USER:SHREWDCAT

I'm Miriam, a junior at Northwestern University, where I'm studying psychology. I've been on Wikipedia forever. :)

Stuff I'm interested in:

writing
psychology
technology
science
sociology
history
literature
music
fashion

Userboxes

Name

This user's name is Shrewdcat.

This user is female.

teen

This user is a teenager, not a stereotype.

This user has a crush on someone.

⚤

This user is straight
but not narrow.

This user is straight, but totally sympathizes with lesbians!

This user is of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry.

This user is an ethnic Jew, but not an adherent of Judaism.

This user comes from Israel.

3	This user has set foot in 3 continents of the world.

10

This user has visited 10 of the 205 countries in the world.

sis

This user has a little sister

bro

This user has a little brother

BRO

This user has a Big Brother

This user is friends with Inhuman14.

hs

This user is a high school student.

ENG

This user's favourite subject is English.

HIS

This user's favourite subject is History.

LIT

This user's favourite subject is Literature.

AP

This user was awarded
AP Scholar
by the College Board

AP

This user has obtained a 5 on the Advanced Placement English Language examination.

AP

This user has obtained a 5 on the Advanced Placement Statistics examination.

AP

This user has obtained a 5 on the Advanced Placement US History examination.

ACT

This user obtained a 34 on the ACT.

This user is active in simulating the United Nations.

This user has no understanding of time and does everything at the last minute.

This user loathes, but is forced to observe, daylight saving time.

This user is a Piscean.

牛

This user was born in the year of the Ox.

This user frequently experiences déjà vu.

This user enjoys philosophy.

I would say I'm a cynic but I bet you just wouldn't believe me.

This user is a skeptic.

This user is interested in politics.

GOP

This user supports the U.S. Republican Party.

This user enjoys writing.

This user writes poetry.

This user knows that 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

This user is dieting.

This user eats chocolate.

This user is interested in the history of the Cold War.

This user enjoys dancing.

This user prefers it ... HOT!!

This user took the 
red pill, not the 
blue pill.

STAR WARS

This user is a Star Wars fan.

This user is a Jedi.

band

This user plays in a band.

This user plays the flute.

This user plays the piano.

This user enjoys jazz music.

This user enjoys pop music.

This user enjoys rock music.

This user enjoys hip hop music.

This user likes alternative rock.

This user has an iPod.

This user sings only in the shower.

This user just LOVES to cycle!

This user enjoys skiing.

Computers/Internet

@

This user can be reached by email at shrewdcat@yahoo.com.

This user's AOL Instant Messenger screenname is sondosia.

Y!

This user's Yahoo! Messenger screename is shrewdcat.

G
talk

This user's Google Talk screenname is sondosia.

This user uses MSN Messenger as sondosia@gmail.com.

*

This user can be found on most, if not all, IM networks!

This user maintains a blog at Illogical Paradox.

f

This user diligently maintains a facebook profile.

This user keeps delicious weblinks as shrewdcat.

This user is the DeviantArt deviant known as shrewdcat.

This user has a Flickr account as @ sondosia.

This user posts on X as @sondosia.

This user has an account on YouTube as sondosia.

This user has a profile on MySpace.

Xanga

This user maintains a Xanga weblog.

This user uses WordPress.

This user contributes to Digg.

This user tracks what they listen to on Last.fm ( sondosia).

This user uses Google as a primary search engine.

This user uses Gmail as a primary email service.

This user contributes using Firefox.

BB

This user contributes using a broadband connection.

This user's Internet service provider is AT&T.

1337-1

Th1s us3r is 4bl3 2 c0ntr1but3 w1th 4 b451( l3v3l 0f 1337.

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This user can write HTML.

This user is against DRM.

This user subscribes to Lifehacker.

Add

This user is addicted to virtual communities.

This user contributes using a laptop.

HP

This user contributes using an HP computer.

This user has been stealing their neighbor's wireless Internet connection, but now they have their own Wi-Fi router. Now this user knows that they have to protect their router to avoid paying big bills because of their neighbors.

This user still remembers these.

This user contributes with a computer that runs on a battery.

This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.

Fz

This user uploads websites with FileZilla.

This user uses free software wherever and whenever possible.

This user contributes using GIMP.

This user uses Pidgin to chat on multiple instant messaging networks.

This user uses their web browser to read their emails.

This user contributes while using iTunes.

This user contributes while listening to Amarok.

This user contributes while using Songbird.

This user contributes using Linux.

This user contributes using Ubuntu.

This user wishes they contributed using Goobuntu.

This user contributes with GNOME.

This user uses OpenOffice.org rather than Microsoft Office.

id2

This user uses
Wine (software).

This user uses BitTorrent.

This user writes with the OpenOffice.org suite.

	This user uses Synaptic package manager.

Wikipedia

This user is proud
to be a Wikipedian.

This user uses Wikipedia as a primary point of reference.

This user opposes the installation of any kind of advertisements on Wikimedia Foundation operated sites.

This user subscribes to
The Signpost.

This user has been helping the Internet not suck since August 2005.

This user can write in the MediaWiki language.

ubx-5

This user uses entirely too many userboxes.

!

This user is a userbox kleptomaniac

Editing Wikipedia is something this user does as a hobby.

Language

en-4

This user can contribute with a near-native level of English.

en-us
-4

This user has a near-native understanding of American English.

SoE-2

This here user has an intermediate understandin' of Southern American English, occasionally using " y'all" and at times even a " ain't".

nws-1

This user newspeaks plusungoodwise.

BS-3

This user is able to contribute with an advanced level of Bullshit.

LE-1

This user's been known to screw up the occasional sentence and make the occasional typo, but is otherwise pretty accurate with regards to English.

ru-3

Этот участник свободно владеет русским языком.

fr-2

Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.

he-1

משתמש זה יכול לתרום ברמה בסיסית של עברית.‏

Cyrl- 5
Д

This user has full understanding of the Cyrillic script.

snuk

This user says snuck.

by

The passive voice may be used by this user.

…in.

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with.

man-
kind

Regarding gender, this user prefers the vernacular, not what is politically correct.

its
it's

It's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner.

to
too
two

This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.

A, B, and C

This user prefers the serial comma.

. The

This user does not put two spaces after a full stop.

…

This user is addicted to ellipses and has been known to use them indiscriminately...

“…”

This user favors curly quotation marks over straight style.

US

This user uses American English.

AIM-Able

This user understands AIM talk perfectly well, and sometimes uses it, but not excessively.

Ths usr cn rd & rt usn txt lng

Books

This user is a bibliophile.

This user reads between the lines.

HP

This user is a Harry Potter fan.

This user enjoys reading magazines.

This user enjoys reading fiction.

This user has read Capital Volume 1.

WBA
GNF
ARB

This user thinks Dave Barry would be a good name for a rock band. And this user is not making that up.

This user enjoys the works of George Orwell.

KV	This user enjoys the works of Kurt Vonnegut.

George Orwell taught this user everything they need to know about the government.

Quoth this user, "Nevermore."

This user enjoys reading poetry.

This user enjoys reading short stories.

Big Brother is watching this user.

This user thinks the book A Clockwork Orange is horrorshow.

Dresden

This user is a fan of the Dresden Files book series by Jim Butcher.

R

This user is a cross between a Ravenclaw and a Slytherin, so watch out, punk

S

This user thinks Edward should make Bella a vampire

This Twilighter supports Team Edward and the vampires.

This user enjoys writing.

This user writes poetry.

This user writes short stories.

This user writes novels.

MAGAZINE

This user has had their work published in a magazine.

This user has had numerous articles published in newspapers and magazines

Videos

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