• This comic strip has made my day.
• Like Agnes, I can say anything with too many words, if need be. Got me through grad school. Not so useful in real life.
• And like Agnes, I wanted a pair of cowgirl boots. [Yippie-Yi-Yo-Ki-Yay] But, alas and alack, it was not to be.
• Yet, in my heart-of-hearts, I’m still Agnes– looking for the popularity “heaped upon those who are shod thusly.”
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:: I crack myself up. I got this idea from The Bloggess. Zen-Den thinks that I have a future career as a banana engraver.
:: Anyone else remember back to when bloggers did silly things like this all the time? I miss those times.
:: Do You Make Other People Happy? I try, kids. I try.
I saw this meme at Sweet Tea. I thought that it looked like a fun “dog days of summer I have nothing else to say because my brain is fried” kind of post.
I’m to list 7 random things about myself… add this button to my post… and then invite other bloggers to do the same thing. Consider yourself invited.
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1. I like mushrooms and pineapple on my pizza. Don’t judge. It’s good. Zen-Den refers to it as “dessert” pizza.
2. I stood in line at Starbucks behind Peter Frampton one day. I didn’t realize it at the time, but later when I saw his photo in the newspaper I realized that the handsome, pleasant Englishman in front of me, who everyone in the shop was looking at, was Peter Frampton.
3. I love to go for walks in city parks. Movement + people watching = entertainment. Throw in a few inquisitive dogs on a leash and I’m smiling for hours after I finish walking.
4. I like palm trees. They are happy trees. When I see them in real life I know that I’m on vacation. When I see them in photos I remember that I was on vacation– near happy trees– having a good time.
5. I don’t like pastel pink. I like fuchsia, dark pink, or honeysuckle; these shades of pink have some zing to them. But pastel pink makes me anxious and irritable. It’s too demure and passive for me.
6. I think that social media is lots of fun, but that too many people take it way too seriously. Lighten up, people. Live from your heart, not from your FB friend count.
7. I have narrow feet. Finding shoes that fit is difficult and always has been. For me, when it comes to shoes, it’s not about getting what I want– as much as taking what I’m given.
I was googling some Shakespeare quotes when I noticed the word: “Enneagram.” Immediately, from the cobwebby corners of my mind, I remembered sitting in a regional staff meeting 20 years ago. We were being forced to happily taking a tediously long marvelously in-depth psychological test to decide which one of The Nine Enneagram Archetypes we might be.
We had a new boss and this was her way of getting to know us.
Curious as ever (and as a tribute to one of the more unique bosses I ever worked with), I clicked on the link where I found this simple little test: The Quick Enneagram Sorting Test. So I took it. I mean, who wouldn’t? Especially after I figured out that there were only two questions (three-parts each) to answer.
The results of my test told me that there was an 80% chance that I was one of the following three archetypes.
I agree with the results in theory. I would add that I think that I behave differently in different contexts. Everyone does. Which means that I’m probably a mix of all three archetypes– in different proportions– at all times– depending on where I am standing on the earth.
| Type Three: The Achiever The Success-Oriented, Efficient Type: Adaptive, Excelling, Driven, and Image-Conscious |
| Type Five: The Investigator The Intense, Cerebral Type: Perceptive, Innovative, Secretive, and Isolated |
| Type Seven: The Enthusiast The Busy, Variety-Seeking Type: Spontaneous, Versatile, Distractible, and Scattered |
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I invite you to take the test and get sorted, too. See what it says about you. And if you feel like it, you can share your results below in comments or on your blog. We’d love to know who you really are.
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