Festivities

We had our Science Christmas party a couple of weeks ago. We chose the park in front of the Biol Sciences Library, which the VC also chose for the University's party last Friday. Purely by coincidence, the day before our party, 2 big piles of soil were delivered to the venue, which by the day before the VC's party, had been transformed into some gorgeous new gardens. However, we just had the piles of dirt.... Nonetheless it was a beautiful afternoon. Everyone brought food to share, partners and kids came along, boules was played, soccer balls flew around the lawn, and our green mascot (Kermit) did the honours as secret Santa.

Just for fun

I was reading a librarian’s blog today and saw that he had done the Jung Typology Test, so I thought I’d see if it came up with anything interesting.  I came out as an INFJ, which I always do, both on the web and in properly administered Myers Briggs Type Indicator courses.  This, of course means I’m introverted (quiet, private), intuitive (not good on detail, look at big picture), feeling (make decisions on value/the effect on people rather than logic), and judging (a list maker and a planner – not good at off the cuff “lets fly to Morocco today” decisions).  No surprises there, I guess.

My suggested careers were –

·         Literature/Writer    

·         Humanities         

·         Web Design     

·         Philosophy   

·         Archaeology 

·         Religious Education  

·         Psychology      

·         Counselling

Not sure where science librarian comes into it...  Funnily enough, even though this is supposedly the rarest of the “types” (about 1% of the population), Simon and I are both this type.  I think he must score higher than me on the J scale, as his use of a diary and bring up system is quite amazing.  While I admit I have a small obsession with my personal labelling machine and am addicted to my PDA, my in tray and task list still both get overflowing with alarming regularity.  And the writing thing is obviously a strong point for Simon – Mr “Robert Street Prize”.