Can you handle the truth? (The Colleen Edition)

Okay, so my friend Natalie recently blogged about this Facebook application called "Compare People." It is my favorite Natalie post of all time, I think. So funny. I am ripping off the idea and quoting her explanations:

The Explanation:

"On Facebook, there exists an application that provides hours of entertainment for cripples and non-cripples alike. Called Compare People, that's just about what you do. An algorithm spits up two of your friends and you choose which one better fits the question asked. The combinations of people and questions is sometimes ironic, hilarious, or snore-bore. It's all totally random."

The Setup:

"None of the questions the program asks are negative in connotation--no "Who could stand to shower more often?" or "Who would you vote off the universe?" exist. I don't think it's a stretch however, for the mortal, logical mind to view a "loss" (even to a somewhat deserving opponent) as actually a backward way of saying "Oh, so and so isn't that thing."

Okay, thanks to Natalie for doing the hard work. I decided I would view my results today. For simplicity's sake, I am only going to list the unanimous decisions: the categories in which I won 100% of my friend's votes, and the categories in which I was chosen a sad 0%. Its a good thing the 100%'s are listed first or I might feel really bad about my 0%'s.

Unanimous Agreement - 100%

more artistic

more likely to skip class

would make a better mother

better dancer (haha, why in the world did I win this category?!)

more tech-savvy

cooler

more likely to win in a fight (you bet your ace!)

kinder

sexier (woo hoo!)

more confident

better public speaker

more likely to succeed

better taste in music

smarter

Unanimous Disagreement - 0%

prettier

rather sleep with (great! this will keep me holy!)

more athletic

am I more jealous of

more loyal

a better body

more well-mannered

a better laugh

rather hang out with for day

Hahahaha. Good to know.

Google Reader is my new best friend!

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to another day of delights on the interweb. I use Google Reader for all my RSS feeds. I am in love with it. I hate going to all the blogs I read and seeing that there are no updates, so the lovely Google Reader checks for me (I plan on allowing Google to take over my life). You can share posts with your Google friends (like unto Facebook posts/sharing) and it will go to their feed. Genius!

In any case, I share the things I find interesting. Today, we've got Lego USB flash drives. Yesterday, we had some LOLcats. The posts I mark are compiled into another feed, which is then compiled into a publicly viewable website. Sooooo - if you'd like to see the stuff I read all day, you can click here:

Colleen's Shared Items - Google Reader

I will also link to it under the "Colleenita" section over there (on your right). Yay for technology!!!

80th Annual Academy Awards = Lots of Movies I need to see...

As I watched the Oscars, I decided to jot down the titles of the films that I need to screen. One post-it note turned to EIGHT post-it notes. Eight?! I have a lot of sitting on my bum to do. If you own any of these or want to watch one with me... let's do this.

• The Hours
• Elizabeth I and II
• The Savages
• Once
• The Life of Emile Zola
• Away From Her
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Misery
• Walk the Line
• Casablanca
• From Here to Eternity
• Oliver!
• Kramer v. Kramer
• Terms of Endearment
• The Assassination of Jesse James
• No Country for Old Men
• Into the Wild
• Madame Tutli-Putli
• Persepolis
• La Vie En Rose
• Enchanted
• The Golden Compass
• I'm Not There
• Atonement
• There Will Be Blood
• August Rush
• Michael Clayton
• The Kite Runner
• Sicko
• No End in Sight
• What Every Soldier Should Know
• Taxi to the Dark Side
• War Dance
• Lars and the Real Girl
• Beaufort
• The Counterfeiters
• Katyn
• 12
  

Arnold the Hamster.

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Meet Arnold!

I needed a little friend to hang out with me in my room. I found him, and I am already in love! Meet Arnold!

Quote from my brother's Gmail tag status...

We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others. - Blaise Pascal

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Pearls before swine...

My life is chock full of tragic romance.

I used to love playing "Freeze Tag"... maybe I just liked crawling under people's legs?

I was tagged by my lovely cousin Roni. So... I get a survey to fill out! I'm really glad because I am having a really difficult time getting through work today. Its not that I don't have any work (because heaven knows I have a lot), its just that I am feeling... well. No words. Moving on - here I go with this fantastic time-filler. I love Roni.

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, goes to their blog and comments to let them know.

