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Feb. 9th, 2006 03:41 pm
devi: (railway)
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Oh, and! I really like this meme thingy, the Johari Window (stolen from [livejournal.com profile] verlaine). It's about how well your idea of yourself matches up with others' views of you. The original article about it is here.

I've picked the six words from this list that I think most accurately describe me. Now I'd like you to pick six to describe me (preferably without reading the other comments, if there are any!), and when enough people have answered I'll tell you which ones I chose and we can draw a psychological diagram, with quadrants and stuff:

able, dependable, intelligent, patient, sensible, accepting, dignified, introverted, powerful, sentimental, adaptable, energetic, kind, proud, shy, bold, extroverted, knowledgable, quiet, silly, brave, friendly, logical, reflective, spontaneous, calm, giving, loving, relaxed, sympathetic, caring, happy, mature, religious, tense, cheerful, helpful, modest, responsive, trustworthy, clever, idealistic, nervous, searching, warm, complex, independent, observant, self-assertive, wise, confident, ingenious, organised, self-conscious, and witty

(I know, they're all a bit nice, aren't they?)

I don't do that tagging thing, but this is a meme I'd like to see lots of people picking up. Go on, let me tell you what I think of you.

Date: 2006-02-09 02:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] offensive-mango.livejournal.com
intelligent, powerful, adaptable, brave, reflective, wise.

Date: 2006-02-09 03:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bluedevi.livejournal.com
why, thank you! I like those.

Date: 2006-02-09 03:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] geeveecatullus.livejournal.com
quiet
observant
wise
independent
refelctive
witty

Date: 2006-02-09 03:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] several-bees.livejournal.com
Intelligent, energetic, extroverted, friendly, spontaneous, reflective.

Date: 2006-02-09 03:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mzdt.livejournal.com
it reminds me of the '360 degree feedback' form I was sent to asses my boss. Sadly 'idiot' and 'incompetent' weren't available options.

Date: 2006-02-09 03:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bluedevi.livejournal.com
Heh. You can use them on me, though, I won't mind. :)

Date: 2006-02-09 03:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mzdt.livejournal.com
certainly not. Although I haven't seen you in so long, it's hard to say anything...

In both cases, though, surely it can only build a picture of the positive aspects of someone, and completely disregard what might be seen as bad points?

Date: 2006-02-09 03:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bluedevi.livejournal.com
Yeah - I can see how that might be a problem if it was used in work situations, which seems to be the original purpose of the thing. Though it's all right as a fun meme for discovering which (nice, fluffy) qualities people see in you that you don't see in yourself, I s'pose.

And we should remedy that not-having-seen-me thing. I'm trying to negotiate a car to Brentford to get the stuff, but ideally there should be time for a couple of pints and a chat incorporated into that...

Date: 2006-02-09 03:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mzdt.livejournal.com
that's like the elephant-in-the-room thing that we can ignore; we can have a pint at some point without having shifted your stuff, you know. I'd hate it if it had become any kind of barrier.

Date: 2006-02-09 04:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bluedevi.livejournal.com
Glad you're managing to ignore the elephant. Yes, the more I think about it the more I realise that pints-and-chats are totally incompatible with stuff-getting and *should* be done separately...

Date: 2006-02-09 03:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coalescent.livejournal.com
If you want a datapoint for 'first impressions' (more or less): intelligent, friendly, independent, spontaneous, searching, observant.

Date: 2006-02-09 03:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] millionreasons.livejournal.com
But won't people doing the meme choose more negative things about themselves whilst the commenters will choose the more positive things? I think you are:

clever, idealistic, spontaneous, bold, independent, friendly

but I'm not sure what you would choose for yourself.

Date: 2006-02-09 03:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bluedevi.livejournal.com
It's interesting that you say that, as the original article's premise was that people overestimated themselves. Maybe the sort of people we know are more modest.

Date: 2006-02-09 03:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] millionreasons.livejournal.com
Maybe the sort of people we know are more modest.
P'raps, but, also, I'd've thought that if someone was on one's friendslist, then one would view them positively anyway.

Though as you say, it's a fun meme, so I'll stop being pedantic (is that on the list?!)

Date: 2006-02-09 03:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] huskyteer.livejournal.com
  • able
  • powerful
  • knowledgable
  • spontaneous
  • observant
  • ingenious

Date: 2006-02-09 03:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] huskyteer.livejournal.com
Ooh - I picked 'spontaneous' before reading your previous 'hey guys, I'm in Luxemburg' post :)

Date: 2006-02-09 03:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bateleur.livejournal.com
intelligent
friendly
reflective
warm
independent
spontaneous

Don't like the wordset much, I have to say. Too many near-synonyms and very few of the words are ones I'd normally choose to describe someone.

Date: 2006-02-09 04:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bluedevi.livejournal.com
I was bothered by the synonyms too. I mean, "bold" *and* "brave"?

Date: 2006-02-09 04:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mooism.livejournal.com
dependable, self-conscious, quiet, friendly, happy, modest.

Date: 2006-02-09 04:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elethe.livejournal.com
Able, intelligent, caring, idealistic, warm, ingenious.

Date: 2006-02-09 04:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ghoti.livejournal.com
dependable, intelligent, adaptable, reflective, idealistic, complex

Date: 2006-02-09 04:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] secondhand-rick.livejournal.com
Hard to chose, but I ended with: intelligent, friendly, spontaneous, searching, complex, and witty.


Date: 2006-02-09 04:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kauket.livejournal.com
spontaneous, loving, trustworthy, modest, caring, observant

Date: 2006-02-09 05:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] verlaine.livejournal.com
My first pass, without overthinking it, resulted in:

proud, brave, caring, clever, searching, independent

I wanted to put "bold", but only in the "naughty child" sense of the word, obviously... ;)

Date: 2006-02-09 05:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-llusive.livejournal.com
able, warm, bold, independent, giving, idealistic,

Date: 2006-02-09 06:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] holzfallen.livejournal.com
intelligent, patient, accepting, dignified, giving, modest

Date: 2006-02-09 06:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mr-snips.livejournal.com
intelligent, idealistic, searching, caring, religious, spontaneous.


this is a meme I'd like to see lots of people picking up

Well, I opted to hidesously mutate it, but it lives on in some form...:-)

Date: 2006-02-09 07:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wyvernfriend.livejournal.com
intelligent, adaptable, reflective, calm, searching, complex

Date: 2006-02-09 09:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-elyan.livejournal.com
Adaptable
Reflective
Modest
Complex
Observant
Wise

Date: 2006-02-09 10:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dracunculus.livejournal.com
intelligent, dignified, adaptable, friendly, spontaneous, mature

Date: 2006-02-09 10:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kesstrel.livejournal.com
intelligent, responsive, warm, powerful, wise, observant

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