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		<title>Dante&#8217;s Inferno Test &#8211; again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So today I took the Dante Test again for fun. I had a feeling that somehow I wouldn&#8217;t last long in the 2nd circle&#8230; The Dante&#8217;s Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!Here is how you matched up against all the levels: Level Score Purgatory (Repenting Believers) Very Low Level 1 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So today I took the <a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv">Dante Test</a> again for fun. I had a feeling that somehow I wouldn&#8217;t last long in the 2nd circle&#8230;</p>
<p><b>The Dante&#8217;s Inferno Test has banished you to <i>the Fifth Level of Hell!</i></b><br />Here is how you matched up against all the levels:<br />
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<th><b>Level</b></th>
<th><b>Score</b></th>
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<td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#0" style="color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;">Purgatory</a></b> (Repenting Believers)</td>
<td style="color: #3344bb; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;"><b>Very Low</b></td>
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<td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#1" style="color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;">Level 1 &#8211; Limbo</a></b> (Virtuous Non-Believers)</td>
<td style="color: #3344bb; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;"><b>Very Low</b></td>
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<td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#2" style="color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;">Level 2</a></b> (Lustful)</td>
<td style="color: #c40033; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;"><b>Very High</b></td>
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<td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#3" style="color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;">Level 3</a></b> (Gluttonous)</td>
<td style="color: #ff1133; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;"><b>High</b></td>
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<td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#4" style="color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;">Level 4</a></b> (Prodigal and Avaricious)</td>
<td style="color: #aa33aa; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;"><b>Moderate</b></td>
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<td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#5" style="color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;">Level 5</a></b> (Wrathful and Gloomy)</td>
<td style="color: #ee2244; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;"><b>Extreme</b></td>
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<td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#6" style="color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;">Level 6 &#8211; The City of Dis</a></b> (Heretics)</td>
<td style="color: #c40033; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;"><b>Very High</b></td>
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<td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#7" style="color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;">Level 7</a></b> (Violent)</td>
<td style="color: #ff1133; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;"><b>High</b></td>
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<td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#8" style="color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;">Level 8- the Malebolge</a></b> (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)</td>
<td style="color: #c40033; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;"><b>Very High</b></td>
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<td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#9" style="color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;">Level 9 &#8211; Cocytus</a></b> (Treacherous)</td>
<td style="color: #c40033; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;"><b>Very High</b></td>
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<p>And while on the test subject, here be my <a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/personality_disorder_test.mv">personality disorders</a>.</p>
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<td width="180"><font face="arial" size="-1"><b>Disorder</b></font></td>
<td width="120"><font face="arial" size="-1"><b>Rating</b></font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/paranoid.html">Paranoid</a>:</font></td>
<td><font color="#990099" face="arial" size="-1">Moderate</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/schizoid.html">Schizoid</a>:</font></td>
<td><font color="#000099" face="arial" size="-1">Low</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/schizotypal.html">Schizotypal</a>:</font></td>
<td><font color="#990099" face="arial" size="-1">Moderate</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/antisocial.html">Antisocial</a>:</font></td>
<td><font color="#000099" face="arial" size="-1">Low</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/borderline.html">Borderline</a>:</font></td>
<td><font color="#000099" face="arial" size="-1">Low</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/histrionic.html">Histrionic </a>:</font></td>
<td><font color="#990099" face="arial" size="-1">Moderate</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/narcissistic.html">Narcissistic </a>:</font></td>
<td><font color="#cc0033" face="arial" size="-1">High</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/avoidant.html">Avoidant </a>:</font></td>
