Saturday, October 25, 2008

In this, my 40th year, I have been giving a lot of thought to "what I want to be when I grow up" and have come up with nothing. I have been on a quest to find my passion, so I decided to take the Myers-Briggs Personality test. I am an ISTP (as is Clint Eastwood-I knew we where soul mates). In researching the ISTP, I came across this and decided to share:

ISTP: The Psycho Vigilante

ISTPs are quiet, unassuming people, who tend to be mechanically gifted but withdrawn and reserved. ISTPs often need a great deal of personal space and "alone time," which may give others the impression that they are aloof; in reality, this time is necessary to hide their secret identities.

The typical ISTP leads a dual life; his outward reserve and quiet masks an inward seething rage at the injustice of life--often, the death of a loved one at the hands of a criminal. In this secret life, the ISTP uses his mechanical gifts to create a terrifying arsenal of bizarre weapons with which to strike fear into the heart of evil. Sometimes, ISTPs may become evil themselves, either slowly over a long period of time or in response to a perceived rejection from the very people they are trying to save.

RECREATION: ISTPs are happiest when they are building and constructing--either new weapons to smite their enemies, or new plots to destroy those who oppose them. They have a very industrial sense of aesthetics, and can spend hours absorbed in the appreciation of works of art such as a 1969 Hemi Cuda retrofitted with missile launchers and ejection seats.

COMPATIBILITY: ISTPs don't often get along well with their extroverted cousins, Evil Overlords and Mad Scientists. Instead, they prefer the company of INTPs, or perhaps their pets. Romantic relationships with ISTPs tend to be drawn-out, tragic affairs, filled with bitterness, longing, and teenage angst. The sex is usually pretty good, however.

Famous ISTPs include Spider-Man and Q.

3 comments:

Goddess of the River said...

"...happiest when they are building and constructing--either new weapons to smite their enemies, or new plots to destroy those who oppose them."

Heh, yep!

Anonymous said...

Lisa that's not at all you. You've always been very upfront in who you would like to kill and by what method. It's not anything that is in a personality test I'm sorry to say. It's genetics. It's in your blood (and mine). It's seem to get proportionately less by generation so our daughters could be normal.

Anonymous said...

By the way I know how we can become rich!!! Let's write a book about our crazy mothers (well the whole bunch). The Ya-Ya Sisterhood was a big hit. Our family is crazier than that.