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[levertovfan]

Yesterday was a good day, partly making up for the amount of time I spent on a plane the day before and the craziness that is my mother and her two sisters in the same place at the same time. I had a perfectly luxurious time waking up late, as will happen when going from the west coast to the east. I had a nummy and inexpensive first meal of the day of tofu and string beans at the Pentagon City mall and then went on the library, where I stayed until closing examining their selection of books on Myers-Briggs. (I’m giving a presentation on Myers-Briggs on Monday the 18th.) Then I took the metro to the Smithsonian stop and checked out the end portion of the Cherry Blossom festival. Cherry blossoms are pretty. I walked over to Georgetown to a wonderful independent bookstore there, even managing to navigate without the map of DC that I usually keep in my purse. The plan was to spend some of my inheritance comforting myself for last week. I knew what I wanted, Possession by A.S. Byatt and Freedom and Necessity by Stephen Brust and Emma Bull, two books to which I've kept coming back. So I bought Possession at the independent bookstore, made an impulse purchase of R. Crumb's graphic novel about Kafka, and perused Kazuo Ishiguro's latest, which my_sihaya mentioned in her most recent post, at the counter. I will probably check it out from the library at some point and decide if it's worth buying from there. Then, deciding I couldn’t and shouldn’t resist buying Freedom and Necessity, I went on to Barnes & Noble, where I bought it, as well as A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold and a very good book on Myers-Briggs typing.

On Monday, I’m going to a reading that Jonathan Safran Foer (author of Everything is Illuminated) is giving at Politics & Prose. I’m so excited! I suppose, in this way, I am a fangirl.

Maybe I’ll post later on the events of last week. Or maybe I won’t. The internet at home was not working, and now is on the fritz. I’ve had this curious impulse to focus and get away from my emotions by playing Settlers of Catan, the same way I used to when I lived in Sci-Fi house. I only have Canaan now, but I’m asking for Catan for my birthday. halfsparkle and zenpenguin, we shall have to get together and play board games sometime this week. Plus I finally have the batteries that will allow my digital camera to work, and to be lent.

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[my-sihaya.livejournal.com]

Whoa, weird -- I took a Meyers-Briggs test on Thursday. I came out as and INTJ, aka castrating bitch (my interpretation, not theirs). Apparently we are 1% of the population. That explains so much...

Hope you are doing well, and do enjoy the cherry blossoms for me. Still very little greenery up here, sigh.

[levertovfan.livejournal.com]

Err, I don't think any respectable Myers-Briggs users would characterize any type as "castrating bitch." My grandfather's type, ESTJ, is usually known as the "Architect" or "Natural Administrator". They tend to be the most interfering type, because they want to get into the details of everyone's business and boss them around. Your N and I are saving graces.

I'm an INFJ, also about 1% of the population.

[my-sihaya.livejournal.com]

The funny part is, when I was explaining the tests and my results to a friend, I said, "INTJ, aka 'castrating bitch,'" and he said, "yes, that sounds about right." But that particular interpretation of mine came from this bit of one of the three jillion handouts I got:

"Stastically there are more male INTJs than female. As with all Thinking types, female INTJs face special challenges at work. Independence, objectivity and control fly in the face of traditional feminine models. Moreover, the INTJs need to challenge tradition and improve everything can cause friction in the male-dominated workplace. This conflict can lead to rejection by both genders."

Eh, so I'm a man. Or a castrating bitch. Whichever, I don't really give a flying crap, frankly. Those perceptions are other peoples' problems, not mine, you know?

[levertovfan.livejournal.com]

Right. If not abso-frickin'-lutely.

[halfsparkle.livejournal.com]

This week...hmm. There is the chance that we may not be here for part of it. It's Seth's mom's birthday, and he's thinking about driving up there for a quick visit, since he's not working. I need to talk to my boss tomorrow to work out my schedule.

However, we'll both be here this weekend, as I have class. If you are free Saturday night, we can probably drive down to the Game Parlor, the big huge game store, and there we'll almost certainly find a couple more people to play Settlers with. :-)

[levertovfan.livejournal.com]

Oooh! I like that suggestion.