Female

42

...I am a crest on a wave of the all...

I'm a tiny, brightly colored marine mollusk with vibrating gills, found only near Oahu and Okinawa. I'm a shape-shifting Japanese rice diety with nine tails, often seen carrying a small round jewel.

According to three separate Kiersey-based personality tests, I'm an INTP. Apparently I'm Albert Einstein.

I'm pretty shy around people I don't know, but I've learned to hide it well. I'm the one at the party who's looking intently at a collection of books or contemplating the flower arrangement. With people nearby that I know well enough, I can be just as outspoken, silly and engaging as a normal person. I love being with outgoing people as I feel more alive. Loud, pompous people - those Foghorn Leghorn types - send me running.

I go through cycles of being astonishingly disciplined, and quite happily so. Then I'll morph into being rather pleasure-centric.... never quite sliding to the level of hedonism.

I have a little bit of guilt around the pleasure-seeking part; probably a residual issue from being raised Catholic. I find that gratitude is a wonderful cure for this.

I can often be found at my sewing machine about 10 minutes before going to a party.

Upon meeting me for the first time, someone told me I was shorter than he thought I was.

....which worked out fine, since he was fatter than I thought he was.