April is the cruellest month
Published by Becky S April 24th, 2005 in miscellaneous fluff, wtf?
Good Grief has a strict no quiz policy. You know, because people who put quizzes on weblogs are mindless followers with nothing original to say. Who cares what 70s punk rock drummer or lipstick color I am? I don’t wear lipstick, and I don’t need a silly quiz to know that I’m a pretty kick-ass air drummer. In fact, when I’m done bringing down BIG MEDIA and THE MAN and SEPTA, I’m planning to take the music world by storm.
The other reason I don’t put quizzes here is because I always fail them. I’m a good student, so it’s disheartening to consistently get poor results on internet quizzes. My infinitives split just thinking about it. For example, I secretly took a book quiz as seen on Blankbaby and The Lunabomber Manifesto. Those guys get to be cool books, but I’m Compassion Fatigue–cold and heartless. And several months ago, a poetry quiz informed me that I’m The Wasteland. Something about being empty and meaningless. Can’t I at least be a naughty limerick?
UPDATE: Mr. “I am Watership Down and therefore deep, complex, and possibly the best person ever” very metal chimes in with his results. Phhhhhht.
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Bizarre. You and Paul both reference The Wasteland and use the first line as your titles. I apparently didn’t get the memo.
My result was “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. I am a bit worried by this part: “There’s a weird guy in the neighborhood using dubious means to protect you, but you’re pretty sure it’s worth it in the end.”
I haven’t read the book…perhaps I should.
Don’t feel bad Becky, I didn’t post at blankbaby because this was mine:
You’re The Sound and the Fury!
by William Faulkner
Strong-willed but deeply confused, you are trying to come to grips with a major crisis in your life. You can see many different perspectives on the issue, but you’re mostly overwhelmed with despair at what you’ve lost. People often have a hard time understanding you, but they have some vague sense that you must be brilliant anyway. Ultimately, you signify nothing.
Talk about depressing
There’s an episode of The Simpsons in which a roadie for Robert Pinsky tests the microphone with “April is the cruellest month… cruuuuuelest month.”
Glenn couldn’t stop cryin’ and wailin’ after the quiz he ran up to the Internet and held onto his modem fightin’ and fallin’. The floor went away but Glenn didn’t hush and the dark cables were like vines in the ditch that night when the shapes had stopped and he wanted them to start again, and the Internet crashed, but still the shadows didn’ move.
To Glenn, the internet smelled like trees…
To Glenn, the internet smelled like trees…
I really like The Sound and the Fury. I mean, I really liked it when I was a freshman in college. Of course, I was more of a brooder back then.
Double post! I’m so ashamed.
It’s true, I don’t trust anything that oinks.
You’re Animal Farm!
by George Orwell
You are living proof that power corrupts and whoever leads you will become just as bad as the past leaders. You’re quite conflicted about this emotionally and waver from hopelessly idealistic to tragically jaded. Ultimately, you know you can’t trust pigs. Your best moments are when you’re down on all fours.
very metal, I thought the double post was some kind of Faulknerian statement. As an undergrad, I took an entire semester of Faulkner–The Sound and the Fury was one of my favorites.
Type E, that’s, uh, very interesting.
Sam, To Kill a Mockingbird is a fantastic book, and it doesn’t take long to read.
I’m gonna take the quiz again and try for a better result.
Dang, I got the same book:
You’re Compassion Fatigue!
by Susan Moeller
You used to care, but now it’s just getting too difficult. You cared about the plight of people in lands near and far, but now the media has bombarded you with images of suffering to the point that you just don’t have the energy to go on. You’ve become cold and heartless, as though you’d lived in New York City for a year or so. But you stand as a serious example to all others that they should turn off their TV sets and start caring again.
BUT…if you change your answer to the first question, you get a whole different set of questions. So now I’m Inherit the Wind:
To you, the learning process is inherently about controversy. If people aren’t having their minds stretched, how could they possibly be learning? This makes you a good but unpopular teacher, and the people around you are ready to make it a federal case. All you’re asking them to do is evolve a little. But they would like you to be more creative. You would make an excellent lawyer, even though people think you love monkeys.
I am Jurassic Park!
You combine all the elements of a mad scientist, a brash philosopher,
a humble researcher, and a money-hungry attracter of tourists. With all these features,
you could build something monumental or get chased around by your own demons. Probably
both, in fact. A movie based on your life would make millions, and spawn at least two
sequels that wouldn’t be very good. Be very careful around islands.
I like it…
Who knew such a silly little quiz (dare I say Meme?) would generate so much fun.
Oh, wait… I did.
Hahhahaa! I rule!
Scott, you are Frankenstein. You irresponsibly created something with a life of it’s own, and now you are powerless to stop it.
Wait — have you committed a meme?
No, I was mocking a meme. It’s not my fault if everyone followed the quiz link and decided to take it!
We shall not speak of this again.
Oh, you participated in this meme, you just couched it in terms of ‘look at this silly stuff, here’s what my results are.’
Admit it! You’re a closet meme lover!