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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Calling Ms McQuay

Who are you? I notice you noticing me. Just curious.

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Amy said...: Hi Sandi. I’m Ms. McQuay. I don’t recall exactly how I stumbled upon your blog. Well, I don’t recall WHERE. I do know that the Crapstain title grabbed my attention and I thought it was really funny.

So, while peeking around your blog that first time, a few other things caught my attention. Your sense of humor is similar to my own. You photography is beautiful. And, I just liked your style! One thing I remember that really caught my attention was the note in your side-bar about getting butt-sore (also really funny) when the media fails to properly distinguish between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. I am a PhD candidate in the Immunology program at Harvard and my thesis project centers around a protein that plays a role in regulating B cell function and we think it might be pretty important in the mechanism of establishing B cell tolerance to self. So, it might be important in some autoimmune diseases. ALSO, I get really butt-sore at the media for the terrible job they do reporting on science and medicine. I relate.

I’m sorry to have lurked for so long. I should have commented and introduced myself earlier (like before you called me out!). I promise to comment if you’ll let me keep reading your blog. Either way, I am rooting for your family! I’m so sorry about the situation with your home. I hope you find yourselves settled somewhere you love soon. My mom recently sold the home I grew up in. She couldn’t afford to keep it alone after my parents divorced. It was pretty heartbreaking. But, I was surprised how quickly her new house felt like “home” even though I have never lived there and never will and have only visited once. It’s amazing how a house holding your family makes it a home whether you own it or not. I know you will miss the home you’ve made, but I hope you find the same thing when you move your lovely family into a new house.

Best,
Amy; Saturday, August 29, 2009

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"This above all: to thine own self be true." -Wm. Shakespeare

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"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WHOO HOO what a ride!'" - unknown

"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it." --Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Sevens are extroverted, optimistic, versatile, and spontaneous. Playful, high-spirited, and practical, they can also misapply their many talents, becoming over- extended, scattered, and undisciplined. They constantly seek new and exciting experiences, but can become distracted and exhausted by staying on the go. They typically have problems with impatience and impulsiveness. At their Best: they focus their talents on worthwhile goals, becoming appreciative, joyous, and satisfied.

We have named this personality type The Enthusiast because Sevens are enthusiastic about almost everything that catches their attention. They approach life with curiosity, optimism, and a sense of adventure, like “kids in a candy store” who look at the world in wide-eyed, rapt anticipation of all the good things they are about to experience. They are bold and vivacious, pursuing what they want in life with a cheerful determination. They have a quality best described by the Yiddish word “chutzpah”—a kind of brash “nerviness.”

Although Sevens are in the Thinking Center, this is not immediately apparent because they tend to be extremely practical and engaged in a multitude of projects at any given time. Their thinking is anticipatory: they foresee events and generate ideas “on the fly,” favoring activities that stimulate their minds—which in turn generate more things to do and think about. Sevens are not necessarily intellectual or studious by any standard definition, although they are often intelligent and can be widely read and highly verbal. Their minds move rapidly from one idea to the next, making Sevens gifted at brainstorming and synthesizing information. Sevens are exhilarated by the rush of ideas and by the pleasure of being spontaneous, preferring broad overviews and the excitement of the initial stages of the creative process to probing a single topic in depth.

Sevens are frequently endowed with quick, agile minds, and can be exceptionally fast learners. This is true both of their ability to absorb information (language, facts, and procedures) and their ability to learn new manual skills—they tend to have excellent mind-body coordination, and manual dexterity (typewriting, piano playing, tennis). All of this can combine to make a Seven into the quintessential "Renaissance person."

Ironically, Sevens' wide-ranging curiosity and ability to learn quickly can also create problems for them. Because they are able to pick up many different skills with relative ease, it becomes more difficult for them to decide what to do with themselves. As a result, they also do not always value their abilities as they would if they had to struggle to gain them. When Sevens are more balanced however, their versatility, curiosity, and ability to learn can lead them to extraordinary achievement.

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