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Posted by Sabina on June 24, 2003, at 23:04:09
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz » Sabina, posted by mair on June 24, 2003, at 22:15:20
Yeah, I'm guessing he wouldn't get far on this board (too many PBC's by far) but the book always makes me laugh. I found the reference you mentioned:
"Mr. I Abelman, Mongoloid, Esq."
Well, he said 'Esquire', at least?
Posted by noa on June 24, 2003, at 23:05:59
In reply to Re: Ok, who on earth is Atticus Finch » noa, posted by Dinah on June 24, 2003, at 22:55:54
Scout's father in "To Kill a Mockingbird"-- a great book and a great movie, and Gregory Peck just died last week, sigh.
Posted by Sabina on June 24, 2003, at 23:26:19
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz » Brio D Chimp, posted by noa on June 24, 2003, at 22:53:19
...but I didn't know if sitting around making soap dolls would really do the trick for me in the long term.
Posted by shar on June 25, 2003, at 0:51:15
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
> This is just for fun. Omit anything you don't want to answer. Or write your own :)
>
> 1. Which term do you relate to more
>
> a)Psycho--49% because I am.
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> b)Babble--51% because I do.
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> 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?
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>Well over 50%.
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> 3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot?
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>Amazingly, never had that test. So, by default, no.
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> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
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> a) It's grim but I'm not a quitter.
Definitely this one.
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> b)This is the one I've waited for True Love
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> c)Not currently in a relationship
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> d)We're still together but I keep longing for something new and I'm looking around
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> e)other
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> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
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>Hard one. Probably Hannibal Lecter. Then we could continually surprise each other.
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> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)
>
>Thank you for that last bit. My proudest moment was graduating, actually going up to get the degree for my Ph.D. Never went to any of my other graduations.
> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?
>
>Too many to list. Probably all Mexican or Tex-mex with the occasional hot fudge sundae (if they make it look like the picture of it!).
> 8. Describe your first car.First car I ever bought all by myself was a 1970 VW beetle, yellow. Loved it. It got beaten to death on the side of the interstate one night after its accelerator broke.
>
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> 9. What question would you like answered?
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>What's the point?
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> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
>
>Give to charity. Give to myself, pay bills, etc. Give to those in my family who are needy. Invest the rest under my mattress. Don't give any to the IRS. I understand when you have that much, you don't need to pay taxes.>I bet next time nobody will want to know!
Posted by Snoozy on June 25, 2003, at 0:58:42
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
> 1. Which term do you relate to more
>> a)Psycho
> 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?
>>Hmm. I think I need to work out an equation for this one, as there has been time in therapy and also time when I have seen a therapist.
> 3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot?
>>Does saying "a dancing elephant" instead of what I was thinking - you can take that little blot and stick it.... count as lying?
> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?>>Both a & d
> a) It's grim but I'm not a quitter.
> d)We're still together but I keep longing for something new and I'm looking around
> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
>>Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)
>>Probably when I got my first "real" job - one that I really wanted.
> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?
>>Usually chocolate> 8. Describe your first car.
>>VW
> 9. What question would you like answered?
>>Why do some of us suffer so much?
> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
>>Not depressed AND I win the lottery? What else can it be but - the end of the world (and I guess I'd be feeling fine!)
Posted by jane d on June 25, 2003, at 9:20:39
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz » Sabina, posted by mair on June 24, 2003, at 22:15:20
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> You wrote: "5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
> > >
> > > Ignatius J. Reilly from "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole"
>
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> That's pretty funny. Bear in mind that this is the guy who once started a business letter with the greeting "Dear mongoloid idiot," or something similar. I'm not sure I could handle worrying about what he was thinking about me. (-:
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> MairBut at least you wouldn't have to wonder about it. :-) Were you around on the book board when that book was discussed?
Posted by mair on June 25, 2003, at 13:18:41
In reply to Re: So who would you like? (nm) » mair, posted by Dinah on June 24, 2003, at 22:42:23
Atticus Finch was a good answer, but upon some reflection I'd take a different fictional character. Wally Lamb's second novel whose name escapes me (something like "These things are true" maybe) introduces a therapist who is a woman from India. I thought she seemed really wonderful.
Mair
Posted by mair on June 25, 2003, at 13:27:48
In reply to Re: Ignatius Reilly as shrink » mair, posted by jane d on June 25, 2003, at 9:20:39
You wrote:
"Were you around on the book board when that book was discussed?"
I was around then and may have been one to suggest this book. But I found I just couldn't read it again and it seemed that others didn't respond to it quite the way I had. In spite of the length of time which has transpired since I did read it (25 +/- years), I remember Ignatius' business letter writing vividly, and in fact think of it almost every time I have to write a letter to someone I dislike - the notion of using the words you'd LIKE to use and not the ones you SHOULD use is very alluring.
Mair
Posted by yesac on June 25, 2003, at 14:21:27
In reply to Re: So who would you like? » Dinah, posted by mair on June 25, 2003, at 13:18:41
> Atticus Finch was a good answer, but upon some reflection I'd take a different fictional character. Wally Lamb's second novel whose name escapes me (something like "These things are true" maybe) introduces a therapist who is a woman from India. I thought she seemed really wonderful.
