Camp Hope: Week 2

This week is a Three Day Work Week, similar but not the same as Three Dog Night. The bad news is 8 of the 10 people on my team have taken sick days, the good news is I can return to work. It hasn't been hard doing the Warehouse thing. We're pretty much just sorting nails or moving lumber around. Today we counted concrete blocks. I did the math.

The ingredients of a night:
1 Hookah
1 guitar
4 storytellers
2 beatboxes
3 scatting fools
10+ songs from the 90s sung in full falsetto
2 Nashvillians

I met someone who goes to Nashville State. She's majoring in environmental science of some kind and plans on moving to Oregon. Great girl.
We talked about 21st ave, Fido's, even the Tomato Art Festival.
I told her I live in East Nashville.

I live in East Nashville.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is supposed to tell you all about yourself. What it does is tell you a lot of things that can easily be contradicted, but if you play into what you're told, you might even be able to see your life concretely. Let's have an example. Anybody? Well... since you asked.

I'm an INTJ (Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging) the 3rd least popular of 16 personality types. Here's an exerpt of what this means:

INTJs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion "Does it work?" to everything from their own research efforts to the prevailing social norms. This in turn produces an unusual independence of mind, freeing the INTJ from the constraints of authority, convention, or sentiment for its own sake... INTJs are known as the "Systems Builders" of the types, perhaps in part because they possess the unusual trait combination of imagination and reliability. Whatever system an INTJ happens to be working on is for them the equivalent of a moral cause to an INFJ; both perfectionism and disregard for authority may come into play... Personal relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be the INTJ's Achilles heel... This happens in part because many INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals... Perhaps the most fundamental problem, however, is that INTJs really want people to make sense.

and one more:

Hallmark features of the INTJ personality type include independence of thought, strong individualism, creativity, and a desire for efficiency. People with this personality type work best given large amounts of autonomy and creative freedom. They harbor an innate desire to express themselves, that is, to be creative by conceptualizing their own intellectual designs. Among their greatest strengths are analyzing and formulating complex theories. INTJs are generally well-suited for occupations within academia, research, management, engineering, and law. They are often acutely aware of their knowledge and abilities, as well as their limitations and what they don't know (a quality that tends to distinguish them from INTPs). INTJs thus develop a strong confidence in their ability and talents, making them natural leaders.

Possible careers for this personality type include Computer Programming, Environmental Science, Engineering, Law, Librarian, Management and Entrepreneurship. Since I've been thinking a lot about computer programming, this is something that I read into a lot. It seems to me like this personality type is expressive, even for being so introspective. Here's the basic bottom line:

Personality tests will tell you what you want to hear.

I'm sure you've read something you identify with. In fact, I'd love to know what that thing is.

Also, Computer Programming is still on the top of my mind. I've been looking into easy programming like through Second Life maybe, and I'm wondering how to get started without completely enrolling in a program. Of course using a desktop computer might be a good start.

This conversation started with something else: Nashville. The question: Do I have to change my home to do something I think I'll enjoy. The answer: Quite possibly. And my eyes are set on the west. Maybe I'll be seeing California more than I thought I would. :)