My Take on IQ Testing

I have always been interested in tests and quizzes of all kinds. When I was taking homeschool co-op classes (lots of homeschool families get together, and parents with background in certain areas teach classes that might be difficult to teach at home: band, drama, physical education, computers, foreign language, art, higher math and lab sciences, etc) we often had tests. On a test day I was always excited! I barely knew what testing anxiety was until I got to college (and even then, only rarely at first - it became a habit by the time I was a senior). To me tests were like a game, especially if the teacher gave extra credit. One time I got a perfect score on a Spanish test of 130 (out of 100), and the teacher told me that I was making her look bad. Another time in Chemistry, I think I got a 140-something on a test because the teacher told us to memorize the periodic table, and I was the only one who really tried, and she made every piece of info we could remember from that be one point extra credit. Even though I was already way over what was needed to get an A, I just thought it was fun to see how high I could go!

I also liked taking personality tests, and have enjoyed even silly email forward questionnaires and things of that sort. So, is it any surprise that I enjoyed taking self-administered IQ tests from time to time? The firt IQ test I took was from some book my parents had, written by a British author (I do not remember the title or author). I scored an IQ of 95. Now, I was probably only about 10 or 12 at the time, but the tests are supposed to be adjusted for age. However, there was alot of British wording in the tests that I wasn't used to at the time, and the questions often involved subjects with which I was completely unfamiliar at the time (ex: Rearrange some letters to form a make of car. Like I knew ANYTHING about cars back then!). Since then I have taken many, many self-administered IQ tests online, with my scores falling all over the board. The highest score I ever got was 150, which I think was the limit of that particular test, and I would have to say that it was an extremely easy test! But even at the cost of temporarily being labeled with an IQ of 95, that first book was an interesting book, none-the-less, as it familiarized me with some of the more salient points of IQ theory. The big thing to remember is that IQ stands for Intelligence Quotient. A quotient is the result of a division operation. The original equation was:

IQ (intelligence quotient) = (Mental Age / Chronological Age) x 100

The mental age is either the test score itself or some derivative thereof. So, the IQ is something created from the formula, the mental age is something created from the test, and the chronological age is the subject's actual age. Note that none of the quantities is specifically meant to designate intelligence per se. And yet, the term 'IQ' is considered synonymous with intelligence in everyday usage - which is quite a stretch in my opinion.

I have a book called "Yes, We Have No Neutrons: An Eye-Opening Tour through the Twists and Turns of Bad Science." One of the chapters is on IQ. It explains how Binet started out by measuring head circumference, thinking that more intelligent people had larger heads - and his dissatisfaction with this method led to his creation of the first IQ tests. The purpose of his original tests is that which I believe should be the purpose for all tests: to identify and target areas of weakness. In other words, a test helps you know where you need improvement. Binet himself always believed that students could improve, with good teaching; he never believed in a fixed IQ. According to the book, Binet was quite concerned about "reification" or "thingifying" of IQ, just because we have a name for something doesn't mean that it exists.

As far as I can tell, Binet pretty much only worked with normal students. Next the eugenicists got ahold of the idea, and began using it to try to weed out the 'mentally unfit.' Even today many people think of IQ as a fixed, heritable, genetic trait. This is dangerous for a number of reasons, first of all because of the seeming authority it gives to eugenicists, and second of all because people with lower IQ scores will be excused or prevented (by themselves, or those in authority over them) from improving. Furthermore, since what the IQ tests test is something fairly removed from everyday life, it is questionable whether progress towards a "high IQ" is even a useful goal.

It seems easy enough to believe that the more intelligent one is, the more successful one will be in life; and since most people believe that having a high IQ score is the same thing as having a high intelligence, therefore those with high IQ scores will succeed. Furthermore, high test scores of any kind (especially in school), are often thought of as generally representing IQ (even if they are not officially IQ tests). So, we have come to the point where tests scores in general are seen as predictors of life success (and low IQ scores as omens of future failures). This is the logic behind alot of College Entrance Examinations such as the ACT, SAT or PSAT. These tests have often been treated as intelligence tests, which is why organizations like MENSA will accept high enough scores on these tests as proof of eligibility for membership. However, for political reasons which I don't understand, these tests prefer not to be referred to as intelligence tests, and have therefore undergone a number of name changes. From the Wikiepdia entry on SATs:

"The name originally stood for "Scholastic Aptitude Test". But in 1990, because of uncertainty about the SAT's ability to function as an intelligence test, the name was changed to Scholastic Assessment Test. In 1993 the name was changed to SAT I: Reasoning Test (with the letters not standing for anything) to distinguish it from the SAT II: Subject Tests. This change was instituted because of sharp criticism and longitudinal studies showing that the original meaning was no longer accurate; the SAT did not accurately measure what it said it was measuring. In 2004, the roman numerals on both tests were dropped, and the SAT I was renamed the SAT Reasoning Test."

