InvaderZoom
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- Jul 11, 2015
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I've been typed by others as ISTP and INTP over the past few months. I'll go with it for a while, but it never seems right. I need to know the truth.
I'm just going to list things about myself. It's not going to be short, but this seems to be the only way I can give people a good idea of who I am.
I believe I'm a grounded and realistic person with good focus on what interests me.
I have good problem solving abilities, and I enjoy coming up with new ways to do things.
I don't actually like to use my imagination too much, instead preferring to focus on what I can actually work with in the real world.
The only toys I really liked as a kid were legos. I would build them and just leave them on the shelf. I didn't understand how people could play with them. I viewed them as display pieces that were fun to put together.
I'm apparently the only one in my family who can put anything together from furniture to computers.
I make references to things that seem obscure, though I can't think of any examples right now.
My memory is not the best. Everything goes into long term storage as a scene or picture. I'm terrible with names and dates. I often don't know what day it is, and I don't even remember what I did yesterday. I do remember things that others may think of as odd though.
I walk out of conversations without really remembering what was said, only the main point and if the tone of it was good or bad.
As I've told friends "I'm good at theoretically understanding how things work". Systems seem to make sense to me, and that's how I got my job as a programmer.
To understand a detail, I must first understand the theory or bigger picture first.
I greatly prefer hands on learning.
When it comes to troubleshooting I have to be there. I have a trial and error approach so I need to work with things directly.
When it comes to ideas, I can usually only manage one. That one generally just appears out of nowhere when I'm not actually thinking about it.
A big thing I don't relate to Ne about is that I'm not into 'possibilities'. I see one course of action and go for it, if I so choose.
I am not at all a planner. I prefer to wing just about everything.
I can be impulsive, but I suppose that is only because I'm doing well enough financially.
I eat when I'm bored. Once I get in the mood for a particular food, I obsess until I have it, and over indulge.
I tend to revisit the same places. For food, I have favorite places, but so does everyone. I'm limited in what I can eat due to hypersensitivity to textures. I still go to the same hair place even though I've moved because I have anxiety about the people at the one closer to me. Honestly, I hate going in public in general.
I'm easily bored. I need something that is casually challenging. More so mentally than physically.
I despised high school, and didn't really try except for my electives which included: 3D Animation, woodshop, CADD, guitar, and graphic design
I mostly drew pictures in class, and I brought my guitar to play at lunch. I had a battery powered 5w amp that likely pissed some people off.
I'm generous to my friend...s.
I'm horrendously out of shape right now. (6' 230 lbs.) It really brings me down, but I have poor control over myself with food and I find exercise boring and repetitive. I don't really have any support at the moment. I live alone, with one friend who goes to movies with me. My parents live a state away.
When I am in shape I can't hold still. I feel 'tingly' like I need to move. I enjoyed hiking and tennis primarily.
I did Insanity a couple years ago and felt so amazing. The balance and strength I had brings a tear to my eye.
I'm extremely competitive. We had a weight loss challenge and I refused to eat for the last 5 days because I knew it was going to be close and needed the extra edge.
I learn things very quickly. As an example, my ISTJ cousin taught me to play chess last year. After 2 losses and a draw, I have beat her on every game since. My 3D animation teacher told me I was the best first year student he had ever had. And I impressed several programmers with my understanding of the language.
I'm awkward as hell. A cashier asked me how good some cookies were and I told her that I didn't know how to quantify the deliciousness of a cookie.
I love driving fast. I'm good at charting the course and judging how much time and space I have. I would honestly be a stunt driver if I could. The top speed I've ever reached was 140 on the highway.
In spite of that, I've only been pulled over once. I always notice cops immediately, and this was no exception. He was busy with someone else so I thought I was fine. About 10 minutes later he pulled up behind me. I only got a warning though because I tend to seem innocent. I'm not sure if this is a natural reaction or learned manipulation.
I liked stealing things back when I was in school. I won't mention what.
I don't drink or do drugs. I've smoked weed and gotten drunk before, but I'm not really into it. I tend to become addicted to things easily and I don't want to be dependent(psychologically or physically) on anything.
What I currently do with my time is play guitar, bass, and video games, I sing, read, and watch way too many movies.
I'd like to go rock climbing someday.
I'm attracted to stranger things. Abnormal excites me as it isn't expected.
