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Joss

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About Me

From the beautiful county of Worcestershire in the Midlands of the UK, I studied Archaeology at Lampeter, and got my MA in Osteoarchaeology from the University of Southampton. I've worked as a field archaeologist in various parts of the UK (as well as for a month in Albania), as well as doing other (far more boring) jobs during periods of redundancy (the perennial hazard of the contract digger).
I'm an Atheist with Pagan leanings, and a complete hedonist - I crave beauty and pleasure (an it harm none...) in all things. I'm fascinated by all things historical, and occasionally think I was born in the wrong century (although what with being all for gender equality, maybe I'll stick with what I was given!). I adore languages and etymology; terribly prone to fleeting obsessions, I flit from one to another so have never learned to be fluent in anything but English.
I love to travel (something I haven't done enough of so far) and go to gigs, and I'm an incorrigible bookworm.
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Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||||||||| 40%
Stability || 10%
Orderliness |||||||||||| 43%
Accommodation |||||| 30%
Interdependence |||||||||||| 43%
Intellectual |||||||||||| 50%
Mystical |||||||||||| 43%
Artistic |||||||||| 36%
Religious || 10%
Hedonism |||||||||||||||| 63%
Materialism |||||||||||||||| 70%
Narcissism |||||||||||| 43%
Adventurousness |||||||||||| 50%
Work ethic |||| 16%
Self absorbed |||||||||||||||| 63%
Conflict seeking |||||||||| 36%
Need to dominate |||||||||||||| 56%
Romantic |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Avoidant |||||||||| 36%
Anti-authority |||||||||||||||| 63%
Wealth |||||||||| 36%
Dependency |||||||||||||||| 63%
Change averse |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Cautiousness |||||||||||||||| 63%
Individuality |||||||||||||| 56%
Sexuality |||||||||||||| 56%
Peter pan complex |||||||||||||||| 63%
Physical security |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Physical Fitness |||||||||| 37%
Histrionic |||||||||||||||| 70%
Paranoia |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Vanity |||||||||||||| 56%
Hypersensitivity |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Female cliche |||||||||||| 50% Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
personality tests by similarminds.comOr in other words I'm: introverted, irritable, feels invisible, observer, depressed, does not enjoy leadership, reveals little about self, dislikes large parties, feels undesirable, does not like to stand out, submissive, suspicious, emotionally sensitive, not a thrill seeker, solitude loving, likes silence, fragile, second guesses self, negative, unadventurous, fearful, weird, focuses on people's hidden motives, paranoid, phobic, dependent, cautious, avoidant, semi intellectual...
...hang on a minute. Semi intellectual? Semi? *goes off in a huff*
The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers) Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) Very Low
Level 2 (Lustful) Very High
Level 3 (Gluttonous) Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) High
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) Extreme
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics) Extreme
Level 7 (Violent) Very High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) Very High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous) High
Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Joss
Birthday: 18th March
Birthplace: Ronkswood, Worcester
Current Location: Bristol
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'5"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: English, Welsh and Irish
The Shoes You Wore Today: Haven't worn any yet!
Your Weakness: Books
Your Fears: Loneliness
Your Perfect Pizza: Garlic mushroom
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Sort out my life
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Don't use IM enough to have one!
Thoughts First Waking Up: Ug
Your Best Physical Feature: Eyes
Your Bedtime: When I'm tired
Your Most Missed Memory: Don't remember...
Pepsi or Coke: Neither
MacDonalds or Burger King: Neither
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Neither
Chocolate or Vanilla: Ice cream - vanilla. Most other things - chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Neither
Do you Smoke: No
Do you Swear: Yes
Do you Sing: Yes
Do you Shower Daily: Mostly
Have you Been in Love: Yes
Do you want to go to College: Been there, done that
Do you want to get Married: Maybe
Do you belive in yourself: No
Do you get Motion Sickness: Yes
Do you think you are Attractive: Sometimes
Are you a Health Freak: No
Do you get along with your Parents: Sometimes
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yes
Do you play an Instrument: Used to
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No
In the past month have you gone on a Date: No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: No
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No, I'm not a bloody American!
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No
In the past month have you been on Stage: No
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: Yes
Ever been called a Tease: Yes
Ever been Beaten up: Yes
Ever Shoplifted: Yes
How do you want to Die: Quickly
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Still don't know
What country would you most like to Visit: I want to travel all over, can't pick just one!
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Blue
Favourite Hair Color: Dark
Short or Long Hair: Long!
Height: Tall
Weight: Not fussed...but like em slim
Best Clothing Style: Not trendy
Number of Drugs I have taken: 1
Number of CDs I own: Over a hundred
Number of Piercings: 3
Number of Tattoos: 0
Number of things in my Past I Regret: Lost count
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My Interests

