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Used to be INFP. Nowadays it seems I am ENTJ. It changes, which calls the concept into question. Personality shouldn't change.It's hard to put this on the intrawebs without sounding insulting or condescending, so I'll just say that this is meant as a compliment/curiosity: You're one of the most intelligent, logical-thinking, educated posters on the board. You should know that as people age, their personalities change drastically. I am nothing like the person I was when I was 25, and he was nothing like the person I was when I was 15.
So yes, personalities change over the years.
But yeah, if you took the tests 2-3 weeks apart, you're right. They shouldn't change much at all.
Why thank you, NH. That is so sweet of you. I know that I am not who I used to be. The tests were taken some twenty years apart, so there is that.
However, I suspect the disconnect might be that I use the definition of personality taken from psychiatry: A consistent pattern of behaviour since youth, which the person considers a correct description of themself. This is where the definitions of personality DISORDERS start. According to this theory (which may or may not be entirely true), our personalities are the things about how we think and act that do not change. I understand the MB test is designed to use in practical school/work psychology, such as teambuilding, which obviously demands something else from the theory. From this, there are two main conclusions to draw: First, different fields use words differently. Second, designing personality tests so they actually say something useful is hard.
Also, any four or fives axes used in a personality theory used typically give some results. It seems we could probably use blood, slime, black gall and yellow gall and get something from it.
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Grr... there are really very few things as frustrating as a group of adults who know that there's a major issue with the kids in their care, but who do absolutely, positively, nothing whatsoever to deal with the problem.
As I've mentioned before, petty theft is a massive issue in our school district: Whatever it is, if you leave it unattended for more than 2 minutes, it's going to get stolen. My favorite example: Impus Major's P.E. clothes, in spite of being too small for anyone else at the school *AND* having his name on them, were stolen SIX TIMES in his final year of P.E. And that's with a lock on the locker! Kids just came in, cut off the lock, and stole the clothes. For no reason.
Similarly, a lot of the kids just look at the lost and found and consider it, "Free cool stuff."
And the adults continue to do nothing. I've complained about it, and they do the classic, 'Shrug my shoulders and insist there's nothing I can do about it'.
What about, "Have ONE faculty member watch the lost and found for a day and verify ownership? Or put lost and found in the office instead of in an unmonitored hallway?"So I'm just seriously pissed right now because at the Dickens Faire we got Impus Minor a really cool "newsboy hat". He loved it and he looked good in it. He accidentally left it in the choir room. The choir teacher found it and, in spite of being fully aware of the massive theft problem, *AND* knowing it was Impus Minor's, just sent it to Lost and Found, where it was promptly stolen.
So Impus Minor is out a hat until next year's Dickens Faire, and I have to sit there and explain to the faculty again that their whole "Lost and Found" system is more of a, "Collect all the nice things so the thieves can have their choice" bin.
Grrr....
What color was I. Minor's? Because I know it's totally not the same as the cool awesome one that your parents bought you that you'll never see again, but I have a grey tweed flat cap that was my dad's, and I never wear it, because hat's look weird with The Hair.
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What color was I. Minor's? Because I know it's totally not the same as the cool awesome one that your parents bought you that you'll never see again, but I have a grey tweed flat cap that was my dad's, and I never wear it, because hat's look weird with The Hair.
Sounds like the right style, but I'll have to check with him: He would either be honored to wear it, terrified, or proud. Back when my father died, the kids insisted on keeping his hat. They wore it a few times, then carefully put it away. And when I mention it to them they say, "Eeew! That's too creepy to wear!"
But they take dead men's hats very seriously. So he would consider it quite an honor to receive it. I just don't want him taking it unless he'd actually wear it.
EDIT: And you TOTALLY overestimate the, "It's cool because my parents bought it" factor. He's 13. He doesn't care.
I mean heck, Impus Major is still stubbornly refusing to use his new laptop, in spite of the fact that his desktop's C: drive is full enough to break the machine again.
I swear, my kids...
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Grr... there are really very few things as frustrating as a group of adults who know that there's a major issue with the kids in their care, but who do absolutely, positively, nothing whatsoever to deal with the problem.
