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Y'all gonna make me lose my mind....
I'm an LJ geek. I can't help it.
1. Your LiveJournal "user name": raybear
Explain what it means: My name's ray and I'm a bear.
2. The "name" that you chose to use (if not your USER name): Raymond BoyWonder
Explain what it means: my full legal name
3. How long did it take you to come up with your name? about 5 minutes
- The Stats -
4. date of survey (because things will change as soon as you finish it): June 28, 2001
account type: free
friends of (#): 18
friends (#): 20
communities (#): 2
memories (#): 2
posts (#): 169
- Your Journal -
5. Why do you have a Journal page? Do you have a Journal page for yourself, your friends, strangers to know you, and/or everyone?
It started as a documentation of my transition, but then it just became a documentation. I'm a real life documentarian.
6. Why did you pick LiveJournal (LJ) over another service or handwriting?
The super-cool comment feature. And I type faster than I handwrite.
7. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest) how well does your LiveJournal represent who you actually are?
I spill my guts on a regular basis, but it's still not the WHOLE picture. I'll say 7.5.
8. How do you think your LJ represents you the most:
My guts-spilling nature.
9. How much about your life do you post to LJ?
A lot of it.
Is there anything you refuse to post about?
Well, I don't post as much publicly about my relationship since my s.o. reads this now. But to be honest it's maybe only a 2% reduction -- most everything I post her I end up telling her anyway.
10. On a scale of 1-10 how interesting do you think your own journal is to others?
I guess my journal is fairly interesting to strangers, since that's how Jessie came along :) Or maybe I'm just interesting to her. I'd love to think the answer is 9, but I'm sure it's closer to 6 or 5.
11. From who / how did you find out about LJ?
ftmichael
12. Has anyone ever joined LJ because of you? yep
13. How long have you been a member of LJ? since September of 2000.
14. How often do you post to LJ? maybe twice a day on the weekdays. I take the weekends off.
15. What proportion of your posts are friends only? very few
16. What is your FAVORITE interest on LJ (no more than 5 please - we'll all just assume that you like all of your listed interests to some degree :-P)? trans, sex, queer, music
17. What is your favorite community on LJ? my friends!
18. Have you ever learned anything new on LJ? hell yeah.
19. Has anything on LJ ever caused you to establish, rethink, or even change your belief or position on something? bien sur.
20. How often do you respond / comment on other peoples journals? more often than I post.
21. Do you prefer to write in your Journal, read other Journals, respond to others entries, or get responses to your entries? Getting responses and reading other journals, I guess.
22. What's the longest you've gone without posting to LJ since the day you signed up? maybe 7-10 days, back when I was sick
23. What's the longest you've gone without reading LJ since you discovered it? see above.
24. What is your favorite post you've ever made to LJ? probably something to do with Melanie.
25. What is your favorite post you've ever read on LJ? too many to name
26. What's the weirdest or funniest thing you've seen on LJ? see above
27. Have you ever specifically asked a question for people to reply to in your Journal (polls included)? sure
28. Have you ever tried to play the "trace yourself back through friends from a random LJ user" game? sort of. sometimes i do a six degrees of separation thing.
29. Have you ever played the "add a sentence to my post" game? wha?
30. Have you ever lied/fibbed in your journal?
If so, why? A lie of omission, I guess. But does that really count for a journal? Naw, I don't think so.
31. Have you ever had something mean said to you or been stalked, harassed, or got into an argument/flame war on LJ (or did it to someone else)? yeah, I sometimes lost my temper, but it doesn't happen much and hasn't happened in awhile.
32. Have you ever banned someone from your Journal? nope
33. Has LiveJournal had any significant impact on your life? yeah. it's really helped me a lot to write about myself and help sort isht out. this is a personal record for journal writing for me! I've never been this consistent or long-winded.
- Friends -
34. Who are your favorite LJ friend(s) and why?
the ones who post comments in my journal! ha ha.
