Went to see Kate Clinton last night; nothing to do with square dancing (except I missed dancing to Rick Gittelman at ACES), but it was like old home week for the Albuquerque lesbian community. I saw folks there I hadn’t seen in (seems like) 10 years.

True confession time: I’m an introvert. I first realized this years ago, when my mom got into making everyone she knew take a Meyers-Brigg Type Indicator (lots of references here) questionnaire. (If you knew my mom, you’d know it’s easier just to take the test than to resist.) I was an ISTJ–wishy-washy on the S/N scale, but extremely strong on the I side of the I/E scale. My mom is an extremely strong E, and both my brother and I are equally strong I’s. I think the test helped her realize that when we resisted going to her parties and meeting all her friends, it was because we honestly wouldn’t enjoy it (even though for her, nothing could be more fun than going to one of our parties (assuming we had them) and meeting our friends).

Square Dance relevance? While the MBTI has its share of skeptics, it might be interesting to know if there’s a common set of types among square dancers. Do we tend to be more ST (Guardian) types, because square dancing tends to be fairly regimented, and people who stay can put up with (and even enjoy) lots of rules and structure? Should we aim our marketing to particular personality types?