FREERICE UPDATE
The totals of the last three months for FreeRice:

JANUARY 2009 2,416,239,520
FEBRUARY 2009 1,663,509,530
MARCH 2009 1,830,287,650
APRIL 2009 1,478,963,720
MAY 2009: 1,403,545,670
JUNE 2009 929,906,500
JULY 2009 652,730,310
AUGUST 2009 787,320,460
SEPTEMBER 2009 1,310,200,000
OCTOBER 2009 1,611,699,490

It's been about a year since the totals started to slip, if my memory serves me correctly. They went downwards like this last summer, but the totals this year are worse. Even if the months are starting to get better after July, it needs more views than before. If you want to spread awareness of this site, one way of doing so is putting the FreeRice stamp on your Journals.


If you don't have a prescription, this can work, too.


Another way is to spread the word of the site and how it works on your Journals and all over the Internet and your community.

For those who don't know what FreeRice is, I'll gladly explain:
As the site provides English vocabulary to everyone for free, it at the same time provides rice to hungry people around the world, also for free. The catch? You'll only have to answer multiple-choice vocabulary questions. Every one you get right, 10 grains of rice will be donated to the United Nations World Food Program. It's very surprisingly that simple.

Since we're all in a global recession or at least trying to recover from it, this site needs a LOT of visitors this year, even more than last year's.
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North Italy

[x] You were bullied a lot in your childhood. (Middle school, especially.)
[x] You adore pasta, pizza, cheese, and fruit.
[ ] You're very happy-go-lucky.
[x] You constantly have a dozy look on your face as if you're always away with the fairies.
[x] You have a long curly strand of hair that always tends to stick up.
[x] You're a good artist. (Moreorless.)
[ ] You can be clumsy at times.
[x] You have a friend you always depend upon if you mess up something.
[x] If your life was in danger, you would do the typical Italian thing and say: "PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! I HAVE RELATIVES IN YOUR COUNTRY!" (Some to think of it, that may just help.)
[ ] You would surrender in a war situation. (Depends on who we're fighting, but these days, I may have to lean away from surrender.)

(7/10)
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Germany

[x] You're very stoic and serious.
[x] Sausages are your favorite foods.
[ ] You like to walk dogs/your dog.
[ ] Your boss/principal/tutor/home-room teacher is a nut-case. (My mom is, but I don't think that counts.)
[x] You love rules and think they should always be followed to a T. (Keeps everything as in order as it can.)
[x] You think the world would be better if everyone played by the rules. (I've seen this fall time and time again.)
[x] You work very hard. (And I hardly work to top it off. cB *shot*)
[x] Your alone time is your 'happy time.' (You wouldn't believe how much of a relief it would be...)
[x] You can appear tough but be very considerate towards people.
[x] You've had issues with money once or twice. (Last summer I spent all of my money on 360 games, which I didn't get attached to for too long so I sold most of them.)

(8/10)
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Japan

[x] You're very mature.
[ ] You think everything over before saying it. (I wish.)
[ ] You believe in ghosts but aren't phased by the experience when you see one.
[x] You isolated yourself during childhood.
[ ] You became very successful in a short amount of time.
[x] You are somewhat inexperienced when it comes to the outside world.
[x] You can seem cold/aloof to other people.
[ ] You're good at practical tasks.
[x] You need time to adjust to new people.

(5/10)
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The United States of America

[ ] You love hamburgers
[ ] You think you're awesome (Got a long way to go.)
[x] You love to invent things (Only if I know how to.)
[x] You love going to the cinema/watching films/making films (Still need to finish that Youtube Poop! >^<)
[x] You can seem to be very brash to other people.
[ ] You have a tendency to stick your nose into other peoples' business.
[x] You're terrified of ghosts.
[x] You know aliens exist.
[ ] You tend to wear a bomber jacket all the time.
[x] You wear glasses.
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(6/10)

The United Kingdom of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland

[x] You like tea.
[ ] You were quite tough and troublesome as a kid.
[ ] You're very sarcastic and cynical.
[ ] Your cooking is awful.
[x] You love spiritual magical stuff, such as fairies, ghosts...
[ ] ...But you refuse to believe in aliens.
[ ] You have tried doing black magic before.
[ ] You get drunk quite easily.
[ ] When you are drunk, you tend to be very unhappy.
[ ] You're good at embroidery.

