My soul is off in realms of trying to understand the Compte-rendu, Passage to India and Horace, and I am writing timed essays. Therefore distract me, please. The following quiz is stolen from pretty much everyone, and mildly adapted by me. If anyone can stop me being haunted by Forster in my dreams it would help too.

1) Post a comment to this entry saying anything at all something random and I'll respond with something random about you.

2) I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.

4) I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me. Or maybe just me.

5) I'll tell you my first memory of you.

6) I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.

7) I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.

Dublin, which is exceedingly kind to pedestrians, should be iconic. And our capital. It has everything: rivers, the sea, several universities,the largest enclosed park in Europe/the world, a semi-efficient postal service, a post office which is on the tourist trail...

'tis also equipped with very nice Classicists, an indecent number of post-graduate students and a brilliant statue of Wilde with a green carnation. And the Luas! Which nearly ran us over.

The forum was brilliant, as was Trinity, and I have now decided that (based on experience) 50% of Nobel Laureates are nice. And I met one of those pre-Nobel prize for literature, so it may make you nice. Become Nobel laureates! Eason's will proclaim that you were one an hundred years after your birth!

Also failed to hide from cathedrals, (both of them) took photographs and was rather amazed by Marina Carr's loveliness and dress sense, even though she is wrong about the Greek view of death. Very wrong.

And of course, we visited the wonderful "Epicurean Food Hall", which is Epicurean in both senses. (Wow!) Horace would have approved. And saw Wilde's house(s).

Does anyone know what one wears to an Embassy reception? I haven't been to one since I was twelve, therefore I suspect dress code has changed slightly. Am getting steadily more panicked. (Also, what does one say to an ambassador? Other than "With these ferrero rocher...&cetera".
On a different, albeit clothes related note, Andre Bitos (protagonist of "Pauvre Bitos") is an icon. Like a small, nervous version of Robespierre and Malvolio rolled into one.

Advanced Big 30 Personality Test Results Sociability ||| 3% Aggressiveness |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 84% Assertiveness |||||||||||||||||| 60% Activity Level ||||||||| 25% Excitement-Seeking |||||| 16% Enthusiasm ||| 5% Extroversion |||||||||||| 32% Trust |||||||||||||||||| 56% Morality |||||||||||||||||||||||| 71% Altruism ||| 1% Cooperation ||| 4% Modesty ||| 5% Sympathy |||||| 15% Accommodation ||||||||| 25% Confidence ||| 1% Neatness ||||||||| 28% Dutifulness ||| 7% Achievement |||||||||||||||||| 60% Self-Discipline ||||||||||||||| 49% Cautiousness ||||||||||||||| 43% Orderliness |||||||||||| 31% Anxiety ||||||||||||||||||||| 67% Volatility |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 86% Depression ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 91% Self-Consciousness |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 82% Impulsiveness ||||||||||||||| 47% Vulnerability |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 89% Emotional Stability ||||||||| 23% Imagination |||||||||||| 32% Artistic Interests ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 93% Introspection |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 87% Adventurousness ||||||||| 29% Intellect ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 92% Liberalism |||||||||||||||||||||||| 76% Openmindedness ||||||||||||||||||||| 68%

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Trait	.	low score	high score
Sociability	3%	socially reserved, detached	friendly, open
Aggressiveness	84%	mild mannered, uncompetitive	predatory, domineering
Assertiveness	60%	introverted, loner	controlling, aggressive
Activity Level	25%	relaxed, laid back	vigorous, high energy
Excitement-Seeking	16%	sedate, restrained	adventurous, wild
Enthusiasm	5%	somber, pessimistic	cheerful, optimistic
Trust	56%	suspicious of others	trusting of others
Submissiveness	71%	rebellious, lawless	dutiful, obedient, compliant
Altruism	1%	selfish, cold, austere	helpful, selfless, indulgent
Cooperation	4%	argumentitive, confrontational	conflict averse, meek
Modesty	5%	arrogant, self-satisfied	humble, unassuming, doormat
Sympathy	15%	callous, heartless	empathetic, warm
Confidence	1%	not confident in work	confident in work, egoistic
Neatness	28%	disorganized, messy	planner, clean, anal
Dutifulness	7%	dishonest, derelict	honest, rule abiding, proper
Achievement	60%	lazy, unmotivated	driven, goal oriented
Self-Discipline	49%	procrastinator	responsible, efficient
Cautiousness	43%	spontaneous, daring, reckless	careful, controlled, safe
Anxiety	67%	relaxed, fearless	fearful, worrier
Volatility	86%	calm, cool	touchy, tempermental
Depression	91%	content, balanced	emotional, self hating
Self-Consciousness	82%	confident, assured	low self esteem, shy
Impulsiveness	47%	high self control	low self control
Vulnerability	89%	resilient, unphased	confused, helpless
Imagination	32%	practical, realistic	dreamer, unrealistic
Artistic Interests	93%	artistic indifference	art, nature, beauty lover
Introspection	87%	not self reflective	self searching
Adventurousness	29%	conventional, safe	spontaneous, bold
Intellect	92%	instinctive, non-analytical	intellectual, analytical
Liberalism	76%	conservative, traditional	progressive, open

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