Jen's scores and self-reflection (was re: personality types)

[Kimberly]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Benjamin" <jaffa276 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Jen: I tend to daydream quite a bit, but it's always a practical 
> daydream.  I plan things out step by step, but always hope that 
> something unexpected falls in my path.  I pride myself on being 
> logical and reasonable, but then I fall off the handle emotionally 
> regularly. I'm just a jumble of things, really... a SHY jumble. ;)  
> It's so bad that my husband has finally given up trying to make me 
> call people.  I'd make a bet that I have called to have dinner 
> delivered maybe 6 times in the (almost) 4 years we've been 
married... 
> and 2 of those 6 times were because he was at work and couldn't call 
> for me.<<<
> 
> Hmmm, I'm allegedly an INFP too, there seem to be far too many of us 
> on this list for it to be only 1% of the population (although, it is 
> probably not a fair sample) 

I think you must be right.  HP fans must have a higher overall 
percentage of us INFPs, because I've run across bunches of us lately, 
and I think it's mostly been in HP land.  

It basically says I should never do 
> anything with numbers, so how come I'm teaching maths tomorrow? 
> Anyway, problems arise with phoning/calling people if you have a 
> whole group of IXXX together, going into restaurants to find if they 
> have any spare tables is a nightmare (Whispered asides outside 
> entrance: "I asked last time, it's your turn", "It can't be my turn, 
> what about Heather?", "It's never Heather's turn", "They look really 
> busy, Why don't we just get a takeaway?")

I think my whole family (save my sister, who's a definite E) must have 
been INFPs then - we didn't even like to call for delivery!

The personality tests got me curious about some posts about dog 
breeds awhile back, so last night I looked those up and went and found 
emode.com and took about a dozen quizzes.  It was fun, and much 
cheaper than buying all those magazines for the quizzes.

kimberly
who's apparently an invisible yellow st bernard with a gold aura