I am an ENFP.
Extraverted: 56%
Intuitive: 62%
Feeling: 75%
Perceiving: 33%

Idealist Portrait of the Champion (ENFP)

Like the other Idealists, Champions are rather rare, say two or three percent of the population, but even more than the others they consider intense emotional experiences as being vital to a full life. Champions have a wide range and variety of emotions, and a great passion for novelty. They see life as an exciting drama, pregnant with possibilities for both good and evil, and they want to experience all the meaningful events and fascinating people in the world. The most outgoing of the Idealists, Champions often can’t wait to tell others of their extraordinary experiences. Champions can be tireless in talking with others, like fountains that bubble and splash, spilling over their own words to get it all out. And usually this is not simple storytelling; Champions often speak (or write) in the hope of revealing some truth about human experience, or of motivating others with their powerful convictions. Their strong drive to speak out on issues and events, along with their boundless enthusiasm and natural talent with language, makes them the most vivacious and inspiring of all the types.

Fiercely individualistic, Champions strive toward a kind of personal authenticity, and this intention always to be themselves is usually quite attractive to others. At the same time, Champions have outstanding intuitive powers and can tell what is going on inside of others, reading hidden emotions and giving special significance to words or actions. In fact, Champions are constantly scanning the social environment, and no intriguing character or silent motive is likely to escape their attention. Far more than the other Idealists, Champions are keen and probing observers of the people around them, and are capable of intense concentration on another individual. Their attention is rarely passive or casual. On the contrary, Champions tend to be extra sensitive and alert, always ready for emergencies, always on the lookout for what’s possible.

Champions are good with people and usually have a wide range of personal relationships. They are warm and full of energy with their friends. They are likable and at ease with colleagues, and handle their employees or students with great skill. They are good in public and on the telephone, and are so spontaneous and dramatic that others love to be in their company. Champions are positive, exuberant people, and often their confidence in the goodness of life and of human nature makes good things happen.

Tag, you’re it!!

NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother’s dad, father’s dad)
Merton William

STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)
Prier

DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Pink Platypus 

SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Lynn Hollywood

FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
Erce

GANGSTA NAME: ( fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie)
Coffee Snickerdoodle

ROCK STAR NAME: (current pets name, current street name)
Daisy Goldrush

STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav candy)
Code Skittles

PORN NAME: (1st pet, 1st Car)
Frisky Sunfire

AMERICAN GLADIATOR NAME (model name of your current car)
TL

1. Where did we meet?
2. Take a stab at my middle name.
3. What is my favorite color?
4. Color of my eyes?
5. Do I have any siblings?
6. What’s one of my favorite things to do?
7. What’s my favorite type of music?
8. What sport do I like to watch?
9. What is my favorite drink?
10. Do I have any special talents?
11. What am I most adamant about?
12. How many children do I have?
13. Your thought or memory when hearing my name.
14. If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what is one thing that I would bring?

Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting to know your Friends. Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to your friends including the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends that you might not have known!

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:45 and I wasn’t ready to get up. I ended up falling back asleep on the couch.
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds, although .. I dont own any diamonds .. I do own a beautiful pearl necklace that my uncle made me (yes he made it for me, he was married to a jeweler at the time)

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Sweeney Todd

4. What is your favorite TV show? Right now? I like Biggest Loser, Medium, Notes from the Underbelly, I probably watch too much TV. Thing is I dont really have a favorite show.

5.What do you usually have for breakfast? Eggos or pancakes

6. What is your middle name? Lynn

7. What food do you dislike?Hmm .. there’s alot .. but mustard comes right to the top of the list, and pickles

8. What is your favorite CD at moment? The mix I posted a few days ago, and Panic at the Disco’s A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out. I’m looking forward to their new CD coming in March, I’m such a dork for liking teenage emo music.

9. What kind of car do you drive? Acura TL

10. Favorite sandwich? #1 Bread & Butter, #2 Peanut Butter (no jelly), #3 Tomato, mozzarella & basil, #4 Roast beef and provolone, heated or pressed .. mmmm. I’m hungry

11. What characteristic do you despise? Deceptiveness – agreed with Chelsi

12. Favorite item of clothing? Jeans

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go??  I’ve been on a Greece kick for awhile, but really any place with beautiful bright blue water.

14. Favorite brand of clothing?  Gap

15. Where would you retire to?  I’m happy in FL, but wherever my family is.

16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? Probably my 25th blowout. I swore off celebrating my birthday from then until I’m 75.