<td><font color="#000099" face="arial" size="-1">Low</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/dependent.html">Dependent </a>:</font></td>
<td><font color="#000099" face="arial" size="-1">Low</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/ocd.html">Obsessive-Compulsive </a>:</font></td>
<td><font color="#ff0000" face="arial" size="-1">High</font></td>
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		<title>old days</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[as a teenager, I remember complaining a lot about school, about how much work I had and how I hated my classmates. and I also remember how my relatives would tell me, over and over, how much I&#8217;d miss those days when I got older. little over a decade later, I would be lying if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>as a teenager, I remember complaining a lot about school, about how much work I had and how I hated my classmates. and I also remember how my relatives would tell me, over and over, how much I&#8217;d miss those days when I got older.</p>
<p>little over a decade later, I would be lying if I said I don&#8217;t miss any of it at all. sure I do miss meeting my friends before class, the mess we used to make in study groups during some project, and &#8211; so lovely! &#8211; being able to sleep all morning since school didn&#8217;t start until 1pm. I miss the friends time left behind, as I miss having the time to see the friends that were allowed to stay.</p>
<p>on the overall, I don&#8217;t miss my life as a teenager &#8211; high school <em>was</em> hell on earth, after all -, but today it struck me how simple life was back then, and how much I hate to admit my relatives were right in that aspect. because in those days I was simply a student, and while there might have been one or two major school project that would&#8217;ve failed without my help, I realise today that there is an entire section in this office that simply <em>will not run without me</em>.</p>
<p>no wonder I&#8217;ve been so stressed out lately. responsibility is just way too troublesome.</p>
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		<title>MiGuXeiToR</title>
		<link>http://www.rubysland.com/blog/?p=75</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MiGuXeiToR &#8211; Tradutor Online de Português para Miguxês impagável. é só o que tenho a dizer. =D]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://aurelio.net/web/miguxeitor.html">MiGuXeiToR &#8211; Tradutor Online de Português para Miguxês</a></p>
<p>impagável. é só o que tenho a dizer. =D</p>
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		<title>shocking! =O</title>
		<link>http://www.rubysland.com/blog/?p=74</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[hello, happy readers of rubysland! =) long time no see, huh? I haven&#8217;t been too busy this time, just too lazy to post&#8230; of course lots of things happened in the meantime, but let me tell you about one of them. this little one down here is Mimi. yes, our newest resident is a cat. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hello, happy readers of rubysland! =)</p>
<p>long time no see, huh? I haven&#8217;t been too busy this time, just too lazy to post&#8230; of course lots of things happened in the meantime, but let me tell you about one of them.</p>
<p>this little one down here is Mimi.</p>
<p><img src="../pics/maria07.jpg"/></p>
<p>yes, our newest resident is a cat. short version: she showed up in our garage little over a month ago, pregnant. I took her in, started to take care of her, but three weeks later she had a natural miscarriage. so last week she was spayed and now she has a home and a pink collar with a bell. she&#8217;s that fancy. ^.^</p>
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		<title>quick link</title>
		<link>http://www.rubysland.com/blog/?p=73</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.infonegocio.com/xeron/bruno/olympics.html because it&#8217;s too funny not to post it here. =D (best enjoyed with sound.)]]></description>
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<p>because it&#8217;s too funny not to post it here. =D<br />
(best enjoyed with sound.)</p>
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		<title>tips for new cat owners</title>
		<link>http://www.rubysland.com/blog/?p=72</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[today I came across this article, &#8220;Top 9 Mistakes by New Cat Owners&#8221;, and found it very interesting. I know most of my readers already have cats, but thought I might just share that with ya. there&#8217;s no such thing as too much information when it comes to pets. =) and this is to Flines: [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>today I came across this article, <a href="http://cats.about.com/od/newtocats/tp/topmistakes.htm" target="blank">&#8220;Top 9 Mistakes by New Cat Owners&#8221;</a>, and found it very interesting. I know most of my readers already have cats, but thought I might just share that with ya. there&#8217;s no such thing as too much information when it comes to pets. =)</p>
<p>and this is to Flines: yes, I am aware that disappearing posts are no fun, but I later realized that it could ruin a current project. it&#8217;ll come back eventually.</p>
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		<title>useful link</title>
		<link>http://www.rubysland.com/blog/?p=71</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 ways to be more likeable, and 10 tips on doing nothing at work. very useful indeed. =)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://news.com.com/2061-11200_3-6117872.html?part=rss&#038;tag=6117872&#038;subj=news">5 ways to be more likeable</a>, and 10 tips on doing nothing at work. very useful indeed. =)</p>
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		<title>a gamer&#8217;s dilemma</title>
