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Quiztime! How well do you know your "past" and "passed"?

Poll #1205496 How well do you know your "past" and "passed"?
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1. I walked ____ the drugstore this morning.

2. I ____ by the drugstore this morning.

3. Sheryl doesn't like talking about her ____.

4. What's ____ is ____--why do you insist on bringing up old history?

5. We'll meet here at half-____ ten.

6. Jack handed his work in three days ____ the deadline.

7. Tom said hello to Alice, but she pushed ____ him without acknowledging the greeting.

8. While waiting for my sister, I ____ the time counting the tiles on the floor, the ceiling, and the edge of the kitchen counter.

9. Everyone in the class ____ the final exam.

10. Robert's book was ____ to him by Paula.

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ETA: *looks at the split in answers for #4, and begins to analyze the sentence carefully*

Birthday
To schweinsty, though it's a day early, happy birthday in advance! ♥

Artificial Intelligence
If the volume of memories is important to an AI, perhaps it's true that Google could be the next AI. When I wrote S.A.I. I put forth that self-awareness is merely the sum of our memories. I also said that our memories change us, and that interactivity (being changed by one's memories) isn't quite there with Google just yet. Maybe once Google's programming starts actively changing with each bit of information it learns and digests, I'll change my stance on this.

Translation
I finally finished translating the first two pages of Touya Kouyou's profile in the Hikaru no Go Gorgeous Character Book. As usual, it's posted on ann_applecore; here's the link, if anyone is interested. I still have a ton of profiles from PoT 40.5 to do! I've fallen so far behind in translating it's scary. harumi, I read on aishuu's journal something about you translating profiles. Were you by any chance translating the character book, and do you still have the translations you did? *wonders if she's re-inventing the wheel* [Edit: aishuu, harumi says it wasn't her. Any chance you can remember who, and let me know?]

Hikago Meme
I've been reading the memes posted on my f-list. So far, the general consensus is that AkiHika rules the universe (I suspect it would anyway even if Jun hadn't put down "TK's disapproval"), Ochi and Ogata are pretty much tied for most-hated, and Touya Kouyou will die reaching for the Hand of God. (Poor TK. *hugs the old man*) Ogata was named right after TK, though, so who knows? On a more personal note, I don't want to be seen as promoting divorce, okay, so let's get this out in the open. My parents are divorced. I would NEVER wish divorce upon anyone. I will never ever have children, and if anyone so much as seems about to break my heart I'm OUTTATHERE. I don't need to deal with that sort of thing. Life's too short. So just because I ship Touya Kouyou/Sai, does not mean I am anti-Touya Kouyou/Akiko.

Work
Co-worker (who is close to seven feet tall) walked into the room, towering over everyone else (and there are about 25 other people in it). He came up to me and sat nearby, textbooks etc in hand. I said, "Wow, one never realizes how tall you are until you walk into the room with everyone else."

Co-worker looked at another co-worker sitting beside him, and then they both looked at me and said, "One?"

*hides face* Oh, shut up. We are not amused.

Random
Sparked by a line in a fic: Is it really that hard to explain things to someone who's very intelligent (or at least, has a high IQ)? Why/why not?

Not Writing
If I could learn to stop taking myself and writing so seriously and just have fun, dammit, perhaps I'd do better at the effing thing. *very frustrated* No, I haven't broken the writing hiatus. I doubt I'm actually capable of doing so, because I'd rather not break it for drivel, and all that is likely to come out is sheer trash. ARGH. Can you tell I'm frustrated here? I will not cry. This is merely writer's block. I will not cry.

ETA: ... I didn't even notice it was Friday the 13th. O_o