memes

( I'm a nerd )

( the elements test )

I also did a really hard Shakespeare test, the creator claimed it to be difficult and it certainly was difficult because even though I had read all Shakespeare plays, I've read them in German and only a few in English. That made it sometimes hard to even understand what the uestion was about. So I was mostly guessing, but still scored 10% better than other people my age and gender. Well, knowing that a few people of my age and gender would have difficulty to tell you who the main character in "Richard III" is, that's not really impressive.


( Wizard or Muggle test )

Okay, let's try this

The following ranking of military ranks has been floating around our house ever since my little brother started his service. That was last April, and the stuff is funny enough to post. Though my translation might not be all that great, you know I suck at translations.

The General:
He jumps over large buildings, is stronger than a locomotive, faster than a bullet, can walk on water and arranges the way the universe takes with God.

The Colonel:
He jumps over smaller buildings, is stronger than a toy locomotive, is almost as fast as a bullet, can walk on water if the sea is calm and sometimes talks to God.

The Lieutenant Colonel:
He jumps over small buildings with some startup if the wind is right, is almost as strong as a toy locomotive, creditably assures that he is quite fast, can balance on the water of a public pool and can talk to God after prior arrangement.

The Major:
He barely makes the jump over a dog house, estimates his strength to be quite high, can shot fast bullets, can often swim pretty well, and God addresses him from time to time.

The Captain:
Makes tall jumps instead of jumping over buildings, is overrun by locomotives, can sometimes handle a gun without being hurt, can stay on the surface if in water and talks to animals.

The 1st Lieutenant:
Walks against buildings can sometimes recognize a locomotive on first try, for reasons of precaution never receives ammunition, can only stay at the water surface if given detailed instructions and talks to the water.

The 2nd Lieutenant:
Stumbled over the threshold when entering a building, says "Oh, that is a choo-choo-train, wets himself with a water pistol and talks to himself.

The Sergeant:
He easily lifts any building to walk through underneath it, pushes locomotives off teh tracks, catches bullets with his teeth and chews them, lets water freeze by his gaze:
HE IS GOD!

( the rest is all about shopping and clothes )

Oh, something else.
I finished The picture of Dorian Gray today.

Wow.

Full of sarcastic, arrogant, deliberately world-weary quotes, always keeping you wondering which character has most of the real Oscar Wilde in him.
Very dark and scary and thought-provoking.
I'll definitely read it again.
What I really wonder about thoug is this: Which book did Dorian receive from Henry that influenced him so much?
I am sure there is an actual book Wilde was thinking of when he wrote it. Even though Wikipedia says it's merely fictional. (Interestingly, Wikipedia listss Dorian Gray in the category of "villains". Though he certainly did villainous things, how can he be the villain if there is no hero apart from him in the book?)

ETA: Apparently there is indeed a book that fits the description: À rebours by Joris-Karl Huysmans. They do not list it as a real book the novel refers to, though.