As I've mentioned before, petty theft is a massive issue in our school district: Whatever it is, if you leave it unattended for more than 2 minutes, it's going to get stolen. My favorite example: Impus Major's P.E. clothes, in spite of being too small for anyone else at the school *AND* having his name on them, were stolen SIX TIMES in his final year of P.E. And that's with a lock on the locker! Kids just came in, cut off the lock, and stole the clothes. For no reason.
Similarly, a lot of the kids just look at the lost and found and consider it, "Free cool stuff."
And the adults continue to do nothing. I've complained about it, and they do the classic, 'Shrug my shoulders and insist there's nothing I can do about it'.
What about, "Have ONE faculty member watch the lost and found for a day and verify ownership? Or put lost and found in the office instead of in an unmonitored hallway?"So I'm just seriously pissed right now because at the Dickens Faire we got Impus Minor a really cool "newsboy hat". He loved it and he looked good in it. He accidentally left it in the choir room. The choir teacher found it and, in spite of being fully aware of the massive theft problem, *AND* knowing it was Impus Minor's, just sent it to Lost and Found, where it was promptly stolen.
So Impus Minor is out a hat until next year's Dickens Faire, and I have to sit there and explain to the faculty again that their whole "Lost and Found" system is more of a, "Collect all the nice things so the thieves can have their choice" bin.
Grrr....
yup, been there before...
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Apparently all I had to do to get the concept of misplaced modifiers to stick was use the example "She had a friend with a bike called Steve."
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Apparently all I had to do to get the concept of misplaced modifiers to stick was use the example "She had a friend with a bike called Steve."
that brings back memories.
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What color was I. Minor's? Because I know it's totally not the same as the cool awesome one that your parents bought you that you'll never see again, but I have a grey tweed flat cap that was my...Grr... there are really very few things as frustrating as a group of adults who know that there's a major issue with the kids in their care, but who do absolutely, positively, nothing whatsoever to deal with the problem.
As I've mentioned before, petty theft is a massive issue in our school district: Whatever it is, if you leave it unattended for more than 2 minutes, it's going to get stolen. My favorite example: Impus Major's P.E. clothes, in spite of being too small for anyone else at the school *AND* having his name on them, were stolen SIX TIMES in his final year of P.E. And that's with a lock on the locker! Kids just came in, cut off the lock, and stole the clothes. For no reason.
Similarly, a lot of the kids just look at the lost and found and consider it, "Free cool stuff."
And the adults continue to do nothing. I've complained about it, and they do the classic, 'Shrug my shoulders and insist there's nothing I can do about it'.
What about, "Have ONE faculty member watch the lost and found for a day and verify ownership? Or put lost and found in the office instead of in an unmonitored hallway?"So I'm just seriously pissed right now because at the Dickens Faire we got Impus Minor a really cool "newsboy hat". He loved it and he looked good in it. He accidentally left it in the choir room. The choir teacher found it and, in spite of being fully aware of the massive theft problem, *AND* knowing it was Impus Minor's, just sent it to Lost and Found, where it was promptly stolen.
So Impus Minor is out a hat until next year's Dickens Faire, and I have to sit there and explain to the faculty again that their whole "Lost and Found" system is more of a, "Collect all the nice things so the thieves can have their choice" bin.
Grrr....
tell me more about...The Hair.
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Too many people want to kill me in the Commonwealth.
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Too many people want to kill me in the Commonwealth.
You wouldn't have to be wearing a skirt and own a part of Africa, right?
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They must be jellin' over my Flame painted power armor.
Or possibly my kick ass chef hat.
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Apparently all I had to do to get the concept of misplaced modifiers to stick was use the example "She had a friend with a bike called Steve."
'A bike called Steve' is the sequel to 'A boy named Sue'
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They must be jellin' over my Flame painted power armor.
Or possibly my kick ass chef
hatpants.
FIFY
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Woot! The hat is found!
Long story short: The choir teacher sent a different cap to Lost & Found. He'd forgotten his hat in a different classroom altogether. So when he and a friend were digging through Lost & Found one last time to try to find it, one of her friends came up and asked, "What are you looking for?"
On hearing the description she said, "Oh, I saw one just like that in Mr. So-and-So's room".
Sure enough, there it was.
I won't rescind my complaints about the theft problem at the school, but I'm happy he has his hat back.
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...I have weekends off now. I may look for a gaming group.
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...I have weekends off now. I may look for a gaming group.
I have an old high school friend in Alameda who is looking for players, but they actually play D&D.
