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Laurel Marie

About Me

I am ruled by my ethics, which may not manifest in the behaviors you'd expect from a person who is ruled by their ethics. The manifestent behaviors, on the other hand, may be perfectly in keeping with the kind of person who talks like this. Which I really do.

My Interests


Advanced Global Personality Test Results

Extraversion |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Stability |||||||||||||| 60%
Orderliness |||||||||||||||| 70%
Accommodation |||||||||||| 50%
Interdependence |||||||||||| 50%
Intellectual |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Mystical |||||||||||| 43%
Artistic |||||| 23%
Religious || 10%
Hedonism |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Materialism |||||||||||||||| 70%
Narcissism |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Adventurousness |||||||||||||||| 70%
Work ethic |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Self absorbed |||||||||||| 43%
Conflict seeking |||||||||||| 50%
Need to dominate |||||||||| 36%
Romantic |||||||||||| 43%
Avoidant |||||| 23%
Anti-authority |||||||||||||||| 63%
Wealth |||||||||||| 50%
Dependency |||||||||||| 50%
Change averse || 10%
Cautiousness |||||||||||| 43%
Individuality |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Sexuality |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Peter pan complex || 10%
Physical security |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Physical Fitness |||||| 24%
Histrionic |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Paranoia |||||||||| 36%
Vanity |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Hypersensitivity |||||| 30%
Indie |||||||||| 40% trait snapshot: clean, likes large parties, outgoing, makes friends easily, optimistic, positive, social, high self control, traditional, assertive, rarely irritated, self revealing, open, finisher, high self concept, controlling, rarely worries, tough, likes to stand out, does not like to be alone, semi neat freak, fearless, dominant, trusting, organized, resolute, strong, practical, craves attention, adventurous, hard working, respects authority, brutally honest, realist, altruisticTake Free Advanced Global Personality Test
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I'd like to meet:

I think you meant "whom"

Music:

I understand it makes the world go round. Or perhaps that's love. Or rotational interia.

Television:

Three of them. Usually baseball is on.

Books:

Funnyball, though I may be biased because I wrote it.

Heroes:

Superman, Wonder Woman, the Green Lantern

My Blog

Pictures and the First Day of School

We've had a productive weekend, squeezing in as much quality family time as we can before Winter starts school tomorrow. Though he's going into first grade, tomorrow will be first day for getting on t...
Posted by Laurel Marie on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:58:00 PST

Woo-hoo, look who's employed!

I'm super-psyched today because I signed the paperwork to start a new job on Thursday.That may seem sort of soon after I announced that I was out of work with no particular prospects for what was comi...
Posted by Laurel Marie on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:10:00 PST

Looking for Work

I did something scary today: I told the Vice President in charge of my division at work that I am resigning my position.Merits some explanation, I suppose. The big, ongoing, festering wound of my job ...
Posted by Laurel Marie on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:40:00 PST

Parent-Teacher Conference

Winter is almost six, and for a while Jon and I have been conflicted on whether he would start school in kindergarten or first grade this fall. For the past school year he's been going to Kindercare, ...
Posted by Laurel Marie on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:09:00 PST

Quality Brother Time

We just got back from an extended weekend trip to Cedar Point with the family. It was: * Me, Jon, and Winter * My mom and eldest younger brother Mathew * Middle brother Peter and his gi...
Posted by Laurel Marie on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:21:00 PST

26 Commutes to go

The current owners of our soon-to-be new home own no fewer than two other houses, and I guess they may be renting a smaller place in the school district to let their youngest son graduate from his hig...
Posted by Laurel Marie on Wed, 02 May 2007 05:58:00 PST

One Step Closer to Moving Day

We put in an offer on a house yesterday. Today it was countered, and we accepted. The terms of the counter were interesting. They didn't say a thing about leaving the front-loading washer and dryer se...
Posted by Laurel Marie on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:15:00 PST

A Revealing Happy Hour

Friday I got together with some coworkers after work for a couple drinks, and it was a noteworthy night, if not particularly exciting. Among the crowd was George, the vice-president of my division.&nb...
Posted by Laurel Marie on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:25:00 PST

Yeah, You Know Me

The other day, sitting in the living room, my 5-year old son announces that he's learned out to roll.Me: Oh really?Him: Yeah, watch.He then stretches out on the carpet, arms stretch above his head, a...
Posted by Laurel Marie on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:36:00 PST

Mommy, what's a 'purely theoretical number'?

As I'm making supper tonight, I tell my son that I'm making him some carrots. He loves carrots. He also loves numbers, which probably explains at least part of the following conversation. We have a ge...
Posted by Laurel Marie on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:30:00 PST