'I think generalised lists aren't a good approach.  We're all different personalty types and have different circumstances. Most of these lists just irritate me, or make me feel worse.|||the ballad of hollis brown|||coffee. . . and water|||Bombay sapphire gin and fever tree tonic|||player piano . . .  kurt vonnegut|||if you make a poll, then you'll have some indication  2/3|||I know that even with limited opportunities, there is something I could be doing. I just need to stop thinking and do. I need a kick in the backside to do the things I know I should be doing. . .|||I've never really been of the thrill-seeking persuasion.   My lack of opportunity stems from the fact that I live and work in a drab town with no friends and dependent on public transportation...|||I've been trapped too. But I'm not having much luck with the Se, due to lack of opportunity.|||Se. . . things that bring the Se into play!|||When I'm in a healthy state, I'm seldom lonely. I'm quite self-sufficient. But sometimes I do miss having people to do stuff with. I'm quite isolated from my friends and family. And I find it...|||I'm a 5 with balanced wings|||Some tugboats aren't supposed to leave the harbour.|||I like people who are free-thinking individuals.  Most of the bad guy/gal acts aren't. It's just another 'trend' to follow. So they hold no more appeal to me than the other sheeple.|||I disagree with this.  If I like someone small talk would kill it, as it would grow stale or run out quickly.  Better to go straight to some more meaningful conversation.|||It's a mistake to think that you need a relationship. It'll be an ISTPs undoing when they begin to think that way.  Then you start to allow the weaker aspects of your personality to take control. ...|||Note to self: use Se more.   Yes. It does help to boost me out of a funk, when I've been in one for too long.   if only the weather would warm up and the sun would come out|||What's your view on casual sex?  It's alright. Sometimes you just need to let off some steam.  What's your view on intimate sex? huh?  Can you only see sex on a physical/pleasurable scale, or...|||I eat cheese in greater quantities that chocolate. I'm more selective about which chocolates I eat too. Must be top quality (minimum 35% cocoa solids if it's a milk chocolate; 60% if it's a dark...|||Dear ISTP self,  It's nearly midnight. It's time to rise, like a Phoenix, from the ashes of 2012. 2013 and beyond, is your time!  sincerely, me|||Is that book any good?|||Dear ISTP-self,  After nearly 4 weeks of playing house with an ISFP, it'll be good to get back to being you again.  I hope the adaptation goes smoothly. Just stay focussed.  sincerely,  me|||Dear ISFP,  A week on vacation together. . . It went really well. We both enjoyed ourselves.  Maybe we can do it again some time.  sincerely, ISTP|||i want to read this. I've read Doors of Perception|||I like it, so far. I'm at the chapter when she's at Harvard.  It's an interesting read.|||I'm reading this too|||It's nice to be exposed to other perspectives. . .|||Dear ISFP,  You are both confused and confusing.  Let me know when you've figured it out.  sincerely,  your ISTP|||Time Quartet 3 : Swiftly Tilting Planet|||Women in general will be willing to put more effort into building a relationship with a person they see as strange/difficult, whereas men are less inclined to do so.  So an ISTP male will have it...|||Dear Self,  Focus. Stay focused. Take one step at a time; one day at a time.  You can do this!  regards, self (in a non schizoid way)|||Congratulations!|||Dear Sleep,  Welcome back!  sincerely, a rested ISTP|||Siren of Titan - Vonnegut|||Dear Sleep,  I miss you! What's up with these fleeting visits you pay? I need you for more than 2-3 hours each night.  We need to get together and have a good old-fashioned 8-10 hour session,...|||I just finished the first book in the Time Quartet Series. . . So I'll take a break and move on to my next Kurt Vonnegut - God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater|||They can't help it!|||just finished Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut  Now starting to read the Time Quartet (Quintet) by Madeline L'Engle. I'd read the first 2 books as a child, but am going to re-read them, then read the...|||Dear ISFP,  This isn't as much fun as it used to be.  I'm beginning to see a side of you that makes me quite wary.  Hmmm.  sincerely, ISTP|||Dear ISFP,  You said you were spending all day with your friends and wouldn't be in contact much. You know I'm cool with that.  So two hours into the day and you send me an IM saying that you...|||You sound like a type 5.|||We're born alone. We die alone. In between. . .  We live together, we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in all circumstances we are by ourselves. - Aldous Huxley|||I think it's more that people don't give me a chance. . .|||I can relate.  I think about them a lot. And I think about being with them. But the reality is that I can't be with someone all the time as it would totally drain me.|||Snap!  It's almost as if I have some kind of amnesia.|||It may be flawed but I've got to do things that I enjoy as the type to endure the things I don't.  I've tried full-body exercises. They're not for me. I usually love going to the gym. But with the...|||Dear ISFP,  Are you really trying to play that game with me? You see, it's a game for you, but it's just instinctive behaviour for me.  That F is going to be your downfall. But, I'm having fun...|||My work schedule's messing with my gym attendance. Some days I leave home too early and get home (if I even make it home) too late.  I managed to string together 2 consecutive days over the...|||Dislikes: That they start a thread about themselves in the ISTP forum.  Have you asked this in the ENFP forum? I wonder. . .|||This is reassuring!!  I'm looking forward to the changes. I like PerC as it is. . . but improvements are always welcome!!'