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Girl Ellen liked basketball,
tube socks, and pony tails |
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Girl Jeannie liked hanging
around on the uneven bars
with no socks
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Please take the following quiz to determine if you are more like Superromance author Ellen Hartman or Jeannie Watt.
Why?
Because there's a prize involved. Keep track of your answers, then follow the scoring directions at the end. If you're a writer, you might get ideas for a character inventory.
1) When I’m writing/reading/studying I prefer:
a) silence
b) music
2) In the morning, I’m:
a) out of bed as early as possible, eager to face the day, even on the weekends
b) often out of bed early enough, but always reluctantly and with much regret
3) In the evening, I’m:
a) in bed by nine—if I can stay up that late.
b) just hitting my stride. Who wants to play some Twister?
4) When I hit the big city, I like to:
a) find a bar and have a pint of local beer.
b) find the nearest Macy’s and go shopping and then have a pint of local beer.
5) I tend to collect and feed many animals.
a) true
b) true but only if they weigh less than 30 pounds and are unlikely to procreate.
c) false
6) I______ Gallipoli-like endings:
a) avoid at all costs
b) embrace
7) I work best under pressure.
a) True. But I hate this about myself and fantasize about being ahead of schedule.
b) True. But I create that pressure by putting things off or taking on too many projects.
(c) False.
8) When faced with a computer challenge, I:
a) eat something sweet and then locate a teen to fix the problem.
b) roll up my sleeves and fire up Google to solve it myself.
9) The best dancing song ever is:
a) Abba’s Dancing Queen
b) Abba’s Dancing Queen
10) I prefer my exercise to come in the form of:
a) walking the dog, preferably if it's warm and light so I can read a book while we amble.
b) running down a country road (on purpose--not being chased by a wild bull)
11) When I see barbecued goat on the menu, I am reminded of:
a) my wedding (nothing like cabrito to celebrate a union)
b) how much I enjoy pasta
12) Pick one of the following. (We leave it up to you to decide what to do with him once you pick him.)
a) Dean Winchester
b) Raylan Givens
(c) who are these guys?
13) High heels:
a) Absolutely not
b) Have their uses
14) All-time greatest movie musical:
a) The Sound of Music
b) Singing in the Rain
15) The hero type I can’t resist:
a) single dad
b) stoic cowboy
Bonus. The last song/album I bought is most like:
(a) Baby, by Justin Bieber
(b) Anything at all by Eric Clapton
SCORING
Each answer selection is followed by a J or an E. If you have more J’s, you’re more like Jeannie. If you have more E’s, you’re more like Ellen.
1. (a) J (b) E; 2. (a) J (b) E; 3. (a) J (b) E; 4. (a) E (b) J; 5. (a) J (b) E (C) no points; 6. (a) J (b) E; 7. (a) E (b) J; (c) no points; 8 (a) J (b) E; 9. (a) J (b) E; 10. (a) E (b) J; 11. (a) J (b) E; 12. (a) E (b) J (c) no points; 13. (a) E (b) J; 14. (a) E (b) J; 15. (a) E (b) J; Bonus: (a) E (b) J
ANALYSIS:
If you are a Jeannie, you are energetic—until late afternoon, at which time you need to recharge or you slowly fade. Your creativity is most active during the morning hours. You are easily distracted and need silence in order to focus, unless you’re doing housework, when you need music or TV to help you survive the ordeal.
Your nature is contradictory—you like to dress up and wear high heels, but are equally comfortable in disreputable jeans and a flannel shirt working on a barbed wire fence. You enjoy being physically active, but your favorite pastimes are sedentary. You like hiking and shopping equally well.
Your tastes run toward classic rock, classic television and classic movies. You love a good cowboy story especially ones with a modern twist, such as Justified. You like stoic, sometimes unpredictable heroes with a sense of humor.
You are not super comfortable with technology, but find the internet an excellent way to procrastinate. You work best under pressure and if you have just enough to do, you take on one extra project to create pressure.
You like your beer dark and your endings happy.
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If you are an Ellen, you're more familiar with brunch than you are with dawn and you're most energetic after dark. You're a natural multi-tasker so you need to occupy part of your brain with music to get the focus you need for writing or studying. On the rare occasion that you pick up the dust cloth or window cleaner, you turn the music up louder to drown out your internal protest that you were meant for the pampered life.
You like life comfortable and uncomplicated. A good beer, a bowl of homemade ravioli, your favorite jeans, and a ramble with your best four-legged friend are all right in your comfort zone. That's not to say you don't like exploring new cities or a night on the town, you're just likely to seek out the local hang outs and wear a reliable favorite when you go.
High-tech is a comfortable tool and you enjoy the puzzle of working out new ways to accomplish tasks. Pressure helps you focus and sparks your energy and creativity, but you can't help thinking there must be a more efficient way to get things done.
Your taste in music runs to pop, your favorite movies include wounded men (even Captain Von Trapp was sad before Maria came along), and you prefer your heroes (romance and television) to be care takers, even if they drive muscle cars and shoot pool (or shotguns loaded with rock salt).
SHARING
Please share in the comment section whether you are a Jeannie or an Ellen. We have a bet, you see, and the winner gets a pint of local beer in the pub of their choice the next time we’re together in the same city. And you, my friends, have a chance to win a $20 Amazon gift card. We're looking forward to hearing from you.
Feel free to add your own defining question or description of your "character." We love getting to know everyone better.
