Personalities; the dollar theater

From Hom cruise

I'm living with my cousin Mark. The picture is Mark with an iguana; it was taken during a Mexican cruise in 2005. Mark is letting me rent his extra bedroom and bathroom.

On the surface, Mark and I might seem very similar. We're both single and over 30. We both like playing video games and board games. We've both watched a lot of TV. We both go to church. Mark was a special ed teacher (he's currently looking for a position), and I want to make educational apps. And we are cousins, of course.

But living with Mark has helped me see how different we really are. If you're familiar with the Myers-Briggs personality test, I am an ISTJ. Mark is an ESFP. (If you're not familiar with it, just note that only 1 of the 4 letters (S) is the same; so you could say we're 3/4 different. :)

Also, I read a book about motivation, and it tells you how to determine your "motivational DNA." I am a PSI: I have a drive to Produce, a need for Stability, and I prefer Internal rewards. Mark is a CVI: he has a drive to Connect, a need for Variety, and he also prefers Internal rewards. So, both our drives and our needs are polar opposites. Learning to live together and help each other has been a good growth experience for me.

As an aside, I think that after some time of learning how Mark and I are different, I'll start realizing how similar we really are. Our real DNA is 99.99% the same, after all. :)

From Dollar theater

This week, Mark and I went to a movie, along with Mark's friend Marshall. Mark and I both need to watch our spending; fortunately, the closest theater is a dollar theater! I didn't think that true dollar theaters existed anymore, but sure enough, this theater is $2 normally, and $1 on Tuesdays! Those aren't even matinee prices; it's just cheap all day! They even have movies in 3-D, and it's only $2 more!

The dollar theater has less-recent movies, but they're still big movies. We saw "The Expendables." Also running was "Eat Pray Love," "Toy Story 3," and "Salt." Oooh, and now they're running "Inception." I heard that was good.