July | 2012 | Bluejacky: Existential Aspie

Month: July 2012

Xanga Survey

When did you join Xanga?
It's been 8 years. I have blogsites all over the internet, and xanga is always my fave to come back to because I can play with codes so much here. I nearly destroyed my myspace page with code and had to rewrite every bit of it from scratch each time Tom did a maintenance update. I can adapt to xanga yanking certain scripts out of headers and footers and disabling java and whatever, life is still cool here. Blogger is okay, I guess, tumblr is a nightmare cosmic joke played on the masses to force upgrades (as an evil villain wannabe, I respect that), I'll stop at that, this isn't supposed to be a list of every blog and journal site I've cannonballed into.
What brought you here?
I was dragged here kicking and screaming, like I am every blogsite. I can't tell you how cranky I got when AOL hometown morphed into lifestream and I lost all my website pages and my *original* scifi groups.
Do you have other Xanga accounts?
I have nightmares about suddenly remembering websites and blogs I've created and forgotten all about and I desperately try to get back into them because it was the coolest stuff I ever saw, then I wake up just dazzled because I believe I've seen what the internet will be like in the future. That or I dream of stuff in parallel worlds that already exists, and it's terribly frustrating to have to wake up back in this world.
What sorts of things do you post?
Mostly distractions. I could be showing everyone my bed head, like Wil Wheaton is doing on twitter and every blog he owns (yes, he's adorable), but my fans sometimes actually show up at my house without warning when they get too excited. Don't know if Wil has that problem (I hear he hands out homemade beer), but I'm afraid someone will steal my chickens because they're so cute.
whaaaa?

How often do you post?
Continually. Even when I am disappeared. Drove a few people crazy. I could tell you who all still checks on me at least once a week, even when there was nothing to see for two years, but I won't. It drives some of you even crazier that I totally lack a gossip gene. >=)
Do you keep yourself anonymous?
And everyone else who comes into contact with me. I know way too much stuff. I've been pulled into turf wars more times than I can count when people find out I'm friends with other people, etc. The big Sliders war with the Canadians went way over the edge, and I'm sorry, but I like Wade AND Maggie. (I don't care what the Canadians say about themselves, they clearly yearn for brutal war in every forum I've seen.) It was the new writers I had a problem with. Did it disturb anyone else to hear the original ' Col. Rickman' (season 3, 1997) speaking as the Caterpillar in Once Upon a Time? Never mind that he's frickin' Roger Daltry, that gave me cold shivers like crap, I had to pause the dvr and yell DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS!!!!! IT'S COLONEL RICKMAN!!!! OMG!!!!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN COLONEL RICKMAN WHO, COLONEL RICKMAN THE MANIAC FREAK WHO USED SYRINGES TO SUCK SPINAL FLUID OUT OF HIS VICTIMS' SKULLS, HE'S THE CATERPILLAR!!!!!

Do other people in your face-to-face life have accounts here?
Other people have created xangas because I am here, I think we should be able to earn referral premiums.

Have you met in person with anyone you originally met on Xanga?
Not unless they have discovered where I live and moved here and casually greet me around town unbeknownst to moi, no. I've been so thankful that Google Maps had my house location mapped all wrong, but I saw their cute little car driving around town the other day, with that mini crane and camera ball on the roof, and groaned. They're *updating*.... I didn't have the wit to snap a pic as I was turning through an intersection, so here, click on that cool car to see where I got it from.

Do you consider your friends here to be"real friends"?
You're all a bunch of Sims to me... BWAHAHAHAHA.

Have you ever dated anyone you met on Xanga?
Scott refuses to xanga. He says I've already made him famous. I feel obligated at this point to punctuate that by uploading a paparazzi pic I told him I'd never share online ~*riiiiiiggghhhtttt*~ Not bad for someone about to turn 56, eh? He was temporarily regimental after coming in from 103 degree tomato plant watering and whatever else he was doing out there. It actually got up to 106 later that afternoon, ~in the shade~.