(2/10)
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France

[x] You're very affectionate.
[x] You think you have a great fashion sense.
[ ] You like wine.
[ ] You're the master of whispering romantic things into peoples' ears.
[x] You love red roses.
[ ] When it comes to l'amour, you don't mind men or women.
[ ] You're very proud of yourself.
[x] You love culture and the arts.
[x] You're very flamboyant.
[ ] You say you're a gourmet.

(5/10)
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Russia

[ ] You had a very sad childhood.
[x] You're very tall
[x] You have a tendency to switch between personalities
[ ] You wear a scarf all the time.
[ ] You love sunflowers.
[ ] You love vodka.
[x] You can seem intimidating to other people.
[ ] You're very strong. (Absolute opposite...)
[ ] You have a big nose.
[x] You have a strange laugh that can scare people.

(4/10)
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China

[x] You're very mature.
[x] You're very superstitious.
[ ] You're very religious.
[ ] You love pandas.
[ ] You love cooking so much that you nag if food has a certain pattern of tastes.
[ ] You love Hello Kitty.
[x] You try to be a role-model for your brothers/sisters/whatever, but are never taken seriously.
[x] You work hard (and hardly work).
[x] You're good at drawing.
[x] You like sweets. (cB)

(6/10)
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Austria

[ ] You are very well-raised.
[x] You're polite.
[x] You love classical music. (YES! YES!)
[x] You like cake (That's not a lie. 8P)
[ ] You have a mole on your face.
[x] You dedicate your time to your hobbies rather than what needs to be done right away.
[ ] You are a virtuoso/play very well on at least one instrument.
[ ] You've composed music before. (I wish.)
[ ] You tend to call people 'morons.'
[x] You wear glasses.

(5/10)
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Canada

[x] You're often ignored by people.
[x] You look younger than you actually are.
[ ] You love hockey.
[ ] You love polar bears.
[x] You hate fighting. (I'll %%&@ing DIE if I try!)
[ ] You have one strand of curly hair
[x] You often get mistaken for someone else.
[x] You feel under-appreciated (only constructive criticism-wise, usually).
[ ] You're bilingual (but I am kind of interested in learning a new language).
[ ] You always carry a bear with you

(5/10)
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Cuba

[ ] You smoke.
[ ] You're very physically strong. (Yeah, and I'm also the king of England.)
[ ] You've won a lot of fist-fights.
[x] In your social circle, there are two brothers - you get along with one, but not with the other.
[x] You have very strong emotions about a variety of topics.
[ ] You like hot weather. (&@#% THAT!)
[x] You can be very friendly from time to time.
[x] You look very tough on the outside.
[x] You make a very nice role-model.
[ ] You don't let people get a word in edge ways

(5/10)
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Hungary

[x] You have a potty-mouth.
[ ] You like to wear flowers in your hair
[ ] You used to be a very tough kid
[ ] You're very reliable.
[x] It's better to have you as a friend rather than an enemy. (I'd say vice versa, too, even if I do become completely consumed by rage.)
[ ] You're very faithful.
[x] Your speech and mannerisms can be considered very unladylike.
[ ] You and your best friend go together like chalk and cheese.
[x] You are graceful one moment and grinning like a maniac the next.
[ ] If someone yells that yaoi is going on somewhere, you will drop everything to run off to go and see it.

