Why even bother with live journal?
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tcpipPersonalities are mutable. They change according to climate, the setting, the institutional environment, and the time of the month. Any attempt to narrow down a person's personality into a single test is doomed to failure, which is part of the reason why I don't actually think psychology will ever be able to justify it's own existence. It will never be able develop objective criteria to the individual universe. At best it will only ever be an interesting combination of psychiatry (the science of the brain) and psychotherapy (the interpretation of action).
To give three contextually driven examples, the "people-oriented" Donald Kiersey test (http://keirsey.com/) describes me as: "The Field Marshall Archetype" (Rationalist, eNTJ Extrovert Intuitive Thinking Judge). In other words, I treat life as war. It's short, resources are limited and it's deadly serious.
On the other hand, when tested on a simple "artistic-orientated" test, such as: (http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~chua/test/test.html), I am described as: Introspective, Sensitive, Reflective.
"You come to grips more frequently and thoroughly with yourself and your environment than do most people. You detest superficiality; you'd rather be alone than have to suffer through small talk. But your relationships with your friends are highly intensive, which gives you the inner tranquility and harmony that you need in order to feel good. You do not mind being alone for extended periods of time; you rarely become bored."
The seemingly frivolous "What D&D Character Are You?" ( http://irulethe.net/~neppyman/dndwho/) describes me as: a Lawful Good Elf Ranger/Mage, and worshiper of Mielikki (the ancient Finnish goddess of nature). Which matches my interest in an organized and rational civil society for the welfare of all, my love of the natural world and an inquisitive mind with an interest in languages.
All three, in particular contexts, are true.
My life is dominated by serious work and serious research. Most of what I do is in the public domain already.
I tend to reflect a great deal internally before expressing opinions or engaging in actions. My friends, through email and personal communication, know this already.
So why even bother with livejournal? What am I going to do with it?
I guess I'm (finally) bothering with a livejournal out a sense of interest and loyalty to my dear friends. If they express themselves in the written form through the medium of the journal, I will want to be able to participate in helping them. Their development, their social and mental security, is important to me.
As for what I'm going to do with it, well I do subscribe to the Socratic dictum that "an unexamined life is not worth living". It will be reflective and it will be serious. Stylistically, I think it is opportune to engage in experimental and literary writing.
You won't find much about what I've done on a particular day here. But you will able to elucidate a great deal from particular feelings and convictions.
TCPIP
Universal Communication. Universal Access. Freely Distributable. Open Source.
To give three contextually driven examples, the "people-oriented" Donald Kiersey test (http://keirsey.com/) describes me as: "The Field Marshall Archetype" (Rationalist, eNTJ Extrovert Intuitive Thinking Judge). In other words, I treat life as war. It's short, resources are limited and it's deadly serious.
On the other hand, when tested on a simple "artistic-orientated" test, such as: (http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~chua/test/test.html), I am described as: Introspective, Sensitive, Reflective.
"You come to grips more frequently and thoroughly with yourself and your environment than do most people. You detest superficiality; you'd rather be alone than have to suffer through small talk. But your relationships with your friends are highly intensive, which gives you the inner tranquility and harmony that you need in order to feel good. You do not mind being alone for extended periods of time; you rarely become bored."
The seemingly frivolous "What D&D Character Are You?" ( http://irulethe.net/~neppyman/dndwho/) describes me as: a Lawful Good Elf Ranger/Mage, and worshiper of Mielikki (the ancient Finnish goddess of nature). Which matches my interest in an organized and rational civil society for the welfare of all, my love of the natural world and an inquisitive mind with an interest in languages.
All three, in particular contexts, are true.
My life is dominated by serious work and serious research. Most of what I do is in the public domain already.
I tend to reflect a great deal internally before expressing opinions or engaging in actions. My friends, through email and personal communication, know this already.
So why even bother with livejournal? What am I going to do with it?
I guess I'm (finally) bothering with a livejournal out a sense of interest and loyalty to my dear friends. If they express themselves in the written form through the medium of the journal, I will want to be able to participate in helping them. Their development, their social and mental security, is important to me.
As for what I'm going to do with it, well I do subscribe to the Socratic dictum that "an unexamined life is not worth living". It will be reflective and it will be serious. Stylistically, I think it is opportune to engage in experimental and literary writing.
You won't find much about what I've done on a particular day here. But you will able to elucidate a great deal from particular feelings and convictions.
TCPIP
Universal Communication. Universal Access. Freely Distributable. Open Source.
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Date: 2003-03-04 03:08 pm (UTC)He he he he he he!!!
No really, it will consume all your free time. Eventually it will consume your life. Welcome to Livejournal
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Date: 2003-03-05 09:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-06 12:56 am (UTC)I agree, it is like very much like usenet, except minus the spam and with little pictures for each poster. But how much can a person reasonably take? First there was email, then there was mailing lists, then Usenet, then the spammers, then Yahoo! groups, topica and whoever else wanted to be in the show and Livejournal to boot. No wonder some people do _nothing_ else except respond to posts..