What else are you just dying to say about Xanga?
I think #Dan is a genius because he gets all you slobs so worked up. Like shooting fish in a barrel. Playing sweet and innocent in between. What a legendary xanga icon he's become! It's been like watching a pro boarder shoot the curl. I say that with love, admiration, and respect. True evil genius should be heralded.
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Future Survey

1 | How do you think everyone will act when 2013 comes around and the world is still intact?
I remember the guy with the 3 giant propane tanks put into the ground on his property because of Y2K. Weird to think it's only been 12 years since then. Wonder if he's actually been using that propane or holding back for this biggie. I want to get an end of the world t-shirt and wear it on 12-22-12 up through the holidays.
2 | Have you ever made a 'future post' on Xanga?
Those freak me out. I tried it once when they first came out with the date adjusting thingie, and all I can say is that is a good way to deja vu yourself silly.
3 | Do you watch the Spike Video Game Awards? If so, what was your opinion on the latest?
I follow SPIKE on Twitter. I don't bother watching tv, I just follow the listings and get the quick yap about everything. I'm notorious for setting my dvr and never getting around to what I record. Except Comic Con. Same with podcasting, I just read comments real fast. Nothing like speed reading the internet. I think I get better and way faster news off my Irish Times twitter feed than watching my local channel.
4 | What has been the most significant thing to happen to you this year?
I didn't get killed, always good.
5 | What kind of kid were you when you were seven?
Enthralled with Simon Bar Sinister, if that's any predilection.
6 | Do you always eat those mints you get at some restaurants?
I give them to Scott. He ~luvs~ them.
7 | Were you or anyone you knew worried about Y2K?
One of my fave song quotes is "Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699." -Weird Al. One of my favorite comedy quotes is "I've wiped the file? Oh damn. What... I've wiped all the files?? I've wiped the internet?!? Oh no... I don't even have a modem!" -Eddie Izzard.
8 | Do you read the CD liner notes?
I'm usually disappointed in the ones that contain little booklets with the life history of every member in the group, but fail to write out the song lyrics. If you're not going to publish the lyrics, sing clearly, because the lyric sites on the internet just make stuff up if they can't figure it out, either. I've seen some pretty weird completely unmatching lyric wrangling online, like they're competing for urban legend awards or something.
9 | Is there a specific thing about which you know so much that you'd be able to give lessons for others to learn it?
Well, I nearly rewrote my widget java into flash all by myself over the weekend because the widget maker was so slow doing updates, and I had to hack source code off a few sites just to get templates and hack properties on other people's widgets to practice on, and dang people, learn to use a write protect code, for crying out loud. In the end, they finally finished the update before my final test was executed, but I still count it as a triumphant huzzah because I'm completely self taught and have never followed a tutorial in my life. No other nerds were harmed in my aggression. ~Funny story. I once sent an entire chat site (don't worry, it was my own) careening off to the left over and over because I forgot a single pointy parenthesis. Managed to catch a link flying by to get back in and correct. Fun times, that was an exciting day for everyone. Before I corrected I typed one letter at a time every time the chat flew back around just to see if I could make a sentence and hit enter, took nearly 5 minutes between laughing so hard and the speed being set around 80. Oh, I miss those days sometimes, when it was all fresh and new and oh-so-thrilling... *shift*letterTYPE ~whizzzz~ *shift*letterTYPE ~whizzzz~ If you ever get bored playing aim and shoot games with the mouse, like Fly Swatter, just mangle up some code.
10 | Imagine it's 5:27, and someone asks you the time. Do you say what it is exactly, or do you round up to 5:30?
I just noticed that it's really bugging me that whoever made this survey is using those vertical slashes as periods. I think the world time clock should be implanted in all our brains. I'm so used to glancing down into the corner of my screen for the time that I do that watching tv, looking in the mirror, even driving my car, like the windshield is supposed to have a little digital readout going. Dang, I should have snipped my window, the time was literally *right there* as I was doing this one. You know, like 5:28ish.
11 | Do you believe that being 'cultured' is important? Why or why not?
I went so far as to get a whole degree in culture studies. It was important to *me*. Wow, this survey maker just blew my mind. I think it's ridiculously hilarious when people enculture themselves and think they're cool. If you're one of the slobs who don't have a clue that those two thoughts are completely unrelated, congratulations, you're a nidiot. Which is a culture unto itself. I say this with love.
12 | Where did you purchase the computer you're using right now?
You know it's going to be a bad seasonal allergy day when you take benadryl and two hours later can't tell. Who cares where I bought this? What I wanna know is where do rich people buy theirs, because I'm betting they get super computers that we never see in Best Buy.
13 | If you could shapeshift into anybody, who would it be and why?
Boy, that would freak Scott out, wouldn't it? >=) heh heh He'd come around a corner and there he'd be, dancing around mocking himself.
14 | Who would you consider to be the best driver you know? Why do you think that?
I come from a family of truckers who have never been involved in accidents. Did you know they get lifetime awards for that?
15 | Do you think it's fair to compare Family Guy to The Simpsons? What about Star Wars to Star Trek?
It's more fun to just smash stuff together, like these geniuses. Click on the pix to go to the sites.

