I Am A Bernese Mountain Dog

"Your Unconscious Mind Is Most Driven by Curiosity" the ominous screen told me...

You are full of questions about life, people, and your own potential. You spend more time than others imagining the possibilities for your life – and you're open to things others are too afraid to consider. You have an almost physical need to know and do more. It's only through new experiences that you feel a greater understanding of yourself and the world. You also have a rebellious streak that shows up when you feel unable to truly influence the world or circumstances around you. Your appetite for novel experiences also shows an openness others don't have, but wish they did. Your psyche is very rich; the more you learn about it, the more you will understand who you really are...

So I took an online Inkblot personality test. They're rather intriguing, especially if you're into abstract art. No matter what the website says about being highly developed by psychologists, don't let them fool you: Ink blots used to determine personality type (otherwise known as Rorschach tests) have very little reliability or validity. Most psychologists today use them as an icebreaker on first visits with clients...which was why I was kind of surprised when their results sounded ridiculously accurate for me. Fortunately, the riddle was solved when I checked my sister Sam's results and discovered that she had something nearly identical (given the slightly different term of "Imaginative"), at which point I realized I'd just fallen for a longer version of the fortune cookie syndrome. For fun, I give it 7 points out of 10.

By the way, for an additional 8 points of fun, I reccomend the what dog are you? personality profile test. I laughed when my psychological profile matched me to one of my favourite breeds. Apparently, I am a Bernese Mountain Dog. No bones about it, you're a good-hearted, people-loving Bernese Mountain Dog. Down-to-earth and loyal, no one works or plays harder than you do. You put your nose to the grindstone when it really counts, but you never neglect your social calendar. Simultaneously strong and sweet, you're very tuned-in to the feelings and needs of the other dogs you run with. Without having to be asked, you always have a helping paw to lend and a sympathetic shoulder to lean on. "Communication" is your middle name, and when that's paired with your unswerving devotion, you get a breed that everyone respects and trusts. Woof!

Alas, there was only a photo of some ugly bull dog and none of my beloved mountain dog and I'm too lazy to go find one to post here. Anyways, I should probably start the Montessori school research I kicked Chasey off the computer to accomplish...