17. Favorite sport to watch? Football, or golf if I want to take a really good afternoon nap.

18. Farthest place you are sending this?  Mmmm not sending this, I dont even know where my visitors come from

19. Person you expect to send it back first? First to repost? I’d say Arielle, Keri or Angelle .. maybe Nik because she got the email too

20. When is your birthday? June 21st, 1978

21. Are you a morning person or a night person? I’m more of a morning person then a night person. I can perk up easier in the morning then after a long day.

22. What is your shoe size? 6.5

23. Pets? Big Boy & Little Girl, or Daisy & Frank, either way our 2 mini dachshunds

24. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us? I wish

25. What did you want to be when you were little? A vet or zoologist

26. How are you today? Really tired, doing laundry. I’ve come to realize my breathing problems are really effecting my sleep, and I’m not getting good sleep.

27. What is your favorite candy? Apple jelly bellies, skittles, 3 musketeers, the new crispy crunch bar is pretty good too, like a giant kit kat.

28. What is your favorite flower? Gerbera daisies

29. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?  Saturday March 1st, I might be joining the family in Disney

30. What is your full name? I’m not putting this one only because I dont want search engines picking it up

31. What are you listening to right NOW?  Modern Marvels – Pirate fire power

32. What was the last thing you ate? A chicken hot dog, with cheese, I was starving thats all we had

33. Do you wish on stars? Of course

34. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Burnt Sienna, only because I like the name, I think the color is kinda ugly if I remember correctly

36. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Bank of America .. last night .. fraud dept doing their job

37. Favorite soft drink? Dr. Pepper

38. Favourite restaurant?  No idea, for entertainment – Bennihana’s, for variety – Cheesecake Factory, for New England seafood – Kelly’s, fried shrimp – Grumpy Dicks .. I dont go out to eat very often though

39. Hair color? Blondish brown

40. What was your favorite toy as a child? Hmmm .. I’d say probably a stuffed animal or cabbage patch kids.

41. Summer or winter? Summer, I love the afternoon thunderstorms and bright blue morning skies.

42. Hugs or kisses? Like them both

43. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate

44.  Coffee or tea? Coffee

45. Do you want your friends to email you back?  I’d like them to repost this

46. When was the last time you cried?  Eh .. I was pretty emotional this ‘cycle’ I think I almost cried during the Oscars while they were showing the 79 past best picture winners. It wasn’t because of the content of the presentation, but the music they used was from Dragonheart, beautiful score, movies scores do really funny things to me.

47. What is under your bed? part of sean’s weigh bench that I use to coax the dogs out from under the bed.

48. What did you do last night? Installed Drupal on a site and played with it

49. What are you afraid of? Spoiled food

50. Salty or sweet? Salty

51. How many keys on your keyring? I dont carry a keyring. Wait, I do, but all it has on it are those keytag card things, I think I almost have 20 of those stupid things now.

52. How many years at your current job?  2.5 years bookkeeping, 1 year photographer

53. Favorite day of the week?  Sunday, my usual really really lazy day

54. How many towns have you lived? 7 I think

55. Do you make friends easily?  Yes

56. How many people will you send this too? Whoever stops by to check my site

57. How many will respond? No idea, but if you do repost this, leave me a comment!

Q. What is your salad dressing of choice?
A. Cheesecake Factory’s Spicy Peanut-Cilantro Vinaigrette on their Santa-Fe Salad

Q. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
A. Chick-Fil-A

Q. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
A. Hmm .. tough one, I love Benihana’s, but I like pretty much anyplace if I like the company

Q. On average how much of a tip do you leave at a restaurant?
A. 20%

Q. What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of?
A. Ice Cream

Q. What are your pizza toppings of choice?
A. Fresh tomatoes

Q. What do you like to put on your toast?
A. Butter or fake butter

TECHNOLOGY

Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?
A. It was a picture of a flower with a bug on it that I took this summer, but there’s some kind of glitch with my computer and its back to some default pattern.

Q. How many televisions are in your house?
A. 4

Q. What kind of cell phone do you have?
A. iPhone

BIOLOGY

Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
A. Right

Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
A. Tonsils, a couple of skin tags, and a chunk of the back of my hand (miss you Laser)

Q. What is the last heavy item you lifted?
A. My laundry hamper, or my new IKEA bookcase

Q. Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
A. Surprisingly no, or maybe I just dont remember .. hmm

BULL[CRAP]OLOGY

Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
A. No no no

Q. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
A. Wouldn’t change it, I’m branding it you know ..

