INTJ aka Mastermind

In my quest to learn about why I am the way I am & how my own brain functions, I took an online Myers-Briggs personality test.

My result is INTJ:
Introverted -- "slightly" at 11%
iNtuitive -- "moderately" at 38%
Thinking -- "moderately" at 38%
Judging -- "distinctively" at 67%

Here are the links provided for this result's description:
Rational Portrait of the Mastermind (INTJ)
Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging

So much of what is said in those two articles is very true. Neither is too long, so g'head and give 'em a read if you want to learn more about my brain. The only major thing that I don't fit in with is the lack of or apathy toward interpersonal skills -- I'm still very social.


"Masterminds are rare, comprising no more than, say, one percent of the population, and they are rarely encountered outside their office, factory, school, or laboratory. Although they are highly capable leaders, Masterminds are not at all eager to take command, preferring to stay in the background until others demonstrate their inability to lead. Once they take charge, however, they are thoroughgoing pragmatists. Masterminds are certain that efficiency is indispensable in a well-run organization, and if they encounter inefficiency-any waste of human and material resources-they are quick to realign operations and reassign personnel. Masterminds do not feel bound by established rules and procedures, and traditional authority does not impress them, nor do slogans or catchwords. Only ideas that make sense to them are adopted; those that don't, aren't, no matter who thought of them. Remember, their aim is always maximum efficiency." --Rational Portrait of the Mastermind (INTJ)


To help understand, here's a list of people you might recognize who are/were also Masterminds:
Alan Greenspan
Frideriche Nietsche
Niels Bohr
Peter the Great
Stephen Hawking
Sir Isaac Newton
Susan B. Anthony
Augustus Caesar (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus)

US Presidents:
Chester A. Arthur
Calvin Coolidge
Thomas Jefferson
General Ulysses S. Grant
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
James K. Polk
Woodrow Wilson

Fictional people:
Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)
Gandalf the Grey (Lord of the Rings)
Professor Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes' nemesis)

Prof James Moriarty has always been a fascination of mine...! And with Hannibal Lecter on the list, I'm sure Johnny The Homicidal Maniac is also an INTJ (based on his story/life).


So "Mastermind" ay? Introverted, intuitive, thinking and judging. Explains my love for mad scientists, and JTHM... and a lot of what goes on in my head. And my need to design things, and that my desire to design is more important than any desire to create it & see it to completion. Let me design it, from there anyone can do the grunt work & actually implement it. ;P
I'll take this as a compliment. ^_^

It also explains why I've loved this quote from Thoreau since I first heard it in high school:
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him keep step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

New CD Mix

I revised my DOOM mix: the music for the impeding doom of society:

Three Days Grace -- Animal I Have Become
Flobots -- Handlebars
The Offspring -- You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
Save Ferris -- Angry Situation
Weezer -- Troublemaker
Three Days Grace -- Riot
The Offspring -- Stuff Is Messed Up
SR-71 -- All American
Sixx AM -- Life Is Beautiful
Three Days Grace -- It's All Over
Lacuna Coil -- Heaven's A Lie
Electrasy -- Cosmic Castaway
Fall Out Boy -- Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones -- I Want My City Back
Stabbing Westward -- Save Yourself
The Offspring -- Original Prankster
Incubus -- Pardon Me
Stabbing Westward -- The Thing I Hate
KMFDM -- Dogma
Three Days Grace -- Get Out Alive
Bear McCreary -- All Along The Watchtower [Battlestar Galactica's sinister version]
Gir -- The Doom Song

On Creation... but of what?

I dabbled in Adventure Game Studio (after the post talking about doing so). I did the entire tutorial, then started to experiment and add in more content to see how things work.
They work very well.
I also started playing around with drawing things at the appropriate scale for the game I want to make. Animating walking cycles is going to be a b*tch! So is learning a new scripting language. Not learning the commands per se, but learning what's possible & what isn't -- as I tend to get grandiose ideas. ;P
I sketched out some solid ideas for a game based on my webcomic Dream Too Darkly, and location progression. But it would be a serious undertaking to do this.

So instead, I've been drawing new pages for Dream Too Darkly! Check 'em out -- my artistic skill in my sketchy style is definitely improving.
[I'm considering moving D2D from LiveJournal to a blogspot page like this one -- I'd have more control over the layout & jazz.]

True Psychic Tales #612

[That title is an homage to Psychonauts.]

Saturday night after we closed Illusions, Spencer went upstairs to get changed and Ken was finishing cleaning up. I was left alone with Julie and we were chatting about various things. The last time we talked I promised I'd entertain her and so I did. Oh I did! I truly read her mind.

I simply had her select any random playing card from a deck without me seeing it -- and I had her hold onto it so I couldn't ever. I put the deck on the bar away from us. I had her visualize the card in her mind, then juxtapose the image of the number/letter of the value with the icon of the suit, in the correct color in her imagination. I sensed a darkness and correctly ascertained that she was thinking of a black card. [Ooh, 50-50 shot right? Read on!]
Then in her mind only I had her repeat the name of the card, over & over, over & over. Then saying the name in her mind louder & louder until I was able to start saying it out loud in the same rhythm -- six of clubs, six of clubs, six of clubs...!
She was, of course, amazed that I was able to read her mind, to both of our delight.
We were then doubly-amazed when she showed me the card and it was not the six of clubs but the six of spades.
Even though she had visualized the six of spades, she misnamed it in her head and was saying to herself "six of clubs, six of clubs, six of clubs..."
So I didn't actually know what card was in her hand, I knew what she was thinking in her mind!
=)

So I'm a little left of center / I'm a little out of tune. / Some say I'm paranormal / So I just bend their spoon. / Who wants to be ordinary / In a crazy, mixed-up world? / I don't care what they're sayin'... [Michelle Branch, You Get Me]

KOOZA

Having hosted the special party for Cirque du Soleil, then hanging out a with a few of the cast & crew at a dive later than night, Spencer was able to secure some tickets to their show Kooza.
Unfortunately Spencer has to work, so Sara & I went to see Kooza today for free.
Why get bogged down with verbosity? Here's what you need to know:

Amazing.

Spectacular.
Insane.
Beautiful.

Some of the acts gave me the feeling of glee -- a word I have never had use for to describe any of my emotions. Pure child-like reactions of happiness. =)
Also, I have never been to any actual circus before...

It was really cool to see the performers doing their acts and suddenly get the revelation -- OH! that is Jimmy's wife singing! Or the King is the guy who did the mime act at Illusions! ...and etc. ;P
I ordered the Kooza soundtrack from Amazon tonight -- I loved that aspect as well. ^_^