'I dated a lot of losers when I first came out, until my only requirement became finding someone moderately sane who had a strong sense of himself. Charley and I were together for 12 years, until his...
Dealing with God (Ultimate Reality) is a lot like therapy only not as much fun.
I've got some great clothes that I know how to wear when necessary (or I'm in that rare mood - much better), but mostly I don't care. I'm aware of stains, wrinkles, etc. but they don't usually...
I've been reading theology again, and getting increasingly irritated by writers' attempts to prove the existence of God. Some things are just too important to be explained rationally. What limits do...
My late partner of 13 years was 36 years my senior. His age was of middling concern in the context of our relationship. His ISXJ-ness was much more bothersome! Recently it occurred to me with some...
One time I was reading at a picnic table in the park, and a guy hit on me. I think he was really perplexed when I was just blandly polite, thanking him for the offer, but saying that wasn't why I was...
The Hindu Quest for the Perfection of Man, Troy Wilson Organ I think that should boost my INFP cred.
Bladerunner Singin' in the Rain The Artist Chicago Grizzly Adams Being John Malkovich
I read Jane Eyre in grad school only because so many of my female friends loved it. God, I hated that book. I can't think of any men I know who like it.
Not to be a bummer, but the first half is waaay better
I'm very INFP. My dad was ENTJ and we got along really well. My oldest nephew is also ENTJ and he gets along really well with my brother and me in our INFP-ity. My Fi feels a little neglected but the...
The Pogues: Peace and Love Linkin Park: Meteora The Roches: Nerds Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the Edge of Town
If Not Faith, Possibilities
Are you openly or secretly proud of something most people would be embarrassed to admit or find just bizarre? What are your perverse sources of pride? For instance, it gives me no end of secret...
I've got a PhD in medieval lit from a top 25 program. On an online quiz I ranked in the bottom three percent for ambition.
To me, seeing the big picture first means having confidence I'll find the right pesky details when I need them, but not before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klq2BEeZri8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujOUPYN9sj8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLIfyIydNOQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7fJbjcmrzc
Calm and sexy don't exactly rhyme in my lexicon.
So inaccurate I can't believe it. Apparently I'm only moderately verbal (guess that PhD in medieval lit and studying Hindi for fun were just flukes) and I like to give mileage, cardinal direction...
I came up mostly Buddhist, as often happens with these kinds of quizzes, and always surprises me because I'm strongly theistic, just not in any conventional way. This quiz gave me Hindu second - I'm...
Biology makes us human. Of greater concern to this INFP is what makes us humane. We need to know and accept ourselves with our flaws and shortcomings, and we simultaneously need to work to improve...
You S folks can obviously figure out how to post the chart. I'm INFP and find that task beyond me. But as a fellow Fi-dom I'm not surprised to be another Gandhi-ish Left/Libertarian.
You INTJs can really make me smile.
Leo - fire, born in Year of the Dragon Much more INFP-ish than the above would suggest
I come from a dog-loving cat-hating family. My grandmother used to say, and I think truly believe, that cats are the devils' playmates. I've known enough cat people to accept felines as dog...
Raised Catholic, now universalist Christian Quaker.
Not me. I get bored of my own ideas almost as soon as I think of them. It really bothers me when students just parrot me. I want to learn something new, myself.
I'm a Quaker of the Christian sort, but mainly a universalist. I'm a big fan of Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard is another favorite with a focus on nature....
good luck with that
The curvature of the earth. The cloud formation looked like a tulip. Overall there was something indefinably ominous, almost apocalyptic about it.
I'm writing a fantasy novel. It started with the idea that I had to do something with my odd range of knowledge/interests: Byzantine history and theology, natural history of the Arctic, American...
Under the best of circumstances bars/clubs make me anxious. No interest in going solo. Movies, restaurants, coffee houses etc. are all good. I strongly prefer museums on my own - I don't know anyone...
I've written my share of poetry, journals, etc. I suppose my dissertation counts. I'm now working on my first novel - a gay pacifist fantasy. I stumbled into a writers' group. Funny how a real live...
Grandael in Wheel of Time - she starts as the greatest Healer in the world, an idealistic ascetic but when she turns to the Shadow she becomes a totally cynical hedonist.
Michael Jerling - Before the Country Moved to Town
Work is work. Hard or smart I don't much like it unless I'm interested in the project or see it doing some good in the world.
I just read Climbing Chamundi Hill by Ariel Glucklich. It's a nice intro to Indian philosophy via folk tales.
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its...
Hrothgar's ears are so Soft. He snores melodically. He bests most people.
Se will look at what can be known through physical senses. Crudely speaking, it is more focused on things than ideas while Ne is the reverse. Se might help you imagine how a fallen tree could be...
Actually, both INFP and ISFP are Fi-dom. It's the auxiliary Se vs Ne that starts to show our differences. As a quick overview, Fi-dom always seeks to uphold its own personal values, which are usually...
INFP here - when I was living with my partner I was often naked. He (ISFJ) only in bed. Likewise at the clothing optional campground.
Once in a blue moon it can be fun.
Feeling is a rational function, like thinking. It's not about emotions per se, but value judgments. So Fi will take in data with Se or Ne and quickly determine where this input fits in one's value...
INFP - cloak of invisibility, regardless of context
I love Tarot, but don't see it as mystical; it just helps me organize what I'm intuiting anyway. But my spiritual life is all about mysticism, primarily Christian, but the closer you get to God the...
A lot of good advise here. I would reiterate that you can't be totally responsible for your friend. Keeping adults and appropriate professionals in the loop is so important, even though it might cost...
As long as they don't demand too much extraversion from me, no problem.
The only New Years resolution I've ever kept: Mammal-free in '93. I still eat birds and seafood. I'm more concerned about environmental issues than the cuddliness of critters we might eat. Which is...
It's also useful to be well informed about whatever is important to other people. You can objectively state appropriate information, and most folks read that as interest/approval.'
