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hummingwolf) wrote2005-03-03 11:32 pm
hummingwolf) wrote2005-03-03 11:32 pm
Are you a LiveJournal addict?
Popular LJ list to take my mind off life in general before I go to sleep.
As ever, things true of me are in bold.
• If you can't access the site, you have a minor freak out - and a major case of hitting reload.
I wanna know what's going on in everyone's lives! I wanna know what you're thinking! Tell me what's on your mind! And now I have an old Information Society song in my head and it won't go away! (Other children of the '80s may thwack me for the earworm later.)
• You found yourself composing journal entries during dates, movies, even sex!
--Maybe this would be true if I ever engaged in any of those activities.
• When you're out, you suddenly think of a witty reply to a comment somebody made to you... several days ago.
• You actually call it LJ and not Livejournal.
• You've downloaded some sort of LJ program which has only the purpose of making entries easier to write without going on the site manually.
--No, I have a Pentium II with more than enough things to clutter it with.
• You consider it a great offense if someone deletes you off their friend's list.
--Not an offense, but it can give me a minor twinge.
• The first thing you do every day when you go online is check your friends journals - even before checking your email.
--No, I log in to Yahoo mail and LJ simultaneously. Whichever one I read first depends on which site happens to be responding faster.
• You actually paid money for a few extra pictures with a full account when you could actually just alternate pics when you want to for your screen icons.
• When your friends ask what's new, you get mad at them because you already wrote it in your LJ and they didn't check it yet.
Heh. I do try to keep in mind that some people have poor memories and/or non-LJ lives.
• You have put more time into LJ than all your assignments for the semester.
• You have more friends on LJ than in real life.
This is silly. LJ is real life.
• You've met at least 50% of your LJ friends.
• You can't seem to call your friends by their real names - only LJ names will do.
• You've fallen in love with someone you met on LJ.
• You have posted about a party or get together on your LJ... and random strangers showed up.
• You are guilty of traveling more than an hour to meet someone with LiveJournal.
• You've written a protected entry about one of your LiveJournal friends. (Extra points if they eventually found out about it)
--If I remember correctly, I have made exactly one (1) post in a filter other than the general friends filter, and that one post was just about a big chat when the Angel series ended. If you know what HMC stands for, you're probably one of the people who could see that post.
• You have written posts to notify people you're going to sleep.
I'm not really sure if I've done this, but it's certainly possible.
• You talk about your LJ friends to your real life friends all the time... like they're a part of your group.
Again--LJ is real life.
• You've created a LJ community, and people actually post in it.
• You've been recognized in real live by a fellow LJ'er.
--No, I think people were surprised that I don't really have shiny green wings.
• You have friended someone because of their LiveJournal icon.
• You have "pity friends" on your list, who you would defriend if you could.
--No, if you're on my list, it's because I want to read you.
• You've pimped one of your friends on journal, trying to get people to friend him / her.
--No, but I have nudged certain specific people to go read other specific people's journals.
• Instead of doing research, you sometimes post difficult questions on your LiveJournal. -- and/or various communities.
Not instead; in addition to.
• Your pets all have their own LiveJournals.
• You know, right now, how many people have friended you (without peeking).
Well, my friend-of list doesn't change very often. What I know is how many journals have me on their friends lists--not sure how many sentient beings that represents since some folks have multiple journals.
• You've stopped being friends with someone in real life because of something they've said on LJ.
• You're guilty of posting sexy or nude pictures to get more people to friend you.
--No, but this reminds me of the time someone sent an e-mail saying they'd seen my pictures on LJ and they thought I was really hot. Since the only photo I've posted here was a picture of me at eight months of age, I found this a little bit disturbing.
• You have consoled yourself after a horrible day thinking "At least this will make a great LJ post"
• You're jealous of people who have more friends and / or comments than you.
• You have written a really great, solid post - only to be disappointed by the lack of comments.
The three preceding statements are true of 99.44% of all LiveJournalers.
• You're guilty of commenting excessively to get more traffic to your journal.
• You’ve been upset/disappointed when a LJ friend you have never really met disagrees with you.
• You've deleted a post a few minutes (or hours) after you've written it, because it seemed lame in retrospect.
I did this once early in my LJ career. There was another post which I edited to remove all relevant information because I realized I was not yet ready to publicly say what I'd said. Aside from those two posts, I've tended to let my lameness stand in all its pathetic glory.
• You give shout outs to all your LJ friends on their birthdays.
• You have an additional, secret journal that hardly anyone knows about.
Had one once which nobody else knew about, a supersecret journal where I could post my deepest, darkest secrets. I had to delete that whole journal when I realized that all my deep, dark secrets are boring.
Hmm... is deleting an entire journal for lameness better or worse than deleting lame posts?
• You've broken up with someone - or ended a friendship - soley via LiveJournal.
• You have gotten mean anonymous comments
--No no, I love my anonymous commenters! Well,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zoopownsyou may have left a mean anon comment once, but she's also the only person who's ever written me drunken love poetry. (The fun part is that she and I are both straight women.)
• You've been reported (or reported someone) to LJ Abuse.
• You've been concerned for a LJ friend's wellbeing when they stop posting after a period of time.
• You've been featured on LJ Drama.
