Succumbing to a Meme: The Deep and Meaningful Winnie-The-Pooh Character Test

I have no defense, really, other than I saw that both Emily and Bradley had done it, so I went ahead and walked through The Deep and Meaningful Winnie-The-Pooh Character Test myself...

Your result for The Deep and Meaningful Winnie-The-Pooh Character Test...

Owl

"Correct me if I am wrong," he said, "but am I right in
supposing that it is a very Blusterous day outside?"

"Very," said Piglet, who was quietly thawing his ears,
and wishing that he was safely back in his own house.

"I thought so," said O-wl. "It was on just such a
blusterous day as this that my Uncle Robert, a portrait of whom
you see upon the wall on your right, Piglet, while returning in
the late forenoon from a-- What's that?"

You scored as Owl!

ABOUT OWL: Owl is considered highly educated because he can spell his own name (WOL) and he can even spell Tuesday... although he doesn't always get it right. Owl is a good sort, really, although he can be a bit of a stuffed shirt, and he tends to overlook the smaller details in life - like the fact that his bellpull is actually someone's tail.

WHAT THIS SAYS ABOUT YOU: You are confident and you feel capable of dealing with whatever life throws at you. You know that you can handle just about everything... mostly because you know how to delegate the job of actually handling things to the people around you. You aren't one of those Bisy Backsons, who rush around trying to do everything at once. You prefer to stay at home and reflect on life, rather than go out and live it.

Sometimes, you know, you need to stop waiting for things to come to you and go out and get them. You need to go enjoy the weather, smell the fresh air, and pay attention to the little people in your life. They may not be as great as you... but maybe they could use your help.

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DC Life

I have been trying to take advantage of how near big events are in this area. About a month ago, I went to the DuPont Circle FRESHFARM Market, not only to see what it was like, but also to see Lynne Rossetto Kaper from The Splendid Table on NPR give a cooking demonstration that predominantly used ingredients purchased that morning from the market. I got to try the salad that she is preparing in this picture, and it was really tasty.


Then, this past weekend, I participated in the Race for the Cure as part of a TTB team. Not all the people in this picture are my coworkers, there were many family members that participated as well. Before the race, we waited outside the Gallery Place metro station for the rest of the members of our team to show up, and one of my coworkers' mom spotted Andrea Mitchell from NBC News. As casually as talking to any of us she said, "Have a great race, Andrea." and Andrea stopped for a bit to say thanks (but not long enough for me to remember that I had my camera). After the race, Vanessa Carlton performed, and Gabrielle Union was at one of the tents (I didn't recognize her, and I didn't know who she was until I imdb'd her). It was fun to do the walk around such famous buildings and monuments (much different than the last one that I did in State College, PA). It was an exceptionally hot day, with a heat index of 110 degrees. They had plenty of water for us, and they encouraged us to take bottles along with us, which is especially nice since I decided to stay in the District for another event.

I decided to go to Hillary Clinton's rally at the National Building Museum. I was not able to vote in the Virginia primary, as it was held when we were in Wisconsin for my father's funeral (something to think about--I had never before considered the possibility of being disenfranchised by a family emergency). Although I was informed about the candidates, I didn't make a decision. I anticipate it would have been an in-the-voting-booth decision. So I can't say that I was a Hillary supporter, but I already missed hearing, in regards to the next president, "whoever he or she may be," and I do appreciate the fight that she fought, however flawed it may have been. Europeans don't think that it is novel to have women in their highest offices, and we shouldn't either. We are one step closer to that reality, and I wanted to show support for that (and, yes, I wanted to finally see a politician in person after living in the metro area for nearly a year without seeing a single one).

The National Building Museum is quite impressive, and the atrium area was packed with people, and all three levels of balconies were filled as well. Before the rally, I could have reached out and touched Terry McAuliffe, the chairman of Hillary's campaign, but I decided on just taking his picture instead.

Since I had walked a fair distance in really hot weather, I didn't try to fight for a particularly good spot in the hall. I ended up being behind and to the left of the podium, but when Hillary, Chelsea, and Bill came in, they all turned and waved to the crowd in back, and so I did get a good view of all of them. This, however, was the best picture that I was able to get.

There were press people everywhere, and all were asking pretty much the same questions, "Are you disappointed?" "Can you support Barrack Obama?" I was interviewed by Swiss radio while I was wandering around trying to see if the Daily Show sent a correspondent (alas, no).

Then, on Sunday, while out in Old Town for a baguette and freshly roasted coffee beans, I saw an advertisement for a showing of John Lennon's artwork just four blocks from our apartment, and so I went to that, too.