I Took The Test and Landed in Purgatory

 
 
A heavy thunder breaks the deep lethargy within your head….
…causing you to upstart suddenly, like a person who by force is awakened. Before you stands an enormous gate with an inscription that reads:

"Through me the way into the suffering city,
Through me the way to the eternal pain,
Through me the way that runs among the lost.
Justice urged on my high artificer;
My maker was divine authority,
The highest wisdom, and the primal love.
Before me nothing but eternal things were made,
And I endure eternally.
Abandon every hope, ye who enter here."


Your fate has been decided….

You are one of the lucky ones! Because of your virtue and beliefs, you have escaped eternal punishment. You are sent to Purgatory!

Purgatory

You have escaped damnation and made it to Purgatory, a place where the dew of repentance washes off the stain of sin and girds the spirit with humility. Through contrition, confession, and satisfaction by works of righteousness, you must make your way up the mountain. As the sins are cleansed from your soul, you will be illuminated by the Sun of Divine Grace, and you will join other souls, smiling and happy, upon the summit of this mountain. Before long you will know the joys of Paradise as you ascend to the ethereal realm of Heaven.

Here is how you matched up against all the levels: (Click on a level for more info)

Level
Who are sent there?

Score

Purgatory Repenting Believers Very High
Level 1 – Limbo Virtuous Non-Believers Moderate
Level 2 Lustful High
Level 3 Gluttonous Low
Level 4 Prodigal and Avaricious Very Low
Level 5 Wrathful and Gloomy Very Low
Level 6 – The City of Dis Heretics Very Low
Level 7 Violent High
Level 8- the Malebolge Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers Moderate
Level 9 – Cocytus Treacherous Low

 
By the way I found this test at Wish You Were Here.

Follow the links above to find out where you are sent…

 
Always,
Jo Ann

What Kind of Girl I Am…

The Liberal Beauty
You scored 87 looks, 93 personality, 32 politics, and 91 sex drive!

You’re beautiful, you have a great personality, and youre highly sexual. You’re a liberal with your views and you don’t put morals before everything. You’re probably a great wife or girlfriend, and you know how to make sure that the ones you love are happy. You’re probably fun in a conversation and I’m sure that you are as loveable as you are beautiful.

 

 
My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 66% on Appearance
You scored higher than 81% on Personality
You scored higher than 15% on Beliefs
You scored higher than 66% on Sexuality

 
You can take the test here: The What Kind of Girl are You Test. Again the highest score I have seen is on Paste and Color by MCP. She has it all over there.
 
Smiles,
Jo Ann

Interesting Article and Link

Man has Permanent Erection

 

A Czech prisoner locked up on theft charges has been freed and allowed to go back home to his wife after getting a permanent erection.

The 37-year-old man was serving a six month sentence in Plzen jail in the southwest of the country – and woke wardens in the early hours of the morning complaining he had an erection that would not go away.

 

He told staff it was extremely painful and after prison doctors called to examine the erect member were unable to help, the man had to be taken to a specialist hospital in Prague where surgeons were forced to operate to treat the problem.

 

They said the man had been suffering from a rare condition known as priapismus in which blood becomes trapped in the penis during an erection and can only be treated through immediate surgery, local daily Pravo reported.

 

After surgery however the man was allowed to go home where medical experts said he would be better off being cared for by his wife than in the prison hospital.

 

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1331159.html

 

Hmm…

Jo Ann

Just a Hello…

I did much better this morning. I went to bed at 2:15AM and got up at 7:00AM. I carried Alex to the bus. That was an experience because the windshield was iced over this morning and I could not get it to clear enough to see out. I had to ride with the window open and it was cold.

 

I have been messing around with the other blog some this morning. Just getting the template set up and such. I like it a little better now. MSN is still much superior. However I will be keeping this other site just for a side thing.

 

Mom has gone out with her friend, June, so I will have the house to myself for a while. I think I will turn the music up loud and enjoy that experience. I have been running the computer with Media Player switched on for several days now, but the volume is quite low. I seem to sleep better with the music on.

