As beautiful as SoCal may be, I think it's time to start a new chapter in my life.
Number of applications sent out: 5. Number of replies: 0. It's been less than a week, but I'm getting anxious.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Revisitation of "please comment!" article.
As I've said, I retook the Brig-Myers personality exam and I got ENTP as a result. I actually took the test multiple times at multiple sites because my Extroversion/Introversion comes out nearly the same every time, while between P/J, P comes out slightly more, and for T/F, T comes out significantly more. As far as Sensing/iNtuition goes, no test has ever told me I was sensing - I'm always iNtuitive.
Anyways, I copied and pasted the supposed traits of ENTPs and asked people if they agreed with the traits. I tallied them up, with "1" being elizabeth, "2" being stephen, and so on:
easy going 1 2 3 4
adaptable 1 2 3 4
talented at presentation 1 2 3 4
appreciates strangeness 1 2 3 4
emotionally stable 1 2 3 4
not easily offended 1 2 3 4
I'd also have to agree that I'm pretty much all of the above here. On a side note, I'm honored that everyone thought I was emotionally stable. Adaptable and talented at presentation are pretty cool traits too.
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comfortable in unfamiliar situations 1 2 4
social 1 3 4
open 2 3 4
improviser 1 2 3
What is very interesting here is that majority of the people said that I was social, but only one person said that I was outgoing. This is in line with the fact that I'm not really skewed towards either extroversion or introversion. I guess what this means is, I have the ability to carry on a conversation, but can't utilize it enough due to my lack of extroversion.
oh and I'm very open. Just gimme some drinks :)
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risk taker 3 4
adventurous 1 3
experience junkie 1 2 (and yes, it's junkie. I didn't write it though)
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outgoing 4
rule breaker 3
thrill seeker 3
disorganized 2
messy 2
carefree 2
aggressive 4
spontaneous 3
hahaha only one person thought I'm spontaneous? I'm the most spontaneous person that I know! or at least that's how I see myself (I might be wrong). Oh and I disregard rules all the time, especially if I think they are stupid. Everything else is pretty much a toss up, except for may be carefree, and I am somewhat messy. And I can be quite aggressive if there's something I'm passionate about or something (or someone) I really like. But I guess only Kevin's seen that side of me haha.
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life of the party, attention seeking, insensitive, dangerous, fearless, careless, always joking, player, wild and crazy, dominant, acts without thinking, not into organized religion, pro-weed legalization.
None of these traits got any votes. But come on, no pro-weed legalization? hahaha.
Anyways, I've copied and pasted some more characteristics of ENTP's - I've put in bold the the ones I found to be especially funny, and in red are my comments.
"Clever" is the word that perhaps describes ENTPs best. The professor who juggles half a dozen ideas for research papers and grant proposals in his mind while giving a highly entertaining lecture on an abstruse subject is a classic example of the type.
They tend to have a perverse sense of humor as well, and enjoy playing devil's advocate.
ENTPs have been known to cut corners without regard to the rules if it's expedient -- or simply in the collapse of an over-ambitious juggling act. Both at work and at home, ENTPs are very fond of "toys"--physical or intellectual, the more sophisticated the better (camera and instruments). They tend to tire of these quickly, however, and move on to new ones (explains why I play so many instruments but cannot play any of them right).
ENTPs are basically optimists, but in spite of this (perhaps because of it?), they tend to become extremely petulant about small setbacks and inconveniences. seriously! effing annoying! (Major setbacks they tend to regard as challenges, and tackle with determination. so true. I usually feel a burst of energy when I face a major setback) ENTPs have little patience with those they consider wrongheaded or unintelligent, and show little restraint in demonstrating this. However, they do tend to be extremely genial, if not charming, when not being harassed by life in general.
ENTPs are also good at acquiring friends who are as clever and entertaining as they are. True. I hate hanging out with boring people.
Anyways, I copied and pasted the supposed traits of ENTPs and asked people if they agreed with the traits. I tallied them up, with "1" being elizabeth, "2" being stephen, and so on:
easy going 1 2 3 4
adaptable 1 2 3 4
talented at presentation 1 2 3 4
appreciates strangeness 1 2 3 4
emotionally stable 1 2 3 4
not easily offended 1 2 3 4
I'd also have to agree that I'm pretty much all of the above here. On a side note, I'm honored that everyone thought I was emotionally stable. Adaptable and talented at presentation are pretty cool traits too.
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comfortable in unfamiliar situations 1 2 4
social 1 3 4
open 2 3 4
improviser 1 2 3
What is very interesting here is that majority of the people said that I was social, but only one person said that I was outgoing. This is in line with the fact that I'm not really skewed towards either extroversion or introversion. I guess what this means is, I have the ability to carry on a conversation, but can't utilize it enough due to my lack of extroversion.
oh and I'm very open. Just gimme some drinks :)
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risk taker 3 4
adventurous 1 3
experience junkie 1 2 (and yes, it's junkie. I didn't write it though)
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outgoing 4
rule breaker 3
thrill seeker 3
disorganized 2
messy 2
carefree 2
aggressive 4
spontaneous 3
hahaha only one person thought I'm spontaneous? I'm the most spontaneous person that I know! or at least that's how I see myself (I might be wrong). Oh and I disregard rules all the time, especially if I think they are stupid. Everything else is pretty much a toss up, except for may be carefree, and I am somewhat messy. And I can be quite aggressive if there's something I'm passionate about or something (or someone) I really like. But I guess only Kevin's seen that side of me haha.