		<link>http://www.rubysland.com/blog/?p=70</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[the past few days I&#8217;ve been facing a dilemma regarding the new Nintendo DS Lite. &#8220;to buy or not to buy: that is the question&#8221; (my apologies to Shakespeare). the problem isn&#8217;t really the buying part, although the current price is rather prohibitive &#8211; damned be you, americans, for you have both DS and Lite [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the past few days I&#8217;ve been facing a dilemma regarding the new <a href="http://www.nintendo.com/systemsds" target="blank">Nintendo DS Lite</a>. &#8220;to buy or not to buy: that is the question&#8221; (my apologies to Shakespeare).  the problem isn&#8217;t really the buying part, although the current price is rather prohibitive &#8211; damned be you, americans, for you have both DS and Lite priced the same. no, here the difference starts at 100 reals (U$46.42, according to today&#8217;s currency rate) for *used* consoles. the real doubt was the new features: are they worth the extra money?</p>
<p>after doing a quick search for user reviews, I came across <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp7Be1qsblI" target="blank">these</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC-3HoPOD9I" target="blank">three</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzXQICqsa5I" target="blank">videos</a> (please notice there&#8217;s a link on each word). and there I was convinced (and so was Etienne) that I should definitely get the DS Lite, once the price goes down some more.</p>
<p>however, being the ultimately anxious poor cheapskate that I am, I just bought a blue DS in mint condition for about half the price of a new Lite. okay, the money wasn&#8217;t the main issue, but, really, the DS Lite might be very awesome (as proven by the videos above), but I simply didn&#8217;t like it. the additional colours released (pink, blue, navy and black) made it a little nicer to me, but it still didn&#8217;t do it. honestly, I feel like I could smash it very easily, and that just wouldn&#8217;t be nice. =p</p>
<p>as per usual, my consumer side is giving me second thoughts, but the fact is that I loved the blue DS in that Animal Crossing bundle I so desperately wanted, and now I have a blue DS and an Animal Crossing: Wild World cartridge heading my way. now give me the wi-fi connector and all&#8217;s well. =)</p>
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		<title>kitties b-day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[yay to Kiara and Naoji for their first birthday, and here&#8217;s to a lot more of those. ^_^ I know you&#8217;ve been wanting to see more piccies, but I&#8217;ve got something better. here&#8217;s a video for you. ;)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yay to Kiara and Naoji for their first birthday, and here&#8217;s to a lot more of those. ^_^</p>
<p>I know you&#8217;ve been wanting to see more piccies, but I&#8217;ve got something better. here&#8217;s a video for you. ;)</p>
<p><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ilSN5PofqJc"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ilSN5PofqJc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p>
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		<title>now, where was I?</title>
		<link>http://www.rubysland.com/blog/?p=67</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2006 18:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rolling Stones &#8211; Sympathy for the devil wow, must&#8217;ve forgotten this thing existed. I&#8217;m not sure what&#8217;s to blame for this huge hiatus, my laziness or sheer lack of time. yes, because I now work from 9am to 6pm every weekday, and at night I&#8217;m either too tired or too busy with something else. I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="../gifs/audio.gif"/> Rolling Stones &#8211; Sympathy for the devil</p>
<p>wow, must&#8217;ve forgotten this thing existed. I&#8217;m not sure what&#8217;s to blame for this huge hiatus, my laziness or sheer lack of time. yes, because I now work from 9am to 6pm every weekday, and at night I&#8217;m either too tired or too busy with something else. I tell you, life was a lot simpler when it was just college taking up (some of) my time. but, of course, back then I didn&#8217;t have any money.</p>
<p>okay, quick recap, shall we?<br />
I got a nice job at the end of march, and begun working in the first week of april. I work at a small publishing house, in the web department &#8211; see, I&#8217;m a department! -, mainly doing the website maintenance, keeping it updated, taking care of the e-mail marketing&#8230; it&#8217;s just a lot of different little tasks.</p>
<p>if you remember, I also got in the freelance business, creating websites. that didn&#8217;t work out too well, since I still only have two customers, but it&#8217;s fun and keeps me busy. it&#8217;s not enough to make a living, but it gives me money for hobbies.</p>
<p>some other minor changes are that I started learning french in may, and have been wearing braces since&#8230; last tuesday. nothing serious, but it was about damn time I got my teeth fixed. =P</p>
<p>I thought about a lot of things I could do with rubysland. I installed a <a href="../gallery/main.php">gallery</a> with Justin&#8217;s help, and I&#8217;ve been thinking about writing a few posts regarding past happenings and backdate them for chronological purposes. just to give you nice people something to read. and, of course, there&#8217;s the new layout and all those other things I mentioned somewhere before.</p>
<p>hm&#8230; okay, that&#8217;ll be it for now. with some luck I won&#8217;t take too long to show up next time. e.e;</p>
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