Did you know that schizophrenics are usually chain smokers? The nicotine actually helps control their symptoms.

Yup. My brother is a walking ash tray.

98.

When you go to a bar to meet somebody, whom are you looking for?

The bartender

91

Skip dates, skip dating, skip all that crap, and it'd be nice to have emotional backup on tap.

un-hunh.

Like Strega, I had to pick the least bad answers. I got a 45. They suspect I'm a quirky-together, which they described as something like a subset of quirky alones who manage to hook up with same.

It's a fair cop.

I'm down with the "family of choice" concept, but shouldn't "my actual relatives" at least be an option here?

Also, a "significant other" isn't a friend? That quiz was annoying. But then, I hate the word quirky, so they kind of lost me from jump.

The only word I hate more than quirky is kooky, which is what my Mom invariably calls anything I'm interested in, or do.

Since the site is selling a book called quirkyalone I expect the quiz isn't exactly set up to be unbiased.

I got 113-- but I actually like the concept, because it sounds like me. I am that perky, I think!

I have this weird thing where I love Valentine's Day. I have never had a SO on Valentine's day, although I did get a lovely Valentine from a nice Buffista once-- but the past couple years I have been making little valentines day Hello Kitty packages for Cow-orkers, and giving Star Wars Velentines to my friend and her kids, and just being generally happy, becuase it is a sort of day to celebrate pink and cute.

Today's headache feels much more typical. I foresee both the office and a chai latte in my future. Plus we get to go home at 3!

I spaced big time yesterday. I was supposed to take my car in in the wee hours, which obviously I couldn't do, but I forgot about it until this morning, so no timely rescheduling for this week. Plus I needed to pay a traffic ticket yesterday (today is the due date, and I think I'll have gotten bitten by processing times, despite having paid it ten minutes ago).

Blah!

This emotional backup I require, while having to distract me from the things that make me sad, will also have to remind me to take care of my stuff.

Bluetooth speakerphone.

I'm awake! I didn't oversleep. Okay, so awake just means that I am drinking coffee, but still in my jammies.

I'm gonna start a site called crankyalone.

Ah, I love this.

Funny to see everyone talking about dating, since that is what I spent 2 hours in the car yesterday discussing with my mother. Good times. I had two fairly serious relationships in college, although one was with a total fucking loser, and then in the last five years I have dated exactly one person, for all of six awkward and confusing weeks. I'm extremely leery of online dating sites (but see very few other ways of meeting single men in my area who are interested in dating women), so I generally can't be bothered, which is alternately totally OK with me and totally depressing.

But I'm cheerful today because I'm going to see Brokeback Mountain this afternoon! Although I suspect I will be significantly less cheery afterwards, and am stocking up on Kleenex in preparation.