16 | Will you miss CDs if they end up going obsolete? Why or why not?
Will anyone even notice? I remember when the world nearly flipped upside down because 8 track tape players suddenly dive bombed. I got $8 for my best of Rolling Stones 8 track tape at a yard sale. It was good for my economy.
17 | If you got the chance to go to Fantasy Island (from the TV show), what would your fantasy be?
There isn't a soul on this earth that could get me to actually role play out one of my fantasies. I'd rather see it spun out into a gripping tv series.
18 | Can you tell the difference between a bluebird and a blue jay without looking at pictures?
The survey taker before me spent a lengthy paragraph imitating an encyclopedia. But did you know that blue jays aren't really blue?
19 | Do you tend to feel sorry for the villain of a story / TV show / movie / etc.?
I get ticked off at them for getting sloppy. There's just no excuse.
20 | What was your favourite Christmas movie as a child?
Who can ever forget this horrific piece of violence?
My fave Christmas show scene as an adult is seeing Eliot Loudermilk blowing the office computers away with a shotgun on Scrooged.
21 | Would you ever date someone who had an STD / STI, if they were honest and safe about it?
I'm the biggest germ phobe I know, and you are wondering if I'd go out with someone who has cooties... This question has me reaching for my invisible spray can just thinking about it.
22 | If there is a lot of swearing in a song, do you prefer to listen to it censored or uncensored?
It's funny when a tv show allows swearing in other languages because the audience isn't supposed to know what it means.

23 | Have you ever heard your voice on any kind of recording? If so, is your voice much different than it sounds in your head?
It wasn't that long ago that many humans around the world had never seen themselves in a mirror, either, now they splat cell phone self portraits all over facebook. You have to learn to culture your voice like you do your look. Take voice lessons. What makes it more fun is nerve damage in your ear from a nasty viral infection and you have to guess how your pitch is going or whether you're hitting the right key. I'm not sure I'm hearing *anything* quite right. Throw in an auditory processing glitch, and we have magic. If you think someone can't hear you right, talk softer and enunciate better. And if you don't like the way your voice sounds, keep recording and working on it.
24 | Why are you listening to what you're listening to right now?
Utter silence. It's beautiful sometimes. We live in an incredibly noisy world. I'm floating on the essence of cicadas nearly dying off around here, thank goodness. Now maybe I can get some SLEEP. I've been up since 2:45.
25 | If you had to write a 2,000 word essay right now about a subject in which you have no interest, how long would it take you to complete?
Surveys are an exercise in focusing your mind. They are not a waste of time. As long as you get the dishes done...
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Freaking Awesome Survey