Q. what color looks good on you?
A. Light pink and yellow, dark blues, reds and greens

Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake?
A. I dont think so

Q. Have you ever saved someone’s life?
A. Mmmm no

Q. Has someone ever saved yours?
A. Yes, my parents’ friend Beth pushed me out of a river just before I could’ve gone over a waterfall.

DAREOLOGY

Q. Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100?
A. Yes, I’ve done it for less

Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
A. No I like my fingers!

Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000?
A. Man, blogging is a hard habit to break, I mean really I’ve been doing it since college .. no I dont think I could do it

Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000?
A. If tastefully airbrushed, of course!

Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?
A. ick no

Q. Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for $1,000,000?
A. No

DUMBOLOGY

Q: What is in your left pocket?
A: No pockets
Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie?
A: To be honest, I kept trying to figure out what year it was supposed to be taking place in and analyzing it too much to think it was any good. It had a few fun moments though

Q: Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house?
A: Tile and carpet.

Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
A: Stand

Q: Could you live with roommates?
A. Yep, I liked having roommates

Q: How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
A: 3 or 4

Q: Last time you had a run-in with the cops
A. I got pulled over for speeding on Monday Both the dogs and I cried and he still gave us a ticket. Stuipd Acura, that marks my 3rd speeding ticket in 12 months

Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?
A. Happy. (Laney’s answer is perfect)

Q: Who is number 1 on your top 8 (this is a myspace related question)
A. Liz

LASTOLOGY

Q: Last Friend you talked to?
A: Arielle

Q: Last person who called u?
A. Liz

FAVORITOLOGY

Q: Number?
A. 7

Q: Season?
A: Fall

Q: Holiday?
A: Christmas

Q: Day of the week:
A: Any day but Wednesday

Q: Month?
A: June
CURRENTOLOGY

Q: Missing someone?
A: Yes, even though he’s in the next room

Q: Mood?
A. Bored

Q: Listening to?
A: Deal or no deal, I hate this show

Q: Watching?
A: Deal or no deal is on, but I’m hardly watching it

Q: Worrying about?
A. Business

RANDOMOLOGY

Q: First place you went this morning?
A: The porch to let the dogs out

Q: What can you not wait to do?
A: Go to a photo seminar tomorrow

Q: What’s the last movie you saw?
A. Sweeney Todd

Q: Do you smile often?
A: Yep

Q: Are you a friendly person?
A: I thikn so

Q: What are you looking forward to?
A: Curling up with Sean in a few hours

1. What is in the back seat of your car right now?
Tennis balls for the dog park

2. When was the last time you threw up?
This summer after a night of drinking wine and a day with a 103 fever

3. What’s your favorite curse word?
shit

4. Name 3 people who made you smile today?
Nikki, Sean and the puppies

5. What were you doing at 8 am this morning?
Sleeping

6. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Editing pictures

What happened to number 7?
Same thing that happened to all the other missing numbers.

8. Have you ever been to a strip club?
Yes

9. What is the last thing you said aloud?
Thank you

10. What is the best ice cream flavor?
Right now, mint chocolate chip

11. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Gingerale

12. What are you wearing right now?
Fleece PJs that Liz gave me for Christmas a few years ago.

13. What was the last thing you ate?
Pasta with butter and salt and a couple of crackers

14. Have you bought any new clothing items this week?
Nope

15. When was the last time you ran?
This weekend when trying to beat the puppies to the hole in the fence

16. What’s the last sporting event you watched?
Gator football

18. Who is the last person you sent a comment/message on myspace?
My Aunt Linda

19. Ever go camping?
Yep

22. Do you have a tan?
Unfortunately .. I have a flip flop tan

24. Do you drink your soda from a straw or a bottle?
Can or glass usually

25. What does your last text message say?
i love

26. Are you someone’s best friend?
I think so

27. What are you doing tomorrow?
Maybe going to the doctor

28. Where is your mom right now?
At her home

29. Look to your left, what do you see?
Bottle of water

30. What color is your watch?
iPhone colored

31. What do you think of when you think of Australia?
The Shins’ song

32. Ever ridden on a roller coaster?
Yep

33. What is your birthstone?
Pearl or moonstone

34. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive through?
Drive through