 

I had Girl Scout Cookies for breakfast again. Becoming a habit, but it will not be long before they are all gone. I have been sharing them with Alex. Mom brought me some gum which I will chew until my jaw starts hurting. That does not take long.

 

I did not make it all the way around to all my favorite blogs last night so I will have to try again. If I miss you please understand that I will get to you soon. There are quite a few on my list now.

 

I may add a few more links today. I continue to find new places to visit. There are so many people with interesting lives.

 

I hope you have a wonderful afternoon!

 

TTYL,

Jo Ann

Better Late Than Never…

I think this entry will be short because I have nothing really amusing or shocking to say tonight. I took my Geodon early this evening hoping I can get to sleep a little sooner. I will sit here until my eyes start closing on me.

 

I went to check on a shipment of books I ordered on February 28 and am awaiting a reply. The web site says it was shipped, but gives no date and it has not arrived so I am thinking it was lost in the mail somewhere. I hope whoever got my prepaid package is enjoying the books. This is not the first time I have had to follow up on something shipped to this address. My magazines regularly skip months. Not accusing, but I do wonder about our postal workers. As  many errors as seem to happen to me it makes one curious.

 

Are any of you receiving mail you never requested? I mean it has to be out there somewhere. The ether does not swallow my stuff whole, least I hope not… ( don’t think God would pick on me in that particular way… grin ) even if I am not getting it I hope someone is enjoying the fruit of my acquisition. No, I don’t want you to send your junk mail along to me or your bills, those seem to always find their way into my hands. It is just things I order that bypass me. I always put misdirected mail back in the box, but I wonder if everyone else does. It is annoying to watch for something constantly and never get it.

 

Well, I totally missed getting this on before the day switched on me. I guess that is what I get for having more than one thing on my mind.

 

I am tracking several stocks on BlogShares and got hung up over there. I know I know I am like totally addicted to this computer, but better it than some other things.

 

TTYL,

Jo Ann

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Just Thinking Out Loud

In deference to all the cat owners who blog, I got a feline totem to sit on my desk today. I can not have the real thing, but the small token pictured below will happily watch over me as I sit here typing. Maybe it will prove inspirational when I am at a loss of words.

 

I am not ready to retire yet. I think I was out of my room too much today. I miss being here when I am gone and although the outside world is fine, I find more intellectual stimulation here at my computer. Guess that makes me less than sociable, but I have always been comfortable in the company of myself.

 

I bought some blank cards today, the thing is I rarely write letters anymore, just no one to write to. I love to write letters, but I have found that few people reciprocate these days. It gets a little old to write letters and get no response. Eventually one begins to feel the missives sent are an imposition to the recipient, and that does not feel pleasant.

 

I also bought blank books. These are beautiful things, but I find I rarely write in these because they are so nice I cannot put my drivel in them. The question that begs asking is then why must I buy these items? I truly wish I understood the compulsion. I do not understand why I collect these things.

 

It is not like I should spend money frivolously as I have precious little on which to survive two people. I wonder how to eliminate the compulsion to acquire things. This is a deep seated problem for me and causes me a lot of stress.

 

Mmm… I have been listening to music from Media Player while computing. Random songs are playing from my library and it is such a good mix. I wish I had had this ability years ago. Right now "Bad to the Bone" is playing and it sounds so appropriate to me. I really should play music more often, but for some reason I don’t.

 

I guess I should turn in now. I am still not sleepy, but 7:00AM comes early.

 

Always,

Jo Ann

Whatever…

Well MSN will not let me into Spaces, so I cannot post my earlier entry. I think they must be upgrading the network again. I wish they would give some warning when they are going to mess with things. It is annoying when you are in the middle of doing something and you are locked out. I am so glad I am writing entries in another program now. At least this way I do not lose everything I have written when the system malfunctions.

 

Mmm… got my entry posted two hours after it was ready. Is okay though. Finished reading Thunder and Lightning by Natalie Goldberg. I recommend this book to writers, but not until you have read her earlier Writing Down the Bones, and possibly Wild Mind. Writing Down the Bones is a very inspirational tome. It is always good to get me writing.