What was I doing 10 years ago?
Let's see... January of 1998? It was my freshman year of high school (Eastwood High in El Paso, TX). I was hanging out with Jamie - talking about our band Toilet? I was in love with this kid Mike Fleming (I was in love with him for about 7 years, haha). I was wearing over-sized rock t-shirts and plaid Chuck Taylors. I was going to football games and acting like I was too cool to be there. What else? I was in Ms. Dominguez (turned something else because she got married)'s class getting in trouble for using the term "Godhead" instead of "Trinity" in one of my literary argument papers (I had Stephen Wagner, Adam Barton, etc. etc. in that class). I once played the kazoo for that class for like 10 minutes because we were all bored.

What are 5 things on my to-do list?
Study for the GRE (yes, I am already taking classes for my masters program, but I have to be officially admitted), make the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 course schedule for the undergrads/grads in the Emerson journalism department, Read this, take tons of crap to get dry-cleaned (all of a sudden I will be dressing much better), and make Barack Obama the next president of the United States.

What would I do with a billion dollars?
I would pay a large sum of tithing, pay off school/house debts of mine/friends/family, buy a house on Lake Travis in Austin, Texas, pay off some wonderful LDS man to love me, purchase an in-home audio production studio, get my PhD at the University of Westminster, remodel my mom's kitchen, a bunch of millions to cancer research, have my brother-in-law help me with good investments, get Obama elected, and give the rest to the American Red Cross.

3 of my bad habits:
Getting annoyed with people for being apathetic/indecisive/refusing change, falling for people that I know I could never be with, and sneaking toots when I think no one is paying attention.

5 places I have lived:
Kilgore, Texas / El Paso, Texas / Austin, Texas / East Boston, MA / Somerville, MA

5 jobs I have had:
Sales girl at Hot Topic, Sales girl at Sunglass Hut, DJ/Talk show host at 91.7 FM KVRX, Youth Media Coordinator at Project: Think Different, Department manager / Responsible person for solving all possible problems at Emerson College.

Things people don't know about me:
How many are you looking for? I have some. Not necessarily because I am secretive, but more because I am nuanced. I am now the proud user of Proactiv, and my skin is already looking more pimp. I readily talk about opinions and issues and situations and facts of life, but I don't talk about my deep feelings with anyone. I really freaking love Honey Buns. You know - the ones that are like 600 calories and 50 cents. I brush my teeth every morning, but that's it. I'll only brush my teeth at night if they're feeling particularly yucky. Sorry, future husband. Well, maybe I'll start for you. We'll see.

Rachel, Dani, Dave, Hayley and Juan. I dub thee the next peeps to waste time doing this.

Love me some will.i.am

The Church's New Era / Barack Obama

As you faithful readers know, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gordon B. Hinckley, died last Sunday. Today, the new presidency was announced (via byu.tv - go to Monday, February 4 @ 11:00am to watch the press conference). I am now happy to announce that I sustain the following men:

President Thomas S. Monson (President)
President Henry B. Eyring (First Counselor)
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf (Second Counselor)

I am very excited for this announcement. I know that this is exactly right for our time. I thought the press conference was well done, and I am excited for the next era of the Church.

Something I enjoyed from the press conference:

Reporter: "With the church now being big and international, there are likely to be members who disagree with certain positions taken by the leaders of the church. For example, the marriage amendment. Is it okay for people to disagree and still be in good standing with the church?"

President Monson: "I would say that depends on what the disagreement is. If it were some sort of apostasy situation, that would not be appropriate. If it were something political, why, we don't enter into politics and so there's room for opinions on here or there. Either side."

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Reporter: (paraphrased) With the exception of President Uchtdorf, all top leaders of the church are Utah born and bred. 'Splain yo sef. (included subset questions; this is the main idea)

President Uchtdorf: Recently I was asked if [the church] was a global church. I said, 'No. It's a universal church. Its a message of universal power, and it is the message that will connect and combine, unite and bless all the countries, all the nations, all the ethnic groups.'"

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And PLEASE read this awesomeness I found on Barack Obama and the church (pulled word for word from http://whoaremormons.blogspot.com:

"Barack Obama was scheduled to visit Salt Lake City this coming Saturday, but the presidential hopeful has canceled his visit to Utah out of respect for President Gordon B. Hinckley whose funeral services will be held on Saturday morning.

Obama spoke with President Thomas S. Monson on the telephone to express his condolences.

“Last night I spoke with President Thomas Monson and expressed my deepest sympathies to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the passing of President Gordon B. Hinckley,” said Senator Obama.

Barack Obama is the only Democratic presidential candidate who has publicly expressed an interest in forming a strategy to reach out to and mobilize Latter-day Saints, especially in the Western United States.

Senator Obama's new Western tour will include a quick campaign stop in Phoenix, then he will travel directly to Boise, skipping over Salt Lake City."