35. How many of your LJ friends are your friends in "real life" (you see them regularly)? only 2, I guess. Limenal and Genderfucker.
36. How many of your LJ friends have you actually met (but you don't see them regularly)? see above.
37. Have you ever e-mailed or I.M.'d someone you found on LJ? yep.
38. Of all of the people on LJ you know of, who is the most like you? there was this one guy trannyboy, who doesn't really post anymore. otherwise, I'm a combination of most all of my LJ friends. which is why I probably like them.
39. Who is the most intelligent or insightful person you know on LJ? see question #34. ;)
40. Who is the most fun person you know on LJ?
people who post often and/or long.
41. Who is your least favorite / most annoying LJ user or community (WARNING: ANSWER AT YOUR OWN RISK)? the strange underground community of weird teenyboppers.
42. How do you USUALLY find new friends on LJ? usually, if they post on my journal, or are friends with my friends.
43. Why are you MOST likely to add someone to your friends list; Gender, User Picture, Specific Interest, Combination of Interests, Community, Geographic Location, Web Page, Specific Entry in Journal, Overall Journal, they comment in your journal, or they add you first? comments and overall journal
44. Do you automatically add friends to your journal if they add you first? usually
What is the most likely reason you WOULDN'T add someone to your friends list? boring journal (which for me usually means they never post)
45. Do you care if someone adds you to his or her friends list if you add him or her first? no
Would you remove them from yours if they didn't? no.
46. Are there any people's Journals (users / friends), communities, interests, or searches you frequent on LiveJournal that you DON'T or will not list in your user info page? i'm not that clever.
- More than Friends on LJ -
47. Is your "Significant Other" on LJ?
(If not, do they know you post on LJ?)
yeah. it's a recent development and it was somewhat of a "big step" because I knew the dynamic would change. but I love having her aboard!
48. OTHER than your S.O., who are you the most attracted to on LJ (those who think this question means an instant argument with your S.O. may pass on this question, if you don't have a S.O. just answer it)? the boys and the dykes and the queers. wait, that's all of my LJ friends....
49. Who is the sexiest person you know on LJ? myself. :)
50. Have you ever fantasized about someone on LJ? no, but now I know what I'm doing tonight....
51. Would you want to know if someone fantasized about you on LJ? please feel free to let me know. perhaps something can be arranged...
52. Would you date someone you met on LJ? yeah.
53. Have you ever wanted to meet someone on LJ? yes!
54. Have you ever actually met someone from LJ romantically (or otherwise) and hit it off (or not)? yep!
55. Have you ever posted a naughty picture / post / story on LJ? define "naughty"
- Technical LiveJournal -
56. Do you prefer to post from a Client or the Web Interface? Which do you usually use? web interface.
57. Do you use HTML to add extras to your entries?
occasionally
58. Is your LJ page customized (at all - even from template), template, or default? uhhh....template, I think.
59. Do you usually use the WinAmp music detector, add you music manually, or none at all? uhhhhh....no?
60. How well do you know the LJ features and how to use it (e.g. do you know you could edit or delete old entries, get live updates of your friends page, etc.)? pretty well
61. What is your favorite LJ feature? comments
62. What is your least favorite LJ feature (one that you would change or delete if you could)?
The update journal feature that doesn't feature mood or music -- who uses that?
63. What feature would you most like to see added to LJ? more sex. I mean, more options, styles and features are always fun.
64. What moods would you most like to see added to LJ? Don't get me started! But a good beginning would be to try a Roget.
65. "One day the directory will work again." How long until YOU believe until that day will come?
I have patience.
66. On a scale of 1-100, rate the LJ for convenience, usefulness, and coolness factor: 96.8919191919191919191919
- Miscellaneous -
67. How many other surveys have you done on LJ? maybe a dozen
68. How does this survey compare to those? long, but interesting!
69. Do you think this last question was added solely to get to this number or not? Uh, yeah.
70. Why does Raybear always have to be difficult and fck things up? Because it's in his nature.
1. Your LiveJournal "user name": raybear
Explain what it means: My name's ray and I'm a bear.
