What teenage inbal are you?

Answer the questions, then grab a pen and paper to tally up your responses and find out which teen Inbal you are!!

1. Which Spongebob Squarepants character best reflects your personality?

a. Plankton

b. Sandy

c. Squidward

d. Pearl


2. Which Sims 1 expansion pack do you covet most?

a. Makin’ Magic

b. Hot Date

c. Superstar

d. House Party


3. If you could take an AFS study abroad year, in which country would you choose to live?

a. Hungary

b. Iceland

c. Brazil

d. Japan


4. What do you do instead of homework when you return home from school?

a. compile mixtapes from punk radio on the VH1 website

b. draw imaginative graphic novels

c. choreograph flag twirling routines

d. transform curtains into outrageous outfits


5. What birthday gift are you wishing for this year?

a. studded bondage pants 

b. travel journal and fountain pen

c. album sleeve of Dick Contino and His Accordion

d. dress-form, made to your measurements


6. What do you doodle rather than paying attention in class?

a. anarchy symbols, Invader Zim

b. flowers, swirls, pretty eyes

c. musical notes, accordions

d. slim ladies in fancy gowns


7. What movie do you insist everyone watch at the next basement hang?

a. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

b. Amelie (Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain)

c. Amadeus

d. Sophia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette


8. Your mom dropped you off at Bayshore Mall! Where do you hit first?

a. Hot Topic

b. scented candle section of Kohl’s

c. Borders Book Store

d. Joann Fabrics


9. Who are you crushing on the most this month?

a. metalhead cellist on your school bus route

b. curly haired girl in your jewelry class

c. that shy drummer across the pit orchestra

d. Gwen Stefani in the What You Waiting For video


10. You didn’t get asked to the prom, but if you went what look are you going for?

a. Tim Burton meets the Dresden Dolls

b. 1920s Paris literary figure

c. highly beaded, fringed, sequined, and rhinestoned country star

d. Old Hollywood red carpet premiere


11. Which musical do you hope the drama department chooses next?

a. Rocky Horror Picture Show

b. My Fair Lady

c. The Sound of Music

d. Grease


12. What sad girl music features on all your school carpool mix CD’s?

a. Kimya Dawson

b. Sarah Slean

c. The Ditty Bops

d. Regina Spektor


13. Which required class are you failing hardest?

a. Biology, teacher keeps singling you out

b. U.S. History, can’t get to school on time for the first class of the day

c. Concert band (don’t feel like practicing, time to quit…)

d. Algebra, too many formulas to memorize


14. What item are you saddest to have lost recently?

a. grandmother’s heirloom pendant

b. the key to my locked sketchbook/diary

c. blue iPod mini

d. favorite wool mittens from Switzerland


15. What part of summer vacation are you looking forward to?

a. Listening to records in Zach Hosale’s basement

b. biking to all the secret neighborhood hiding spots

c. Color Guard training camp

d. Sewing classes at Mrs. Quilling’s house


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Mostly A’s: You are: Punk Mall Goth Inbal. 

Surly, angsty, nihilistic, no one understands you. You’re not like the other girls. You’re not a poser, and you scoff at those who are. One thing is for sure, you love music and the way it speaks to you, and you’re not afraid to express those dark inner feelings on the outside. Others normally shy away from darkness, but you embrace it and shout it outward in everything you do.

Mostly B’s: Yearning French Romantic Inbal

Artist, Poet, Philosopher…you would fit right in the many artistic movements in Paris throughout the eras. You’re so dreamy and creative, but so overwhelmed with emotion. Whatever feelings hit you like a tidal wave flow right out of you onto the pages of Art, Creative Writing, and AP French homework you hand in to your teachers. You know you’ll explore the world some day, but until then you’re free to lose yourself in romantic fantasy.

Mostly C’s: Misunderstood Band Nerd Inbal

A nonconformist at heart, you’re proud of your geekier side, not ashamed. You’ve got no one to impress but your friends (and the band director), and they mean the world to you. You do want desperately to fit in with the effortlessly talented musicians around you but don’t have the discipline to practice clarinet. Wow them instead with your sense of humor and goofy personality!

Mostly D’s: Costume Fashion Freak Inbal

It’s not just clothing, it’s more than that. With your grand expressive creations you try on a new identity each time you don a new look. You’re a technical wizard with the sewing machine, resourceful, and you have a creative knack for transforming bits and pieces into entire garments and getups. Marc Jacobs, Betsy Johnson, and Vivienne Westwood all have an influence on your approach to theatrical looks, and you hope to some day join their ranks.

A little bit of all/none of the above:

You are none of these, and all of these at the same time! All the responses and identities above are true, and therefore represent some part of teenage Inbal. Teenagerhood puts so much emphasis on pinning down an identity, figuring out where one fits in the world. Walt Whitman famously wrote “I am large, I contain multitudes” and so I too was all these things at once. You can be a Yearning Punk Fashion Nerd, or a jock who paints, a stoned philosopher who’s great at math, the shy comedian. We’re all still figuring ourselves out and we’re going to be just fine.