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The King

  • Jul. 20th, 2008 at 12:40 PM
nycshelly
[info]jersey_lion  did this, and the results were accurate, so I figured I'd give it a try. My results are less accurate, but close, but so many of the questions I could have answered either way, so this was tough.

Your result for Which Chess Piece are You Test?...

The King

Congrats! Only 3-5% of the population score as this!

Kings direct their energy towards the outer world of action and word. They are organizers using logical principles with a tendency to control life. They’ll gravitate to organizing systems and people to meet goals and attempt to improve upon the way things are done. This can be expressed with finesse. The king requires very little to implement plans and very little will stop them. An overstatement of the worse type: “I’m really sorry, but you have to die.” The more sensitive souls will chuckle if they read this and know of a King. They are decisive, they know what needs to be done, and they are great at directing others.


The King prefers objectivity when making any decision. They are concerned with truth, principles and justice. They are analytical and critical thinkers and use this to govern the outer world. By thinking of the masses needs they tend to ignore the individuals feelings. Because of their knowledge of what needs to be done – being questioned can result in an icy response, or worse an icy silence.


Kings strive for excellence. They can focus heavily on the task at hand and keep others on track. They may issue orders without giving reasons and are prone to introducing too much change. Kings are excellent with the business arts. They are generally assertive, outspoken, confident, outgoing, energetic, full of charisma, and hardly stopped by conflict or criticism. They can appear argumentative, insensitive, intimidating or outright controlling. They can simply be overwhelming because of their willingness and capability to shape the world around them. But remember, every time the King shakes your hand, or offers a gift – there is great emotion invested in that one act. They downplay their gifts to others and they downplay their emotions to guard them. The King is second in rarity to the Queen.

Take Which Chess Piece are You Test? at HelloQuizzy

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April Fool's Meme

  • Mar. 31st, 2006 at 5:08 PM
nycshelly
Just because.

From [info]aeriedraconia

April Fool
aimeepoynterpaints your kidneys orange.
arkiewritereggs your head.
bases_by_maggiesells your elderly relatives on Ebay.
bibliotropelegally changes your name to MoonBeam Cappa.
brooksmosessmiles. All the time.
ckrglues your cat to your bedroom ceiling.
green_knighttrims your hedge into a replica of the Venus de Milo.
jenwritesenlists you in the French Foreign Legion.
karentravissbuys you a Russian Bride.
sproggenfreeshaves your Russian Bride.
Prank Me

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Quiz, Just Because

  • Feb. 6th, 2006 at 11:08 AM
Just Ducky
<td align="center"> prestoimp --
[noun]:

A hard-core grave robber

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com</td>

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A Quiz

  • Sep. 22nd, 2005 at 10:06 AM
nycshelly
From [info]mavarin

Jasmine. (Copyright Disney)
Verdict: Modern-Day Heroine! Not content to wait
for rescue, you take the fight to the enemy.
Good for you! Just make sure she's really your
enemy first!


Are You the Heroine, or the Villainess?
brought to you by Quizilla


Interesting results, given I said I'd run away if I saw my enemy.

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Uh... Quiz

  • Sep. 20th, 2005 at 10:07 AM
nycshelly

Your Sci-Fi Alter Ego
Your LiveJournal Name:
Your First Name:
Your Lucky Number:
Your Sci-Fi Alter Ego is
This QuickKwiz by GrantGould - Taken 11931 Times.
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New - COOL Dating Tips and Romance Advice!



I tried it again by changing my lucky number 7 to my favorite number, 5, and got Padme. Hmmmmm.... I was so hoping for Starbuck.

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What Sort of Science Fiction Writer Am I?

  • Jul. 3rd, 2005 at 5:03 PM
Glasses
Funny you should ask. This quiz I just took explains all. Well, maybe not all. I did once read a book by Brunner, but I can't recall the title. I don't even know if it made it into my reading journal.
I am:
John Brunner
His best known works are dystopias -- vivid realizations of the futures we want to avoid.


Which science fiction writer are you?

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Not as Wordy as I Usually Am, I Guess

  • Jun. 26th, 2005 at 6:54 PM
nycshelly
Length Distribution of prestoimp's Last 25 Entries
0 - 100 words
4
100 - 200 words
10
200 - 300 words
2
300 - 400 words
2
500 - 600 words
3
600 - 700 words
1
900 - 1000 words
1
1100 - 1200 words
1
1500 - 1600 words
1
How much do you write??
Username:
Created by g0thm0g!

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Yet Another Writing Quiz

  • Jun. 25th, 2005 at 10:10 PM
nycshelly
Saw this one on Ultrablog.

Great Writer!
You scored 80%
You have a vision! You've captured the artwork and have been able to mold it into your own words, and capture your audience with tantilizing words that paint a beautiful picture in their imaginations! Write me a story!!!!