"I Know this Much is True" I read it last summer... very good book!
Posted by yesac on June 25, 2003, at 14:22:28
In reply to Re: So who would you like? » mair, posted by yesac on June 25, 2003, at 14:21:27
Posted by yesac on June 25, 2003, at 14:45:17
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by yesac on June 24, 2003, at 15:43:29
I thought of an alternative question I'd like answered:
Why is life so unfair?
Posted by Dr. Bob on June 25, 2003, at 18:09:10
In reply to Yay! I did it! (nm), posted by yesac on June 25, 2003, at 14:22:28
Posted by noa on June 25, 2003, at 21:05:37
In reply to Re: My first answer was Boo Radley... » noa, posted by Sabina on June 24, 2003, at 23:26:19
Well, compared to Ignatius, I suspect Boo would be a better listener. He might not understand much of the language, but would probably tune into the voice cues. Ignatius O'Reilly, on the other hand, would probably have full control of the semantics, but totally miss the non-verbal cues.
Posted by lil' jimi on June 25, 2003, at 22:00:33
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
a quiz? ... ... okey dokey!
> 1. Which term do you relate to more
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> a)Psycho
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> b)Babble
>b) i do way tmi
> 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?
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... hope i'm not disqualified: 0% = no therapy> 3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot?
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... haven't seen inkblots to lie to ... yet
..."... you look like some ink to me, darl-ink!..."...>
> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
>
> a) It's grim but I'm not a quitter.
>
> b)This is the one I've waited for True Love
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> c)Not currently in a relationship
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> d)We're still together but I keep longing for something new and I'm looking around
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> e)othere) hey, lexapro is lexapro ... and if it don't behave ... .... i'll shake their bottle!
>
> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
>
fictional? ... hmmmm
... ... Sherlock Holmes?
... ... ... Horatio Hornblower ?
... ... ... ... Sponge Bob?
... ... ... ... ... brio d chimp?
>
> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)
>may i offer 2?
... our wedding
... ... the birth of our son>
> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?
>
.. ... .. hope i don't get disqualified again!
... i don't have one
... ... well, on a hot day, i like 1 and 1/2 mexican limes (the small ones) squeezed over a tall tumbler of ice and then i pour a cold can of dr. pepper over that ... with a straw!
... does that count?>
> 8. Describe your first car..... .... a ~1970(something) honda 600 sedan ... two cylinders, 600cc, sohc, rack and pinion steering, front dics brakes, standard-on-the-dash, about 1300 lbs, tank held 5 gallons. ... ... drove from texaas to california one summer ....
> 9. What question would you like answered?
in neuroscience, how to explain conscousness arising from the brain ... they call this "hard problem" ... ... it's hard if one doesn't resort to dualism or "bare foot" materialism ...
OR
a proof for Reimann's Hypothesis ... ...
>
> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
>... ... besides indulging my family and my self?
... oh, establish a foundation to support research in quantum computation / quantum computer science ... ... then go to the lake ...OR maybe a record label?
so did i pass?
Posted by Sabina on June 25, 2003, at 22:07:33
In reply to Re: My first answer was Boo Radley... » Sabina, posted by noa on June 25, 2003, at 21:05:37
Posted by Brio D Chimp on June 25, 2003, at 22:22:27
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by lil' jimi on June 25, 2003, at 22:00:33
sorry I'm booked solid til mid-December :)
> > > 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
> >
> fictional? ... hmmmm
> ... ... Sherlock Holmes?
> ... ... ... Horatio Hornblower ?
> ... ... ... ... Sponge Bob?
> ... ... ... ... ... brio d chimp?
> >
>
Posted by bookgurl99 on June 26, 2003, at 0:02:12
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
> This is just for fun. Omit anything you don't want to answer. Or write your own :)
>
> 1. Which term do you relate to more
>
> a)PsychoPSYCHO!!!
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> b)Babble
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> 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?hmm. . . 14% FOURTEEN PERCENT!!AAUGGH!
>
>>
> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
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> c)Not currently in a relationship
>
>
> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
>
Are you saying that she's a real person with a real life when I leave the office?>
> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)Tonight when I held my gf in bed and she smiled at me with her own genuine happiness.
> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?Haagen-Dazs
>
> 8. Describe your first car.1982 Dodge K-Car (In 1995.)
>
> 9. What question would you like answered?What are the long-term side effects of these meds?
> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
AAAUGH!
Posted by Dinah on June 26, 2003, at 3:16:39
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by bookgurl99 on June 26, 2003, at 0:02:12
> > 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
> >
> Are you saying that she's a real person with a real life when I leave the office?
>
> >ROFL
Posted by Emme on June 26, 2003, at 6:20:22
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
Okay, here goes.> This is just for fun. Omit anything you don't want to answer. Or write your own :)
>
> 1. Which term do you relate to more
>
> a)Psycho> 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?
16%. Scary.
