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When you want something, the whole universe conspires to
help you achieve it.
Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist
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Mike: So how long do I wait to call?
Trent: A day.
Mike: Tomorrow.
Sue: Tomorrow, then a day.
Trent: Yeah.
Mike: So two days?
Trent: Yeah, I guess you could call it that, two days.
Sue: Definitely, two days is like industry standard.
Trent: You know I used to wait two days to call anybody,
but now it's like everyone in town waits two days. So I think
three days is kind of money. What do you think?
Sue: Yeah, but two's enough not to look anxious.
Trent: But I think three days is kind of money. You
know because you...
Mike: Yeah, but you know what, maybe I'll wait 3 weeks.
How's that? And tell her I was cleaning out my wallet and
I just happened to run into her number.
Charles: Then ask her where you met her.
Mike: Yeah, I'll ask her where I met her. I don't remember.
What does she look like? And then I'll asked if we fucked.
Is that... would that be... T, would that be the money?
Trent: You know what. Ha ha ha Mike, laugh all you
want but if you call too soon you might scare off a nice baby
who's ready to party.
Mike: Well how long are you guys gonna wait to call
your babies?
Trent, Sue: Six days.
Dialogue on the "phone call game" from the film Swingers
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This is the page where you get the supposed straight dope -- the unmitigated
truth -- about me. Here's how I stand as of November, 2001.
Height: 5'9
Weight: 162.5 lbs
Body Fat: Somewhere in the neighborhood of 10%
Eyes: Two
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Dirty blond despite daily showers
Languages: English, French (In Spanish, I can order a Taco.)
Astrological Sign: Aries
Belief in Astrology: None whatsoever
Favorite Profanity: Fuck -- an incredibly versatile word.
Favorite Indie Film: Swingers
Film Critic of Choice: Paul Tatara (check him out at http://www.goodauthority.org)
A Book That Touched Me: The Alchemist
A Book That I Could Hardly Put Down: The Alienist
A Book That Deemed Brilliant by Critics Incapable of Understanding
It: Infinite Jest
Favorite Cities: New York and Paris
Favorite Professional Sports Teams: Mets, Jets, Nets, Islanders
David Wadler Personality Assessment: Cool. Damn cool....
Myers-Briggs
Personality Assessment: ENFP (Champion)
What the hell does that mean?
The Champion Idealists are abstract in thought and speech, cooperative
in accomplishing their aims, and informative and extraverted when
relating with others. For Champions, nothing occurs which does not
have some deep ethical significance, and this, coupled with their
uncanny sense of the motivations of others, gives them a talent for
seeing life as an exciting drama, pregnant with possibilities for
both good and evil. This type is found in only about 3 percent of
the general population, but they have great influence because of their
extraordinary impact on others. Champions are inclined to go everywhere
and look into everything that has to do with the advance of good and
the retreat of evil in the world. They can't bear to miss out on what
is going on around them; they must experience, first hand, all the
significant social events that affect our lives. And then they are
eager to relate the stories they've uncovered, hoping to disclose
the "truth" of people and issues, and to advocate causes.
This strong drive to unveil current events can make them tireless
in conversing with others, like fountains that bubble and splash,
spilling over their own words to get it all out.
Champions consider intense emotional experiences as being vital
to a full life, although they can never quite shake the feeling that
a part of themselves is split off, uninvolved in the experience. Thus,
while they strive for emotional congruency, they often see themselves
in some danger of losing touch with their real feelings, which eNFps
possess in a wide range and variety. In the same vein, eNFps strive
toward a kind of spontaneous personal authenticity, and this intention
always to "be themselves" is usually communicated nonverbally
to others, who find it quite attractive. All too often, however, eNFps
fall short in their efforts to be authentic, and they tend to heap
coals of fire on themselves, berating themselves for the slightest
self-conscious role-playing. (Description from here.)
I recently found a site
that, in describing ENFPs, more accurately describes me. Incidentally,
I think that personality assessment, while interesting, is nothing
more than a diversion.
History of Celebrity Resemblances from Age 20
- Age 20-22 (aka the unkempt goateed years): Ethan Hawke. Two Cary
Elwes comments.
- Age 23-25: no comparisons.
- Age 26-current: Constant comparisons to Joey
McIntyre (grown-up version). Do
you see the resemblance? A few, "You look like a young Scott
Bakula" comments for good measure.
Conundrum That Keeps Me Awake at Night: In 5 years, will
we look back at Creed's Scott Stapp's current hairstyle and think, "Geez,
that guy had a mullet"? |
