WHICH PAWINSKI-PERICAK FAMILY MEMBER ARE YOU?

 

Take the quiz below to find out which family member is most similar to you!

 

1. It’s March 17, 2016.  How are you spending the day?

 

1. Working, because someone has to make the money to pay the college tuition bills.
2. Working, because someone has to make the money to pay for vacations and graduation gifts.
3. Studying, because you need to earn a degree so you can save the planet. Or at least so you can get a job so you can pay off your grad school loans.
4. At your internship with Richmond CenterStage, where you are expanding your knowledge about professional video production by shooting, editing, exporting, and posting various videos for the Dominion Arts Center.
5. Since you are a member of the Christopher Newport University Marching Captains, you are playing your snare drum in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland, in front of half a million people.

 

2. It’s the second weekend of May 2016.  How are you spending it?

1. Beaming with pride about your offspring.
2. Crying because some of the graduation ceremonies of your son and of your daughter are at the exact same time and it’s a 2 ½ hour drive between the campuses and you cannot be at both but at least you get to see parts of both and ohmygoodness I am still crying because my babies are so talented and I am so proud.
3. Attending your commencement ceremonies at Duke University, where you are conferred the Master of Environmental Management degree. And listening to Coach K give a commencement speech, which sounded sortof like he improvised it.
4. Attending your commencement ceremonies at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts, where you are conferred the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. And thinking about how on earth you’re ever going to make a real career out of a major in Sculpture and Extended Media. (Answer: resort to Video Production instead.)
5. Being the designated driver.

 

3.  You have a long weekend free of all obligation. How will you pass the time?

1. Attending the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, or maybe enjoying the cars at Virginia International Raceway.
2. Wine tasting, beer tasting, mead tasting, cider tasting, with a museum visit here and there, and maybe a stop at a historic home or a botanical garden, and then an overnight at a charming bed and breakfast—in Delaware, in Pennsylvania, in coastal Virginia—with your obliging husband.
3. “Emily, we could go hang out with friends… Or we could go to that new brewery, and then come home and play video games.”
4. Attending as many concerts as possible at night, and searching for real “mother-approved” jobs during the day (between naps).
5. Avoiding responsibilities with the excuse of: “Just one more game of Rocket League; I swear it’s almost over.”

 

4.  You want to do something sweet for your significant other.  What do you do?

1. Remodel her bathroom from top to bottom.
2. Spend weeks online looking for the perfect car for him—a blue 2016 Mustang—and then finding a way for its purchase to fit into the family budget.
3. Wake up early to feed Mr. Steve Bojangles, the annoying but lovable cat that likes to meow loudly directly in your ears promptly at 6:45 each morning.
4. Pay for the first round at a pub in Southampton, England, because you are finally visiting the UK again, this time to meet your boyfriend’s friends and family and to make a few side trips to London and Oxford.
5. Still working on finding that special lady.

 

5. The Cubs fought a hard battle to win the 2016 World Series.  How did you react?

1. It’s about time!  They have broken your heart for decades.
2. You drank whiskey.  This was too stressful to watch.
3. “It has been zero years since the Cubs won the World Series!” The nightly Manhattans in honor of your grandfather must have done the trick.
4. “Yay! Just wish my Grandfather were here to see it.”
5. Everyone on campus was watching.  Even though the roommate had the game on, you were busy with homework until–OH MY GOD THEY ARE IN THE LEAD AGAIN!

 

 

6. What’s your favorite beverage? Caveat: it must be alcoholic.

1. Whiskey that comes out of your own mini-barrel.
2. Polish vodka.
3. “It’s this really great apricot saison ale made by a brewery you’ve never heard of in Durham, North Carolina.”
4. Blue Bee Cider made in Richmond, Virginia, mostly because you get an employee discount.
5. Guinness, since you toured the headquarters in Dublin.

 

7. How are you earning the money you need to buy Christmas presents?

1. By working for the US Army for 30 years.
2. From your part-time job at the high school.
3. LPT: It’s amazingly easy to get a job at the University from which you were just graduated. (Follow us @DukeSciPol)!
4. Working as a bartender at Blue Bee and scoring gigs as a freelance video producer for companies such as Anheuser-Busch.
5. There’s still a little cash left from your summer job as a camp counselor.

 

8. Are you hoping for a White Christmas?

1. Nope, because you don’t want to deal with shoveling snow.
2. Yes, bring it on!  In fact, the more snow the better, because you would love a few extra days with the family all snuggled under one roof.
3. “I mean, I love snow, but then the climate change deniers won’t shut up about how one cold snap is all the evidence necessary that this is all just a ‘hoax.’”
4. “As long as I know it’s coming, so I can be prepared. Do you know how fast shovels sold out in Richmond last year when it snowed? I had to dig out my car with a trash can lid.”
5. Yes. That way, you have an excuse to slide your car around every corner and not leave skid marks and annoy the neighbors with the screeching of tire squeal.

 

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 ANSWER KEY:

If you answered mostly “1”: Congratulations!  You are CHRIS.  You are solid, dependable, hard-working, yet you know you deserve something for your sacrifices, so you do enjoy the finer things, like sports cars and aged bourbon.  You are not always patient with societal trends,  like “selfies,”  iphones, Facebook, Twitter, etc., etc.

If you answered mostly “2”: Congratulations!  You are MONICA.  Although you appreciate the calmness of an empty nest, you miss your  children horribly and look for excuses to visit their current towns whenever possible. You enjoy societal trends, like “selfies,” iphones, Facebook,Twitter, etc., etc. You like to be in charge of everyone’s lives, because you obviously have all the answers.

If you answered mostly “3”: Congratulations! You are ANDREW. You are loyal and devoted yet growing more cynical with time. You like to pretend you know more about craft beer than everybody else, and you have quickly become really affectionate toward cats despite telling yourself that it’s really Emily’s pet, not yours. (Just kidding, it’s really your pet, too.)

If you answered mostly “4”: Congratulations!  You are MADDIE. You are trying to get by with working various odd jobs from your bucket list. You are also starting off your career as a freelance video producer and working your way to your dream job: Becoming a music video editor. (Or, at this point, any job involving video production.) You are scared yet excited for your new life as a post-grad, and welcome any opportunities that may fly your way.

If you answered mostly “5”: Congratulations!  You are PHILIP. You are a sophomore in college and still trying to figure out the perfect course of study for your diverse interests.  Although you enjoy playing the drums, producing electronic music, singing with two groups on campus, and driving… everyone home from the restaurant, you know that you can make a bigger contribution to the world by currently focusing on environmental studies. You have an encyclopedic knowledge of automobiles, and even though you’ve been a good boy this year, the only vehicle you are getting from Santa is a Hot Wheels car.