Saturday, April 3, 2010

Fool's Day, Facebook and Poe

I fell for it.

I took a quiz on Facebook titled "Which Crazy Writer Are You?"

Then it went on to describe:  Writers tend to be an eccentric bunch. They drink too much, act out in public, have substance-abuse problems, have unique personal lives, and often expire before their prime. They also have very distinct personalities. Take this quiz to find out which writer you are most like!

Like a fool, (and it was April Fool's Day) I took the quiz, found my results, and was delighted to find that they equal me to Edgar Allen Poe. 

Until I read the results of the test:

    
~You are unquestionably brilliant, but you have some issues that only long, intensive bouts of therapy can cure. You are obsessed with ideas of claustrophobia, and you tend to describe these situations in terms that sound suspiciously like a womb; you also are likely to ...marry your 13 year-old cousins. No wonder guilt is a main theme of your writing - Freud would have a field day with you! Unfortunately, you're much more likely to self-medicate with opium and alcohol than to seek help; it's hard to describe your mommy issues when you're lying in a Providence, RI, gutter. 

OUCH! 

Okay, maybe Poe and I have nothing in common after all.  He was brilliant, that much I know. He never would have taken a Facebook quiz, that much I know. And this shot of Tequila tastes damn good going down, that much I do know...
Have a great day, everybody!



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