Boulder Dude

Things I know about myself in bold. Some of them, Others might see in me and I am blind to those faults.

My thoughts on the section in Italics.

Neuroticism
You feel tense, jittery, and nervous and often feel like something dangerous is about to happen. You may be afraid of specific situations or be just generally fearful.

I tend to see this as the Pessimist side of me. Not as much fear, but the understanding that things can and will go wrong. On the plus side I am a very happy camper when everything goes right.

You feel enraged when things do not go your way.

I have been fighting this for 20 years, and it is a fight that I will fight until the end.

You are sensitive about being treated fairly and feel resentful and bitter if you think you are being cheated.

What, there are people that like being cheated and not being treated fairly?

Mostly your emotions are on an even keel and you do not get depressed easily. You are not generally self conscious about yourself. You do not experience strong, irresistible cravings and consequently do not find yourself tempted to overindulge. High levels of stress can lead to you feeling panic or confusion, but usually you cope with day to day pressures.

Ummm...yeah. Stress, it is a two edged sword. I tend to disagree with this one. Stress in of itself does not cause bad things. Stress and a lot of bad things/negative emotions things all at the same time in my life causes panic.

Extraversion
You generally make friends easily enough although you mostly don't go out of your way to demonstrate positive feelings toward others. You like crowds but sometimes feel overwhelmed by them. Sometimes you feel like you need some privacy and time for yourself. You are an active group participant but usually prefer to let someone else be the group leader.

Ummm...yeah. See the part below in "Openness to new Experience" and allowing others to lead. I am not the best follower.

You lead a moderately paced life. You like some energetic activities, but also like to relax and take it easy. You enjoy some excitement and risk taking in your life. You are not prone to spells of energetic high spirits.

Openness To Experience
Often you find the real world is too plain and ordinary for your liking, and you use fantasy as a way of creating a richer, more interesting world for yourself.

I play computer games, RP and I read books and watch movies, I guess that hits the nail on the head.

You love beauty, both in art and in nature. Sometimes you become easily involved and absorbed in artistic and natural events.

This sucks that I do not have an artistic bone in my body, but would explain why I tend to see movies that are considered “Artsy” or “highbrow” instead of things with Adam Sandler in them.

You tend not to express your emotions openly and are sometimes not even aware of your own feelings.

I know many who would disagree with this. I think the “Even Keel” statement earlier is the dominate state of mind.

Familiar routines are good, but sometimes you like to spice up your life with a bit of adventure or activity. You enjoy a certain amount of debate or intellectual thought, but sometimes get bored with too much. Often you exhibit a readiness to challenge authority, convention, and traditional values. Sometimes you feel a certain degree of hostility toward rules and perhaps even enjoy ambiguity.

Agreeableness
You mostly assume that people are honest and fair, however you are wary and hold back from trusting people completely. You are guarded in new relationships and less willing to openly reveal the whole truth about yourself.

Can you say Introvert, of course you can. It takes a lot for me to be completely open with folks, which always hurts when that openness get kicked in the teeth. But, I tend to open up more and just be myself as I become comfortable with the people involved. The more at ease someone makes me the more and quicker the whole openness thing happens.

You will help others if they are in need. If people ask for too much of your time you feel that they are imposing on you.

Many Ex-girlfriends will nod in agreement with that.

You do not enjoy confrontation, but you will stand up for yourself or push your point if you feel it is important. You are willing to take credit for good things that you do but you don't often talk yourself up much. You are not affected strongly by human suffering, priding yourself on making objective judgments based on reason. You are more concerned with truth and impartial justice than with mercy.

Heh…yeah, I have had people fault me for this recently.

Conscientiousness
You are moderately confident that you can achieve the goals you set yourself. In general you tend to be disorganized and scattered.

One persons scattered is another persons organization. Bah! ~shakes fist at test~

Your sense of duty and obligation is average and although you are mostly responsible you can sometimes be unreliable. You are content to get by with a minimal amount of work, and might be seen by others as lazy. You have a reasonable amount of will-power and are able to follow through on tasks that you feel you need to complete. You can be distracted however and have been known to procrastinate. You are not an overly cautious person. You will think about alternatives and consequences but make up your mind fairly quickly.