My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:


free online dating free online dating
You scored higher than 99% on Creativeness
Link: The Writer's Test written by FavoriteDream on Ok Cupid

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Another LJ Quiz Thingie

  • Jun. 25th, 2005 at 12:58 AM
nycshelly
What do YOUR livejournal friends think of you? by broadwayrl
username
favourite color
sex
is only your friend because you told them to bearcaedia
fantasizes about your feetsartorias
wants you deadthe_red_shoes
thinks your moms HOTT STUFFqueenoftheskies
wishes they were closer to yourichdodgin
writes songs about youwen_spencer
loves you very muchlhd
misses youtruepenny
wishes they knew you betterdsgood
Quiz created with MemeGen!


This worked fairly well. No mother anymore (we can sub my father there), but lhd (Joyce) is my best friend in real life, so that fits very nicely.

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These Quizzes Are Addicting

  • Jun. 22nd, 2005 at 4:10 PM
nycshelly
Fifth try's the charm. Got the medicine cabinet shelf back in. Yay, me.

Found this one on lnlisa.

LiveJournal Username
favorite drink
weapon of choice
do you like the taste of envelope glue?
the evil ninja mastermind hellbent on world dominationriemannia
the bewitching and sexually ambiguous one that no one knows anything aboutbuymeaclue
the scarysmart one, eerily calm even in the midst of chaosbrooksmoses
the tiny, seemingly-delicate one with a deadly temper and awesome strengthdsgood
the pale, quiet one who turns out to be really, really scarymavarin
the sexy, smirking anti-villain who joins your side at the last momentsartorias
the snarky punk mercenary who's only there for the money and coz they love a good fightwen_spencer
the distant arrogant aristocrat who wants to bring down the society they were born intobuymeaclue
This Fun Quiz created by charlotte at BlogQuiz.Net
Gemini Horoscope at DailyHoroscopes.Biz

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Another Quiz Thingie

  • Jun. 22nd, 2005 at 2:43 PM
Baby Me
First, thanks to those of you who have voted in the poll so far. I finally realized why I'd been confused. Apparently, one needs to be logged in to see the voting buttons, given that only LJers can vote. Which explains why I'd see the votes view when skimming LJs on my Friends page. I wouldn't log in. If I wanted to comment, I filled in the info, but I didn't actually log in. Anyway, I appreciate the feedback and helping me learn how these polls work.

The cranky mood is because I decided to stay home on my off day and clean instead of going to the gym and shopping after. So now I've removed the hinge thingies to move a shelf in my medicine cabinet, and now can't get one of them back in. Grrrrr....

I decided to do another of these quiz thingies. Saw this one on bibliovixen (and since I don't see how to do the Friend link in the regular html entry screen and I don't seem to be able to put the form code in the rich text mode, I had to do a regular link. Is there a way to do both in the same entry?

LiveJournal Haiku!
Your name:prestoimp
Your haiku:addenda i've thought
a bit about what i want
to write was when i
Username:
Created by Grahame

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My LJ Pirate Crew

  • Jun. 21st, 2005 at 1:36 PM
Hat
I don't usually do this sort of thing here, but it is an LJ quiz, so what the hell, here it is.
LiveJournal Username
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest!
Cutlass or pistol?
What is the name of your pirate ship?
Where is your secret pirate base?
What kind of loot do you prefer?
What do you and your crew prefer to be called?
Parrot or monkey?
Argh!
Your capable first matehbruton
Your bumbling cabin boy with a heart of goldhbruton
The aloof, yet honorable, pirate with a mysterious pastarcaedia
Is always the first one into the fraylhd
Is the naval officer who ruthlessly pursues your shippollyc
Is the comical pirate who is always drunk on grogriemannia
Is currently in Davy Jones's lockerjulesjones
The amount of money you make as a pirate$173,798
This Fun Quiz created by Lynn at BlogQuiz.Net
Aquarius Horoscope at DailyHoroscopes.Biz

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A Quiz

  • Oct. 26th, 2004 at 3:34 PM
nycshelly
I usually do quizzes on Cyber Chocolate, but this was a writerly quiz, so I figured I'd post my results and link here. Found on Anonymous Rowhouse.
Angst
You're an Angst writer!


What kind of writer are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

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Thought I'd Try This...

  • Sep. 29th, 2004 at 6:52 PM
nycshelly
...even tho I don't have a clue what it means. I found it on pollyc's LJ.

prestoimp's Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 8
Average number of words per sentence:16.94
Average number of syllables per word:1.41
Total words in sample:6910
Analyze your journal! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern


I have no idea how folks get the link to another LJ, so I just coded it like a regular link (for pollyc) and hope that comes out okay.

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