Why? why not I guess

Place an X by all the things you've done, or remove the X from the ones you have not, add your own comments in brackets and then answer the questions HONESTLY, and send it to all of your friends (including me).This is for your entire life So here are my answers ( ) Smoked a cigarette ( ) Drank so much you threw up ( ) Crashed a friend's car ( ) Stolen a car (X) Been in love (X) Been dumped ( ) Shoplifted ( ) Been laid off/fired- does redundancy count? ( ) Quit your job ( ) Been in a fist fight ( ) Snuck out of your parent's house (X) Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back- feelings is vague, hey I could have feelings of hate towards someone who didn't have them back! (X ) Gone on a blind date ( ) Skipped school ( ) Seen someone die ( ) Been to the States ( ) Had sex on a beach (X) Been on a plane- one of my natural environments! (X) Been lost- somehow I landed on the wrong planet! (X) Been on the opposite side of the country (X) Regretted a friendship- hey DBT says "End hopeless relationships", so why did the DBT specialist tell me I couldn't? After i'd announced to her in front of everyone (X) Swam in the ocean- my other natural environment! (X) Felt like dying ( ) Been arrested (X ) Cried yourself to sleep ( ) Played cops and robbers (X) Recently coloured with crayons (X) Sang karaoke (X) Paid for a meal with only coins (X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't ( ) Made prank phone calls ( ) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose ( ) Caught a snowflake on your tongue ( ) Danced in the rain ( ) Written a letter to Santa Claus- never believed in the dude! ( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe (X) Watched the sun rise with someone you care about (X) Blown bubbles (X) Made a bonfire on the beach ( ) Crashed a party (X) Gone roller-skating (X) Gone Ice-skating Mother's name? Lynette What is your favourite drink? Pepsi Max Tattoos? None Body Piercing? None, but hey don't injections pierce your body? How much do you love your job? You kidding? Tutor supervising is like the most awesome job, great pay, flexible hours, fun work, get paid to surf the net, amazing team of people to work with, the coolest bosses too! Birthplace: Lower Hutt Favourite vacation spot? One spot? Yachts and my feet don't stay in one spot! Have you ever skied? No not yet amazingly! Ever steal any traffic signs? No Ever been in a car accident? Yes Favourite pudding? Lemon Merange Pie Favourite Number? 64 Favourite movie? Shadowlands and Luther Favourite holiday(s) Passover Favourite food? Mango Favourite day of the week? Monday yes really, St John Hillside Youth Division night! Favourite TV show(s)? Now: House, Bones, Special Investigators. Alltime: Macgyver, M*A*S*H, Black Sheep Sqadron, Star Trek Next Generation, Johnathan Creek Favourite smell? sea air while sailing What do you do to relax? Read the dictionary, read non fiction, crosswords, Sudoku, listening to Music, studying for fun, Write St John lesson plans, play scrabble, cranium, chess, Da Vinci Code, Boggle How do you see yourself in 10 years? Realistically -with a PhD and working towards DSc doing developmental psychology and aviation psychology, running champion Hillside division, doing volunteer ambulance, working as an autism consultant, married with a few kids, hopefully changing the world, Ideally- Doing all this and a whole lot more! What do you do when you are bored? You serious? There is such a state? Get real! What do you enjoy receiving? New St John Cadets

If yuo can raed this yuor brian wroks

...In fact, sentences in whcih lettres aer transpsoed (or jubmled up), as in the setnence you are now raeding, aer no more difficult to raed tahn setnencse in whcih teh lettres aer in teh rihgt oerdr... Study is soooooo underrated! Research is the best! I wish there were more hours in the day so I could learn so much more and do much more research!

