Let's celebrate the sheer absurdity of friendship, and of the ways in which we relate on-line. Let's not point out that "friends list" and "friend" are not synonyms. Let's analyze less, therapize none at all, and regale ourselves with our private stories, for mass consumption. Let's poll, let's roll, and let's find our inner soul--and then retail it, for free, on-line:
LiveJournal seems to me to be:
An endless song, sung by a thousand voices, some off key.
21(51.2%)
A swirl of colors painted across the skyways of my mind
9(22.0%)
a place where I emote in private before the whole world
9(22.0%)
the scent of brownies baking all over the world (pure brownies! no THC!)
1(2.4%)
the sensation of soft, glowing fingers lighting the corner of my mind
1(2.4%)
I have done each of the following:
heard in my mind the voice of an LJ friend I've never heard in real life.
36(29.5%)
imagined the look of an LJ friend I've never seen.
34(27.9%)
conducted an imaginary debate off line with an on line friend.
20(16.4%)
drawn a picture of what my LJ friend should look like.
1(0.8%)
day-dreamed of travelling to visit my LJ friends
31(25.4%)
In a LiveJournal Heaven,
the damned site would always respond when the hyperlink is clicked
13(28.9%)
angels would sing "The Shower Meme"
3(6.7%)
I would be as cool as my weblog friends think I am
7(15.6%)
everyone would have a permanent account for free
9(20.0%)
I'd meet with my LJ friends constantly
13(28.9%)
Which of your LJ friends is mostly closely your doppelganger (~so much your twin that he or she could just take over your life) (no sidejournals or other "it's really you anyway" answers, please!)
LJ friends constitute what percentage of your total friends?
Mean: 39.30 Median: 30 Std. Dev 24.34
10
11(25.6%)
20
4(9.3%)
30
7(16.3%)
40
1(2.3%)
50
8(18.6%)
60
3(7.0%)
70
7(16.3%)
80
0(0.0%)
90
2(4.7%)
100
0(0.0%)
The thing most incredible to you about LJ is:
I'm a much better moderator of my own LJ than any commercial moderator ever could be.
3(6.5%)
I make friends "out of the blue", among total strangers, and the friendships become strong
13(28.3%)
it's so wonderful to be able to correspond with adults who are not just trying to make a love match
23(50.0%)
those Finnish alphabets! Random rules!
1(2.2%)
the incredible focus on serious matters I read in journals
6(13.0%)
You find yourself from time to time doing the following:
keeping a "friend" on my list though I'm deeply dishearted by something she or he said
29(35.4%)
defriending people I really like
8(9.8%)
feeling relieved when someone defriends me
11(13.4%)
feeling odd that anyone would ever friend me
23(28.0%)
worried that I shouldn't take the "which side of the brain" poll
11(13.4%)
Which LJ friend that you enjoy reading is utterly the least like you are?
If my LJ friends' list were a color, they would be:
chartreuse, with a passion!
2(4.4%)
burning crimson red
5(11.1%)
the most sky-like blue
16(35.6%)
purple and gold
18(40.0%)
mellow yellow
4(8.9%)
If your LJ friends were collectively a sound, they'd be:
really hip industrial music piece
9(20.9%)
a song from the musical "Grease"
3(7.0%)
a Hall and Oates song
2(4.7%)
minimalist ambience
12(27.9%)
the Portsmouth Sinfonia, playing the William Tell Overture
7(16.3%)
why, "Free Bird", of course!
3(7.0%)
an Earth, Wind and Fire dance track
7(16.3%)
something angry, hip-hoppy and forgotten in 6 months
0(0.0%)
If you were forced to trade your LJ for something material,which would you pick?
a sheep farm in New Zealand
10(22.7%)
a tavern in Scotland
16(36.4%)
a temple in India
4(9.1%)
the town of Black Oak, Arkansas
2(4.5%)
a pyramid in Central America
5(11.4%)
An animal preserve in Central Africa
7(15.9%)
the entire nation of Yakutsk
0(0.0%)
If you could tell the world one thing you wish you could tell an LJ friend (other than Gurdonark), who and what would it be? Example: To user x, I'd say "insert words here"