torn asunder

conflicted

i like this thought - start off with basic preventive health care being subsidized/mandatory/whatever you want to call it. if we caught diseases early, we wouldn't have the exorbitant costs to deal with. obviously, this doesn't do anything for people with issues now, but it would greatly reduce costs over time. we currently don't do squat for ongoing/preventive care. just as an example (which obviously wouldn't work here, even though i wish it would) when china went through their huge medical crisis, they would require that, once you saw a doctor, you would have to, say, attend a tai-chi course for 30 days, and get a card stamped proving it, before you could see a doctor again. my point is, i also think that requiring people to take responsibility for their heath is a good idea. don't want to take that responsibility? fine, your choice, but no doctor's visits for you until you do. (again, that's just an example, it would obviously have to be tweaked for our culture, but i like the principle of it).

Your Type is INTP Introverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving Strength of the preferences % 33 62 38 33 Qualitative analysis of your type formula You are: * moderately expressed introvert * distinctively expressed intuitive personality * moderately expressed thinking personality * moderately expressed perceiving personality Rational Portrait of the Architect (INTP) Architects need not be thought of as only interested in drawing blueprints for buildings or roads or bridges. They are the master designers of all kinds of theoretical systems, including school curricula, corporate strategies, and new technologies. For Architects, the world exists primarily to be analyzed, understood, explained - and re-designed. External reality in itself is unimportant, little more than raw material to be organized into structural models. What is important for Architects is that they grasp fundamental principles and natural laws, and that their designs are elegant, that is, efficient and coherent. Architects are rare - maybe one percent of the population - and show the greatest precision in thought and speech of all the types. They tend to see distinctions and inconsistencies instantaneously, and can detect contradictions no matter when or where they were made. It is difficult for an Architect to listen to nonsense, even in a casual conversation, without pointing out the speaker's error. And in any serious discussion or debate Architects are devastating, their skill in framing arguments giving them an enormous advantage. Architects regard all discussions as a search for understanding, and believe their function is to eliminate inconsistencies, which can make communication with them an uncomfortable experience for many. Ruthless pragmatists about ideas, and insatiably curious, Architects are driven to find the most efficient means to their ends, and they will learn in any manner and degree they can. They will listen to amateurs if their ideas are useful, and will ignore the experts if theirs are not. Authority derived from office, credential, or celebrity does not impress them. Architects are interested only in what make sense, and thus only statements that are consistent and coherent carry any weight with them. Architects often seem difficult to know. They are inclined to be shy except with close friends, and their reserve is difficult to penetrate. Able to concentrate better than any other type, they prefer to work quietly at their computers or drafting tables, and often alone. Architects also become obsessed with analysis, and this can seem to shut others out. Once caught up in a thought process, Architects close off and persevere until they comprehend the issue in all its complexity. Architects prize intelligence, and with their grand desire to grasp the structure of the universe, they can seem arrogant and may show impatience with others who have less ability, or who are less driven. Albert Einstein as the iconic Rational is an Architect

anonymously, unrequitedly enamoured...

of course you realize that +1 * (infinity) still = 1, right?

the '91 prelude 2.0SI i have now is frnt, but i much prefer rwd, or better yet, 4wd. do you play any musical instruments?

walked into the path of a moving ski-lift chair & got beaned in the noggin... what's your favorite vehicle you've ever owned/driven on a regular basis?

glad you found your way back!

no, that's his hair!! (get it? roots... head... nevermind...)

happy b-day, b-star!!

i'm terribly interested in tai chi, as well as teh rest, but i'm on the other side of the state, which makes me sad...

i'm thinking that most, if not all, of my desires are bad for me...

sleeeeeeeeeep...

Aye! tomorrah be the day fer celebratin!!

that's why i'm sad i no longer get john stewart on tv...

i assume you're speaking of plasma gas, as opposed to blood plasma, yes!?

It's...

mentally exhausted... excited, because tomorrow is a very special holiday! looking forward to the poker run tomorrow. nervous about talking to a crush sat. night, especially since they don't know i'm crushing on them. discouraged, because i still can't find a house i like in the area...

he said it better than i...

eating leftover pizza, drinking a lo-carb monster, and getting ready for band practice...

H-B-D!

i'm thinking that this should never be a question - the answer is always

majik 8-ball, should i bother to say something about it?

nothing now, but i'm going out soon... i need a fucking beer or three.