When I'm with people close I can sometimes seem crazy. I'll start talking in voices and making up accents or do impressions. I'll say somewhat odd things. Example:
Trust the words of Qui-Gon
Mr. Jinn
"Mr. Jinn was my father, call me Qui-Gon"
"Okay Quasimodo"
Imagine Qui-Gon using the force and Frollo's reaction
"WITCHCRAFT!"
I weirded some people out with that one.
I hate just about any sport other than tennis. Boring to watch, and I won't play them as I am anti-team. I like to do things myself, on my own, without help.
If you're aware of the multiple intelligences theory, my top three are visual/spatial, logical/mathematical, and intrapersonal. My lowest are probably naturalist and interpersonal
I think there are a lot of people who are overly sensitive
With that said, I do have somewhat of an anger problem
I don't care to control people. I just like to do my own thing.
I will not be controlled either. I don't really do anything to cause upset, but I don't respond well when people try to control me.
I come in late to work everyday because it saves me gas, puts me in a better mood, and clears my head more. My employer can't even object because they believe I'm too valuable and their attempts at changing it failed already.
Back when I was a manual laborer I'd do donuts in the forklift. Flipping it at the last second in the middle of a bunch of boxes. I was known as the best [insert tongue face here]
I hate emojis.
I like to see results of my efforts.
I bought a $400 lightsaber on a whim.
I need an aesthetically pleasing environment. I can't work or focus if I don't like my surroundings.
I'm lazy as hell.
I like rewatching movies. I don't usually have the patience to rewatch shows unless I just want background noise.
People would describe me as unadventurous, and I'm somewhat inclined to agree. I'm not huge on thrills save for driving.
I live in a family of STJs/Te-Si users and I find their way of looking at things to be very dogmatic, and they romanticize the past way too much.
I will recall things from the past, and I can have triggers (like driving down the street my bus used to go after not being there for 5 years) but I don't look back on the past in such an idealistic way. Despite my taste for specific things and coming back to them, I have always preferred to move forward. Maybe because I never really fit in. I only ever really had one friend at a time.
I'd describe myself as primarily present-oriented with a tie on past and future.
I'm always aware of the consequences of my actions. I didn't get into much trouble as a kid because I knew what I could get away with. I also never got into a fight at high school even though I really wanted to at times.
My gym teachers hated me because I'd refuse to participate.
THAT'LL DO PIG.
I'm just going to list things about myself. It's not going to be short, but this seems to be the only way I can give people a good idea of who I am.
I believe I'm a grounded and realistic person with good focus on what interests me.
I have good problem solving abilities, and I enjoy coming up with new ways to do things.
I don't actually like to use my imagination too much, instead preferring to focus on what I can actually work with in the real world.
The only toys I really liked as a kid were legos. I would build them and just leave them on the shelf. I didn't understand how people could play with them. I viewed them as display pieces that were fun to put together.
I'm apparently the only one in my family who can put anything together from furniture to computers.
I make references to things that seem obscure, though I can't think of any examples right now.
My memory is not the best. Everything goes into long term storage as a scene or picture. I'm terrible with names and dates. I often don't know what day it is, and I don't even remember what I did yesterday. I do remember things that others may think of as odd though.
I walk out of conversations without really remembering what was said, only the main point and if the tone of it was good or bad.
As I've told friends "I'm good at theoretically understanding how things work". Systems seem to make sense to me, and that's how I got my job as a programmer.
To understand a detail, I must first understand the theory or bigger picture first.
I greatly prefer hands on learning.
When it comes to troubleshooting I have to be there. I have a trial and error approach so I need to work with things directly.
When it comes to ideas, I can usually only manage one. That one generally just appears out of nowhere when I'm not actually thinking about it.
A big thing I don't relate to Ne about is that I'm not into 'possibilities'. I see one course of action and go for it, if I so choose.
I am not at all a planner. I prefer to wing just about everything.
I can be impulsive, but I suppose that is only because I'm doing well enough financially.
I eat when I'm bored. Once I get in the mood for a particular food, I obsess until I have it, and over indulge.
I tend to revisit the same places. For food, I have favorite places, but so does everyone. I'm limited in what I can eat due to hypersensitivity to textures. I still go to the same hair place even though I've moved because I have anxiety about the people at the one closer to me. Honestly, I hate going in public in general.
I'm easily bored. I need something that is casually challenging. More so mentally than physically.
