About

It's all about me, me, me!

Not much to tell. I'm in my 30's and love to design websites. I'm lucky enough to have a job which affords me both lots of free time, and a descent enough living. I'm originally from New York but moved to Northern California when I was a wee-babe (well five). I'm on the tall-side (5'9") and have long short (I chopped it all off...13" of it, in the summer of 2008!) brown hair and hazel eyes.

What else? Lets see, I use to wear glasses. I've had them since I was 16 but in 2005 I had laser surgery to correct my vision and am loving the results. I went from barely being able to read the big E at the top of the chart to 20/20 vision. I've had two other surgeries in the last few years. The first one was on my right wrist to remove a cyst that was causing me a lot of pain (made it difficult to work) and the second was on my right knee to repair a bunch of damage. For the first time in 10 years I have no pain when I walk! I CAN'T BELIVE IT!!! Well, nothing else exciting about me I'm afraid. I love to travel and read and live a fairly boring and uneventful life.

The love and hate and such lists

I love me some web design, movies, classical music, the ocean on a stormy day (this is sounding a bit too much like a personal ad!), writing, traveling, snow, reading (especially lesbian mysteries), photography, being an aunt, diet coke, chocolate (unfortunately!)

Not too thrilled with bigots, godbags, hypocrites, really bright days, coffee, liver, the patriarchy, spam, cleaning my house, hot days, the democratic party

Listening to mostly classical music, but I really love industrial or electronic music as well. I love Vivaldi especially his Cello Concertos, Android Lust and Fading Colours plus Kirstin Price, Loreena McKennitt, Nick Cave, Tori Amos, Regenerator, Attrition, KT Tunstall, The Ditty Bops, Melissa Ferrick, The Killers, Sade, Lunascape and Ladytron. A lot of the time I listen to nothing at all. Especially when I'm driving in my car and have too much on my mind. Silence is sometimes the best music of all!

Reading mysteries mostly, as well as sappy lesbian romance novels (I live in hope!) I also enjoy books on politics and history.

Watching not much of anything these days actually. I’m into Battlestar Galactica right now and Numb3rs. I really enjoy British comedies like Little Britain and the older series such as Chef, The Vicar of Dibley and Keeping Up Appearances. In general, I'm a big fan of SciFi shows. I constantly have a Law & Order episode on in the background while I work. A few other shows I usually tivo and then delete, Bones, House, and Women's Murder Club. I really like British mysteries as well such as Walking the Dead, Wire in the Blood and Cadfael.

Random nothingness I have a sneaky cat (I am not suppose to have animals where I live) he's nearly 13 and he's a very quiet cat. I also have a huge gold fish named Flash (I feed him too much)... Flash died when I changed the bowl. My nephew, sweet kid that he is, was determined to win me a new fish at the local fair...and he did! So, new fish Goldie aka Flash II is not as fat yet but I'm working on it. Flash II died as well. Bummer. I have no desire what-so-ever to bare children but I would love to raise one, or two with someone someday.

Traveling to Hong Kong this year and maybe Alaska. I've been to Beijing, Greece, England, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland and France. I've also been to a number of states in the US. My dream trip is New Zealand!!

Poem

Everything you need to know about me in one handy poem.

You said you only wanted to hold me
But the dog screamed
And the fish flipped summer salutes
In the kitchen
As I gave away my heart
To ice blue eyes
Dancing through the majestic landscape
Of a never ending torment of rain
Luckily I caught my reflection
Downed a bottle of aspirin
And told my mom I wasn't coming
Home for the last supper
Just needed to stop at the quickie mart
For a super big g and a box of rice
Then things would be okay

All about ISFJ

More crap about me: My Bloginality is ISFJ

As an ISFJ, you are Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, and Judging. This makes your primary focus on Introverted Sensing with Extraverted Feeling.

This is defined as a SJ personality, which is part of Carl Jung’s Guardian (Security Seeking) type, and more specifically the Protectors or Nurturer.

In blogging, your journal will always be immaculate and have a touch of style. You may also feel overwhelmed because you want to be a part of everything going on. Because of your wonderful memory, other bloggers may come to you to ask about things you posted months before.

