Today I’ve got a fun quiz. 
The stuff in bold italics are my comments.
the Romantic
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you chose BY – your Enneagram type is FOUR.
“I am unique”
Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.
How to Get Along with Me
- Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me. (Please and thank you!)
- (Your mission, should you choose to accept it…) Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value myself.
- Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision. (Because they’re many and varied. And modesty is chief among them.
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- Though I don’t always want to be cheered up when I’m feeling melancholy, I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little. (And I don’t mean by a spotlight, thankyouverymuch.
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- Don’t tell me I’m too sensitive or that I’m overreacting! (Or I’ll be forced to smack you!
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What I Like About Being a Four
- my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep level (All I’m feeling at the moment is a lot of pain.
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- my ability to establish warm connections with people (Because everyone loves me!)
- admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life
- my creativity (Which has gone walkabout…), intuition, and sense of humor
- being unique and being seen as unique by others (Is that another way of saying I’m weird?)
- having aesthetic sensibilities (To quote Temperance Brennan on BONES, I don’t know what that means…)
- being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me (Because I am psychic, you know.
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What’s Hard About Being a Four
- experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair
- feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don’t deserve to be loved
- feeling guilty when I disappoint people
- feeling hurt or attacked
 when someone misundertands me
- expecting too much from myself and life
- fearing being abandoned (Please don’t leave me!!!!!)
- obsessing over resentments (So don’t piss me off, ‘kay? I have enough to obsess over as it is, thanks.)
- longing for what I don’t have (Books on the best seller lists, lots of money, a hunky chauffeur to drive me around in my collection of classic cars… The list could go on and on. But since I’m a kind and wonderful friend, I’ll spare you.
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Fours as Children Often
- have active imaginations: play creatively alone or organize playmates in original games (I had an invisible collie named Lassie when I was four. But I don’t understand why everyone thinks she was imaginary…)
- are very sensitive (Am not!)
- feel that they don’t fit in (Boy, howdy! Talk about an understatement!)
- believe they are missing something that other people have (Books on the best seller lists, lots of money, a hunky chauffeur to drive me around in my collection of classic cars… )
- attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc. (Geez. Makes me sound like a stalker.)
- become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood (Yep! I talk an amazing good fight.
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- feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents’ divorce)
Fours as Parents (Well, I’m not a parent, so this doesn’t really apply, but I’m sure if I was it would all be true…)
- help their children become who they really are
- support their children’s creativity and originality
- are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings
- are sometimes overly critical or overly protective
- are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed
Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele
The Enneagram Made Easy
Discover the 9 Types of People
HarperSanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages
My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 31% on ABC |
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You scored higher than 51% on XYZ |
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Okay, I’m not really taking a break. Or not a permanent one. But I had a doctor’s appointment today and it looks rather like I may
be verging on carpel tunnel syndrome. 
So my doc says I need to only work at the computer 30 minutes at a time. Then take a break for awhile. It’s annoying, but then again so is the pain, numbness, and tingling hands/fingers.
Anyhoo, I may be copying & pasting lots of weird crap here just so my blog doesn’t die.
Oh boy! I just saw that BBC America is going to start airing the Brit version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?. 
Fun!!!
On the writing front, since I’m having so much trouble with the mystery, I may take a break from it and play with some of my other characters. We shall see.
Got out today for pretty much the first time since we moved, except for a trip to the library. 
I got to go to Target!!! For the first time in FIVE YEARS!!!
On the way home we saw a sign that said, “Litter Crew Ahead”. I looked at all the trash on the side of the road for a moment, then told Mom, “They’re doing a great job! Look at all that litter!” I do amuse myself sometimes. LOL! (Okay, I amused Mom, too.)
Today’s horoscope:
“Love and romance is coming your way today, (Promises, promises…) but it is important to be practical with how you treat it. Don’t take your relationships for granted. Realize that love doesn’t necessarily mean that everything is perfect and fairy tale like. (Well, darn!) Structure and discipline is often required in order to maintain a healthy partnership. (Oooh, kinky! 
) You should be able to incorporate these elements rather well, so make the most of this energy.”
