Today my boss was impatient and irritated. Being that I am a relatively sensitive person when it comes to criticism (although I find it surprisingly easy to criticize others), I don't take his critical looks well (yes, he didn't actually verbally criticize me, he just looked critical. If you tell me I am being sensitive and hormonal, then you can take that thought and shove it up.....).
Anyway, when he wants something that I haven't given him yet and that I don't have prepared, I feel that I fall short. I value my ability to anticipate his needs and have things prepared on time (although I view deadlines as elastic...).
At any rate, I felt criticized. And for that reason, I was defensive and irritable. (and don't you DARE mention the letters P-M-S.)
This weekend I had to write a paper on personality tests for my social psychology class. Although I viewed the assignment as somewhat elementary, I seized the opportunity to learn more about my favorite subject - ME!! :-) A search for the text “personality test” on my preferred search engine (yahoo) yields “about 17,400,000 results". Oddly enough, when I searched for “dog personality test”, I get approximately 646,000 results. Due to not having opposable thumbs and the low rate of canine internet users, I assumed that the majority of these tests were also taken by humans – in fact, result number one was “What dog breed are you? The dog personality test at dogster.com” an enlightening (if not entirely scientific) test that can be found at http://www.dogster.com/quizzes/what_dog_breed_are_you/ . Apparently I’m a golden retriever. But I digress.
The other uses of personality test range from psychological use, clinical testing (however, tests used clinically tend to be more focused on personality abnormalities than personality “typing”), and actually employment screening, as well as finding your perfect life partner, finding your perfect career, and, the ever-popular, increasing your ability to serve as armchair psychologist, analyzing and testing your friends and family and thereby determining your mental superiority. The results of my test were not unexpected. I would estimate that I have taken no less than 145 personality tests in my years. They all have generally the same result; nevertheless I find great enjoyment in taking them over and over and reading about myself – a list of things I mostly already know – then marveling at the accuracy of the test. So, I guess you could say that the assignment was a sort of fun assignment for me - and the fact that I got 100 on the paper makes it even more rewarding to find out about me...
I'm now rambling and the level of frustration I feel at this point, combined with the rampant irritation wracking my body like an angry swarm of ants, means this blog can go nowhere positive. So, I end here, and tomorrow will be better (even though I have to walk to work because my car is in the shop (again) getting fixed so the window will roll up). Sigh.
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