Who's the third best LJer?

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moocowrich asked me who I thought the third best LJer was.

This begs the question...



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Ratstrike0 (11:04:30 AM): http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=exrandu
Ratstrike0 (11:04:38 AM): another guy you'd like to read
MOOCOWRICH (11:04:43 AM): yeah?
Ratstrike0 (11:04:44 AM): he just entered my reading list yesterday
Ratstrike0 (11:04:49 AM): a wisconsin guy too
Ratstrike0 (11:04:55 AM): friend of odclay
MOOCOWRICH (11:05:01 AM): Good ol' Wisconsin. Best state ever.
Ratstrike0 (11:05:10 AM): I guess cheesehead
MOOCOWRICH (11:06:23 AM): does he write friends-only stuff that I can't see from browsing?
Ratstrike0 (11:07:29 AM): dunno
Ratstrike0 (11:07:49 AM): his last three posts are jan 4, jan 1, and dec 31
Ratstrike0 (11:08:02 AM): that I can read...
MOOCOWRICH (11:08:07 AM): sounds about right
Ratstrike0 (11:08:19 AM): dunno he might not write often enough
Ratstrike0 (11:08:25 AM): but it is good wriing
MOOCOWRICH (11:08:37 AM): I've got nothing against folks who don't write every day.
Ratstrike0 (11:08:45 AM): hehehe I don't either
Ratstrike0 (11:08:51 AM): as long as when they do write
MOOCOWRICH (11:08:56 AM): Good thing, or I'd be screwed. haha
Ratstrike0 (11:08:58 AM): they write good
Ratstrike0 (11:09:01 AM):
MOOCOWRICH (11:10:35 AM): What if they write well? haha
Ratstrike0 (11:11:13 AM): nah only few people write hold up to my standards of writing well
Ratstrike0 (11:11:21 AM): and they post whenever they want
Ratstrike0 (11:11:22 AM):
MOOCOWRICH (11:11:57 AM): Hmm. Who do you think is the third-best LJer?
Ratstrike0 (11:13:53 AM): third best?
Ratstrike0 (11:13:57 AM): who are the best two?
MOOCOWRICH (11:14:30 AM): I'd be surprised if they weren't theferrett and zoethe
Ratstrike0 (11:15:13 AM): well it depends
Ratstrike0 (11:15:22 AM): of course Ferrett-sensei is one of them
Ratstrike0 (11:15:43 AM): zoethe's really good too
Ratstrike0 (11:15:47 AM): but if I had to choose a second
Ratstrike0 (11:15:52 AM): I would actually choose shadesong
MOOCOWRICH (11:16:02 AM): haha as soon as you started explaining I figured you'd say that.
Ratstrike0 (11:16:07 AM):
MOOCOWRICH (11:16:08 AM): I have to disagree though.
Ratstrike0 (11:16:12 AM): oh?
MOOCOWRICH (11:16:42 AM): She's really neat and I like her quite a lot, but she writes posts that I'm tempted to skim through very often.
Ratstrike0 (11:16:54 AM): but see
Ratstrike0 (11:16:57 AM): that's the thing
Ratstrike0 (11:17:07 AM): a lot of people skim theferrett's post too
MOOCOWRICH (11:17:56 AM): Sure, but I think the quality and general meaningfulness of his posts (meaningfulness for the masses) are significantly higher than hers.
Ratstrike0 (11:18:25 AM): okay
Ratstrike0 (11:18:34 AM): I think they're masters of their own styles
Ratstrike0 (11:18:44 AM): so it's more like
Ratstrike0 (11:18:46 AM): 1a and 1b
MOOCOWRICH (11:18:49 AM): That's inarguable. haha
Ratstrike0 (11:18:50 AM): and zoethe is numer two
Ratstrike0 (11:18:53 AM): muahahahha
MOOCOWRICH (11:19:15 AM): I just happen to think her style isn't all that great.
Ratstrike0 (11:19:33 AM): oh, I think it's subtly powerful
MOOCOWRICH (11:19:49 AM): So you can skim what you want and read only the important bits?
Ratstrike0 (11:20:04 AM): that, and
Ratstrike0 (11:20:20 AM): you really understand the human condition in a much more digestable format than theferrett
Ratstrike0 (11:20:25 AM): i.e.
Ratstrike0 (11:20:34 AM): you actually have to think through theferrett's posts
Ratstrike0 (11:20:42 AM): shadesong just gives it to you straight up
MOOCOWRICH (11:20:52 AM): Sure, but where's the fun in that?
Ratstrike0 (11:20:58 AM): two antipodal styles of writing
Ratstrike0 (11:21:16 AM): the fun is that you don't always have the brainpower or willpower to sludge through a long ferrett post
Ratstrike0 (11:21:26 AM): I mean we do
MOOCOWRICH (11:21:27 AM): Perhaps you don't. haha
MOOCOWRICH (11:21:31 AM): Right, yeah.,
Ratstrike0 (11:21:33 AM): but
Ratstrike0 (11:21:44 AM): we're not the only people in this world
Ratstrike0 (11:21:46 AM): see
Ratstrike0 (11:21:50 AM): this is how i look at it
Ratstrike0 (11:21:53 AM): theferrett
Ratstrike0 (11:21:58 AM): he convinces us smart people