2. The "name" that you chose to use (if not your USER name): Raymond BoyWonder
Explain what it means: my full legal name
3. How long did it take you to come up with your name? about 5 minutes
- The Stats -
4. date of survey (because things will change as soon as you finish it): June 28, 2001
account type: free
friends of (#): 18
friends (#): 20
communities (#): 2
memories (#): 2
posts (#): 169
- Your Journal -
5. Why do you have a Journal page? Do you have a Journal page for yourself, your friends, strangers to know you, and/or everyone?
It started as a documentation of my transition, but then it just became a documentation. I'm a real life documentarian.
6. Why did you pick LiveJournal (LJ) over another service or handwriting?
The super-cool comment feature. And I type faster than I handwrite.
7. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest) how well does your LiveJournal represent who you actually are?
I spill my guts on a regular basis, but it's still not the WHOLE picture. I'll say 7.5.
8. How do you think your LJ represents you the most:
My guts-spilling nature.
9. How much about your life do you post to LJ?
A lot of it.
Is there anything you refuse to post about?
Well, I don't post as much publicly about my relationship since my s.o. reads this now. But to be honest it's maybe only a 2% reduction -- most everything I post her I end up telling her anyway.
10. On a scale of 1-10 how interesting do you think your own journal is to others?
I guess my journal is fairly interesting to strangers, since that's how Jessie came along :) Or maybe I'm just interesting to her. I'd love to think the answer is 9, but I'm sure it's closer to 6 or 5.
11. From who / how did you find out about LJ?
ftmichael
12. Has anyone ever joined LJ because of you? yep
13. How long have you been a member of LJ? since September of 2000.
14. How often do you post to LJ? maybe twice a day on the weekdays. I take the weekends off.
15. What proportion of your posts are friends only? very few
16. What is your FAVORITE interest on LJ (no more than 5 please - we'll all just assume that you like all of your listed interests to some degree :-P)? trans, sex, queer, music
17. What is your favorite community on LJ? my friends!
18. Have you ever learned anything new on LJ? hell yeah.
19. Has anything on LJ ever caused you to establish, rethink, or even change your belief or position on something? bien sur.
20. How often do you respond / comment on other peoples journals? more often than I post.
21. Do you prefer to write in your Journal, read other Journals, respond to others entries, or get responses to your entries? Getting responses and reading other journals, I guess.
22. What's the longest you've gone without posting to LJ since the day you signed up? maybe 7-10 days, back when I was sick
23. What's the longest you've gone without reading LJ since you discovered it? see above.
24. What is your favorite post you've ever made to LJ? probably something to do with Melanie.
25. What is your favorite post you've ever read on LJ? too many to name
26. What's the weirdest or funniest thing you've seen on LJ? see above
27. Have you ever specifically asked a question for people to reply to in your Journal (polls included)? sure
28. Have you ever tried to play the "trace yourself back through friends from a random LJ user" game? sort of. sometimes i do a six degrees of separation thing.
29. Have you ever played the "add a sentence to my post" game? wha?
30. Have you ever lied/fibbed in your journal?
If so, why? A lie of omission, I guess. But does that really count for a journal? Naw, I don't think so.
31. Have you ever had something mean said to you or been stalked, harassed, or got into an argument/flame war on LJ (or did it to someone else)? yeah, I sometimes lost my temper, but it doesn't happen much and hasn't happened in awhile.
32. Have you ever banned someone from your Journal? nope
33. Has LiveJournal had any significant impact on your life? yeah. it's really helped me a lot to write about myself and help sort isht out. this is a personal record for journal writing for me! I've never been this consistent or long-winded.
- Friends -
34. Who are your favorite LJ friend(s) and why?
the ones who post comments in my journal! ha ha.
35. How many of your LJ friends are your friends in "real life" (you see them regularly)? only 2, I guess. Limenal and Genderfucker.
