Cameron's Thoughts

Your English Skills:

Spelling: 80%

Grammar: 60%

Punctuation: 40%

Vocabulary: 20%

Does Your English Cut the Mustard?

You Will Die at Age 70

70 You're pretty average when it comes to how you live... And how you'll die as well.

What Age Will You Die?

American Cities That Best Fit You:

70% Austin

65% Atlanta

65% Miami

65% San Diego

60% Honolulu

Which American Cities Best Fit You?

You Are 35% Normal (Occasionally Normal)

You sure do march to your own beat... But you're so weird, people wonder if it's a beat at all You think on a totally different wavelength And it's often a chore to get people to understand you

How Normal Are You?

Your Dominant Intelligence is Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

You are great at finding patterns and relationships between things. Always curious about how things work, you love to set up experiments. You need for the world to make sense - and are good at making sense of it. You have a head for numbers and math ... and you can solve almost any logic puzzle. You would make a great scientist, engineer, computer programmer, researcher, accountant, or mathematician.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

My next car may be the Scion xA. I had a test drive of this car on Saturday. I like it a lot. Drives almost exactly like my Toyota Echo, yet with a bit more kick to it. This likely due to the fact that it's running the same engine and under the hood it's pretty similar to my Echo. But, it has a smarter system that makes it drive a bit better, though the gas mileage is quite as good as the Echo. Still not bad though. I have been looking at a number of cars recently. I looked at the Pontiac Vibe, but, while not priced too highly, it's cost more than my current car, as was the priciest of all the cars I have so far looked at. I then looked at the Chevy Cobalt as I think that looks somewhat stylish and is the latest car from Chevy at a good price. Looking at the interior, I quickly changed my mind. Reminded me of a Corsica from the 80's. Just a really boring and plain interior. The outside looks nice, but I'm going to be sitting inside that thing for the next few years. So, that went off the list quickly. While I was at the Chevy dealer, I looked at the Chevy Aveo. Previously, I had not considered this as it looked way too small. But, looking at the inside, it seemed big enough and actually looked fairly nice inside. Took that car for a test drive, but the car just could do anything. I had trouble getting on the highway. I ended up with the pedal all the way to the floor, and the car not really making any effort to accelerate. That car is now also off my list.
The Scion xA is priced very nicely, even with all the standard features that my Echo doesn't have, such as CD player, power windows and locks, and a clock. To top that off, I can add a security system, key less entry, side airbags, and a subwoofer, and the car is about $30 a month less than I pay for my Echo. I currently lease the Echo, but I can buy this car for less. To top that off, I researched the insurance rates, it looks like the Scion cost less for insurance.
Like I was mentioning before, I took the Scion for a test drive on Saturday. I need to get back with the dealer soon as I need to get the order put in for the features that I want. He said it would take a couple of weeks to have the car ready. After that, I may actually have the car. My current lease doesn't end until June 15th, but the dealer said that he would be more than willing to buy out the lease early as it is only around $6300 to buy out the car, and he said due to recent demand for the Echo, he could sell it for $9000. Of course, he is making out quite nicely, and I would be getting out of my lease early, so everyone wins. Also funny, when I was taking the test drive, I got pulled over by a cop. Apparently, the dealer plate fell off of the car. Was slightly nervous at the time, especially when the cop started asking how did he know we didn't steal the car as there was no plates, registration, or insurance. The dealer didn't have a good answer and neither did I. Fortunately, I had his business card on me as the cop asked for that as proof, and the dealer didn't have one on him.
So, as of right now, I think I will be going for this car, unless I find a good reason not too within the next week.

Neil keeps doing these, so I keep getting curious what my results are.

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English

20% Upper Midwestern

5% Midwestern

5% Yankee

0% Dixie

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Your Inner European is French!

Smart and sophisticated. You have the best of everything - at least, *you* think so.

Who's Your Inner European?

Had the last four days off at Corecomm. Was a nice break. Now I am back working again though. Family was somewhat sick this weekend. That was a bummer as the weather and everything was really nice. Hailey had a constant running nose and was sleeping alot, Brett was coming down with the same thing too. Nickcole thinks she might have had strep throat or something. I was feeling fine, but tired.
The great thing that happened this weekend though, I went out and bought a PSP. I got Twisted Metal: Head On along with it. It is completely awesome. Not that I had any doubts that it wouldn't be. If anyone else here has Twisted Metal for the PSP, my screenname online is cbulock.
Few things, everyone was afraid of the battery life. I was playing online for a real long time. At least an hour, maybe close to two hours. And I still had over 80% of my battery left and I think the PSP said there was still three hours of gameplay left. I have no consern at all about the battery life anymore. Sure, it's no GBA SP (I have probably charged that five times since I've owned it), but still good.
Also, the included earphones ain't that bad. I hate those things, they never stay in my ears and the sound is ususally bad. But, I liked the ones that came with the PSP. They fit right, and sound tons better than the built in speakers on the unit. The PSP speakers sound like the speakers found on a cell. But the quality through the earphones is amazing. More on the PSP later.

You Are 28 Years Old

28 Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

Yesterday, Nickcole and I took Brett back to the neurologist after he had some CAT scans done last week. The neurologist said that everything looks normal and his development is completely fine. That is good news. We didn't notice anything wrong, and it looks the the way his skull is developing is okay.