No, this is me in a nutshell: "Help! I'm in a nutshell! How did I get into this bloody great big nutshell? What kind of shell has a nut like this?"

a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far far away... no, actually, back in those ancient college days, i went on a leadership retreat and got myers-briggsed. our dean had each of us take the mb test so that we could learn how to better work with each other. everyone else scored as an extrovert (that lovely e), but i was an i. an istj. the only istj of the bunch. and the dean's comment to me regarding my score? "oh, becca, it'll be so interesting to work with you this year. " hmmm. i'm interesting. great. so i didn't think about it until my new supervisor told me that everyone at the staff retreat did myers-briggs, and she wanted to know if i'd ever done it so that she could know how to work with me better. i didn't want her to say "oh, interesting." but the subject changed quickly, and now i need to figure out a way to say "hey, i'm an istj." so what is an istj?

• ISTJs have a keen sense of right and wrong. for example, i know that the oakland a's are right and the san francisco giants are wrong. but really, everyone should know that. but they don't b/c they're not all ISTJs.
  
• ISTJs are most at home with "just the facts, Ma'am." this might shed light how i know religion is such a crock of $h!t. but science is great. and science fiction, even better.
  
• as do other introverted thinkers, ISTJs often give the initial impression of being aloof and perhaps somewhat cold. effusive expression of emotional warmth is not something that ISTJs do without considerable energy loss. this probably explains why i can't stand warm weather, but my fingers get blue when the temperature drops below 40. and also why i highly support energy conservation and solar panels.
• ISTJs are easily frustrated by the inconsistencies of others, especially when the second parties don't keep their commitments. like overstock.com. it took 3 weeks for them to approve a return of a comforter because they sent me the wrong color and wrong size. after haggling with them to return it b/c it was THEIR mistake, they finally approve me to send it back. BUT it's been 3 weeks since the return, and they still can't update me as to the status of my return and exchange. like they don't have computers or little christmas elves. it's so NOT about the O. and there's no O in ISTJ.