(Who names these things???)
Favorite crayon color?
We made the coolest projects with wax paper and an iron when I was a kid, shave the crayons down and melt it into something artsy, like a take-off on stained glass. Well, that fond memory was quickly replaced with memories of the icky smell of hot wax paper and getting my fingers singed, and then the whole thing not looking cool at all. Um, this is freaking awesome already...
Should waffles be the National Food of America?
Didn't Belgium already nab those as a national food? I thought our national food was Taco Bell, or Sonic, or something like that. Chili cheese coneys would be a freaking awesome national food.
Do dog barks make you cry?
They kinda make me insane. Oh, wait- they kinda make me freaking awesome insane.
What are your thoughts about mac and cheese?
I have wondered for a long time why they don't sell little packets of that dried cheese as snack packets, because who doesn't like to stick their finger in there and lick it off? That would be freaking ok ok that's old already, I know.
Who is your favorite Sesame Street character?
Gonzo is cool because he loves chickens, but I'm more a Rob and Nicky fan now. I swear, I did not mean the double entendre on this sentence. Click on Gonzo and Lolita to see how he became enamored of Camilla...
Ever talked to yourself?
I talk to stuff around the house once in awhile, yeah. I'm not talking to *myself*. I think a number of people would feel relieved to know that I'm more apt to talk to appliances and inanimate objects in my old age than I am to talk the ears off the younger people, to their great suffering. And since I've lived through this myself during the zombie apocalypse, that's saying a great deal.
How many points do you have right at the moment?
I used to keep sticker charts, but after getting days and/or weeks mixed up and finding little stickers in my hair, I toned it down a bit. But the star chart for the timed multiplication tests in third grade was freaking awesome, and yes, that really belongs here this time, even though I could never beat Jaynette Foutz and I would have rather had blue stars than silver. That's right, I was jealous of the person who was just barely slower than me.
What mood are you in right now?
I'm good, I just had a hot chocolate with a scoop of protein powder, with prebiotics in them. Those are all the rage now in chicken farming, btw. Prebiotics in Companion and Livestock Animal Nutrition
Is your cell phone dead?
(I skipped a bunch of questions and wrote this one around two weeks ago.) I think my brain is dead. My father-in-law is visiting and has spent the last 3 days talking nonstop. He's over 80. Hours and hours and hours of talking, days and days of talking. I thought old people were supposed to go down for naps.
Can peas really talk?
I think the freaking awesome in this survey is taking a long, steep slide down a freaking bored teenage brain.
When was the last time you applied deoderant?
...who doesn't know how to spell deodorant. And probably obsesses about his or her armpits. Or everyone's armpits. My youngest is so obsessed with her armpits that she'll rub anything in them to change the imaginary odor she smells, even if all she can find is rubbing alcohol or lotion.
Ever eaten soap?
Have you ever gotten shampoo in your eyes and noticed suddenly you can taste it? Kinda like when you get a little saline in an IV line and you can suddenly smell it the second it goes in.
There is no thirteen question, feel free to say what you would like.
Wo, we're counting??? I had to go back and count. I've done so many surveys where actual numbers got completely missed, I found it hard to believe this unnumbered question would be correctly labeled at 'thirteen'. So while I'm feeling free to say what I like, I bet you are wondering who my favorite floor reporter was at Comic-Con this year, so I'll tell you it was Matt Mira. I know, I know, after watching 7 hours of live Comic Con between Spike and G4 and catching hours and hours via twitter feeds on the side, you'd *think* I'd have a whole slew of other guys to schmooze over, like, oh, I dunno, JOHN BARROWMAN, but seriously, I think Matt is a cutie. I follow him on Twitter, he's the bomb. No, wait, I said that wrong. Matt Mira is *freaking* *awesome*. Click on Matt to see some of what he does. I followed the Atlantis thing live, and I got all tingly. Mighta been Matt being cute in the rain, mighta been that it was the last ever shuttle launch, but I'll always have that day.

And THIS is why I love twitter. Answers in real time from real people who really know!!! I checked my twitter feed about a half hour after I posted this survey, and wham, live info for you. If you read this before Attack of the Show comes on Monday evening...

Do you like fifteen question surveys?
This one would be totally freaking awesome sucking if it weren't for my freaking awesome answers, actually.
What are your thoughts on Spongebob Squarepants?
He completes me. You know how people can be Jekyll and Hyde-ish? Imagine Mr. Spock and Spongebob in the same head. If I'm ever locked away in solitary confinement, I'll walk out with the same amount of sanity I walked in with. Don't try to figure that out, it's like a mobius strip, you really don't get anywhere.
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bluejacky

I've started transferring my survey posts over to Surveypalooza so people coming in from search engines on mobile devices will be able to see the surveys.

Apologies for the missing vids, another upgrade during the server migration swept through like a scan sweeping through the Enterprise. I'll fix those later, kinda busy...