20080528

TES VINGT ANS, MES QUARANTE

INTP trait snapshot:
loner, more interested in intellectual pursuits than relationships or family, wrestles with the meaninglessness of existence, likes esoteric things, disorganized, messy, likes science fiction, can be lonely, observer, private, can't describe feelings easily, detached, likes solitude, not revealing, unemotional, rule breaker, avoidant, familiar with the darkside, skeptical, acts without consulting others, does not think they are weird but others do, socially uncomfortable, abrupt, fantasy prone, does not like happy people, appreciates strangeness, frequently loses things, acts without planning, guarded, not punctual, more likely to support marijuana legalization, not prone to compromise, hard to persuade, relies on mind more than on others, calm

Old news bears.
Still, the Myers-Briggs personality types still continue to perplex me.

20080527

MY FIRST, TRUE FAVORITE BOOK:

"The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac"
By Eugene Field
First Edition, 1896

A few humorous chapter titles:
"The Luxury of Reading in Bed"
"The Mania of Collecting Seizes Me"
"On The Odors My Books Exhale"

In English...
Cooper: [referring to the book on my desk] What is that?
Severn: My new favorite book.
Cooper: What is it called?
Severn: The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac.
Cooper: Biblio-whuuuh?

20080524

CHEZ LES YE-YE

Who'd I'd like to meet:
"Unfortunately, Serge Gainsbourg is still dead."