People of this type tend to be: cautious, gentle, and thoughtful; hesitant until they know people well then affectionate and caring; very literal and aware of the physical world; uncompromising about personal standards and easily offended; diligent and conscientious, organized and decisive.

The most important thing to ISFJs is living a stable, predictable life and helping people in real ways.

Portrait of an ISFJ - Introverted Sensing Feeling Judging
(Introverted Sensing with Extraverted Feeling)

The Nurturer

As an ISFJ, your primary mode of living is focused internally, where you takes things in via your five senses in a literal, concrete fashion. Your secondary mode is external, where you deal with things according to how you feel about them, or how they fit into your personal value system.

ISFJs live in a world that is concrete and kind. They are truly warm and kind-hearted, and want to believe the best of people. They value harmony and cooperation, and are likely to be very sensitive to other people’s feelings. People value the ISFJ for their consideration and awareness, and their ability to bring out the best in others by their firm desire to believe the best.

ISFJs have a rich inner world that is not usually obvious to observers. They constantly take in information about people and situations that is personally important to them, and store it away. This tremendous store of information is usually startlingly accurate, because the ISFJ has an exceptional memory about things that are important to their value systems. It would not be uncommon for the ISFJ to remember a particular facial expression or conversation in precise detail years after the event occurred, if the situation made an impression on the ISFJ.

ISFJs have a very clear idea of the way things should be, which they strive to attain. They value security and kindness, and respect traditions and laws. They tend to believe that existing systems are there because they work. Therefore, they’re not likely to buy into doing things in a new way, unless they’re shown in a concrete way why its better than the established method.

ISFJs learn best by doing, rather than by reading about something in a book, or applying theory. For this reason, they are not likely to be found in fields which require a lot of conceptual analysis or theory. They value practical application. Traditional methods of higher education, which require a lot of theorizing and abstraction, are likely to be a chore for the ISFJ. The ISFJ learns a task best by being shown its practical application. Once the task is learned, and its practical importance is understood, the ISFJ will faithfully and tirelessly carry through the task to completion. The ISFJ is extremely dependable.

The ISFJ has an extremely well-developed sense of space, function, and aesthetic appeal. For that reason, they’re likely to have beautifully furnished, functional homes. They make extremely good interior decorators. This special ability, combined with their sensitivity to other’s feelings and desires, makes them very likely to be great gift-givers - finding the right gift which will be truly appreciated by the recipient.

More so than other types, ISFJs are extremely aware of their own internal feelings, as well as other people’s feelings. They do not usually express their own feelings, keeping things inside. If they are negative feelings, they may build up inside the ISFJ until they turn into firm judgments against individuals which are difficult to unseed, once set. Many ISFJs learn to express themselves, and find outlets for their powerful emotions.

Just as the ISFJ is not likely to express their feelings, they are also not likely to let on that they know how others are feeling. However, they will speak up when they feel another individual really needs help, and in such cases they can truly help others become aware of their feelings.

The ISFJ feels a strong sense of responsibility and duty. They take their responsibilities very seriously, and can be counted on to follow through. For this reason, people naturally tend to rely on them. The ISFJ has a difficult time saying “no” when asked to do something, and may become over-burdened. In such cases, the ISFJ does not usually express their difficulties to others, because they intensely dislike conflict, and because they tend to place other people’s needs over their own. The ISFJ needs to learn to identify, value, and express their own needs, if they wish to avoid becoming over-worked and taken for granted.

ISFJs need positive feedback from others. In the absence of positive feedback, or in the face of criticism, the ISFJ gets discouraged, and may even become depressed. When down on themselves or under great stress, the ISFJ begins to imagine all of the things that might go critically wrong in their life. They have strong feelings of inadequacy, and become convinced that “everything is all wrong”, or “I can’t do anything right”.

The ISFJ is warm, generous, and dependable. They have many special gifts to offer, in their sensitivity to others, and their strong ability to keep things running smoothly. They need to remember to not be overly critical of themselves, and to give themselves some of the warmth and love which they freely dispense to others.

Jungian functional preference ordering:

Dominant: Introverted Sensing
Auxilliary: Extraverted Feeling
Tertiary: Introverted Thinking
Inferior: Extraverted Intuition

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