Also, the idea is that an average score will be 1000. However, ever since the test was created, scores have been going down - so the scores are periodically "recentered" in order to keep the average at 1000. The claim is that as more and more underpriviledged students take the tests, averages go down. That's a nice excuse but I'm not sure I can buy it as a total explanation. I think the average student/graduate today is, quite simply, less well taught than students in past generations.

Whether you are looking at official IQ tests, or college admissions tests, the thing that stands out is that they are all about percentiles, or a bell-curve. In college I began to notice that there were two kinds of professors: those who believed in testing based on competency, and those who believe in testing based on a bell curve. The problem with bell curve testing is that some people have to fail. The professors who use bell curve grading seem to think that is their duty to "put students in their place," in other words, they think that if too many people are passing, their tests are too easy and they are letting some of the idiots slip through the net. The professors who focus on competency seem to think that it is their duty to help each student learn as much as he can. One such professor who focused on what I call competency testing was fond of remarking after a test "The average was an A. Guess I must be doing something wrong!"

Under the American system where students (or their parents or their creditors) pay for tuition, I think that anything other than the competency based view is extremely unfair. I think that teachers and professors should think of themselves as serving the students (since the students pay them), rather than as gatekeepers of the academic institutions. In other countries where all higher education is free, perhaps it makes more sense to have "gatekeepers," but then I think you might introduce unnecessary competitiveness.

Back to the idea of 'g' (general intelligence) being a heritable trait. The Dewdney book talks about a study done at some point where a particular class of kids is given an intelligence test and scores relatively low. Then they are coached, and take the test again, and score relatively high. This should prove that IQ is not fixed! In my own experiences with self-administered IQ tests, I can say that mine does not seem to be fixed (remember, I've ranged from 95 to 150). And on the 'official IQ tests' called the SAT and PSAT, here is what happened:

My older brother was preparing for college, and taking a Kaplan class to prepare for taking his SAT. My mom was trying to decide whether or not I should skip a year, so she had me take a free practice PSAT/SAT test from Kaplan, on which I scored 1080, and it was decided that was good enough for me to skip 10th grade. The following fall, I (now in 11th grade) was enrolled in a Kaplan course, and after a few months of coaching I took the PSAT, and scored an SAT equivalent 1440 (actually a 215 in the PSAT scoring system, because the PSAT had three sections instead of two, which the SAT had at the time), which qualified me for being a National Merit Scholar. So, with coaching, I gained almost 400 points in a matter of months! Then, to verify my scores, I had to take the SAT. It took me 4 tries before I finally got a 1450 (the other three were in the low 1300's). Now, there was no limit on how many times I could take the test, and Kaplan classes are completely legal too - but it just goes to show that finally achieving the National Merit Scholarship was more about work than anything I was born with.

But here's another point of view, what was all of that effort for? Well, it did pay for most of college tuition. But isn't college just more of the same, studying and taking tests? Ans since I haven't even ended up (so far) having a career in anything related to my degree, what was all of that time and effort spent for?

Reading John Taylor Gatto, I have come to the conclusion that IQ is more about compliance than brilliance. Brilliance is about doing something creative, something nobody's every done before, something which also happens to be useful in some way. Compliance is about carrying out orders efficiently without questioning their purpose. Both have their place, but I don't see much relationship between the two. Someone who works really hard to gain the approval of others on something that may or may not have any real use strikes me more as a person of compliance rather than brilliance. Brilliant people are often useful to themselves and to humanity as a whole, whereas compliant people are very, very useful to institutions. Is it coincidence that educational institutions would train people to be useful to employment institutions? I don't think so. But institutionalized people are what is wanted in the world today, though living an institutionalized life isn't very meaningful from a personal standpoint, in my opinion.

