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November 06, 2002

Mystery Woman Baffles Old Friends, Acquaintances

There's been some uproar lately over Michele's quiz on the new How Well Do You Know Me quiz site she found. Apparently most of our friends couldn't make it past the 60% correct mark. That's how well we all know her: 60% or less. She's been getting e-mail apologies right and left from those folks she once called friends.

Well Francisly, I think it's a load of hooey. Hooey! Michele, if you're going to cultivate this air of mystery then you have to expect your friends to fail your quiz. You wear all black all the time; you speak in odd languages when you're upset; you use mysterious code words; you spy on foreign governments - well, shoot, we're just down-home folks who wouldn't know a 'rendevous' if it bit us on our overall-clad behinds. And we can't spell it, either. Now how can you expect us to understand you? And when you're all the time jetting off to secret assignations and hiding from Cute Brian, well, I think you just gotta reap what you sow, chowderhead. And I mean that affectionately.

I love you. Don't get me wrong. But there are things about your animal-sacrificing, pygmie-loving lifestyle that I find downright unsavory. 60%? Well, frankly, that's enough for me.

Posted by didofoot at November 6, 2002 08:50 AM

Comments

Plus, some of the questions are downright misleading. "In what state did I go to school?" I answered "California," because to me school means "middle school" or "high school." So now it looks like I didn't know where Michele went to college.

Posted by: Jacob at November 6, 2002 09:02 AM

you thought i was born in OREGON! i've known you for 12.5 years which is almost as old as YOUR DOG.

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 09:03 AM

yeah! and when she asked "what state was i born in," i thought she meant "what state do i go to on family vacations." so, OREGON, duh. very misleading.

I'm with you on the school one though.

Posted by: didofoot at November 6, 2002 09:04 AM

jacob-i thought that was funny. and i felt bad. i should have qualified with college. nuala pointed that out to me too, although she at least got it right, cause she knows me better than any of you.

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 09:04 AM

I got the school one right!

Posted by: didofoot at November 6, 2002 09:04 AM

And where do you get off being an aquarius when you're clearly loving yet rough around the edges, daring but not impulsive, and like to feel the sunshine hit your face in the morning when you wake up! Classic leo!

Posted by: jason at November 6, 2002 09:28 AM

Whatever I am the better friend. I tied her mother with 70%! I am the bestest friend michele has ever had!

I am the bomb!

Posted by: nuala at November 6, 2002 09:34 AM

i like my friends immodest.

scandalous.

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 09:53 AM

jason: but aquariusesesssseesss are creative and shy....and water baby! and how was i discussing getting the japanese word for water tattooed on my wrist!

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 09:55 AM

yeah even your MOM only got 70%...what do you want from us eh?

Posted by: didofoot at November 6, 2002 10:08 AM

Oh, aquarius=water. I never thought about that.

I think your mom only loves you 70% of the time.

Posted by: jason at November 6, 2002 10:10 AM

i hate you people. my mom totally loves me all of the time. although maybe now she is reserving 30% of her affection for her new car.....

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 10:14 AM

p.s. jason, aren't you at work? wtf?

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 10:15 AM

ha! your mom only got 60%! my mom loves me 10% more than yours loves you!

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 10:18 AM

don't hate. go take quiz. quiz!

Posted by: didofoot at November 6, 2002 10:18 AM

quiz where? i have no link to quiz!

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 10:22 AM

Me either. Where is the quiz?

Posted by: nuala at November 6, 2002 10:23 AM

GIVE US THE QUIZ!

Posted by: nuala at November 6, 2002 10:24 AM

I have no work today or the next two days. "That's right, I'll be here all week." Where's your quiz, Kristen? I'm making one too! You all better study. It's a hard one.

Posted by: jason at November 6, 2002 10:35 AM

You have to take mine Jason! Mine too!

Posted by: nuala at November 6, 2002 10:37 AM

wow. you fucking suck. (this comment is directed at jason. let me be clear.) but i am excited about your quiz! i'm more excited about chocolate though. fuck i'm hungry.

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 10:46 AM

all right, michele, you and nuala and erica and gene got the new quiz but you forward it to whoever else needs to be redeemed ok?