(4/10)
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Lithuania

[x] You're very loyal.
[ ] You feel like your best friend drags you around a lot, but you both have a great time together.
[x] You're very serious. (Half the time.)
[x] You have a lot of patience. (If nothing's intended to come quickly.)
[x] You think too much about philosophical stuff.
[x] You get depressed when questioning the point of existing/the universe, etc..
[x] You're not very confident.
[x] You were quite rebellious as a child.
[x] People tend to walk all over you.
[x] You're a born worrier.

(9/10)
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Poland

[x] You're very flamboyant
[ ] You're quite hyperactive
[x] You can be quite goofy
[x] When you're depressed, you tend to rise out of it like a phoenix
[x] You're very wary of strangers
[x] It takes you ages to come out of your shell
[ ] However, when you're used to someone, you're very chatty
[ ] You're very forceful and stand at one end of the argument when it comes to your opinions
[ ] You love pansies and corn-poppies
[x] You get up to lots of crazy antics

(6/10)

Apparently, I'm more of a Lithuanian than any other country here and I never heard of that country before. Should definitely look it up! 8o

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The first fifteen people who comment here will have three deviations chosen from their galleries featured in the tag until after Valentine's Day 2010! Since I never bothered updating the Journal a month ago, I wanted to be fair and extend this offer.

Aqua321's Top Three Deviations!

He may not have a lot of pictures in his gallery, but man can this guy draw! 8D

Luca
Tales of Rebirth - Shaorune
Oliver :D

I advise you to check out the rest of their galleries while you're at it!

Vogelgeist's Top Three Deviations!

Her artwork here isn't half-bad, either. Really good, in fact!

Art Gift - Merlyn
Art Gift - Merl
Harry Potter OC - Charmaine Dalziel

MallowNinja's Top Three Deviations!

This artist here has some pretty interesting designs. 8o

Wren
Fire Elemental
And on the high wire...

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1-2. Two new stamps
3-4. Two Secret Santa drawings
5. New ID
6. Character drawing for

FREERICE UPDATE
The totals of the last three months for FreeRice:

MAY 2009: 1,403,545,670
JUNE 2009: 929,906,500
JULY 2009: 652,730,310
AUGUST 2009: 787,320,460

It's been about a year since the totals started to slip, if my memory serves me correctly. They went downwards like this last summer, but the totals this year are worse. Even if the months are starting to get better after July, it needs more views than before. If you want to spread awareness of this site, one way of doing so is putting the FreeRice stamp on your Journals.


If you don't have a prescription, this can work, too.


Another way is to spread the word of the site and how it works on your Journals and all over the Internet and your community.

For those who don't know what FreeRice is, I'll gladly explain:
As the site provides English vocabulary to everyone for free, it at the same time provides rice to hungry people around the world, also for free. The catch? You'll only have to answer multiple-choice vocabulary questions. Every one you get right, 10 grains of rice will be donated to the United Nations World Food Program. It's very surprisingly that simple.

Since we're all in a global recession or at least trying to recover from it, this site needs a LOT of visitors this year, even more than last year's.
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tagged me, now I got to do this.

I intentionally made mine similar to his kind of because I just want to make this Journal quick. XD

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1 - Post the rules.
2 - Each tagged person must tell 8 things about themselves.
3 - At the end you must tag 8 people and put their icon in your journal.
4 - Then go to their page and leave a comment saying you tagged them.
5 - Choose three deviations of the person who tagged you and feature them in the first slot.
6 - The first fifteen people who comment on this journal tag will have three deviations chosen from their galleries featured in the tag.

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1. My name is kind of gay, I know (as in literally gay, [says Mr. Obvious]), but I may get a new account just to get a new one unless DeviantART gives us the option to change ours in our own account sometime by the end of the year. I don't feel too comfortable with it anymore.

2. The World Ends With You is possibly the most narratively pleasing game I've ever played. Even about as much as Okami, which is hard to do. Far Cry 2, on the other hand, is possibly the least, but at least I didn't get it for that. B(

3. I suck at fighting games and ESPECIALLY racing. Fighting games are still fun to me, but racing...not so much, not even Mario Kart. Speaking of which, I sold my Mario Kart DS at a Gamestop for $22! They'll pay (and charge) good money for Mario and Zelda games or least my store does.