So, I am an odd duck. People often praise me for being brilliant, whereas I think that I am merely compliant. However, I do not think that I am compliant for the same reasons that most people are. I think I was simply born compliant. Really, as a child I never wanted to get into trouble, and in contrast to my other siblings I rarely did get in trouble (especially in comparison to my brothers). I was always striving to be obedient, and to garner approval because it was somehow in my nature to be that way. Many people today, I believe are compliant simply because it is pounded into them by the schools. The funny thing is, that my parents, by homeschooling me, were (partially) being very noncompliant (and therefore brilliant) towards "the system." I picked up on that, and in wanting to be compliant to them, have tried to be noncompliant with what I see as "the system." The funny thing is, that in the end, they did not approve of my compliance to (my perception of) their noncompliance (initially, when I finally started to be noncompliant with their noncompliance, they didn't like that either). This is a confusion which has plagued me, I think, for a little over the last decade. I want to follow somebody and I don't know who to follow.

I think I am finally coming to the conclusion that if I am to do anything which I consider worthwhile, then I have to stop following. And yet, as I've said, it is in my nature to be a follower. I would even go so far as to call it part of my idea of feminine identity. I am not even saying that I should be a leader (I really kind of hate the idea, actually), but merely to be more independent than I have been in the past. I do admire brilliance, and if I ever did anything truly brilliant I think I would be proud of myself for doing that. However, it would be very, very challenging for me. But, perhaps, it would be the only worthwhile challenge.

ABC's of me...

OK. Even *I* am starting to get quizzed out! The only reason I did this is because friends on FB were doing it... and I'm reposting it here because this is where I want to keep stuff, and I plan on deleting this from FB.

You've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with the ABC's of YOU. At the end, choose 26 people to be tagged. You have to tag me so really you just need 25 more people. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your ABC's of Me, tag 26 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

A -Age: 27

B - Bed size: queen

C - Chore you hate: scrubbing the bathtub (no matter how hard I scrub, it still looks dirty!)

D - Dog's name: Actually, I have a cat. Her name is Luna.

E - Essential start your day item: Alarm clock.

F - Favorite color(s): Green, Orange, Ivory, Brown, Black and metallics.

G - Gold or Silver: Both! But, copper is better.

H - Height: 5'8"

I - Instruments you play: Does my voice count? I learned the basics of several others, but have mostly forgotten by now.

J - Job title: HelpDesk Agent

K - Kids: I do not have any. I'm ambivalent about how I feel on that.

L - Living arrangements: With my husband.

M - Mom's name: Nancy

N - Nicknames: none that are generally used anymore, but: Cookie, Mephibotheth, Toony, Jenny-Jen-Jen, and online I've nicknamed myself "Milany Aece," or just "Maece" for short

O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: no

P - Pet Peeve: losing my soap in the bathtub

Q - Quote from a movie: OK, there's WAY too many to choose, but the first things that comes to mind... "General, I was lying. There's nobody in here but me." (a drunk Anastasia in the old Ingrid Bergman version of Anastasia)

R - Right or left handed: right

S - Siblings: Blood - Rodney, Rachel, and Tommy, Adoption: my parents have unofficially adopted almost every friend we've ever had, but I think Matt L. was the most official.

T - Time you wake up: 5:50AM

U - Underwear: what about it?

V - Vegetable you dislike: olives, usually...

W - Workout style: At the gym? Lethargic. On my own rockin' out to some awesome music? Totally stoked!

X - X-rays you've had: Lots of dental, a couple for concussions, and who knows what else...

Y - Yesterday's best moment: I don't know, maybe finishing weeding? Or the DP before I finished it?

Z - Zoo favorite: anything intelligent, active, and/majestic, such as: big cats, primates, and certain water mammals.

SR YR OF HS

In the continuing retreat from Facebook, I bring you this:

IN YOUR SENIOR YEAR DID YOU...

1. Did you date someone from your school?
No. My first date was in my freshman yr of college... and even then it was really an accident (He really just told me we were going out rather than asking me, and because I didn't know what to say I said nothing. Then, because I hadn't declined, I felt I'd accepted, and since I didn't want to feel guilty for standing him up, I went. And I was really freaked out about the whole thing. Oh, and he was like 24 and I was 17.)