 

I was looking through Bartlett’s for a good quote and came upon this one by Herbert Clark Hoover: Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow, and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war. (June 27, 1944)

 

I think our warmongering politicians would do well to remember such wisdom. They seem to forget who reaps the results of the wars. After all they do not have to worry about being personally involved. They are above all the blood and dying, and often they are gone on to some greener field before the ending of action so they do not have to deal with the rebuilding and recovery. War is a truly terrible thing and should be avoided unless absolutely necessary, but then again is it ever really necessary? Can people not come to better outcomes than violence against one another? It seems with such awesome minds that we could come to more harmonious solutions. Communication and a willingness to negotiate seem to me a step toward peace. If two people on opposite sides in a war were to meet under other circumstances it is highly probable that they would find commonalities and become friends. This makes war a very cruel thing. It dehumanizes us. This leaves those who fight with emotional scars for life. Some cope, but some are so devastated they can not integrate themselves back into peaceful daily life.

 

Okay, that is enough of that. I will leave my podium now and go back to whatever it is I should be doing right now.

 

Always,

Jo Ann

Musing…

I tend to believe that all things are possible. Sometimes this leads me into unusual territory in life. I am open to much more that happens, but at the same time it sometimes causes fear and paranoia.

 

For instance I tend to believe that any device that can receive input, like a television, radio, phone, or computer can also broadcast when unintended. I have not found definitive proof that this happens, but I often wonder about it. Maybe it is one of the reasons I am not fond of television or radio. I believe the things can even function when turned off, hence I do not like televisions in bedrooms. What better way for an intrusive government to monitor people than with appliances the average person takes for granted. This is one reason I am concerned about privacy law. If "they" are collecting information in this way, I want to be sure the information is protected. Not everyone should have access to all that goes on in a person’s home. This should be privileged information. Sound too far fetched? Just think how ubiquitous such things are in twenty first century life. We are surrounded by objects that receive and transmit information, like our computers, cell phones, and other data receptors. People can and do obviously use these devices for nefarious purposes. Who can say for sure whether their personal actions are monitored. I know I am paranoid, but it still makes me wonder. I have spent a little time around people who were in surveillance and these people said some things that really made me think.

 

I tend to believe that the power of the human mind is so vastly underestimated that we have no real idea of what we can actually accomplish. I think we effect things in ways that we cannot even comprehend. Without conscious intention I believe we influence space, time, and everything around us. I believe by harnessing the latent power in our minds that we can and do create reality as we know it, and that to each of us reality is a little different. This personal consciousness we have is amazing and unique. We know a great deal more than we are consciously aware. Our minds take in everything even though we are not "mindful" of all of it. This is why the habit of mindfulness always seems to lead us to deeper understanding and a feeling of more connectedness with whatever we judge the ultimate of experience is. This is also why meditation and prayer bring us peace, and a sense of belonging. We reach beyond ourselves and feel our oneness with all that is life.

 

Mmm… there are other things, but I think I will leave some for another time.

 

Have a good Saturday!

 

Always,

Jo Ann

Groaning…

MSN keeps crashing… WTF? I hate it when it does this. I have added several blogs to my list today, been visiting from bookmarks for a while. All are excellent.
 
I have made way more entries than usual. Hope you get to read them all. One is my own attempt at starting a novel. I don’t know if I will post more of it, but would love some input. Is it worth working on further? All comments welcome.
 
I don’t know if I will make my evening post tonight or not. I have to cook something soon.
 
Typing may never go back to being natural for me, I wonder when my nerves will settle down. I hate it when I lack control. Maybe I should try Mavis a bit and see if that gets my fingers in a more cooperative mood. I really hate having to think where my fingers go and correcting so many mistakes. I will talk to my psychiatrist about this on Saturday and see if something needs to be tested. This really is not normal even for me. I want it to be better.
 
I am doing better except for the typing… My arm and finger still hurt, but I can deal with the pain. I just hate when my nerves are rattled. Mental malfunction makes me mad at myself.
 
Enjoy your evening!
 
TTYL,
Jo Ann