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'I play, and gig on, trumpet, electric + acoustic jazz bass, orchestral double bass, orchestral percussion and drum kit! I'm actually studying jazz trumpet next year in london. I just love the way...

I usually play as a tank/heavy weapons user, with some supporty things around the sides if I'm in a party.

I'm usually alright, but if someone is going off on one, I tend to fade out of concentration and just end up focusing in their general direction while my mind wanders. Also, I find it hard to sustain...

Ditto.

Well, I'm teaching myself japanese at the moment. I started by accidentally picking some up from anime, and now I just google around and watch youtube videos about it all. I would quite like to go...

Well, it's a way to sponge up time! More seriously, it helps me understand myself and others, and gives me somewhere to offload when I've been trolled by various people...

As I said on the other thread, four letters can't magically determine everything about a person. From a function-based point of view, I think ISTPs would probably get bored from accountancy fairly...

Apatheist here - I used to think I was christian, but I realised I didn't know the answer, I couldn't work it out with the available evidence, and I just didn't care!

Well... four letters isn't really going to determine your degree for you! Really, you need to pick something you're really interested in, or apathy will take over and you will get bored at some point...

Argh. Feeling pretty angry at myself right now. Basically, an aquaintance (Who I'm pretty sure has Fi in her top two functions) who's part of the friend group I belong to made a post on facebook,...

Dude, of course - I'm a jazz musician! Before, I've spent 30 mins just looping on one chord progression solidly (on trumpet) and haven't realised. Just today, I ended up losing about 10 minutes...

I was (and still am) 17 when I worked it out, so I think you're fine. Just read up on cognitive functions and be sure you don't have Ne (it's probably much easier to work out that you're Ti-dom).

I have never cried at a film! Does anyone to suggest titles to challenge this accolade? ;)

Can you cook, and, if so, how well? Do you enjoy doing it? Do you have an area of speciality (in the culinary world, of course)? I just made a magnificent chow mein for my dinner, and I would...

I find it more useful in describing the differences between two people with the same MBTI type, but slightly different personalities.

Are looking for some sort of interaction between enneagram and MBTI? If so, stop there - in my experience (and I'm not an expert, so please do stop me if I'm wrong) they are two completely different...

1. Happy are you? 7, I just got into music college, but pretty neutral otherwise. 2. Socially skilled are you? 3 3. Lazy are you? 9 4. Emotional are you? 2 5. Book smart are you? 3

---- That university course doesn't sound too good - are you sure it's the course for you? Maybe you could change course to something with more practical programming? Or perhaps go abroad...

The way I dealt with the one time in my life where I felt inadequate was by working and practicing hard, to try and raise my standard to that of everybody elses. I figured that, if I did that, then...

I've noticed I seem to have three kinds of friend: 1) acquaintances - I seem to have loads of these, so I can flit between social groups, although I don't really fit into Ny of them with this kind...

Can you apply again? I would really thoroughly go through a number of universities/colleges and hunt for a course which isn't boring. That, and just having some willpower to stick with it - I know...

Ah dw, I found out. It's just that, where I'm from, they're called nuggies instead, hence the confusion.

Try using the information as soon as you learn it eg writing an essay, or answering some questions. Don't be afraid to go back to your reference, it should sink in if you keep using it.

I'm a jazz trumpeter (auditioning for music college atm) and orchestral percussionist/jazz drummer. I also play bassguitar & double bass (self taught), guitar and piano (jazz only).I can pick up new...

Also, try answering this and this to give us some more information. Post your answers here.

I agree. I tend to give off much more Ne than I usually do, something I learnt from my brother. Also, Ne fuels the overriding comedy style within my friend group.

I'm 17; what's a noogie? (I'm British)

Find out what the ISTP's obsession is; every ISTP has at least one thing they're just really interested in, and if you can get them talking about that, then you're fine. In fact, you've already...

Are you sure you're not an ISTP? Doesn't really sound like you have Ne, but I suppose being shallow could just come from inferior Ti. Also, the whole going on adventures thing sounds like...

Well, I don't where you're from, but here in the UK, we do all of our conservatoire (music college) auditions before christmas. Some people will even have their decisions by then.

I'm applying to music college as well (in fact, I have my first audition in a few days!). I would say my main worry is that I'll be forced to become entirely focused on music, whereas I want to find...

Oh gosh, I don't really know what to do with myself either (I'm also applying for university this year). My advice would be to pick a degree, not a career; when you're spending 4 years and a lot of...

I'm a native english speaker, and I studied spanish in school, to an intermediate level. I also did french and german for a year or two, but I dropped them. I am now teaching myself japanese.

1) No; I used to consider myself christian, but I've now realised I'm an apatheist. 2) A rural part of East Anglia, in the UK I went to bible camp 9 years running, and went to church up until I...

1) Japan 2) A house; preferably one in a city, where I have enough space/forgiving neighbours for my musical activities 3) Car - the perfect mix of space and comfort. 4) Probably a jazz teacher I...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/images/sex/results_scale_bg.gif -------------------><------------------------------------------- Apparently a female brain. Oh, I managed 2 out of 20 on the...

Personally, I find it fairly easy to pick up a new language. I've always found it easy to just memorize stuff, so I don't find it hard learning new pronunciation, vocab or grammar. Also, I like...

How do you all find learning new languages? Was it easy, or difficult? Did you get lessons form somewhere, or teach yourself? Are you fluent in another language? Is there any particular method of...

I'm also applying for stuff right now, and I've actually decided to apply for jazz trumpet at some conservatoires. I think, whatever, I choose, I'm going to get bored at some point in the course, so...

You could be a dom-tert looping INTP? That would give you Ti-Si-Ne-Fe, and might make you seem to be an ISTP, in some ways.

I'm not really stubborn unless someone's trying to get me to do something I don't see the point of. Like playing a triangle part in band with a woodblock - what the hell! It's going to sound awful!...

Jazz, and the trumpet.

I did - my laptop and my trumpet kept me sane!

depends on the SJ - I have several great and valued friends who are ISTJs, but the extraverted judging functions (Te and Fe) really annoy me after a while, so ESTJs and ESFJs, as a general rule, tend...

Well, there seems to be an overwhelming majority for not a christian...

I've started working properly on trying to learn Japanese. I've been watching loads of anime recently, so I first wanted to learn to read the text I was seeing, and then couldn't help but pick up...

I don't like being hugged by random people, or people I'm not really used to. However, some people are just really huggy, so you kind of have to to get on with them. It gets alright, eventually.

I find it's worse to say something which creates an extreme emotional reaction in someone else when you had no intention of doing it. I've done it at least a few times in my life!

What makes you enjoy a place?

I voted highschool as I'm still there :('