2. Did you marry someone from your high school?
No.

3. Did you car pool to school?
Yes - with my older bro.

4. What kind of car did you have?
I just drove my family's car. Though technically I had an old bug, but it was manual so I wouldn't drive it.

5. What kind of car do you have now?
Nissan Sentra (automatic tranny)

6. It's Saturday night...where are you now?
Hanging out with Adrian - maybe at either of our parents, the dollar theatre, or just at home. Well, actually we go to restaurants pretty often too. If I'm lucky I might even be doing karaoke ;)

7. It is Saturday night...where were you then?
Probably studying, or playing a computer game, or rocking out in my room to Margaret Becker on my computer's CD player.

8. What kind of job did you have in high school?
Babysitting.

9. What kind of job do you do now?
Phone tech support.

10. Were you a party animal?

Um... no.

11. Were you considered a flirt?
Sort of a moot question, I don't think I was even considered.

12. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?
No. Some voice lessons in early high school.

13. Were you a nerd?
Heck yeah! (Can we say "Princess Leia" three Halloween's in a row?)

14. Did you get suspended or expelled?
I was probably the most compliant person in my entire co-op, so, no.

15. Can you sing the fight song?
We didn't have one.

16. Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)?
I liked almost all of them, but I always said Mrs. Cleveland was my favorite (Spanish)

17. Where did you sit during lunch?
By myself if there was an empty table.

18. What was your school's full name?
My HS diploma says I graduated from MIT. Since I was homeschooled, we could call the school whatever we wanted, and my parent's let me choose. It stood for "Mom's Idea of Teaching." Oh, and I was also Valedictorian... because I was ranked #1... in a class of...1. Though, because I was an NMS, the co-op kinda let me be the Valedictorian, and so at graduation I got to sing (instead of giving a speech), and I sang Margaret Becker's "Say the Name." It was really cool, b/c in junior high I think I sang a bit for monthly co-op chapel services, but by HS nobody remembered that except the staff. And, since I was really quiet, and a loner, with a soft speaking voice, it totally floored everybody. A couple of my teachers asked me if I was lip-syncing. By comparison, I didn't even attent my own college commencement exercises (neither did Adrian - they were actually on a Friday, and he already had a job at that point, so he decided not to skip work).

19. When did you graduate?
1999

20. mascot?
Um... me?

21. If you could go back and do it again, would you?
Actually, I think about that all the time. If I would've arranged my classes differently, I could've graduated even more years earlier, with more college credit already completed. Oh, and I definitely think I should have taken part in the Arcosanti summer program (well, I'd have to get them to make an exception for me not being 18), as well as some kind of Earthship construction training program. And I should've sung more. Maybe been in a band.

22. Did you have fun at Prom?
Yeah. I went to the homeschool prom with my brother (Which is probably acceptable at a homeschool prom, because everybody probably just assumed that my parents wouldn't allow me to go unchaperoned - actually, I was avoiding being asked out by the only person who I thought might ask me out. And trying to be nice to my brother, since they didn't have a homeschool prom when he graduated.) I really liked my dress/hair, etc.

23. Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom with?
Of course.

24. Are you planning on going to your next reunion?
Well, I don't know if the co-op will ever have a reunion. Even if they do, since I'm out of state, it'd be alot of time and expense. Furthermore, my husband would probably not be interested.

25. Do you still talk to people from school?
I've mostly lost touch. I wasn't really close to anybody at the co-op anyway.

26. School Colors?
Nope.

25 Random Facts About Me

OK. I did this on Facebook, and my answers there were rambling and long-winded... er, long-fingered? Hwhatever. Probably because I was sick and I was just letting my mind wander. Anyway, I rewrote a concise version:

1. At one point in my life, my hair was 54" long.
2. I was homeschooled all my life until college.
3. I am a National Merit Scholar.
4. I have a BS in Physics.
5. As a child, I was terrible at math, and hated it.
6. One of my favorite authors is the anti-schooling zealot John Taylor Gatto.
7. Kurt Goedel was awesome.
8. I grew up without a television.
9. My parents basically met through a band in high school.
10. Everyone in my immediate family is musically inclined and accomplished to some degree. All 6 of us.
11. I enjoy singing many styles from Jewel to Kansas to The Supremes.
12. My Dad was the first guy in his high school to have long hair.
13. He was also a bit of a pyromaniac, despite his Dad being the Assistant Fire Chief of the city.
14. My mom grew up on a farm and was FFA queen.
15. My Dad's side of the family is supposed to be descended from Charles Dickens' tutor.
16. Instead of watching TV/movies, my Dad would always read to us after dinner; we read stuff from Dickens to Tolkien to Peretti.
17. I have read the complete stories of Sherlock Holmes.
18. My sister has read the complete works of Shakespeare.
19. I've read the whole Bible.
20. I'm a Christian.
21. I'm currently obsessed with flowers. I don't see why there should be any need for beauty to have evolved. I'm glad God made flowers, and put an appreciation of them in me. The modern world and evolution seem to share a frantic obsession with advancement. I love Matthew 6:25-30:

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

22. I'm ambivalent about the value of technology (which is the complete opposite of being indifferent).
23. I'm usually indifferent to current events.
24. My favorite political figure to date is Ron Paul.
25. I'm married to great guy who has many of the strengths that I lack.

Personal DNA Personality Test

I'm a considerate visionary. What are you?

Questions are Fun!

This is an email that I wrote/sent in 2005 to some friends and family:

I LOVE surveys! Probably because I LOVE asking questions (and being asked them, or answering them even if I'm not asked). This article has many good questions.

However, I don't know that I've ever met anyone who likes questions quite as much as I do, and more than a few people seem to find questions, specifically MY questions, downright annoying! I thought this article had a good description of those people (though most people give less thoughtful replies - something more along the lines of a groan, not even an answer):

Walters recalls the time she asked Prince Philip of Great Britain if, in the event England elected a president, he would have enjoyed being a politician. Philip replied, without warmth, that this was a hypothetical question, which he normally didn't answer.

"I was crushed," says Walters, "but I learned a valuable lesson about talking to people in very high places: avoid the hypothetical question, of the sort that usually begins 'What if . . .' and then departs into some fanciful situation that never happened and never will. That type of question can be asked of creative people, for whom imaginary situations are intriguing, but practical, crisp people dismiss it as a waste of time."

Well, I guess I am an imaginative, creative person. However, I have often given a similar answer to the question (one of those discussed in the article) of: Would you change anything if you could live your life over again? I usually say that since I never will live my life over again, I don't see the point of searching for regrets. Furthermore, my past has shaped who I am, and if I changed my past I might become a different person who would make a different decision about changing my past, and the process would become an endless loop. Still, at least that's an answer. Saying "That's a stupid question" is not an answer - even if it is a stupid question. I guess it's because I REALLY like questions. So, although it may be a stupid question, I've always got a back-up question to any answer on the tip of my tongue: Why?

Maybe that's why I also liked the description of the other guy, who gave a REAL answer to that "stupid" question:

When the subject is inventive and in the mood, however, hypothetical questions are fecund. Kenneth Tynan asked Richard Burton, "If you had your life to live, over again, would you change anything?" - a question that is as worn out as vaudeville. But Burton's reply was fresh and revealing, "I'd like to be born the son of a duke with 90,000 pounds a year, on an enormous estate.... And I'd like to have the most enormous library, and I'd like to think that I could read those books forever and forever, and die unlamented, unknown, unsung, unhonored - and packed with information."

Arch Enemy Survey

Current mood:chipper
FYI: I wrote this years ago...(2001?) I guess you could say that I finally did meet Dashing Space Pirate (at least he drives like one), and you might even be able to say that I didn't have a choice about marrying him (of course I did, but if I had tried any harder to not choose him I really don't know what would've happened, he's not the type to take no for an answer... very unlike me, which is why I need him :D)

