4/21/08 Getting to Know Me, Getting to Know All About Me...

Here's something fun that I came across this weekend...it's a personality test! I thought it'd be a good opportunity for all of you out there in the blogosphere to get to know me better. I mean, yes, I'm quirky and all, but I bet you didn't know the rest of this stuff about me, did you? And since I'm a faithful analyst, I wouldn't mind seeing some of your results, if you're so inclined to share. Don't worry, you can do it in about 10 minutes, and it gives you a lovely little colored personality DNA doohickey. (I'm pretty sure that isn't the technical term, but you get the idea).




You are Faithful

• Your trust in others, respect for tradition, and caring nature make you FAITHFUL.
• Maintaining a few intimate relationships is more important to you than knowing a lot of people, and you share a lot with your close friends. (Or, you know, everybody on the Internet)
• Those who have managed to get close to you value your camaraderie, and they know that they can trust you with anything; you're a good listener. (What? Are you still talking?)
• While you can usually see several sides of an argument, you often have a strong opinion as to which side is correct—the order of things is usually clear to you. (So what's you're saying is I'm always right?)
• Your perspective on the world is based on careful observation, and you know a lot about how people feel in—and react to—many situations. (I do?)
• Your exploration of others' feelings has led you to believe that although people generally act appropriately, having clear social rules is very important to a functional society. (I despise line cutters! Death to the line cutters!)
• Time alone for reflection is important to you—you are introspective and aware of your own feelings. (Feel-ings...nothing more than feel-ings)
• Faithful is as faithful does—you expect those with whom you are close to be loyal to you, and you take betrayal of your trust very seriously. (Well, yeah. Who wouldn't take a betrayal of trust seriously?)

You are an Analyst

• Your attention to detail, confidence, sense of order, and focus on functionality combine to make you an ANALYST. (I love me some order!)
• You are very curious about how things work, delving into the mechanics behind things.
  Along those lines, how well something works is usually more important to you than what it looks like.
• You find beauty and wonder mainly in concrete, functional, earthly things. (Like my Roomba!)
• You are very aware of your own abilities, and you believe that you will find the best way of doing things. Accordingly, problems do not intimidate you, as you believe in yourself. (I'll tell you what's intimidating...spiders are intimidating. Problems? Not so much. Unless the problem is a spider.)
• You trust yourself to find solutions within the boundaries of your knowledge. (Uh-Oh, I'm a know-it-all!)
• You don't spend a lot of time imagining how things could be different—you're well-grounded in the here-and-now. (Here and now is where I'm at baby!)
• It is important for you to follow a routine, and you prefer the familiar to the unknown. (Amen to that!)
• You are balanced in your approach to problem-solving, not letting your emotions hold you up. (Emotions-smoshions!)
• You much prefer to have time to plan for things, feeling better with a schedule than with keeping plans up in the air until the last minute. Your decisions are well thought out, and you're not the least bit impulsive. (No schedule? Shudder!)
• You do your own thing when it comes to clothing, guided more by practical concerns than by other people's notions of style. (Is this is the nice way of saying I dress like a bag lady?)
• Generally, you believe that you control your life, and that external forces only play a limited role in determining what happens to you.

So there you go. I'm a self-assured know-it-all who has no sense of style. Betcha' didn't know that about me, did you? Actually, I wouldn't have said that I had that much self-confidence, but apparently I do. Or maybe it just depends on what situation I happen to be in at the time. Let me know how your test turns out. I'm curious to know if everyone is this self-confident.