Here's a brief summary of myself. And I think I fit a lot of the typical ISTP description...
I've always thought of myself as very logical.
I can suppress feelings like no one else. They really tend to get in the way of life. They also lead to pain, which I try to avoid at all costs. I know I come off as a robot to plenty of people, but they don't know me very well and quite honestly I don't care to know them if they don't give me the benefit of the doubt (of having human feelings/emotions).
I don't talk if I don't have anything to say. Many times I think I know too little about a topic to have any decent input, so I keep quiet. If I'm not informed I stfu.
I'm nice to everyone until they annoy the shit out of me or I lose respect for them. After that I play nice until I don't have to anymore. And if they're on my bad side and ask for my opinion on something, I'll be so brutally honest...
When I clash with superiors (so far just teachers in high school and college, no work bosses as of yet) - I tend to argue with them as peacefully as I can and try to force them to see my view, they end up hating me when I'm right. Here's an example...
I had a summer stats programming class on M/W that lasted 2.5 hours per day. It's programming, so we were in a computer lab. We had lecture for about 1 - 1.5 hours on average. Normally teachers let the students leave when there's tons of extra time left with nothing to do. The second Monday of class I was going to leave early, we had about 45 minutes left and I'd already sat around doing nothing for 15-ish minutes. My teacher proceeded to tell me that I had signed up for the scheduled time and that I couldn't possibly leave early in case she had any announcements. May I add that this was a GRADUATE credit course and I was 1 of 2 undergrads in the class of 13? Seriously, if I miss an announcement, my damn fault. If I choose to leave class or not show up? The material I miss is my fault. I tried telling the bitch this in front of the whole class until she let me leave - although I had to promise to stay the whole time for the rest of the semester. Fuck that woman. She hated me after that. I can't say the feeling wasn't mutual.
I'm not very athletic, although my coordination and balance are pretty good.
I like computer stuff - I worked at a help desk for 4.5 years and I'm a programmer now.
I majored in Math/Stats - hated most of the theory, loved the stats part with real life examples.
Everything needs to have an ultimate goal and it must be clear. This is why I fail at girl-logic and manipulation, imo.
I'm really ok with routine. It helps me get things done. If I don't have deadlines, I'm horrible at doing anything.
I hardly stress out. I don't care about most things.
I feel like many people put themselves in their own circumstances and they victimize themselves all too often.
I feel more sorry for animals than people.
I don't really have a problem moving away from people or having them move away from me. I'm so unattached... It makes me pretty bad at networking, but it's made it easy to move to a new city after graduating from college. I feel kinda mean saying it, but I don't miss most of the friends I made. I didn't miss my friends from high school much either after I moved.
I get along much better with men than I do with women. We just have more in common most of the time.
I like some video games, but not super complex ones. I really like simple (linear) ones like Mario or Sonic best. I also like Diablo 2 a lot although I've never beat the game in spite of having started it at least 4 times.
I have no religious attachment, I was brought up atheist surrounded by Catholics - and boy did they manage to piss me off a bunch of times by telling me I *HAD* to believe in something. (I don't HAVE to do anything, thanks!)
I hate talking about religion, politics and money.
I like learning while I work. Once I reach a plateau - it becomes so freaking boring.
I have a really dry sense of humor and I don't really think it's particularly funny most of the time. I don't think it's very funny when other people crack dry jokes either.
When you piss me off, it's best to leave me alone. For a long time. I'll get over it eventually.
When I was little I always wanted Hot Wheels, but they were meant for boys, so I never asked for them.
Sometimes I'm a thrill seeker. Skydiving, some travel adventure, going under LSU in the blocked off tunnels in the middle of the summer with friends...um, sometimes it's just a night of heavy drinking, which I don't do very often.
After I've spent time with a lot of people I take time afterwards to "recover" and be alone. Honestly, I could spend a lot more time by myself at my apartment, but then people might think I'm weirder than I am... Yes, I care about what other people think about me. I definitely have a superficial streak.
In the past I was all about the functionality of clothes, but since I've had to get a real job and stuff, I've put a little more effort into dressing nicely. I'm all for comfort, although I have some stiletto heels now
That's what I've got for now...
MC