Monday Morning Meme + Poll

[trinityvixen]

First off:

Your Score: Slytherclaw

You scored 52% Order/Chaos, and 30% Moral/Rational

Rationality with an orderly/chaotic split. What you strongly know is that you try to be rational, objective, and like to consider things as shades of gray. On order, you see the value of rules and organization but equally can become impatient and advocate a rather loose system. Your strengths arise from your ability to consider both radicals and straightlaced authority objectively; however, it can turn on you when others feel betrayed by the fact that there are few you support unconditionally and consistently.



The 4-grid I used to determine this is as follows:

	Chaotic	Orderly
Moral	Gryffindor	Hufflepuff
Rational	Slytherin	Ravenclaw

Link: The Sorting Hat Test written by 8sevenatenine8 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Of course I am a Slytherclaw. I occasionally get a Hufflepuff half, seeing as I very firmly believe in hard, good work over favor and that it, not personal preferences or biases or knowing people, should advance a person. However, I just as firmly believe in intelligence as being another recommendation and even more deserving of recognition.

As for my Slytherin half? Hell, I definitely admit to being self-interested and possibly just a wee bit evil at heart. I did make that Death Eater wand at the Harry Potter release party... But I do invite you all to remember the following: all Death Eaters are Slytherins, but not all Slytherins are Death Eaters. I mean, I probably am, but not every Slyherin or Slytherclaw would be.

Who is your inner Shapeshifter?

The Scottish selkie was a being who appeared to be a seal, but had the ability to shed their skin and roam the land in human form. If a human were to happen upon the discarded seal skin, he or she could hide it and force the selkie to marry him or her. However, if the selkie were to ever find the skin, he or she would immediately reassume seal form and return to the sea from whence they came, leaving their spouse and offspring on land to forever mourn their loss.As a selkie, you are a very withdrawn, secretive and somewhat sad person, and those around you find you alluring and mystifying. People who come into your life find it difficult to find the inner you. You are also curious, but you enjoy the comforts of home most of all.
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I disagree with the "sad" part of this, but then I always do. I don't understand why it is that being alone necessitates being sad. Fuck you, too, test!

Also, in case anyone ever doubted, since this came up in the car yesterday, I am ISTJ (sometimes ISTP). This is not relevant except that, as a very strong S, I completely do not believe that anyone ever is or could be an N, especially not with the ridiculous example my older sister gave me (if you have an apple and are asked to describe it, Sensing-types go "It's an apple, round and green," and, supposedly, Intuition-types go "Ooh, original sin."). I just could not believe it happens. Cheerfully, kent_allard_jr proved me wrong. For all three of you who don't know what I'm talking about, click on this link. It's bullshit, but it's fun bullshit.

Speaking of things we discussed on the car trip to being consumer whores: music. Listening to the radio on the weekend continues to be an adventure not always worth having. The two stations I think have reliably or at least predominantly good music (Q104.3 and K-Rock 92.3) are more a mixed bag, especially on a Sunday night. It led to discussions of music all the parties involved liked at all stages of their lives to this point. Things we listened to before we had the choice (what our parents played for us as kids); music we explored when choice first became an option (middle school to early high school years); music we actually purchased and pursued in concerts and on the radio (high school and college); and music we have come to appreciate after the years of easy access to others' catalogues (post-college).

Not surprisingly, there were many choices regretted ("Oh God, I own the first Spice Girls album!" "I went to see Kenny G in concert!"). There were disappointments ("Whatever happened to [fill in the blank]?" "I can't believe the last three albums [fill in the blank] released were so bad." "I can't believe I missed [fill in the blank] in concert!"). But there was an overall trend and commonality to each story in that every one had, at some point either in college or just after, stopped actively acquiring new music that he or she liked with the same intensity as anything they picked up before that point. My general sense is that, with few exceptions to prove the rule, this is a very typical experience. But because I don't have a permanent account for nothing, I present: A POLL!

[Poll #1030363]

I realize that 3, 5, and 7 are sort of related, but they each have their own thing to contribute, and I bet some of you will be surprised how differently you might answer them. Enjoy!

Comments

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

That's a very strange definition of sensing vs. intuition, and I usually come out as xNTx, with the x's being filled in differently depending on my mood.

I prefer to think of it as: An S looks at an apple and says, "It's an apple, it's green and round". An N looks at an apple and says, "It's an apple, it's a type of fruit that can be eaten as is or used to make other products such as pies."

Or from a word association perspective: The S matches "apple" with "round", "green", or "red". The N matches "apple" with "fruit", "pie", or "juice".

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

The associative examples of what an N would think that my sister gave me were more allegorical/metaphorical still. She said "N sees and apple and thinks of original sin."

I just patently don't, and I expressed my belief that no one really looks at an apple and goes "Ooh, pie!" or "Ooh, Garden of Eden!" and she said that's because I'm an S. I still say bullshit. You see an apple, you go, "Apple" followed by things that apple is, not things that apple could be. Sure, I might get around to "Oh, pie!" but there's first gotta be the "green" part.