> 3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot?I've never seen an inkblot except in college textbooks. But if I ever got shown one for real, it would be fun to make up something wacky.
> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
d)We're still together but I keep longing for something new and I'm looking around> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
I have to agree with the person who said Jessie's therapist on Once and Again.
> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)I've been slightly less grim during cabin/hiking trips in the woods with friends.
> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?
CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE AND MORE CHOCOLATE. DARK AND BITTER AND EXPENSIVE.
> 8. Describe your first car.
1979 Toyota Corona hatchback. Great car. It saw me through field work in grad school. The poor thing got ranscacked by [an animal] when I left a window open one night in a campground.
> 9. What question would you like answered?
Sounds cliched, but "why are we here - what is the meaning of life (the universe, and everything)?."
> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
Get a really snazzy haircut with a top stylist. But that still leaves a lot. I'd take a trip someplace exotic. Then I'd do the usual. I'd help any family members or friends who need money, give some to a few charities, invest the rest and know that I could take any job I wanted even if the salary was a pittance.
Posted by Dinah on June 26, 2003, at 11:27:30
In reply to another question, posted by yesac on June 25, 2003, at 14:45:17
> I thought of an alternative question I'd like answered:
>
> Why is life so unfair?I don't know. I know I've been given so many wonderful things in my life that I just don't deserve. While others haven't. It doesn't seem fair at all.
Posted by judy1 on June 26, 2003, at 12:50:06
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
What fun!
Which term do you relate to morea)Psycho (no explanations needed)
2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?
hmm, maybe 10%3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot?
we've never met
4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
e)other- I tend to concoct my own potions :-)5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
Lucy, from Peanuts- what is she 5 cents an hour?
6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)
OMG, technically they were 'manic moments', and far surpassed happy.
7. What's your favorite comfort food?
Kona coffee with fudge ripple ice cream8. Describe your first car.
a cherry red Mustang that was repoed in 6 months for lack of payment
9. What question would you like answered?
How can one stay in a hypomanic state inderfinitely
10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?well, the 10% charity thing first, then buy a house in Hawaii for 8.9 million and blow the remaining $100,000 shopping. There should be somehing about taxes, but I try not to think about negatives.
Posted by lil' jimi on June 26, 2003, at 12:58:22
In reply to Re: another question » yesac, posted by Dinah on June 26, 2003, at 11:27:30
hi Dinah,
yesac wrote us:
> > I thought of an alternative question I'd like answered:
> >
> > Why is life so unfair?
>and you replied:
> I don't know. I know I've been given so many wonderful things in my life that I just don't deserve. While others haven't. It doesn't seem fair at all.
>
>and this is me:
last night i ALmost replied to answer this question from yesac BEFORE i realized he(she?) meant it as one of the answers to the Brio's getting to know you survey: "What question would you like answered?"... which explained to me why he posted it ... and that he wasn't actually requesting our answers ... ... ... so much anyway ...
... ... but i do like your answer(s) to yesac's answer's question (?)
.. ... .. btw, if i haven't mentioned this before?
... ... you are a beautiful person ... ... ... it shows in the compassion of your posts.thanks,
~ jim
Posted by lil' jimi on June 26, 2003, at 13:06:27
In reply to The important thing is do YOU think you passed? » lil' jimi, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 25, 2003, at 22:22:27
hellooooo, mr. Brio!
> sorry I'm booked solid til mid-December :)
>
>
> > > > 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
> > >
> > fictional? ... hmmmm
> > ... ... Sherlock Holmes?
> > ... ... ... Horatio Hornblower ?
> > ... ... ... ... Sponge Bob?
> > ... ... ... ... ... brio d chimp?
> > >
> >mid-December would be fine .... Sherlock should be good till then.... or Sponge Bob
~ jim
Posted by yesac on June 26, 2003, at 13:17:17
In reply to re: yesac's another question » Dinah, posted by lil' jimi on June 26, 2003, at 12:58:22
> and this is me:
> last night i ALmost replied to answer this question from yesac BEFORE i realized he(she?) meant it as one of the answers to the Brio's getting to know you survey: "What question would you like answered?"
>
> ... which explained to me why he posted it ... and that he wasn't actually requesting our answers ... ... ... so much anyway ...
>
Oh, you can totally answer - I wasn't necessarily requesting answers, but I always like ideas for contemplation.And... I am a girl, by the way :)
Posted by yesac on June 26, 2003, at 13:27:58
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Snoozy on June 25, 2003, at 0:58:42
I think I should say more about my answers...
> > 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?Well, I think I said 17%, but Shar said something about it should be in years, percent is relative to your age. Well, since I am 24, 17% is about 3.5 years I guess.
> > 3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot?I said no, but I've never had an "official" test... I did and emode.com quiz though, and I may have lied because they didn't look like anything to me.
> 8. Describe your first car.Depends if you're talking about if I owned the car or not. The one I gave was actually owned by my father. The first I have owned myself (which is my car right now, and I don't own it yet!) is a 95 plum-colored Cavalier. It suits me well enough.
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