History, Environmental issues, Travel, Folklore/Mythology

I'd like to meet:

Old friends and new. However, if I look at your profile and you've got hundreds of people on your 'friends' list - particularly if you're a bloke and they're all semi-naked females - I'm very unlikely to add you back. I like discerning, yet unprejudiced people. It also helps if you can spell, as I'm a grammar nazi.

Music:

Rock, Metal, Goth, Folk, Classical...

Sentenced, Poisonblack, Charon, Frostburn, Korpiklaani, Ensiferum, Finntroll, Tenhi, Of the Wand and the Moon, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, Type O Negative, Naervaer, Draconian, Shape of Despair, Entwine, For My Pain..., Inkubus Sukkubus, Anathema, Dragonforce, Arcana, Dead Can Dance, Forefather, early Bon Jovi, Guns n Roses, Mr. Big, Sisters of Mercy, Steeleye Span, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Puccini, ...

You scored as Funeral Doom Metalist. You are a funeral doom fan, you like music that has common in death (Music of funerals/ inside the casket) don't worry if someone calls you a goth, you are superior than them as you do not even fear death!

Funeral Doom Metalist


83%

Heavy Metal/Old School


75%

Black Metalist


67%

Power Metalist


62%

Thrash Metalist


55%

Progressive Metalist


53%

Death Metalist


45%

Non-Metal


35%
Which metal genre do you love the most? (Prepare for a long quiz!!!)
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You are Korpiklaani! You wander in the forest all
day long in search of meat. You know nothing
of the civilisation, you just eat and drink
all the time. Your life is quite simple, so
is your music, but it's still pretty good!

What underground scandinavian metal band are you?
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You are My Dying Bride. You're recognised
throughout the world as a pioneering
goth/doom metal act. You like your songs
long, passionate, deep and dark. Despite
being marred with bad luck you continue to
keep going.

What extreme metal band are you?
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You're Christina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil!
Christina is a beautiful but tough chick who
is the lead singer for an awesome
metal/industrial band. Lacuna Coil's lyrics
are thoughtful and the music is loud, heavy,
and pretty damn awesome. Congratulations on
being one of the best female rockers out
there!

Which metal/rock & roll chick are you?
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Movies:

The Princess Bride, Legend, Labyrinth, The Crow, Lost Boys, the Wicker Man, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Edward Scissorhands, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Quills, Shadow of a Vampire, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Spinal Tap, School of Rock, Ginger Snaps, Dog Soldiers, Batman Begins, Serenity ...

Television:

Buffy, Angel, Simpsons, Futurama, Friends, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica (remake)

Books:

I read mostly Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Historical novels, with some classic literature and the odd bit of non-fiction thrown in.

My Blog

A to Z of me (nicked from Manda)

A - AGE:27B - BEST FRIENDS:Paul, John, James...and a couple of othersC - CRUSH:Mostly long-haired Finns *grin*D - DAD'S NAME:Robert MichaelE - EASIEST PERSON TO TALK TO:Manda, GregF - FAVORI...
Posted by Joss on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:27:00 PST