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Rainbow hates a certain Joker-themed necromancer.
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...I have weekends off now. I may look for a gaming group.I have an old high school friend in Alameda who is looking for players, but they actually play D&D.
That I'd have to think about. I'd have to take the AC Transit bus in from BART, and I don't know how coverage is in Alameda.
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That I'd have to think about. I'd have to take the AC Transit bus in from BART, and I don't know how coverage is in Alameda....I have weekends off now. I may look for a gaming group.I have an old high school friend in Alameda who is looking for players, but they actually play D&D.
The ferry from PacBell park to Alameda is fantastic. The big question is how close they are to the ferry in Alameda...
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Speaking of changing personalities...
...the group wants to go to Forbidden Island in (coincidentally) Alameda tonight. It used to be all kinds of fun to go there and just hang out. Just a few years ago. Now, it's like, "Why would I want to go to a dark, crowded, loud bar with lots of smoking?"
So I didn't drink there then, I won't drink there now, but I used to really look forward to hanging out there, and now I'm feeling, "Do I really have to go?"
Ah, well, someone's got to drive the rest of the inebriates around, and that someone is... me...
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Rainbow hates a certain Joker-themed necromancer.
Bah! I'm the most entertaining thing coming out of Corpsevosa this week!
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Speaking of changing personalities...
...the group wants to go to Forbidden Island in (coincidentally) Alameda tonight. It used to be all kinds of fun to go there and just hang out. Just a few years ago. Now, it's like, "Why would I want to go to a dark, crowded, loud bar with lots of smoking?"So I didn't drink there then, I won't drink there now, but I used to really look forward to hanging out there, and now I'm feeling, "Do I really have to go?"
Ah, well, someone's got to drive the rest of the inebriates around, and that someone is... me...
Hire a horse and carriage.
Then pretend you're the Headless Coachman of Albany.
I bet you can.
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My mom left her purchased stuff at the store and it got stolen =(
Police in Uniontown, PA seized an arsenal from a student's home after threats were made.
Thank goodness on averting disaster...anymore I say on the subject will end up being political. Blah.
I didn't know our personalities change. A pity I didn't get to take mine when I was younger...but I may have been more of a dreamer. Teachers kept commenting in class I seem to be in a world of my own.
I guess I still am, now, except the world is actually spelt out as PBP.
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You know you might have too many aliases when you know one was deleted but you can't figure out which one... or if it was your fault.
Edit: Mystery solved! It was my fault.
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It rained again... In late January.
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Oddball opinion here on Miyazaki: Porco Rosso.
I enjoyed it.
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Porco is the only one I haven't seen yet I need to find it.
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Got a spice grinder off amazon. The thing is efficient. First time using it I went to far ended up with a fine powder.
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Was a quiet night. My spice grinder anecdote failed to bring in the peeps.
I guess it was a little dry.
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You get a lot more game time then I do by the sounds of that. You do online play? and run?
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That indeed. Not as much as when I was working towards GM stars, usually with just close friends now. But I saw the chance to grab a table during TPKon5 (online convention this weekend) and I also took on one of the local gameday's tables this evening due to a lack of GMs. I try to sit back and let others have the chance to step up for the most part now, just focus on organizing the local events and fielding questions.
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So you keep VERY active in the PFS then eh?
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How many games both home online pfs and non do you do in a average month?
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I used to run PFS weekly until the group I was running for got to Seeker level and happily retired.
Now I don't run because I don't like running for random people. You need to throw CRBs at people until they get all the rules right. And it takes time to train a group to do rules just right.
Isn't powder what you want with spices? More area exposed = more flavour =)
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It has definitely gotten tougher to manage the private group as it grew larger than one table. Juggling people's characters and campaign paths is one major downside to it all. We've had the high level Seekers on hold until we can get together for the next module (Moonscar, at the moment) and the lower level Seekers are trying to assemble at the right level for the new 12-15 content, including getting some players back into the right area after their one Seeker leveled out.
The life of a VC.
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If I had known all I had to do to get the General to want to play WotR was get her King Of Chaos by Dave Gross I would've gotten it for her a lot sooner.
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As I said in my review, King of Chaos should be required reading for an GMs and players before Wrath.
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In fairness I've been looking for it for a few years now, but Pathfinder Tales have been hard to find in Madison.