Sitting in front of the computer at home, doing some leisurely surfing on the web. A friend of mine had forwarded a so-called "Romance Test" and I completed it for the fun of it. I came up with these results, which are pretty funny. Just call me the Window Shopper? Right.

The Window Shopper
Random Gentle Love Dreamer (RGLDf)


Loving, hopeful, open. Likely to carry on an romance from afar. You are The Window Shopper.

You take love as opportunities come, which can lead to a high-anxiety, but high-flying romantic life. You're a genuinely sweet person, not saccharine at all, so it's likely that the relationships you have had and will have will be happy ones. You've had a fair amount of love experience for your age, and there'll be much more to come.

Part of why we know this is that, of all female types, you are the most prone to sudden, ferocious crushes. Your results indicate that you're especially capable of obsessing over a guy you just met. Obviously, passion like this makes for an intense existence. It can also make for soul-destroying letdowns.

Your ideal match is someone who'll love you back with equal fire, and someone you've grown to love slowly. A self-involved or pessimistic man is especially bad. Though you're drawn to them, avoid artists at all costs.

I also went to the web site to complete another test - a morbid one - about death! According to the test, I will die at the ripe ol' age of 76 from heart failure. If not that, then the biggest risks are car accidents, accidents in general (falling down a flight of stairs, perhaps?), and - get this - loneliness. Apparently I have already lived 35% of my life. Which means that I pledge never to waste more time on these goofy tests!

P.S. GOOD NEWS UPDATE: Yay, Dad! I am ecstatic and so happy for you. You are a gem to all of us and I am so glad you're out of the woods and the scare is over and done with. Je t'aime de tout mon coeur, Pops.