Reminicent of high school

Last night I was chatting to a couple of old high school friends on MSN, each of us in a different country. Anyway I think it lead me to remember this amasingly awesome SATB song we did for the choral federation festival in 1996. Man choir rocked that year! O sifuni mungu! Viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu Na mfalme wetu Viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu Na mfalme wetu Pazeni sauti ili nasi mwimbe Pazeni sauti ili nasi mwimbe Watu wote Viumbe vyote Awaye yote Sifu mungu Watu wote Viumbe vyote Awaye yote Sifu mungu All creatures of our God and King (O sifuni mungu) Lift up your voice and with us sing (O sifuni mungu) Thou burning sun with golden beam (imbeni, imbeni) Thou silver moon with softer gleam (pazeni sauti imbeni) Viumbe Vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu Viumbe Vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu Pazeni sauti ili nasi mwimbe Pazeni sauti ili nasi mwimbe All men (watu wote) All creatures (viumbe vyote) Everybody (awaye yote) Praise the Lord (sifu mungu) All men (watu wote) All creatures (viumbe vyote) Everybody (awaye yote) Praise the Lord (sifu mungu) Thou rushing wind that art so strong (O sifuni mungu) Ye clouds that sail in heaven along (O sifuni mungu) Thou rising morn in praise rejoice (imbeni, imbeni) Ye lights of evening find a voice (pazeni sauti imbeni) Viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu Viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu Pazeni sauti ili nasi mwimbe Pazeni sauti ili nasi mwimbe All men (watu wote) All creatures (viumbe vyote) Everybody (awaye yote) Praise the Lord (sifu mungu) All men (watu wote) All creatures (viumbe vyote) Everybody (awaye yote) Praise the Lord (sifu mungu) Thou flowing water pure and clear (hm.hm.hm.hm) Make music for thy Lord to hear! (hm.hm.hm.hm.) Thou fire, so masterful and bright (Imbeni!) That givest man both warmth and light.(Imbeni!) vyumbe vyote na mungu we tu vyumbe vyote na mungu we tu Pazeni sauti (chitter) Pazeni sauti (chitter) Tusifu mungu Let all things their Creator bless (O sifuni mungu) And worship Him in humbleness (O sifuni mungu) O praise the Father, praise the Son (imbeni, imbeni) And praise the Spirit, three in one (pazeni sauti imbeni) viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu Pazeni sauti ili nasi mwimbe Pazeni sauti ili nasi mwimbe All men (watu wote) All creatures (viumbe vyote) Everybody (awaye yote) Praise the Lord (sifu mungu) All men (watu wote) All creatures (viumbe vyote) Everybody (awaye yote) Praise the Lord (sifu mungu) O sifuni mungu (imbeni) O sifuni mungu (imbeni) O sifuni mungu (imbeni) Tusifu mungu O sifuni mungu (imbeni) O sifuni mungu (imbeni) O sifuni mungu (imbeni) Tusifu mungu Tusifu mungu Tusifu mungu pazeni sauti na wote imbeni O sifuni mungu

Stupid people!

Einstein said: "Two things are infinite: Human stupidity and the universe, and I'm not sure about the universe" And he was so so right!!! Everyday I seem to encounter more and more stupid people, Dunedin is full of them, New Zealand is full of them, and this planet is full of them. I just hope the beings on other planets have learned to use their grey matter (or whatever their equivalent is!) better than homosapiens. Supposedly we are intelligent life-forms? I really have my doubts sometimes! Of course ignorance is bliss, this is true. The older I get the more I learn that I don’t know, and time is running out to learn it all, though I’m trying hard. But most things are straightforward, like Mathematics. It’s logical, easy to interpret and usually doesn’t take so long to do so; the bible on the other hard doesn’t seem so easy for people. The problem is people think it IS easy, so they take from it the superficial literal level that they see and treat it like they are reading “Hairy MacLeary” (But don’t get me started on critical literacy, most people miss 90% of what is in picture books! (Not a statistical fact)). The bible should be like Mathematics, with one correct answer, but people seem to believe it is open to interpretation, cos I have heard many different accounts of some aspects of the bible. Should I keep my frustration inward to avoid persecution from those who apparently love me? Or should I vent like Luther, and write prolifically? If I could have such a radical outcome as Luther then I would follow his tradition, probably will before my time is out. But the simple fact is that it is hard to live in this world without friends, even if most friends seem to live on the periphery, that’s better than nothing right? It’s said that I live in this world but not of it. I definitely don’t live of it, but usually feel I don’t live in it either. But then if I’m not sailing away on Shadowlands, then I’ll never feel like I’m on the same planet as those around me. It’s a good thing that God is my best friend cos he won’t excommunicate me, and he actually understands me! On a lighter note, anyone wanna come over and play the Da Vinci game with me?

Yeah yeah I know I should be working!

Also: This is hillariously fun! http://www.ratemybrain.com/

hahaha

[Cut to House, eating more of Wilson’s cooking and looking at the whiteboard in his office. Wilson enters.] Wilson: Enjoying the salad? House: There’s no lettuce. Wilson: I’m aware that there’s no lettuce. Do you know when I obtained this knowledge? House: Actually, I’m in the middle of – Wilson: When I made it. For myself. House: Well, how was I supposed to know? Wilson: Well, I was hoping this might tip you off. [points to cover, which has a post-it note on it that states: “MY LUNCH DO NOT TOUCH!!”] House: That’s kind of selfish, don’t you think? Wilson: I offered to make you some, you said no! House: Ah, that was before I tasted the pancakes. It’s a compliment, you should be flattered. [Cuddy enters.]

