Adam’s blog = no fun

Today my blog has been “labeled” as serious in a comment section. I’m not going to mention the name of this individual, but I’ll direct you to their blog. As a result I’ve been tagged by Ashley to participate in this thing called “meme,” where I need to write 5 interesting things about myself. So with no further ado, let’s have some fun on this blog.

1. I enjoy reading Jane Austen novels. To date, I’ve read “Pride and Prejudice,” “Sense and Sensibility,” “Emma,” and “Persuasions,” with “Pride and Prejudice” being the tops ,IMHO. Her works are well written and witty, but they do take some work to read.

“It has been said of Jane Austen’s novels that they should be read first for the fourth time, meaning that only fourth time around will their special excellences of balanced structure, gentle satire and subtle humour come into focus in the reader’s mind.”

- J.I. Packer, in his introduction to The Mortification of Sin, by John Owen

2. I wore glasses till age 12. Back in the day, maybe when I was 3 or 4, I had surgery on my eye muscles (I think). After that I had to wear a patch on one of my eyes for some period of time, so I guess you could say I was a pirate, Arrrr. After the patch the ophthalmologists thought it was a good idea for me to wear glasses to see if they would correct the problems. My left eye, was 20/20 and the other eye was, well, not nearly as good. Basically, my right eye was near-sighted and my left eye was far-sighted, so I would use my left eye to see things at a distant and my right for things up close. This eye problem also means I have no binocular depth perception, so I’ll never be able to fly planes or drive commercial vehicles. In ordinary life it effects my driving ability, especially in close spaces, sports involving fast moving balls, like baseball, ping-pong, and racquetball are the most effected. After trying to correct the problems, the doctor finally said that glasses wouldn’t help, so I don’t have to wear them. Did that make any sense?

3. My favorite Disney song is Aladdin’s, “A Whole New World.” When I spent the summer of 2005 in Japan, my friend Brian and I would randomly break out into this song. It was also performed at a talent show during the summer of 2003.

4. I enjoy the mountains and beach. If I could chose one it would be the beach. Maybe this comes from my love of swimming, which I did competitively from ages 6-18. Each summer my family (dad, mom, sister, brother-in-law, aunt, uncle, and 2 cousins) spends a week at the Outer Banks in North Carolina. We rent a beach-front house with a pool and hot tube, and it’s easy for me to spend at least 6-8 hours playing in the water and relaxing on the sand. Here is a picture taken from the balcony of our house this past summer.

5. My personality has been ‘labeled’ as an ISTP (Introverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving), by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The most “reliable” resource, Wikipedia, describes an ISTP this way,

According to Myers-Briggs, ISTPs excel at analyzing situations to reach the heart of a problem so that they can swiftly implement a functional repair, making them ideally suited to the field of engineering. Naturally quiet people, they are interested in understanding how systems operate, focusing on efficient operation and structure. They are open to new information and approaches. But contrary to their seemingly detached natures, ISTPs are often capable of humorously insightful observations about the world around them, and can be closet “daredevils” who gravitate toward fast-moving and/or risky hobbies (such as bungee jumping, hang gliding, motorcycling, parachuting, SCUBA diving, etc.), recreational sports (such as downhill skiing, ice hockey, racing, etc.), and careers (such as aviation, firefighting, etc.).

Let’s see here, I need to tag 3 more. I tag…

Josh – A Way Upward

Amanda – http://amandajean.wordpress.com/

Mikel – Mikel Berger’s Bailiwick