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Jean

You anti-semantic bastard

About Me

While I might say that my job is a Research Services Librarian for a medical school, it's a cover for my real desire to be a Research Services Librarian for people who want to take over the world. This is just a fancy way of saying that I want to work for myself
Generally, I usually have a slight smirk on my face and have the ability to raise one eyebrow. I enjoy witty banter, I am sarcastic and perhaps even border-line sardonic, and I love to laugh. I simply love to learn and study, so if something interests me I want to be shown more. I find life to be ironic and rarely take myself seriously.
And I will admit that I am a geek. I like comics, I have action figures, and I talk about wrestling. I know enough to hold my own but always want to be shown more. So, to say the least, I'm pathetic. I'm also obsessed with wonder woman and the chesire cat.
And I'm a married woman!
The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers) Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) Low
Level 2 (Lustful) Very High
Level 3 (Gluttonous) High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) Very High
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) Moderate
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics) Extreme
Level 7 (Violent) Very High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous) Moderate
Take the Dante's Inferno Test
the Wit
(56% dark, 39% spontaneous, 22% vulgar) your humor style:
CLEAN | COMPLEX | DARK
You like things edgy, subtle, and smart. I guess that means you're probably an intellectual, but don't take that to mean you're pretentious. You realize 'dumb' can be witty--after all isn't that the Simpsons' philosophy?--but rudeness for its own sake, 'gross-out' humor and most other things found in a fraternity leave you totally flat.
I guess you just have a more cerebral approach than most. You have the perfect mindset for a joke writer or staff writer. Your sense of humor takes the most effort to appreciate, but it's also the best, in my opinion.
PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Jon Stewart - Woody Allen - Ricky Gervais
Your Superhero Persona by couplandesque
Your Name
Superhero Name The Scotsman
Super Power Ghetto Booty
Enemy Frozen Corpse Of Walt Disney
Mode Of Transportation Shopping Cart
Weapon Computer Parts
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You are Iron Man Iron Man 85% Spider-Man 85% Green Lantern 75% Wonder Woman 63% The Flash 60% Supergirl 58% Catwoman 55% Hulk 55% Batman 55% Robin 53% Superman 40% Inventor. Businessman. Genius.
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My Interests

5 Random facts about Jean:
1. I adore my name and wear a dogtag everyday that says "I am Jean," just in case I ever forget
2. I used to fence foil
3. I am very compactible and have double-jointed elbows. It creeps the hell out of the medical students and I am sadistic enough to enjoy it
4. I can do an uncanny impersonation of Meatwad
5. I am descended from Lithuanian pirates
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Music:


Current top five frequently played bands:
1. Guided by Voices
2. The Replacements
3. Reverend Horton Heat
4. Weezer
5. Minutemen
Bands that are currently on Jimmy, my IPod:
The Shins, Keller Williams, Brian Perry, Reverend Horton Heat, Stone Roses, The Pixies, The Beta Band, The Cramps, The Hives, Massive Attack, Belle and Sebastian, BBVD, Dandy Warhols, Dinosaur Jr., Guided by Voices, Happy Mondays, Journy, Keane, Modest Mouse, My Bloody Valentine, Neil Young, PJ Harvey, Queen, Radiohead, The Replacements, Spacerocket, Spacehog, String Cheese Incident, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Superchunk, The Killers, The Mars Volta, The Smiths, The Strokes, Velvet Underground, The Toadies, String Cheese Incident, Killing Joke, The Kinks, Jazz Butcher, Galaxie 500, Sebadoh, Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, The Band, XTC, The Jam, Woodentops, Death Cab for Cutie, A Change of Pace, Sweeney Todd, Flickerstick, The Rentals, Ragsy, Ride, Soulcracker, Los Straightjackets, The Who, Louden Wainwright, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Everly Brothers, Nick Lowe, Steve Miller Band, Minutemen, The Rezillos, Lite FM, and more that I don't feel like listing right now.