35. What is your favorite number?
37

36. Do you have a dog?
2 actually

37. Last person you talked to on the phone?
Mom & Liz

38. Have you met anyone famous?
Yeah

39. Any plans today?
The day is almost over .. time for sleep, hopefully

40. How many states have you lived in?
4 .. FL, MA, GA & CA

41.Ever go to college?
Yes

43. Biggest annoyance in your life right now?
Stupid cold and fever

44. Last song listened to?
Tomorrow was just on a commercial

46. Are you allergic to anything?
Nickel, dogs, rabbits, horses, dust mites and german cockroaches (thanks to my allergy test)

47. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
Flip flops

49. Are you jealous of anyone?
No

50. Is anyone jealous of you?
I dont think so

51. What are you craving right at this moment?
Pizza, eventhough I have a sore throat

52. Do any of your friends have children?
Yep

53. Do you eat healthy?
When I have time

54. What do you usually do during the day?
Entertain the dogs

55. Do you hate anyone right now?
No

56. Do you use the word ‘hello’ daily?
Possibly

58. How old will you be turning on your next birthday?
The big 3 0

59. Have you ever been to Six Flags?
Yes

60. How did you get one of your scars?
Laser attacked me while I was trying to block him from attacking Bobo. Left me a nice scar on the top of my left hand.

1.) When you walk in your front door, which room do you enter?
Hallway facing dining room, between a living room and my craft room

2.)Do you have a dishwasher?
Yes

3.) Is your living room carpeted or does it have hardwood floors?
Carpet

4.) Do you keep your kitchen knives on the counter or in a drawer?
On the counter in a block

5.) House, apartment, duplex or trailer?
House

6.) How many bedrooms is it?
4

7.) Gas stove or electric?
Electric

8.) Do you have a yard?
Yep, an acre and a half

9.) What size TV is in the living room?
50″

10.) Are your plates in the same cupboard as your cups?
Nope, they’re next door

11.) Is there a coffee maker sitting on your kitchen counter?
Yes, a keurig

13.) What room is your computer in?
My office

14.) Are there pictures hanging in your living room?
Yep, a conversation piece that Sean picked out, a picture of a puppy eye and one from the Mojave desert.

15.) Are there any themes found in your home?
Not really

16.) What kind of laundry detergent do you use?
Tide HE with Febreeze

17.) Do you use dryer sheets?
Yep

18.) Do you have any curtains in your home?
Not yet, but eventually I want them to cover our blinds

19.) What color is your fridge?
White

20.) Is your house clean?
Yeah mostly .. a little cluttered, but clean.

21.) What room is the most neglected?
The front living room, I have no idea what to do with it, it just collects junk.

22.) Are the dishes in your sink/dishwasher clean or dirty?
Clean, only because I ran it this morning.

23.) How long have you lived in your home?
1 year

24.) Where did you live before?
Our condo in South FL.

25.) Do you have one of those fluffy toilet lid covers on your toilet?
Uh, no.

26.) Do you have a scale anywhere in your house?
Yes, but it stays in Sean’s bathroom that I hardly ever step foot in.

27.) How many mirrors are in your house?
6 I think

28.) Look up. What do you see?
Tray ceiling in bedroom & ceiling fan.

29.) Do you have a garage?
Yep, 3 cars – 2 doors.

30.) Do you own or rent?
Own

A. List 6 facts/habits/confessions about yourself.

B. At the end of the post, tag 6 people and post their names, then go to their blogs and leave them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and pointing them your blog.

1. I absolutely hate touching newspaper. It makes me cringe, like nails on a blackboard cringe. I’m not sure if its the newspaper itself or how dry it makes my hands but I can’t stand it.

2. Because of Sean’s overnight work schedule and my deviated septum, Sean and I have slept in the same bed 3 times over the past 3 months. It kinda sucks…

3. My therapist suggested I take anti-depressants in May when she diagnosed me with PTSD from losing a job 2 years ago. I’ve been trying to quit them since July. Every few days I experience withdrawal symptoms like my whole body twitching and thats when I end up taking another pill (I think I’m up to 4 or 5 days between pills). The feeling is similar to having really low blood sugar. It really sucks because my first reaction to the feeling is that I need to eat, have some sugar or caffeine .. but it doesnt fix the feeling .. until I realize its probably the withdrawal. Within an hour or 2 of taking a pill I feel fine. But I think this is a contributing factor to my weight gain this summer.

4. I’ve gained 15 lbs in the past 14 months, and I hate it, but I’m lazy and should pick my ass up and go to the gym. Instead, I’m trying to come up with 6 confessional things.

