new friend

I am slowly introducing myself to a new friend. It has been a different way of journaling, a conversation that tells someone about myself. I get to pick and choose what I tell, what is important to share. I am who I choose to be, I can name my history or just be it. It is an interesting process to watch. Making a new friend is a chance to redefine myself again.

So here is something I told my new friend today: I test borderline introvert/extrovert on the Myers-Briggs scales. I am a shy exhibitionist who needs close friends. I am much less shy than I once was. I am sufficiently self assured that people don't think that I am shy. I am more interested in an intimate conversation than a cocktail party. In fact, coctail parties (or the like) are one of my least favorite things in the whole world. What i like best is long intimate conversations that tell me the depth of who people are and how they have lived their lives. It is something I can only sample in a small group or one-on-one. Like eating a single chocolate truffle rather than the whole box at once -- it has taken me a lifetime to appreciate that eating a single chocolate truffle is a better experience.