Movies:

I can watch any type of movie ranging from bad/cheesey horror movies to movies that make you think. Recently my guy and I merged our DVD collections together, so I have about 150 more movie titles to add to the list.
Here is my top five always can watch movies:
1. Brazil
2. Sideways
3. Star Wars (original)
4. Fear and Loathing
5. Knocked Up/Superbad
Here's a partial list of movies that I own in no particular order:
Brazil, Lost in Translation, O Brother, Fargo, Sideways, Bottle Rocket, Royal Tennabaums, Rushmore, Roger Doger, I Heart Huckabees, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Amelie, The Incredibles, The Specials, Ed Wood, Star Wars (all), Lord of the Rings (all), Fifth Element, Starship Troopers, Them, Wayne's World, Pitch Black, Halloween, Exorcist, People Under the Stairs, Big Trouble in Little China, Dodgeball, High Fidelity, The Water Cooler, Big Fish, Sleepy Hollow, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fisher King, Last House on the Left, Wonderwoman tv series, Sealab (all volumes), Ren and Stimpy, Waiting for Guffman, Batman, Spiderman (both), X-Men (both), Hellboy, Van Helsing, Twin Peaks--TV and movie, Rear Window and other Hitchcock movies, The Big Lebowski, The Man Who Wasn't There, Adaptation, Pulp Fiction, Resovior Dogs, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Swingers, Sin City, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Thank You For Smoking, V for Vendetta, Clerks 2, Little Miss Sunshine, Zodiac, Slums of Beverly Hills, Ghost World, Delicatessen, The Fountain, and many many more that I can't think of at the moment.

Television:

Top 5 shows that I currently obsessed with:
1. Dexter

2. House

3. Madmen

4. Flight of the Conchords

5. Adult Swim

Books:

I enjoy reading and writing. I will read basically anything ranging from post-modern literature to british novels to philosophy books--though I have a soft-spot for comic/graphic novels.
I have too many books to even attempt to write every title. So, I will give you the 5 books I'm currently reading:
1. An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
2. No Country for Old Men
3. re-reading Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things by George Lakoff
4. Several books about Karl Popper
5. The Walt Disney Biography

Heroes:

My daddy

My Blog

Heinz variety Spotted Dicks and other linguistic uncertainties

(I was organizing my random writings when I came across this. I wrote this about a month ago after a particular harrowing escape from snow-crazed drivers)Lately it's been Guided By Voices, enough so t...
Posted by Jean on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:31:00 PST

Snarky muses and other mooblings

This is a dedication for my guy, who has spent a year inspiring the best (if not oddest) of me. As proof, I have gone through the emails exchanged between us in our early stages of dating, before we b...
Posted by Jean on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:46:00 PST

Dedication to The Beatles, to singing, and to bopping in boyshort panties

That's the thing with music, you have a drink or two and suddenly you wish your world was a musical. Every move is somehow artistic, some part of a universal whole. Or more realistically, with music, ...
Posted by Jean on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:43:00 PST

Robot Chicken, exorcisms, and why I am the next craze

Lately I've been comparing myself to religion/religious figures and have come to the conclusion that I already am a religion. This thought first occurred when I tried to ordain myself online to perfor...
Posted by Jean on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:11:00 PST

Cultural lies, stinking metaphors, and the perversion of happiness

I never realized how much of a difference there was between true Chicagoans and suburbanites. While taking a break between glasses of whiskey, Joe and I were standing outside when I spotted a skunk "s...
Posted by Jean on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:20:00 PST

Synonyms, Samoa Joe, and other chilling bullcocks

Before I die, I want to think of another word for thesaurus.   There is a saying that there are no new ideas, only extensions of old ideas. I would assume that this also applies to words. Even ...
Posted by Jean on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:04:00 PST

Optimism, living metaphorically, and other ascending thoughts

There are moments which are best captured through the use of visual and audio. I know that I do not have the talent to portray my words in such a manner that does not require some metaphoric reference...
Posted by Jean on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:48:00 PST

Theft, books, and other ways to corrupt youth

I remember my first library, which was located in St. Cletus, the Catholic school I attended until second grade (I transferred to public when the school closed for 2 months to eliminate some asbestos,...
Posted by Jean on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:18:00 PST

Champagne shoe-shamed and why I cut my hair

I realize that current society has added more flair than earlier generations; it somehow seems visually glitzier and bolder than pictures of the past. Of course, it's hard to tell if culture is influe...
Posted by Jean on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:32:00 PST

Destination, progression, and other issues with mouthing-off

Recently I was reading a blog written by one of my favorite photographers (I would like to note that "blog" is not a Microsoft accepted word). He describes the cultural obsession with size and questio...
Posted by Jean on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:39:00 PST