The frightening consequences of electroshock therapy
I'm a middle aged government attorney living in a rural section of the northeast U.S. I'm unmarried and come from a very large family. When not preoccupied with family and my job, I read enormous amounts, toy with evolutionary theory, and scratch various parts on my body.
This journal is filled with an enormous number of half-truths and outright lies, including this sentence.
Everything
Sometimes I don't journal because I can't think of anything to write. Other times, I have too many things to write and can't decide. Lately, I've been in a "too many" things to write about mode.
First, there's work. I have five fact finding hearings this week, which is sort of a record for me. I'm not particularly worried though. I mean I'm slightly stressed, but I'm not dying. I expect all sorts of dramatics that make most soap operas look tame: "yawn". No wonder I don't watch TV anymore.
Speaking of TV, I'm also tempted to go on a long diatribe about how the news isn't actually news anymore. I did watch a little this weekend and the bulk of it was stuff about movie stars and criminal stuff about women and children abused and murdered. I mean, it's horrible when the murders and abuse occur, but there are hundreds of such events every year, and the news picks like one or two and turns them into media event. None of this crap has any impact on my immediate life. I read "Scientific American" every month or so. There's actual news: progress on developing regrown teeth, Irregularities in matter distribution in the universe that threaten to topple standard physics theories, new information on child development - important crap. News doesn't have to be science, but when was the last time we heard anything about Afghanistan: you know - the other country we are occupying? Or the status of the formation of the new Iraqi government. Sex and death - those are what grab our attention.
I could also talk about my weekend, which was the same old, same old. Hiking, gaming, hanging with family. 3 of 12 back in the hospital with his mental problems. An interesting wildflower I identified.
I've also been tempted to go on about the environment and my position. I'm not a traditional environmentalist. I'm more of a naturalist. I'm not a "preserve nature for nature's sake" type. I think it is important to study what is there and learn from it, because human society is supplanting it in some ways. It's a complicated viewpoint and it would take a lot of effort to really flesh it out in a way that makes sense.
I've been reading quite a bit lately, and I could talk about those book. I read a book on hiking the Appalachin trail (the 2200 mile trail from Maine to Georgia), and I could connect it to someone I know who actually hiked the thing. There was another book, a really trashing fantasy, about a modern day dragon living as a wealthy human in the Carribean. This dragon man is treated as a hero, but at night he likes to eat unsuspecting islanders and then uses his wealth to cover up the killings. The indifference towards human life got me thinking about dominance hierarchies and in tribe and out tribe groups. A few other books in there too. Like I said, I've really been sucking them down.
I was also thinking about how narcisstic this whole journaling process is. It's all about me and what happens to me. I thought it might be nice just to write about everybody else who I know and summerize events in their lives instead.
In addition, I had the idea to write about the constitutional privelege against self-incrimination. Like when an attorney tells his criminal client - "just don't talk to them". What if that were a crime instead of privelege? What if you had to answer the cops questions when they asked where you were and what were doing? What would be the pluses and minuses?
But I can't make up mind about what to write, so I'm doing this mishmash entry instead. But here is one of those quiz things:
First, there's work. I have five fact finding hearings this week, which is sort of a record for me. I'm not particularly worried though. I mean I'm slightly stressed, but I'm not dying. I expect all sorts of dramatics that make most soap operas look tame: "yawn". No wonder I don't watch TV anymore.
Speaking of TV, I'm also tempted to go on a long diatribe about how the news isn't actually news anymore. I did watch a little this weekend and the bulk of it was stuff about movie stars and criminal stuff about women and children abused and murdered. I mean, it's horrible when the murders and abuse occur, but there are hundreds of such events every year, and the news picks like one or two and turns them into media event. None of this crap has any impact on my immediate life. I read "Scientific American" every month or so. There's actual news: progress on developing regrown teeth, Irregularities in matter distribution in the universe that threaten to topple standard physics theories, new information on child development - important crap. News doesn't have to be science, but when was the last time we heard anything about Afghanistan: you know - the other country we are occupying? Or the status of the formation of the new Iraqi government. Sex and death - those are what grab our attention.
I could also talk about my weekend, which was the same old, same old. Hiking, gaming, hanging with family. 3 of 12 back in the hospital with his mental problems. An interesting wildflower I identified.
I've also been tempted to go on about the environment and my position. I'm not a traditional environmentalist. I'm more of a naturalist. I'm not a "preserve nature for nature's sake" type. I think it is important to study what is there and learn from it, because human society is supplanting it in some ways. It's a complicated viewpoint and it would take a lot of effort to really flesh it out in a way that makes sense.
I've been reading quite a bit lately, and I could talk about those book. I read a book on hiking the Appalachin trail (the 2200 mile trail from Maine to Georgia), and I could connect it to someone I know who actually hiked the thing. There was another book, a really trashing fantasy, about a modern day dragon living as a wealthy human in the Carribean. This dragon man is treated as a hero, but at night he likes to eat unsuspecting islanders and then uses his wealth to cover up the killings. The indifference towards human life got me thinking about dominance hierarchies and in tribe and out tribe groups. A few other books in there too. Like I said, I've really been sucking them down.
I was also thinking about how narcisstic this whole journaling process is. It's all about me and what happens to me. I thought it might be nice just to write about everybody else who I know and summerize events in their lives instead.
In addition, I had the idea to write about the constitutional privelege against self-incrimination. Like when an attorney tells his criminal client - "just don't talk to them". What if that were a crime instead of privelege? What if you had to answer the cops questions when they asked where you were and what were doing? What would be the pluses and minuses?
But I can't make up mind about what to write, so I'm doing this mishmash entry instead. But here is one of those quiz things:
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Spiteful Loner You are 85% Rational, 0% Extroverted, 57% Brutal, and 14% Arrogant. |
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You are the Spiteful Loner, the personality type that is most likely to go on a shooting rampage. You are a rational person and tend to hold emotions in very low-esteem; not only that, but you are also rather introverted, meaning you probably bury any emotions you feel deep inside yourself. Combine these traits with your hatred of others and your brutality, and it seems that you would be quite likely to shoot innocent people in a rampage. Not only that, but you are also a very humble person--not a braggart at all--meaning you could possibly have low-self esteem. This is only yet one more incentive to go on a shooting rampage, because you wouldn't care if you died as a result. Granted, you probably haven't gone on a shooting rampage and probably never will, but all the motivations are there. In conclusion, your personality is defective because you are too introverted, brutal,insecure, and rather unemotional. No wonder no one hangs around you, you morbid, cold-hearted freak! To put it less negatively: 1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive. 2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted. 3. You are more BRUTAL than gentle. 4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant. Compatibility: Your exact opposite is the Televangelist. Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Capitalist Pig, the Smartass, and the Sociopath. * * If you scored near fifty percent for a certain trait (42%-58%), you could very well go either way. For example, someone with 42% Extroversion is slightly leaning towards being an introvert, but is close enough to being an extrovert to be classified that way as well. Below is a list of the other personality types so that you can determine which other possible categories you may fill if you scored near fifty percent for certain traits. The other personality types: The Emo Kid: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Starving Artist: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Bitch-Slap: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Brute: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hippie: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Televangelist: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Schoolyard Bully: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Class Clown: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Robot: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Haughty Intellectual: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Spiteful Loner: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Sociopath: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hand-Raiser: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Braggart: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Capitalist Pig: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Smartass: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant. |
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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Personality Defect Test written by saint_gasoline on Ok Cupid |
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