Advanced Personality Test

After reading that one in five young adults has a personality disorder, I assumed I should take a personality test to see how abnormal I am.

Found this spiffy app on Facebook. The results (my comments in italics):

Low Extraversion - you are not very social. This can
be harmless preference but for some it correlates to
unhappiness. Go out. Do stuff. Make friends. -- maybe I
should make this a New Year's Resolution?

Interdependence - you enjoy working with others.
You understand that you can't accomplish things alone,
so maybe avoid jobs where you work alone.

Low Need to dominate - you have little interest in
leadership. When you feel you are the most capable,
step forward on occasion.

Romantic - you desire true love. Take note though,
romantics are more likely to stay too long in bad
relationships. -- *sigh* SO true

Low Wealth - You're not rich. You're probably not
even a fiscal conservative - I try :P

Humanitarian - you want to make the world a
better place. I hope to hell you recycle.

Honor - you are true to your word. This is admirable
generally but keep in mind that inflexible honor can
sometimes be less than admirable/wise (like staying
loyal to a bad person).

Low Paranoia - you trust people generally. This
generally suggests health unless you have a pattern
of trusting bad people in which case you need to be
more discriminating. -- Grrr... must be more paranoid. :D

Low Extravagance - you are not into the bling-bling.
Vapid attractive people might not want to sleep with
you. -- This is why I turn them down first. Ha!

Above are my outliers, below are moderate scores:

Stability - you are tough and resilient. You have an advantage
over others in challenging and high stress careers / activities.
-- this could be why I survived all those jobs most people could not
withstand for five minutes!

Orderliness - you prefer an organized life. You would likely
prefer the predictability of a corporation to a startup company.

Intellectual - you want to advance your knowledge. Find
job(s) and/or hobby(s) which can satiate your curiousity drive.

Mystical - you like to explore the unknown and mysterious.
You might enjoy being a Shaman or studying ESP.

Low Materialism - you're not interested in chasing money.

Low Adventurousness - you are risk averse. A certain
amount of risk has some place in any healthy person's life.

Work ethic - you prefer to feel productive and busy. For
you working adds meaning to your life. You would not enjoy
a slacker existence or a career that was too easy.

Low Anti-authority - You don't have a problem taking
direction from an authority. Make sure you don't follow
authority blindly.

Dependency - you want to be taken care off by others. This
trait correlates more than any other on this test with Learned
Helplessness so look that up.

Change averse - you like to maintain the status quo. You
probably would not enjoy a job with entailed a lot of
unpredictability.

Cautiousness - you desire safety and security. You
probably would not be happy living in a dangerous
neighborhood. -- East Phillips isn't that bad, is it?

Sexuality - you like sexual pleasure
(and probably pleasure in general).

Low Peter pan complex - you are very mature
and probably may even be responsible. I hate you (sarcasm).

Low Vanity - you are not superficial (or so you claim).
Please note, though, that physical beauty has been
found to correlate to physical health.

Low Hedonism - you're not big on cigs and/or alcohol.
If you have substance abuse problems that's a good thing.
If not, moderation has been shown to have some health benefits.

Physically active - you like to lead a physically active life.
You probably would not relate very well to a non active person.

Religious - you are true to your religious beliefs.

Low Self image - you don't think you are attractive
(which may or may not be true). If there are healthy
changes you can make to improve that (exercise/diet), you
should. If not, don't worry about it. -- What's wrong with average?

Family drive - you value having a family.
Over population is no joke, replacement level reproduction please!

Followed by the simply average:

Accommodation

Narcissism

Conflict seeking

Avoidant

Individualism

Histrionic

Artistic

Fiscal acumen

Accountability

I found another quiz, not as extensive, but focused on personality disorders. Now I can stop worrying about possibly having one, and focus on maintaining and improving my health.

The results:

Disorder	Rating	Information
Paranoid:	Low	click for info
Schizoid:	Moderate	click for info
Schizotypal:	Low	click for info
Antisocial:	Low	click for info
Borderline:	Low	click for info
Histrionic:	Moderate	click for info
Narcissistic:	Low	click for info
Avoidant:	Low	click for info
Dependent:	Moderate	click for info
Obsessive-Compulsive:	Low	click for info

Josiah's Arsenic test

Yes, it's crazy. The only urban EPA Superfund site in America is located in south Minneapolis. The majority is in my neighborhood: East Phillips. I moved here because the rent was the same as Stevens Square ( or slightly lower ) but the amenities were much higher. I do not see drug dealers or strippers on my block. No one asks me "Wanna get hiiiiigh?"

The biggest benefit has been for my son Josiah. There are more children here! There were none in on my block, or even the apartment building of 110+ units! The negative: arsenic in the soil. My home was tested and was low. This did not mean I was not worried. So I had Siah tested for free by the Minnesota Department of Health. I have posted their testing results on the left.

The Health of a vegetarian

They say that every cell in your body will be new after 7 years. That is how long I will have been a strict vegetarian this coming October. Even before that, I am in excellent health. My body composition is rated excellent and my Body Mass Index ( BMI ) is 18.9 or just at normal.

While the blood test on the left couldn't determine my LDL cholesterol level, I had the test taken in December of 2006. It was 23 mg/dL. This was the lowest the doctor had ever seen in her life. My blood pressure is also superb!

Glucose levels are good, which mean I am not at risk for diabetes 2 yet.

Of course, I can't compare this with where I was at the age of 19 ( now 26). I have always been rather slim, but I doubt it was lower having worked at Burger King from 98-01. That and the unlimited burgers and donuts available to me in the military! So, yeah, going vegetarian is much healthier for you and is still yummilicious in its own way.

DQ Dilly Bars

One of my favorite childhood memories: dilly bars! :D

You can't go wrong going to Dairy Queen in the Minnesotan summers! It can be addicting and unhealthy. Of course, there should be more vegan alternatives there for the 21st century.....