4. I'm a complete whore for user-created content and character customization! THE reason why I got Far Cry 2 was for the Map Editor, Halo 3 for the Forge and Theater modes, the Soul Caliburs for the Create-A-Souls, et cetera, et cetera, and the reason why I want a PS3 so I can play LittleBigPlanet! 8D

5. I mainly hope to get a digital video camera for Christmas, though. LittleBigPlanet can wait another year.

6. I thought about finding someone who has a capture card so I can mooch off them to make Halo 3 machinima, but since Bungie Pro got updated so you can actually see your videos on the computer, that will no longer be needed.

7. Soul Calibur IV is the most rushedest good fighting game EVARRRRRRRRRRR! Well, actually, I hear the new King of Fighters is now.

8. Holding out to buy the English version of Soul Silver. I only tried looking at most of the basic gameplay on a friend's Japanese version as to not spoil myself too much and I must say the touch-screen mechanics are MUCH more expanded to the point that the only thing that it may NOT be able to do on the touch screen is just move around. Moving Pokemon around in the PC is certainly quicker as is searching for a certain item in one category, I think. Man, in D/P/P, it sure took me quite a while to look for what I need to find in that one item category. XD

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The first fifteen people who comment here will have three deviations chosen from their galleries featured in the tag until after New Year's Day 2010!

Aqua321's Top Three Deviations!

He may not have a lot of pictures in his gallery, but man can this guy draw! 8D

Luca
Tales of Rebirth - Shaorune
Oliver

I advise you to check out the rest of his gallery while you're at it!

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TAGGED (SO FAR):




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1-2. Two new stamps
3-4. Two Secret Santa drawings
5. New ID
6. Character drawing for

FREERICE UPDATE
The totals of the last three months for FreeRice:

MAY 2009: 1,403,545,670
JUNE 2009: 929,906,500
JULY 2009: 652,730,310

It's been about a year since the totals started to slip, if my memory serves me correctly. They went downwards like this last summer, but the totals this year are worse. If you want to spread awareness of this site, one way of doing so is putting the FreeRice stamp on your Journals.


If you don't have a prescription, this can work, too.


Another way is to spread the word of the site and how it works on your Journals and all over the Internet and your community.

For those who don't know what FreeRice is, I'll gladly explain:
As the site provides English vocabulary to everyone for free, it at the same time provides rice to hungry people around the world, also for free. The catch? You'll only have to answer multiple-choice vocabulary questions. Every one you get right, 10 grains of rice will be donated to the United Nations World Food Program. It's very surprisingly that simple.

Since we're all in a worsening global recession, this site needs a LOT of visitors this year, even more than last year's.
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Just letting you all know that I'm not dead. Still working on those projects, but barely.

Shortest. Journal. Ever.

...

Of mine.

...

I think.

...

Excluding the headers and footers.

...

Nope, no longer the shortest Journal ever of mine.

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1-2. Two new stamps
3-4. Two Secret Santa drawings
5. New ID
6. Completion update of my profile
7. Character drawing for

URGENT FREERICE NEWS
Last month was better for FreeRice than February's with 1.8 billion, but by only 200 million. Therefore, it did 600 million worse than January's. So this year doesn't turn out worse than last's we need to top the last two months, let alone January, and keep that pace or better than that. Not only that, we need to revive FreeRice's recognition.

One way of doing so is putting the FreeRice stamp on your Journals.


If you don't have a prescription, this can work, too.


Another way is to spread the word of the site and how it works on your Journals and all over the Internet.

For those who don't know what FreeRice is, I'll gladly explain:
As the site provides English vocabulary to everyone for free, it at the same time provides rice to hungry people around the world, also for free. The catch? You'll only have to answer multiple-choice vocabulary questions. Every one you get right, 10 grains of rice will be donated to the United Nations World Food Program. It's very surprisingly that simple.