• You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who are LJ addicts.
Wait--those were jokes?!
As ever, things true of me are in bold.
• If you can't access the site, you have a minor freak out - and a major case of hitting reload.
I wanna know what's going on in everyone's lives! I wanna know what you're thinking! Tell me what's on your mind! And now I have an old Information Society song in my head and it won't go away! (Other children of the '80s may thwack me for the earworm later.)
• You found yourself composing journal entries during dates, movies, even sex!
--Maybe this would be true if I ever engaged in any of those activities.
• When you're out, you suddenly think of a witty reply to a comment somebody made to you... several days ago.
• You actually call it LJ and not Livejournal.
• You've downloaded some sort of LJ program which has only the purpose of making entries easier to write without going on the site manually.
--No, I have a Pentium II with more than enough things to clutter it with.
• You consider it a great offense if someone deletes you off their friend's list.
--Not an offense, but it can give me a minor twinge.
• The first thing you do every day when you go online is check your friends journals - even before checking your email.
--No, I log in to Yahoo mail and LJ simultaneously. Whichever one I read first depends on which site happens to be responding faster.
• You actually paid money for a few extra pictures with a full account when you could actually just alternate pics when you want to for your screen icons.
• When your friends ask what's new, you get mad at them because you already wrote it in your LJ and they didn't check it yet.
Heh. I do try to keep in mind that some people have poor memories and/or non-LJ lives.
• You have put more time into LJ than all your assignments for the semester.
• You have more friends on LJ than in real life.
This is silly. LJ is real life.
• You've met at least 50% of your LJ friends.
• You can't seem to call your friends by their real names - only LJ names will do.
• You've fallen in love with someone you met on LJ.
• You have posted about a party or get together on your LJ... and random strangers showed up.
• You are guilty of traveling more than an hour to meet someone with LiveJournal.
• You've written a protected entry about one of your LiveJournal friends. (Extra points if they eventually found out about it)
--If I remember correctly, I have made exactly one (1) post in a filter other than the general friends filter, and that one post was just about a big chat when the Angel series ended. If you know what HMC stands for, you're probably one of the people who could see that post.
• You have written posts to notify people you're going to sleep.
I'm not really sure if I've done this, but it's certainly possible.
• You talk about your LJ friends to your real life friends all the time... like they're a part of your group.
Again--LJ is real life.
• You've created a LJ community, and people actually post in it.
• You've been recognized in real live by a fellow LJ'er.
--No, I think people were surprised that I don't really have shiny green wings.
• You have friended someone because of their LiveJournal icon.
• You have "pity friends" on your list, who you would defriend if you could.
--No, if you're on my list, it's because I want to read you.
• You've pimped one of your friends on journal, trying to get people to friend him / her.
--No, but I have nudged certain specific people to go read other specific people's journals.
• Instead of doing research, you sometimes post difficult questions on your LiveJournal. -- and/or various communities.
Not instead; in addition to.
• Your pets all have their own LiveJournals.
• You know, right now, how many people have friended you (without peeking).
Well, my friend-of list doesn't change very often. What I know is how many journals have me on their friends lists--not sure how many sentient beings that represents since some folks have multiple journals.
• You've stopped being friends with someone in real life because of something they've said on LJ.
• You're guilty of posting sexy or nude pictures to get more people to friend you.
--No, but this reminds me of the time someone sent an e-mail saying they'd seen my pictures on LJ and they thought I was really hot. Since the only photo I've posted here was a picture of me at eight months of age, I found this a little bit disturbing.
• You have consoled yourself after a horrible day thinking "At least this will make a great LJ post"
• You're jealous of people who have more friends and / or comments than you.
• You have written a really great, solid post - only to be disappointed by the lack of comments.
The three preceding statements are true of 99.44% of all LiveJournalers.
• You're guilty of commenting excessively to get more traffic to your journal.
• You’ve been upset/disappointed when a LJ friend you have never really met disagrees with you.
• You've deleted a post a few minutes (or hours) after you've written it, because it seemed lame in retrospect.
I did this once early in my LJ career. There was another post which I edited to remove all relevant information because I realized I was not yet ready to publicly say what I'd said. Aside from those two posts, I've tended to let my lameness stand in all its pathetic glory.
• You give shout outs to all your LJ friends on their birthdays.
• You have an additional, secret journal that hardly anyone knows about.
Had one once which nobody else knew about, a supersecret journal where I could post my deepest, darkest secrets. I had to delete that whole journal when I realized that all my deep, dark secrets are boring.
Hmm... is deleting an entire journal for lameness better or worse than deleting lame posts?
• You've broken up with someone - or ended a friendship - soley via LiveJournal.
• You have gotten mean anonymous comments
--No no, I love my anonymous commenters! Well,
zoopownsyou may have left a mean anon comment once, but she's also the only person who's ever written me drunken love poetry. (The fun part is that she and I are both straight women.)• You've been reported (or reported someone) to LJ Abuse.
• You've been concerned for a LJ friend's wellbeing when they stop posting after a period of time.
• You've been featured on LJ Drama.
• You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who are LJ addicts.
Wait--those were jokes?!
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Well, yeah.... it's not fictional... aside from the fiction journals, they are real journals written by real people, and even the fiction is written by real people.