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life of the party, attention seeking, insensitive, dangerous, fearless, careless, always joking, player, wild and crazy, dominant, acts without thinking, not into organized religion, pro-weed legalization.
None of these traits got any votes. But come on, no pro-weed legalization? hahaha.
Anyways, I've copied and pasted some more characteristics of ENTP's - I've put in bold the the ones I found to be especially funny, and in red are my comments.
"Clever" is the word that perhaps describes ENTPs best. The professor who juggles half a dozen ideas for research papers and grant proposals in his mind while giving a highly entertaining lecture on an abstruse subject is a classic example of the type.
They tend to have a perverse sense of humor as well, and enjoy playing devil's advocate.
ENTPs have been known to cut corners without regard to the rules if it's expedient -- or simply in the collapse of an over-ambitious juggling act. Both at work and at home, ENTPs are very fond of "toys"--physical or intellectual, the more sophisticated the better (camera and instruments). They tend to tire of these quickly, however, and move on to new ones (explains why I play so many instruments but cannot play any of them right).
ENTPs are basically optimists, but in spite of this (perhaps because of it?), they tend to become extremely petulant about small setbacks and inconveniences. seriously! effing annoying! (Major setbacks they tend to regard as challenges, and tackle with determination. so true. I usually feel a burst of energy when I face a major setback) ENTPs have little patience with those they consider wrongheaded or unintelligent, and show little restraint in demonstrating this. However, they do tend to be extremely genial, if not charming, when not being harassed by life in general.
ENTPs are also good at acquiring friends who are as clever and entertaining as they are. True. I hate hanging out with boring people.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
good enough.
what I wanted to do, was to take a picture of jae and his new (?) gf with the heart filter I made yesterday - because I happened to have kept them.
But! I wanted to take some test shots beforehand, and Lillian graciously posed for me (she was sitting right in front of me). What I found out was that it was physically impossible for me to add two people into the frame, so Jae's shot will have to wait.
Lillian's picture, however, came out much better than I expected. I like it much, and I hope she does too.
But! I wanted to take some test shots beforehand, and Lillian graciously posed for me (she was sitting right in front of me). What I found out was that it was physically impossible for me to add two people into the frame, so Jae's shot will have to wait.
Lillian's picture, however, came out much better than I expected. I like it much, and I hope she does too.
Friday, February 19, 2010
How to make heart shaped lights
Whenever there's something I don't want to do, I spend more time on facebook & blogspot.
Anyways, I was looking at Elizabeth's blog to see if she wrote a response back, and I thought to myself, "oh, I'll write an entry about heart shaped lights!" since it was, after all, right there, screaming for attention. Plus, my camera is already out, and I've been taking pictures of hearts all day. This just makes sense.
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How to make "Heart Shaped Lights" or Heart Bokeh
Materials:
Construction Paper. I prefer black, but other colors work too.
Scissors
Computer, printer, microsoft word (or a picture of a heart or something)
DSLR with a decent lens (I personally prefer 50mm f/1.4 but other people might have their preferences)
1. Go to word, and insert the heart symbol, or whatever it is that you want to make. Print it on the construction paper.
2. Go find a filter (or whatever. you can even use your lens) that fits the lens of your choice, draw around it, and cut it.
3. Fold the paper in half, and cut out the heart
4. You're pretty much done. Go find some lights, like this one:
5. Put the paper you made in front of the lens. (yes, you're covering your lens with the heart paper you just made).
6. make sure that your aperture is considerably open (like f/1.4), and that your camera is out of focus. Take the shot.
(shot with 50mm f/1.4)
Tada! Not to shabby huh?
Just make sure that you're not using a wide angle lens. This is NOT what you're going for:
(shot at 18mm)
...unless you want that look of course. But as far as heart shaped lights go, this is not the way to go.
you want something closer to this:
Enjoy! this works amazingly well with christmas lights and stuff ^^
Anyways, I was looking at Elizabeth's blog to see if she wrote a response back, and I thought to myself, "oh, I'll write an entry about heart shaped lights!" since it was, after all, right there, screaming for attention. Plus, my camera is already out, and I've been taking pictures of hearts all day. This just makes sense.
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How to make "Heart Shaped Lights" or Heart Bokeh
Materials:
Construction Paper. I prefer black, but other colors work too.
Scissors
Computer, printer, microsoft word (or a picture of a heart or something)
DSLR with a decent lens (I personally prefer 50mm f/1.4 but other people might have their preferences)
1. Go to word, and insert the heart symbol, or whatever it is that you want to make. Print it on the construction paper.
2. Go find a filter (or whatever. you can even use your lens) that fits the lens of your choice, draw around it, and cut it.
3. Fold the paper in half, and cut out the heart
4. You're pretty much done. Go find some lights, like this one:
5. Put the paper you made in front of the lens. (yes, you're covering your lens with the heart paper you just made).
6. make sure that your aperture is considerably open (like f/1.4), and that your camera is out of focus. Take the shot.
(shot with 50mm f/1.4)
Tada! Not to shabby huh?
Just make sure that you're not using a wide angle lens. This is NOT what you're going for:
(shot at 18mm)
...unless you want that look of course. But as far as heart shaped lights go, this is not the way to go.
you want something closer to this:
Enjoy! this works amazingly well with christmas lights and stuff ^^
happy belated valentines
I forgot to say so last sunday.
and no, I did not come up with this idea. I just wanted try shooting it without showing the filter all that much, that is all.
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