I despised high school, and didn't really try except for my electives which included: 3D Animation, woodshop, CADD, guitar, and graphic design
I mostly drew pictures in class, and I brought my guitar to play at lunch. I had a battery powered 5w amp that likely pissed some people off.
I'm generous to my friend...s.
I'm horrendously out of shape right now. (6' 230 lbs.) It really brings me down, but I have poor control over myself with food and I find exercise boring and repetitive. I don't really have any support at the moment. I live alone, with one friend who goes to movies with me. My parents live a state away.
When I am in shape I can't hold still. I feel 'tingly' like I need to move. I enjoyed hiking and tennis primarily.
I did Insanity a couple years ago and felt so amazing. The balance and strength I had brings a tear to my eye.
I'm extremely competitive. We had a weight loss challenge and I refused to eat for the last 5 days because I knew it was going to be close and needed the extra edge.
I learn things very quickly. As an example, my ISTJ cousin taught me to play chess last year. After 2 losses and a draw, I have beat her on every game since. My 3D animation teacher told me I was the best first year student he had ever had. And I impressed several programmers with my understanding of the language.
I'm awkward as hell. A cashier asked me how good some cookies were and I told her that I didn't know how to quantify the deliciousness of a cookie.
I love driving fast. I'm good at charting the course and judging how much time and space I have. I would honestly be a stunt driver if I could. The top speed I've ever reached was 140 on the highway.
In spite of that, I've only been pulled over once. I always notice cops immediately, and this was no exception. He was busy with someone else so I thought I was fine. About 10 minutes later he pulled up behind me. I only got a warning though because I tend to seem innocent. I'm not sure if this is a natural reaction or learned manipulation.
I liked stealing things back when I was in school. I won't mention what.
I don't drink or do drugs. I've smoked weed and gotten drunk before, but I'm not really into it. I tend to become addicted to things easily and I don't want to be dependent(psychologically or physically) on anything.
What I currently do with my time is play guitar, bass, and video games, I sing, read, and watch way too many movies.
I'd like to go rock climbing someday.
I'm attracted to stranger things. Abnormal excites me as it isn't expected.
When I'm with people close I can sometimes seem crazy. I'll start talking in voices and making up accents or do impressions. I'll say somewhat odd things. Example:
Trust the words of Qui-Gon
Mr. Jinn
"Mr. Jinn was my father, call me Qui-Gon"
"Okay Quasimodo"
Imagine Qui-Gon using the force and Frollo's reaction
"WITCHCRAFT!"
I weirded some people out with that one.
I hate just about any sport other than tennis. Boring to watch, and I won't play them as I am anti-team. I like to do things myself, on my own, without help.
If you're aware of the multiple intelligences theory, my top three are visual/spatial, logical/mathematical, and intrapersonal. My lowest are probably naturalist and interpersonal
I think there are a lot of people who are overly sensitive
With that said, I do have somewhat of an anger problem
I don't care to control people. I just like to do my own thing.
I will not be controlled either. I don't really do anything to cause upset, but I don't respond well when people try to control me.
I come in late to work everyday because it saves me gas, puts me in a better mood, and clears my head more. My employer can't even object because they believe I'm too valuable and their attempts at changing it failed already.
Back when I was a manual laborer I'd do donuts in the forklift. Flipping it at the last second in the middle of a bunch of boxes. I was known as the best [insert tongue face here]
I hate emojis.
I like to see results of my efforts.
I bought a $400 lightsaber on a whim.
I need an aesthetically pleasing environment. I can't work or focus if I don't like my surroundings.
I'm lazy as hell.
I like rewatching movies. I don't usually have the patience to rewatch shows unless I just want background noise.
People would describe me as unadventurous, and I'm somewhat inclined to agree. I'm not huge on thrills save for driving.
I live in a family of STJs/Te-Si users and I find their way of looking at things to be very dogmatic, and they romanticize the past way too much.
I will recall things from the past, and I can have triggers (like driving down the street my bus used to go after not being there for 5 years) but I don't look back on the past in such an idealistic way. Despite my taste for specific things and coming back to them, I have always preferred to move forward. Maybe because I never really fit in. I only ever really had one friend at a time.
I'd describe myself as primarily present-oriented with a tie on past and future.
I'm always aware of the consequences of my actions. I didn't get into much trouble as a kid because I knew what I could get away with. I also never got into a fight at high school even though I really wanted to at times.
My gym teachers hated me because I'd refuse to participate.
THAT'LL DO PIG.