1) Name?: I think that's getting a bit too personal...
2) School?: Home school at heart.
3) E-mail: Duh! (this was originally an e-mail forward)
4) Ever Drank?: I was born with chronic hydrophobia.
5) Missed school because it was raining?: That generally doesn't happen to home schoolers...then again, I guess it generally doesn't happen to anyone.
6) Put a body part on fire for amusement?: Mine or someone else's?
7) Kept a secret from everyone?: It's what I do best.
8) Had an imaginary friend before?: No, but I do have an imaginary arch enemy...
9) Wanted to hook up with a boy/girl friend before?: What's a boy/girl, or should I ask?
10) Cried during a movie?: I don't cry.
11) Had a new kid on the block tape?: A "friend" of mine used to like New Kids on the Block - is that even what this question is about?
12) Ever thought an animated character was hot?: Well there's always Johnny Bravo...
13) I didn't want to answer this one so I just decided to delete it.
14) Prank called someone?: The one time I really tried was on a dare at a slumber party. I called the radio station intending to request "the abc song" in a little kid voice, but couldn't even get through a sentence before I burst out giggling and hung-up.
15) Ever been on stage?: Yes, and the adrenaline rush is cool (except when it's not my idea).
16) Favorite Shampoo?: V05 Vanilla. I think the arch enemy is allergic to it... must be why they quit making it.
17) Favorite soap?: As in a lye-fat product or soap opera?
18) Day/Night?: Night - it's easier to hide from the arch enemy...
19) Summer/Winter?: Winter; I hate heat.
20) Online smiley?: I prefer winky-face.
21) Lace or satin?: How about latin & seis?
22) Favorite cartoon characters?: Roadrunner, Pink Panther, Pinky & the Brain
23) Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: ...wouldn't that get a bit confusing?
24) Like anyone?: No. The whole world has conspired against me & joined forces with the arch enemy...
25) Who have you known the longest?: Me.
26) Who do you go to for advice?: Me.
27) Who do you cry with?: I don't cry.
28) When do you cry the most?: When chopping onions.
29) Have you ever cut ur own hair?: When feeling perfectionistic I search the entire length of my braid for split ends.
30) Ever been sarcastic?: No.
31) Met someone new?: Never. I've known the ENTIRE world my ENTIRE life. (who thinks up these questions???)
32) Favorite peeps to talk to?: People who talk instead of saying peeps.
33) Who is your favorite person to hug?: Nobody - everybody's on the arch enemy's side...
34) Last time you fought with your parents?: Not worth trying to remember.
35) Have you ever wished upon a star?: I would if I could ever get upon a star.
36) Do you laugh until you cry?: I DON'T CRY!
37) Have you ever watched the sunset/sunrise?: No, the arch enemy is always blocking my view...
38) Read a book for fun?: Only to help defeat the arch enemy...
39) Favorite meal?: Anything the arch enemy wouldn't have had a chance to poison...
40) Are you lonely?: Yes, I'm the only one on my side...
41) Do you have a crush on someone?: *gasp* ME, have a crush???!!!
44) The closet monster?: Nope. Guess again...
45) The big bang theory?: What's so theoretical about big bangs? Whoever wrote this apparently doesn't have brothers... or an arch enemy...
46) What is your full name?: If I tell, the arch enemy will find out. My only safety is my anonymity.
47) Favorite group?: Heathcliffe's Really Jammin' Buddies... I don't know.
48) What is right next to you?: Air.
49) What is ur computer made of?: Antimatter.
50) What are the last four digits of ur Phone ?: 314159
51) Where do you want to go on ur honeymoon?: Since I've all but decided to never marry, and instead opt for the life of a 21st century technological intergalactic hermitess - it's a moot point for me. Of course, if I ever meet dashing space pirate I might not have much choice... maybe we could go hang out at the jupiter jump?
52) How many people are on ur buddy list?: "Friends" who think they have me convinced that they aren't on the arch enemy's side...
53) How is the weather right now?: I'm inside.
54) What did you do last night?: Have nightmares about the arch enemy.
55) How do you eat an oreo?: Very carefully - you never know when you might be poisoned...
56) Dream car?: Feet - saves worrying about car bombs...
57) What is your career of choice?: 21st century technological intergalactic hermitess/arch enemy's bane...
58) If you could change ur name what would it be?: Arch enemy. It might confuse him...
59) Whats the dumbest thing you have ever done?: No comment.
60) What will ur first son's name be?: Dashing Space Pirate Jr.
61) What will ur first daughter's name be? Foxy Moron (if she's blond)
62) Do you prefer on the Phone or in person?: I prefer pixel/paper. The arch enemy is illiterate...
63) Do you want ur friends to do this survey?: Yes, it's how I get info about the arch enemy's activity.
64) Where do you see yourself in ten years?: Somewhere beyond this solar system, and hopefully beyond the reach of the arch enemy...
65) Are you too shy to ask someone out?: How many bold people do you know who go around complaining of an imaginary arch enemy?
66) Finish time?: Rrrrats! I forgot to count - the arch enemy will surely use it against me...