of perfection
spend countless hours staring into the ether

7 things i still do not do quite well:

sleep like a baby (i used to do so a few years back)
save
share my thoughts
love anybody for too long
be focussed
math
plan much ahead

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

words of the day

schadenfreude (shäd'n-froi'də) : Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.

Schadenfreude is a German expression (from Schaden: damage, harm; and Freude: joy) meaning pleasure taken from someone else's misfortune or shameful joy. The word is often capitalized, however since all German nouns (proper or common) are capitalized it should be possible to spell it lower case in English.

'Taken in a broader sense, it could apply to the feeling of being “blessed” because there are always people who are worse off than ourselves. Instead of compassion or pity for those less fortunate, we are thankful that it is they instead of us.'

epicaricacy/ep"-i-kar-ik'-i-see/ : taking pleasure in another's misfortune

Sunday, June 05, 2005

some of this could be true...

Below are your test results, broken down for the ten different personality disorders. You are rated "low," "moderate," "high," or "very high" probability for each disorder. Low or moderate ratings mean that you are unlikely to have the disorder. High or very high means you are more likely to have the disorder.




Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: High
Schizoid: Moderate
Schizotypal: Moderate
Antisocial: High
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Very High
Narcissistic: High
Avoidant: Moderate
Dependent: Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive: High

URL of the test: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/personality_disorder_test.mv
URL for more info: http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/index.html