So...

I live right off of Hollywood blvd in Hollywood now... and there are three, yes, THREE Scientology centers right next to me, with people handing out flyers trying to get poor saps to enter and take their personality and IQ tests.

So...

Um, well, what else was I to do on a sunday whilst walking around oogling the tourists?

They have me take this personality test which had some of the most convoluted questions ever, i.e.,
"Do you sometimes never feel the desire to attempt to escape from problems that you felt arose from issues that were not unlike your own?"

The multiple choice answers were "mostly/often", "somewhat", "sometimes/not so often"

WTF?!!!

The they coerced me into taking an IQ test. Some of the questions were the most rudimentary, elementary school types of nonsense, but others were actually rather advanced formal logic questions. From the coursework I did on intelligence testing during my undergraduate degree with one of the most famous researchers of this topic, Ulrich Neisser, I have a certain amount of knowledge on this subject... but I really had a hard time figuring out what these guys were trying to glean from my answers.

It came down to: am I feeling unsure/insecure about my life... and... do I have money.

After these tests I wanted to leave to take some important personal calls that I missed, but they pushed me to stay and meet with multiple counsellors, who kept trying to get personal information out of me. To be honest, I usually share all of my private, crazy stories with anyone I meet, but I really felt pressure in this situation which caused a certain amount of discomfort. A lot of the personality results (as they were explained by my "auditor" made sense... but some did NOT, and when I stated this in a polite way, I was told that my stubborn side was the cause of my arguing with their interpretation.

WTF?!

Hm.

I actually had to grab my stuff and run out of there... these two people Shawn and Amanda that worked there really were pressuring me and, well, as most of you who know me can attest to, I am not so easily pressured.

I love sci-fi. I love Ron L. Hubbard.

But these guys are whack. Wiggity-whack.