Since we're all in a worsening global recession, this site needs a LOT of visitors this year, even more than last year's.
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Thank goodness it's the weekend, let alone after the end of the quarter. Most of the chemistry homework I couldn't figure out and, therefore, missing's being lifted off my shoulders, but unfortunately, I still have a lot of homework, particuarly for English, in which I need to finish the study guide for The Things They Carried (An interesting war book, to say the least) and write up a book report for Nailed and Give A Boy A Gun. A new deviation here is still not on the top of my list until I finish up my newest Youtube Poop, which is taking quite a long time to do. [EDIT: It's now finished, so if you want to see it, go down to 2. in here.]

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[MAY 2nd UPDATE]

And finally, after a month of mostly homework (and Platinum), here are 25 things about me!

tagged me, so I'm gonna have to do this eventually! 8D

1. I've been drawing for over ten years and it still takes me a good while to make a decent picture.

2. Even though I'm very imaginative, I have a very long way to go to become amazing, but it'll be all worth it.

3. Currently, I am taking a creative writing class to improve on my writing skills. I like writing very much, too. 8D

4. I also make Youtube Poops. So far, I've made nine! 8D
Here's my account. [link]

5. Would I recommend Platinum? If you, like I, don't mind (or in fact like) playing nearly the same exact adventure as you did two years ago to get to the Distortion World and many other features, this game may be worth the double-dip. But along the way, you'll be treated to a lot of visual tweaks that make its older DS versions look ugly(er). This link explains every change that has been made in Platinum. [link]

6. Heh. I still have my special edition red and silver DS (the original version). It's taken a couple hard hits, but nothing's broken still! 8D

7. I'm a pretty big fan of Pokemon and Fullmetal Alchemist (both the anime and the manga).

8. Oh, and the DS game The World Ends With You! One of my favorite games EVER! Get it! Seriously! 8D

9. Yes, I also do that, and . ~ (See #6 of the latter person's Journal Entry)

10. I am a nut for orchestra and violin. I've been looking for an orchestrated version of Sonic 2's boss battle for years now and I have found some pleasing results, even though not as epic as I hoped.

11. I try to be as optimistic as possible, with a reasonable percentage of success.

12. I may lean more towards liberal, I think, but I'm willing to listen to both sides, as long as I'm sure neither of them are biased. All liberal isn't good, but neither's all conservative. Moderation's always good.

13. One of my favorite books is The Catcher In The Rye. In a way, it's quite a devastating book since it explains how the evils and hypocricies of adults can easily be passed down to children and made them who they typically are.

14. I'm quite slow about thinking of what to do, say, or pretty much anything. In fact, this took me over an hour's worth of time. Maybe even two. I forgot since I started on this last afternoon. XD;

15. If I can't make it as an artist, at least I should as a writer. I think I'm a better writer (at least at making a good plot) than drawing, if not a lot better. I do have a Pokemon fanfiction in mind but I highly doubt it'll be worth the time here.

16. Is this over yet?

17. There are some things I can wait forever on, like being able to go on Xbox Live again, others I can barely wait one second, like school ending!

18. My favorite voice actor may have to be either Aaron Dismuke, Travis Willingham, or Vic Mignogna (all from Fullmetal Alchemist). According to all those convention videos, they must really love their jobs, especially the latter two. XD

19. Another of my absentminded hobbies would be roleplaying, but I haven't done so much of it. Trying to find a good one in Serebii.

20. Of my favorite kinds of games (vid games or RPs) are those with either a good story, suspense, or motivation.

21. I feel like I should say something about my orientation. I am a little gay, but not gay enough to be gay. I definitely am a hetero, so if I were gay, I'd be bi.[/says Mr. Obvious]

22. Speaking of Mr. Obvious, I sometimes tend to say things that are blatantly obvious, but I usually say them for the sake of double-checking. Sometimes, when I say too many obvious things at once, I turn into my alter-ego. Guess what his name is. MR. OBVIOUS! I should make a comic page about him. Another thing in my long-ass list of projects to do.