Posted by: didofoot at November 6, 2002 10:51 AM

Don't worry, nuala. I'm taking your quiz as we speak. Your life is going down!

Posted by: jason at November 6, 2002 11:01 AM

70%, Nuala. Not bad! Reading your mail has paid off.

Posted by: jason at November 6, 2002 11:05 AM

I got 70% on your quiz!

Although I feel I am jinxed and cannot get passed 70% on these quizzes. Bastards

Posted by: nuala at November 6, 2002 11:20 AM

this is the funnest day ever!

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 11:31 AM

i know! i keep picturing this army of bored secretary types spread out across the city.

this is my true job. you guys, you guys are my true job.

Posted by: didofoot at November 6, 2002 11:40 AM

I'm feeling left out. boo.

Posted by: brian at November 6, 2002 11:54 AM

It sucks that you guys can only be my true job when my real (but not true) job gives me days off. I want to be a secretary!

Posted by: jason at November 6, 2002 12:10 PM

come be a secretary with us jason! brian can set you up with email!

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 01:16 PM

*I* am not a secretary.

I am a secretary *type*.

Posted by: didofoot at November 6, 2002 01:25 PM

you've BEEN a secretary though. i, on the other hand, have never been a secretary. only an accountant. man...i don't think that's something i want to brag about.

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 01:46 PM

Whatever, ladies. Get me some coffee.

Posted by: jason at November 6, 2002 01:49 PM

suck it!

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 01:56 PM

One thread. One day. Thirty-five mo-fo comments. This is why kristen closes the polls early sometimes.

Posted by: brian at November 6, 2002 02:36 PM

An account has been activated-

login: jason
Your official email address: jason@EECS.Berkeley.EDU
Your current email server: imap.EECS.Berkeley.EDU

Passwords (NT, UNIX, ldap/imap) can be set by bringing a picture ID to
the helpdesk in 395 Cory or 313 Soda.

To update "your current email server" that is to update the
@EECS.Berkeley.EDU email forwarding, please contact
postmaster@EECS.Berkeley.EDU

By using your account, you are indicating that you have read and will
abide by the terms and conditions of University of California and
EECS computing policies including the following policies:

UCB Computer Use Policy
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http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/idsg/security/eecs-account-policy.html

Note, IDSG highly recommends you read
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/idsg/ldap
with attention to the section about "User Account Storage Recharge".

For problems with your computer system or account, contact your local
systems administrator. You can also request help from the EECS/ERL
Computer
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Posted by: brian at November 6, 2002 02:36 PM

yey! let's all be sadist masochistic at each other now!

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 02:38 PM

What's going on? Why is there lots of computer talk with my name on it? What's this new account business?

Posted by: jason at November 6, 2002 02:47 PM

where the bloody fuck did my comment go?

dammit, get in here and take a letter.

sincerely yours, etc.,
ian miller, esquire.

Posted by: ian at November 6, 2002 02:51 PM

you got an email account at berkeley, jason. now you can be a secretary *type* with us.

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 02:53 PM

I will see that suckit, directed to both jason AND ian, and raise you a swallow. the both of youse. this ain't secretary the movie. nowadays we can spank ourselves, or at least spank each other.

ain't that right, michele, my little bitch-ho?

Posted by: didofoot at November 6, 2002 03:15 PM

Oh, yeah? Well, you can file... I don't know. I got nothin.

Posted by: jason at November 6, 2002 03:22 PM

you're my pilot, i can't deny it.

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 03:24 PM

i'll take you up in
my aeroplane...

Posted by: didofoot at November 6, 2002 03:59 PM

and we'll fly
thru clouds of pain.

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 04:18 PM

but first your eyes will see stars when I inflict scars, right?

Posted by: didofoot at November 6, 2002 04:27 PM

well, yeah but that's your line.

and you can beat me with your walker by and by/till i die/till i cry.

Posted by: michele at November 6, 2002 04:36 PM

definitely it should be till I cry.

Posted by: didofoot at November 6, 2002 04:46 PM

since after all you kill me with a sword and not a walker at all. death scene! yeah!

Posted by: michele at November 7, 2002 10:51 AM

fifty! ba-da-bing!

Posted by: brian at November 7, 2002 05:37 PM

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