More self-absorption

I thought about including this in my previous post, but decided that post was long enough.

Just so you don't think I've spent the past month of non-posting doing nothing, head on over to Evil Editor's blog. More specifically, go here. See that stuff in blue? That's my contribution (with some edits by Evil Editor, who is an editor, after all). No, I don't get to take credit for it, but it's a neat exercise. And I have a comment (I used to have two, but forgot that EE likes to approve messages, so I commented twice thinking my first didn't go through. Then, once it showed, I deleted the first, as the second said the same thing and was better written).

In other news about stuff partially written by me, some of the folks over at NaNoWriMo want to get a NaNoisms book together, and I was asked if I'd be willing to have my NaNoisms included (NaNoisms are those delightful typos and just skewed "I'm up at 2am, running off of three pots of coffee*" writing). I said sure, why not? It was my fav forum for both NaNo 2004 and 2005. I'd purchase a hard copy and stroke it lovingly while anticipating the next NaNo. A nice fellow WriMo at the site sent me a soft copy of all the NaNoisms because I said I'd like one. At some point I'll have to search through it to find mine, which I could then post on this blog, as I've discontinued my NaNo blog and had meant to post them but never did.

And since I'm devolving into egregious run-ons, it's time to move on.

Oh, so *that's* why I'm self-absorbed!

So recently I've been making my way through Please Understand Me II, by David Keirsey. I read about it in a book on fiction writing that recommended it as an aid for character development. But right now I'm using it to delve into one of my favorite topics: me.

In case there are any members of my fanbase of six (are we still at six? I imagine I've lost a couple in the past month or two of little posting) who haven't heard of the book, it's based upon the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. Keirsey takes the Myers-Briggs types and essentially interprets them, explaining behavioral tendencies, character strength and weaknesses, as well as dividing them into four groups: SPs (Artisans), SJs (Guardians), NFs (Idealists), and NTs (Rationals).

I, good fanbase, am an Idealist. Idealists are the rarest group, and though they are friendly toward other people and like to get along with everyone, they also tend to have very deep inner lives. See, that explains why I am one of my favorite topics and why my posts are perennially about things I think about rather than things I do. My type made me do it! I am living my inner life, seeking my me-ness, etc. etc. etc.

My Myers-Briggs type is INFJ, which stands for Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Judging; Keirsey interprets those characteristics as "Reserved," "Introspective," "Friendly," and "Scheduling," respectively. With those powers combined,* I am what Keirsey calls a Counselor. I am part of the second rarest type; we're just a little over one percent of the population, according to Keirsey. (INFPs, the least common, are one percent.) Keirsey says that INFJs are highly intuitive and have "strong empathic abilities," so much so that these abilities can borderline on what people call ESP, which itself "may well be exceptional intuitive ability."

Did you catch that fanbase? ESP. I know what you're thinking. Mwa ha ha ha ha!

But don't worry. As a Counselor, I am altruistic. I use my powers for good, not evil. Now . . . *getting out legal pad and posing pen to write* how does that make you feel?

*Ultra super bonus points to those who can name the reference.