Top of the class

As much as I hate reality TV shows, I watched this one after 8 hours with St John kids today, many of them 6-8. Why do their mothers give them sugury lunches? Anyhow, I watched the show which has 6 NZ celebrities paired with 6 look a like 10 year old "mini-me's". They do school work and try to win points and prizes for their kid. So waht can I say? Matthew Ridge is an idiot, April is a goody goody and Cocky can't do maths, 19/20 is NOT 99.5%, more like 95%!!!

My own species!

Well obviously my favourite programme is "House" but my second favourite at the moment is "bones".It's great! And best of all is these two, cos they remind me of me! Goodman: Dr. Brennan, are you playing me? Brennan: You know I'm no good at that. Goodman: Hmm, thus far, but you have a disturbingly steep learning curve. Booth: Trying to track down the doctor? Brennan: Don't need him. It's definitely a toxin, but we can't determine what kind. Zack: Too bad the liver is cooked; that could tell us everything. Booth: You know, I need subtitles walking in here. Brennan: I've been thinking about your whole "something stinks" aptitude. Booth: Oh yeah? Brennan: I think you have a subconscious knack for reading body language. Stress in the voice, other subtle yet discernible indicators. It's not mysterious, but it is impressive and in the future, (deep breath) I will try to accord it an appropriate degree of objective worth. Booth: Thank you Temperance, I appreciate that. So, uh, what part of "this is mine" did you not understand? Have to say it in Latin? Brennan (gets up slowly, smiling slightly, and hands him the access pass he wanted while saying): Abscet invidea. Brennan: Maybe the young man died and the missing girl, hungry and lost, came upon him needing food. She-- Sheriff: Sawed him up and barbequed him? Brennan: What? There's no evidence that the hand was cooked. Brennan: Angela said rap artists sometimes kill each other over the music: Jam Master Jay, Tupac, Biggie. Booth: Do you even know who you're talking about? Brennan: Yeah, I've done my Googling. Zack: (Ranting maniacally) I was out taking the pictures you needed and there was a sign and numbers on the ground and I thought, "Why assume a quasi-randomly generated function-oriented paradigm?" Hodgins: Zack! When you talk that fast, human beings can't hear you.

DSM-IV Criteria for neurotypical disorder

Neurotypical Disorder is defined in section 299.70 of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Orders? (DSM-IV) as: A. Qualitative involvement in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following: 1. Marked use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body posture?, and gestures to regulate social interaction 2. Highly developed peer relationships appropriate to developmental level 3. A spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interest or achievements with other people (e.g., by a lack of showing, bringing, or pointing out objects of interest to other people) 4. Skilled degree of social or emotional reciprocity B. Patterns of behavior, interests and activities, as manifested by at least one of the following: 1. Displays a moderate interest in multiple subjects. 2. Apparently flexible adherence to non-specific, functional routines or rituals 3. Marked sense of balance and/or good motor coordination. 4. Persistent preoccupation with people and their conversations. C. The disturbance causes clinically significant functional capability in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. D. There is no clinically significant display of imagination, giftedness, systemizing, stemming, art, high skill or knowledge in any one subject, aloof like manners, intelligence, naiveté, youthful pursuits or interests, visual acuity, eidetic memory, high or low sensitivity, comprehension of time, high early language skills, encyclopedic knowledge, or high degree of reasoning or logic. E. There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills or adaptive behavior (other than imagination and hyperfocusing on few subjects) and curiosity about the environment? in childhood F. Criteria are not met for another specific Mentally Average Human Disorder or Basic Human Lifeform Order?.

Luther-my main man!

Anyone who has known me for a while knows my love of Luther and the reformation, het it was the topic for my indivdual choise topic for School certificate English! So obviously I would be a fan of "Luther" the movie, and naturally I was! Watched it twice yesterday! Could so easily watch it again and again! Does anyone else get irritated when talking about Luther and people think you mean Martin Luther King! No! I mean the original!!! Luther said some pretty cool things: I more fear what is within me than what comes from without You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired, although not in the hour or in the measure, or the very thing which they ask. Yet they will obtain something greater and more glorious than they had dared to ask Pray, and let God worry The fewer the words, the better the prayer (Man I wish people understood this!Karen) My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us” Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world Christians are rare people on earth (oh how truely true! Karen) Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen Man I could go on with the quotes, but with such a prolific writer, i'd be here forever! Luther, we need more people like him in the world! I say find me a man like Luther and i'll marry him! Luther, he da man!