Posted by Derf on June 29, 1999 at 15:14:15:
In Reply to: Hey Derf....the cat is out of the bag.... posted by Amanda :) on June 29, 1999 at 11:59:38:
: Hellow there my good fellow :)
: As I said, archaeology was my major at Uni. and I've gone back quite a ways on the trail of trying to discover the truth about your gender. Needless to say, you did let the cat out of the bag in what was probably a weak moment. Reading through your posts (and I've read a ton of them on all sorts of windswept and interesting subjects) it seems to me that you have screened your gender quite deliberately at times....mmmm....
: I've learned quite a bit about your personality, too. You are an interesting study....you can get pretty prickly at times in your opinions and strike me as one who doesn't suffer fools gladly....and have even less time for 4's who love nothing better than a pity party!
: As for your real name - that remains a mystery, of course....but then, I can understand a 4 wanting to maintain a little in reserve - particularly a self-preservation subtype like yourself....
: Meow (the cat who got the canary :)
: Amanda :)
Thanks, I guess. :> To wrap up your "archaeological study": I never screened my gender deliberately. The idea never even occurred to me until you came up with the question, and then I thought it would be neat. So from now on, I will deliberately screen it.
I get prickly with people who shun the idea of personal responsibility. My usual shouting rant goes something like this: "So-and-so is your own damn fault! Don't blame anyone else!" Those are the fools I don't suffer gladly. Perhaps the least commendable thing about that is the fact that I'm prone to feeling blame as well, though it takes a crisis (or at least a mini-crisis), and I transform, as it were.
I'm not sure I'm a "self-preservation" subtype anymore. I never knew much about the Hornevian subtypes in the first place, and I basically went on two-or-three-word descriptions. But looking further, I realize that self-preservation Fours are likely to resemble... er... Sevens. :) I don't think I do.
All in all, I'm quite surprised that you've claimed to learn so much about me. I usually just talked about (a) the technical side of the Enneagram, and (b) the "vibes" I get from other types. Not much windswept or interesting about that.
But again, you're quite observant. If I knew you in real life, you would probably go under my category of people entitled "those who can read between the lines, and miss little." A very small category, needless to say. I hope you enjoy your little "canary."
Ciao!
Derf