23. I'm pretty decent at climbing, despite my short arms.

24. Hee hee. Speaking of which, one time, my class was upstairs in this GIGANTIC attic in our high school. I wandered off and they turned off the lights on me. It was mostly pitch black. I climbed up to a vent thing and thought I could leave out there, but it was fenced off. I got down and aimlessly went around the attic until I found a door out of the attic and ended up on the roof. A moment later, someone found me and I finally was able to make it back downstairs. Scariest two hours of my life, I think.

25. One of these days, I want to leave this town and forge a living of my own. For me, for my friends, for the love of my life. That's why I draw, why I write, and why I do most other things.

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1-2. Two new stamps
3-4. Two Secret Santa drawings
5. New ID
6. Completion of updating my profile
7. Character drawing for

URGENT FREERICE NEWS
In January, FreeRice only reached 2.4 billion out of the 4 billion I was hoping for. Last month was even worse with 1.7 billion. This month didn't do good, either. No days even reached 90 million. The highest this month was 87 million. We've gotten quite a lot of ups and downs here because of the weekends. The lowest we're getting is 26 million.
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Holy crap have I not uploaded this page for quite some time! Fortunately, I'm hoping to finish that Youtube Poop that I've yet to finish due to all the homework, some complications, and the usual things I do.

Once I'm done with that, I'll make something in this site. Since third quarter here's ending next week, I may be able to fit some more time in to do a couple of my MANY projects here.

Useless info: Still failing chemistry, but if I pass that one test I missed when I was sick last month, I'll pass this quarter. Just one freaking more to pass and I'm done with science for good.
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Check it off as you go:

[x] You have screamed at an inanimate object for “hurting you"
[ ] You have ran into a glass/screen door.
[ ] You have jumped out of a moving vehicle.
[ ] You have thought of something funny and laughed, and then people gave you weird looks.
[ ] You have run into a tree/bush.
[ ] You have been called a blonde.

TOTAL: 1

[ ] You know that it IS possible to lick your elbow.
[x] You just tried to lick your elbow.
[x] You never knew that the Alphabet and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star had the same melody.
[ ] You just sang them to make sure.
[x] You have tripped on your own feet and fallen.
[x] You have choked on your own spit.

TOTAL: 4

[x] You have seen the Matrix and still don’t get it.
[ ] You type with three fingers or less.
[x] You have accidentally caught something on fire.
[ ] You tried to drink out of a straw, but it went into your nose.
[x] You have caught yourself drooling.

TOTAL: 3

[x] You have fallen asleep in class.
[ ] Sometimes you just stop thinking.
[x] Sometimes when you are telling a story you forget what you are talking about.
[ ] People often shake their heads and walk away from you.
[ ] You are often told to use your ‘inside voice’.

TOTAL: 2

[x] You use your fingers to do simple math.
[x] You have eaten a bug accidentally.
[x] You are taking this test when you should be doing something more important.
[x] You have put your clothes on backwards or inside out, and didn’t realize it.
[x] You’ve looked all over for something and realized it was in your hand/pocket the whole time.

TOTAL: 5

[ ] You have posted bulletins because you are scared that what they say will happen if you don’t.
[x] You break a lot of things.
[ ] You tilt your head when you’re confused.
[x] You have fallen out of your chair before.
[ ] When you’re lying in bed, you try to find pictures in the texture on the ceiling.
[ ] The word “um” is used frequently.
[ ] You don’t know what “um” means.
[ ] You say “what” and “huh” a lot.
[ ] You plan to use a calculator to multiply your score for this bulletin.

TOTAL: 2

GRAND TOTAL: 17

Now, take your total and multiply it by 4, and re-post as:

I am 68% "mentally ill."

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1-2. Two new stamps
3-4. Two Secret Santa drawings
5. New ID
6. Completion of updating my profile
7. Character drawing for