36. How many of your LJ friends have you actually met (but you don't see them regularly)? see above.
37. Have you ever e-mailed or I.M.'d someone you found on LJ? yep.
38. Of all of the people on LJ you know of, who is the most like you? there was this one guy trannyboy, who doesn't really post anymore. otherwise, I'm a combination of most all of my LJ friends. which is why I probably like them.
39. Who is the most intelligent or insightful person you know on LJ? see question #34. ;)
40. Who is the most fun person you know on LJ?
people who post often and/or long.
41. Who is your least favorite / most annoying LJ user or community (WARNING: ANSWER AT YOUR OWN RISK)? the strange underground community of weird teenyboppers.
42. How do you USUALLY find new friends on LJ? usually, if they post on my journal, or are friends with my friends.
43. Why are you MOST likely to add someone to your friends list; Gender, User Picture, Specific Interest, Combination of Interests, Community, Geographic Location, Web Page, Specific Entry in Journal, Overall Journal, they comment in your journal, or they add you first? comments and overall journal
44. Do you automatically add friends to your journal if they add you first? usually
What is the most likely reason you WOULDN'T add someone to your friends list? boring journal (which for me usually means they never post)
45. Do you care if someone adds you to his or her friends list if you add him or her first? no
Would you remove them from yours if they didn't? no.
46. Are there any people's Journals (users / friends), communities, interests, or searches you frequent on LiveJournal that you DON'T or will not list in your user info page? i'm not that clever.
- More than Friends on LJ -
47. Is your "Significant Other" on LJ?
(If not, do they know you post on LJ?)
yeah. it's a recent development and it was somewhat of a "big step" because I knew the dynamic would change. but I love having her aboard!
48. OTHER than your S.O., who are you the most attracted to on LJ (those who think this question means an instant argument with your S.O. may pass on this question, if you don't have a S.O. just answer it)? the boys and the dykes and the queers. wait, that's all of my LJ friends....
49. Who is the sexiest person you know on LJ? myself. :)
50. Have you ever fantasized about someone on LJ? no, but now I know what I'm doing tonight....
51. Would you want to know if someone fantasized about you on LJ? please feel free to let me know. perhaps something can be arranged...
52. Would you date someone you met on LJ? yeah.
53. Have you ever wanted to meet someone on LJ? yes!
54. Have you ever actually met someone from LJ romantically (or otherwise) and hit it off (or not)? yep!
55. Have you ever posted a naughty picture / post / story on LJ? define "naughty"
- Technical LiveJournal -
56. Do you prefer to post from a Client or the Web Interface? Which do you usually use? web interface.
57. Do you use HTML to add extras to your entries?
occasionally
58. Is your LJ page customized (at all - even from template), template, or default? uhhh....template, I think.
59. Do you usually use the WinAmp music detector, add you music manually, or none at all? uhhhhh....no?
60. How well do you know the LJ features and how to use it (e.g. do you know you could edit or delete old entries, get live updates of your friends page, etc.)? pretty well
61. What is your favorite LJ feature? comments
62. What is your least favorite LJ feature (one that you would change or delete if you could)?
The update journal feature that doesn't feature mood or music -- who uses that?
63. What feature would you most like to see added to LJ? more sex. I mean, more options, styles and features are always fun.
64. What moods would you most like to see added to LJ? Don't get me started! But a good beginning would be to try a Roget.
65. "One day the directory will work again." How long until YOU believe until that day will come?
I have patience.
66. On a scale of 1-100, rate the LJ for convenience, usefulness, and coolness factor: 96.8919191919191919191919
- Miscellaneous -
67. How many other surveys have you done on LJ? maybe a dozen
68. How does this survey compare to those? long, but interesting!
69. Do you think this last question was added solely to get to this number or not? Uh, yeah.
70. Why does Raybear always have to be difficult and fck things up? Because it's in his nature.
Very Interesting
aw shucks
I'm glad to hear my life has as much excitement as a soap opera -- that will come in handy later when I write my memoirs....