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[devi]

Oh, and! I really like this meme thingy, the Johari Window (stolen from 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.

Comments

[offensive-mango.livejournal.com]

intelligent, powerful, adaptable, brave, reflective, wise.

[geeveecatullus.livejournal.com]

quiet
observant
wise
independent
refelctive
witty

[several-bees.livejournal.com]

Intelligent, energetic, extroverted, friendly, spontaneous, reflective.

[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.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

If you want a datapoint for 'first impressions' (more or less): intelligent, friendly, independent, spontaneous, searching, observant.

[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.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

• able
• powerful
• knowledgable
• spontaneous
• observant
• ingenious

[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.

[mooism.livejournal.com]

dependable, self-conscious, quiet, friendly, happy, modest.

[elethe.livejournal.com]

Able, intelligent, caring, idealistic, warm, ingenious.

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

dependable, intelligent, adaptable, reflective, idealistic, complex

[secondhand-rick.livejournal.com]

Hard to chose, but I ended with: intelligent, friendly, spontaneous, searching, complex, and witty.

[kauket.livejournal.com]

spontaneous, loving, trustworthy, modest, caring, observant

[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... ;)

[a-llusive.livejournal.com]

able, warm, bold, independent, giving, idealistic,

[holzfallen.livejournal.com]

intelligent, patient, accepting, dignified, giving, modest

[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...:-)

[wyvernfriend.livejournal.com]

intelligent, adaptable, reflective, calm, searching, complex

[the-elyan.livejournal.com]

Adaptable
Reflective
Modest
Complex
Observant
Wise

[dracunculus.livejournal.com]

intelligent, dignified, adaptable, friendly, spontaneous, mature

[kesstrel.livejournal.com]

intelligent, responsive, warm, powerful, wise, observant