5. I hate condiments. No mustard, no mayo, no ketchup .. yuck! It drives Sean nuts and he’s even tried to sneak mustard and pickles into my sandwiches. (yeah I hate pickles too)

6. Sean and I bought an entire litter of 4 dachshund puppies this year. Within a month we realized we had made a big mistake and tried for find new homes for 2 of the puppies. Our neighbors and their friends offered to take them. We ended up taking 1 back because he wasn’t happy in his new house (now he’s very happy at my parents). But to this day I worry and feel guilty about the fourth one, Newton. The last I heard about him was during this summer. He was still having potty training issues and they were keeping him outside during the day. When I heard that I offered to take him back that night, I even told Sean to follow him home and take him. But the guy said his kids are very attached to him. It makes my heart break to think about it and even last week I was sobbing about it .. I’m tearing up at this moment. Its probably my greatest regret of my life.

Okay .. most of the blogs that I read regularly have already been tagged .. but Liz, Arielle and Christina .. you’re up!

What’s the first thing you do when waking up in the morning?
Pee, then take the dogs out

Do you prefer a shower or bath?
Mmm tough one, probably showers, but I do enjoy an occasional bath

How many times a day do you brush your teeth?
Once or twice if I’m not too tired when I go to bed

How often do you find yourself thinking about your ex?
Very very rarely

What kind of cell phone do you have?
iPhone

What would you do with a 10 bill you found on the ground?
Look around to see if I could find who dropped it, if I was in a store I’d like to think that I would take it to lost & found .. but on the street, it would end up in my pocket.

What would you do with your significant other if you knew today was your last day with them?
Snug, with the pups

Have you said “I love you” today?
Yep several times

What’s one thing you actually remember about kindergarten?
Letter people (Mr. S specifically) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvh6Pto4ke4]

Are you closer with your mom or dad?
I think I’m equally close with both of them, although I talk to mom more since she’s on IM during the day

Do you prefer the tanning bed or the sun?
The sun .. never been in a tanning bed, never plan to, unless I move north

Is chocolate really better than sex?
Maybe not better, but faster and less messy

What’s 2 of your favorite movies?
I have way too many .. Pirates of the Caribbean and The Princess Bride popped into my head

What’s the last thing you think about before going to sleep at night?
My TODO list usually

What would you do if your best friend jumped on your ex the day after you two split?
I have no idea .. not talk to either of them? I just dont see my best friend ever doing that, to anybody really.

Does your life seem to revolve around drama?
Not at all

How do you calm down when your extremely angry?
I cant think of the last time I got angry .. but I think I’d go for a drive

Do long distance relationships actually work out?
Nope .. somebody ends up following the other across the country

Ever thought you met “The One”?
Yep

What are 2 of your favorite places to eat?
I’m craving Island Pasta at the moment, and I really enjoy Benihanas

3 of your favorite places to shop?
Amazon, Target, and Joanns

Do you currently have a job?
I have several .. but I dont really have a regular day job

Which would you prefer…be rich and miserable, or poor and extremely happy?
Poor and happy, duh

What’s one of your favorite TV shows?
Big Bang Theory

What did you want to be when you “grow up”?
A Vet

Do you know who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
SPONGE BOB SQUARE PANTS!

Would you want a house at the beach or in the mountains?
Beach

Which would you rather have…a huge walk in shower or a jacuzzi bath tub?
Jacuzzi tub

Do you look up or at your feet when you walk?
Up

What’s your favorite ice cream?
At the moment its Edy’s Slow Churned Mint Chocolate Chip .. mmmmm

Do you like Starbucks…or are they just overpriced?
I like their hot chocolate, but I’m more of a Dunkin’ Donuts person

Are you a prep or a jeans-and-t-shirt type of person?
Jeans and t-shirt

What color are your eyes?BlueDo you have glasses or contacts?
Glasses

Is it love at first sight or lust?
Hmmm love

Which do you want…a big extravagant wedding or a quiet intimate ceremony?
Quiet ceremony .. great party afterwards

What’s the most expensive thing you own?
House

What’s the most you’ve ever spent on a pair of jeans?
$70

What color are your bedroom walls?
Pewter Tray

Do you ever actually make your bed?
Occasionally

How many pillows do you have to sleep with?
8, 4 for me, 4 for Sean .. but a few usually end up on the floor

Do you prefer to sleep alone or with someone?
I dont know … I like both .. I really enjoy having someone near me .. but a bed all to yourself is nice sometimes

ps. didn’t realize how terrible I looked in that picture .. but it felt soo good