Archive for August, 2007

Filed Under (life) by Bryan Allain on August-15-2007

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a friend of mine sent me this link to a mind profile website. You’ve seen these before, I’m sure. 20 questions followed by a summary of your personality.

I’m quite convinced that these summaries are written in such a way that no matter what you are like, there will be just enough vagueness in them that it will ring true to you. That’s not to say that these things are complete bunk, but color me skeptical.

Here’s what my profile said about me:

Bryan, you possess an interesting balance of hemispheric and sensory characteristics, with a slight right-brain dominance and a slight preference for visual processing.

Since neither of these is completely centered, you lack the indecision and second-guessing associated with other patterns. You have a distinct preference for creativity and intuition with seemingly sufficient verbal skills to be able to translate in any meaningful way to yourself and others.

You tend to see things in “wholes” without surrendering the ability to attend to details. You can give them sufficient notice to be able to utilize and incorporate them as part of an overall pattern.

In the same way, while you are active and process information simultaneously, you demonstrate a capacity for sequencing as well as reflection which allows for some “inner dialogue.”

All in all, you are likely to be quite content with yourself and your style although at times it will not necessarily be appreciated by others. You have sufficient confidence to not second-guess yourself, but rather to use your critical faculties in a way that enhances, rather than limits, your creativity.

You can learn in either mode although far more efficiently within the visual mode. It is likely that in listening to conversations or lecture materials you simultaneously translate into pictures which enhance and elaborate on the meaning.

It is most likely that you will gravitate towards those endeavors which are predominantly visual but include some logic or structuring. You may either work particularly hard at cultivating your auditory skills or risk “missing out” on being able to efficiently process what you learn. Your own intuitive skills will at times interfere with your capacity to listen to others, which is something else you may need to take into account.



Filed Under (sports, writing) by Bryan Allain on August-14-2007

I’ve got a piece on the front page of the Burnside Writers Collective this week entitled “One Trade Deadline to Rule Them All”. It’s a compilation of 21 trades that you’ll never see happen between entities like Katie Holmes, the New York Knicks, the WWE, Sesame Street, and Wrigley Field to name a few. If you like it, let em know. If it makes you yawn, get some sleep.

http://www.burnsidewriterscollective.com/sports/2007/08/one_trade_deadline_to_rule_the.php

bryan



Filed Under (life) by Bryan Allain on August-10-2007

…leaving in a few minutes for Massachusetts for the weekend. We’re all excited to spend some time with my family for a few days…got a new blog post up at Burnside Writer’s Collective, you can read it here…supposed to have an article posted on monday, so i’ll let you know if that happens…have a great weekend wherever you are



Filed Under (life) by Bryan Allain on August-4-2007

+ i’ve got a couple of new entries up over at the Burnside Writers Blog: this one where i provide more proof that I’m an idiot, and this one where I question why people duck lightning bolts from God.

+ Results from the “probable melanoma” i had removed 2 weeks ago came back looking good. I had one more mole removed yesterday, and hopefully that’s it for a while. I didn’t sleep well last night at all, 13 stitches in your back will do that to you…hopefully tonight is better.

+Taking the fam to see a baseball game tonight. The Harrisburg Senators against the Portland Sea Dogs. Kylie’s not too excited about it, but Parker is pretty geeked up for it. This will be his first real baseball game that he knows what’s going on. Here’s to hoping we can catch a foul ball or something.

+my new favorite picture of the year showed up in my inbox today. My brother Josh hanging with Jack Bauer backstage at the Paradise in Boston, where Josh is a manager. Apparently he and Kiefer hung out for a bit, did a few shots, and talked music for a while. Josh is one of the coolest people i know…i wish we lived closer together. The pic cracks me up…