I am the Editor Laurel

[ladycaviar]

As I've mentioned before, I also have a Tribe account and a MySpace page. As windsingerbard has noted, we have clots of friends who refuse to migrate to LJ and insist on keeping their soc-hops the way they are.  So we slog through the murk to contact our friends, but honestly, sometimes the Voices in My Head must have Their Say. One of those meme surveys told me I was full of "viscous sarcasm." [I wondered before just how viscous, say 50 weight? thereby proving the point in one fell swoop.]

I've been told I do not suffer fools gladly. I don't know if that's true, I genuinely like fools. Gladly, even. Poor use of language and grammar, now, that's quite another thing...   melvh commented that there was a lemming quality to the interview memes, and she was reluctant to add to it. I haven't felt that way at all on the LJ interviews, I just haven't had enough time to indulge in stealing someone else's time yet. Ooh, but I might....

However, there are a lot of generic 20 question surveys going around on MySpace--not like the thoughtful personal questions we're getting on LJ, and I did kinda ooze viscosity. *she grins* I could not take one more stupid 9th grade survey supposedly based on insightful questions from say, The Book of Questions, meant to spark communication but ending up more like a stalker version of Truth or Dare. So I wrote & posted this:
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39. Do you believe that your first love never dies?
No, I believe he is an immortal vampire. Perhaps his Svengali-like powers are why I fell for him in the first place.

41.What is your zip code?
What the hell are you going to learn about me from that? Are you compiling a mailing list? Are you some freaky stalker? Euw.

28. If the last person you spoke to on the phone was getting shot at, what would you do?
Are you assuming that we're still speaking on the phone, you callous bastard? Like anyone is going to do anything other than hang up and call 911? Or am I supposed to be psychic about what happens to people after I hang up? How the hell would I know if the last person I spoke to had been shot, then? [Are you the same one who writes the unclear questions about vampires?]

41. Ever drank more beers than years?
I'm assuming this is for the high school crowd. The Crusty Old Peers of Atenveldt (tm) laugh at your sorry asses, because two things apply: first, none of us are stupid enough now to drink 65 beers at one pop. However, if pressed, we can--and still take home your girlfriend. Yeah, you heard me.

71. Do you have all your fingers and toes?
By definition. First, no one else can have them--by definition. If someone else had them, they wouldn't be mine. Second, what I have is all of them--also by definition. If nine is what I have, that is all of them. It's not like you take the fuckers off at night...

12. Did you ever wake up under the influence of NyQuil, completely unable to move?
I'm thinking the author needed to work out some of his own issues and is looking for validation for his NyQuil habit. Please, for the love of God, get some help. 1-800-NYANON, or www.NyQuilKills.com. Don't be a statistic.
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And I'm loving links, they're better than footnotes. Bow to mah geekitude! Thank you windsingerbard! You inspire mah geek superpowers!

Comments

[saoba.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming this is for the high school crowd. The Crusty Old Peers of Atenveldt (tm) laugh at your sorry asses, because two things apply: first, none of us are stupid enough now to drink 65 beers at one pop. However, if pressed, we can--and still take home your girlfriend. Yeah, you heard me.

Oh mah gawd, as the saying goes among my people.

I'm a terrible horrible snob. If there are stupid spelling and grammar errors that make me go twitch, I don't take the damn quiz. Embrace the power of the spell checker, people. Also, non-ironical use of l33t speak? So not taking the quiz.

If there are questions which assume I am still in high school or college, I don't take the damn quiz. I can't even remember high school, thanks for asking.

I sometimes wade into MySpace because the band grillghod and I do sound and photography for have a MySpace page. I treat it like a lightening raid. I go in, do what needs doing, and get out.

[melvh.livejournal.com]

Actually, the reference to the lemming-like quality of humans was more about the emails that demand you forward it on to everyone in your address book and a few other people besides.

I actually like the interview thing, as it does give me insights on folks based on both the questions they ask and the answers they give to the questions asked of them. But I have to really know someone before I'm comfortable asking them the sort of questions that require Deep Thought™ and by then I figure I've pretty much got all the information I need. And I won't require folks to ask questions of me, since I feel that's a bit of an imposition, too.

For all that I am not shy, neither am I too forward. I don't want to say that participating in the Interview Meme is being pushy or rude, but it falls close enough to both those behaviors in my head, that I find myself uncomfortable with the concept. If that makes any sense.

[ladycaviar.livejournal.com]

I was actually trying to say the same thing, I just did it in a much poorer way than you did. My apologies for coming across in any way than otherwise. :)

I did try to link to you so they could read what YOU wrote, because you DID actually say it best. :)

[melvh.livejournal.com]

No apologies necessary.

And thank you. I try to be both eloquent and grammatically correct in spite of my uncontrollable overuse of the comma.

[bronx-baroness.livejournal.com]

Viscous Bitch? Viscosity With An Attitude?

LOL I can so see that, especially in MY kitchen. dear lord!

[scascot.livejournal.com]

"viscous sarcasm."

ladycaviar is the pitch drop experiment of "viscousness".