Ratstrike0 (11:22:04 AM): if he convinced us to vote for kerry
Ratstrike0 (11:22:12 AM): we'd all think kerry would win in a landslide
Ratstrike0 (11:22:16 AM): then song could say vote for bush
Ratstrike0 (11:22:18 AM): and bush would win
Ratstrike0 (11:22:23 AM): who's more powerful?
MOOCOWRICH (11:22:37 AM): So she's Ferrett Lite?
Ratstrike0 (11:22:45 AM): NO
Ratstrike0 (11:22:49 AM): she's 'Song
Ratstrike0 (11:22:53 AM): she is different
Ratstrike0 (11:22:58 AM):
MOOCOWRICH (11:23:45 AM): Well, obviously. But every discipline in academics has its own Lite or "pop" version that doesn't go in-depth at all and common folks gobble it up.
Ratstrike0 (11:24:32 AM): uh oh
Ratstrike0 (11:24:42 AM): you're going into pompous scholar mode
Ratstrike0 (11:25:00 AM): "oh noes, pop culture history is the suckage"
Ratstrike0 (11:25:03 AM): but
MOOCOWRICH (11:25:09 AM): I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it though
Ratstrike0 (11:25:12 AM): lol
Ratstrike0 (11:25:18 AM): you ever watch Amadeus?
MOOCOWRICH (11:25:18 AM): Just that it exists.
MOOCOWRICH (11:25:30 AM): Yeah, a while ago. I don't particularly remember it.
Ratstrike0 (11:25:56 AM): but you remember it was about mozart right?
MOOCOWRICH (11:26:05 AM): Yeah
Ratstrike0 (11:26:27 AM): well, you probably don't remember this
Ratstrike0 (11:26:28 AM): but
Ratstrike0 (11:26:42 AM): the actual main character was Salieri
Ratstrike0 (11:26:54 AM): the emperor's official composer
Ratstrike0 (11:27:19 AM): now mozart was obviously much superior
Ratstrike0 (11:27:23 AM): in terms of musical talent
MOOCOWRICH (11:27:28 AM): mmmkay
Ratstrike0 (11:27:35 AM): he could create songs just on a whim
Ratstrike0 (11:27:46 AM): salieri struggled mightily
Ratstrike0 (11:27:48 AM): but
Ratstrike0 (11:27:55 AM): he was well paid and in high esteem
Ratstrike0 (11:28:06 AM): because he composed for emperor joseph
Ratstrike0 (11:28:20 AM): now
Ratstrike0 (11:28:32 AM): there's a very famous line that the emperor has
Ratstrike0 (11:29:11 AM): when he listens to Mozart's first imperially commissioned opera
Ratstrike0 (11:29:23 AM): He yawned
Ratstrike0 (11:29:31 AM): Emperor Joseph yawned!
MOOCOWRICH (11:29:38 AM): mmmhmm
Ratstrike0 (11:29:43 AM): that opera was doomed
Ratstrike0 (11:29:48 AM): but the key line
Ratstrike0 (11:29:59 AM): is that Emperor Joseph says to Mozart afterwards
Ratstrike0 (11:30:09 AM): "Too many notes."
Ratstrike0 (11:30:28 AM): joseph preferred quick and upbeat notes
Ratstrike0 (11:30:36 AM): the kind that Salieri was all too glad to make
Ratstrike0 (11:30:49 AM): of course now we all know that Mozart was genius
Ratstrike0 (11:30:50 AM): but
Ratstrike0 (11:30:56 AM): salieri had his purpose too
Ratstrike0 (11:31:04 AM): and mozart died poor
MOOCOWRICH (11:31:07 AM): Is there a point to the story that I haven't already agreed to, D2?
Ratstrike0 (11:31:11 AM): nope
Ratstrike0 (11:31:13 AM): just sayin'
MOOCOWRICH (11:31:16 AM): haha. kewl
Ratstrike0 (11:31:17 AM):
Ratstrike0 (11:31:26 AM): we agree to disagree
Ratstrike0 (11:31:48 AM): btw, the third best LJer
MOOCOWRICH (11:31:54 AM): No, I think we agree on pretty much everything except where our personal preference lies.
Ratstrike0 (11:31:56 AM): thats a good question
Ratstrike0 (11:32:01 AM): k
MOOCOWRICH (11:32:09 AM): (I half-expect you to say greybeta)
Ratstrike0 (11:33:06 AM): (i'd half expext me to say moocowrich)
MOOCOWRICH (11:33:28 AM): haha. You'd show yourself to be quite the liar if you said moocowrich.
Ratstrike0 (11:33:42 AM): I'd be quite the liar if I said greybeta
MOOCOWRICH (11:33:54 AM): Yes, but it's already well-known that you're arrogant. haha
Ratstrike0 (11:34:05 AM): indeed bur
Ratstrike0 (11:34:07 AM): but
Ratstrike0 (11:34:10 AM): I'm also honest
Ratstrike0 (11:34:15 AM): I really like correspondguy
Ratstrike0 (11:34:21 AM): even if he doesn't write enough
MOOCOWRICH (11:35:54 AM): Another Wisconsinite.
Ratstrike0 (11:36:05 AM): hehehe yeah
Ratstrike0 (11:36:28 AM): gentleeleos is pretty good whenever she isn't swamped by her duties as a public defener
MOOCOWRICH (11:36:48 AM): I imagine she's swamped pretty darn often.
MOOCOWRICH (11:36:56 AM): What a job.
MOOCOWRICH (11:37:09 AM): Alright, D2, I've got to run. Got a date to go visit the ol' gf.
Ratstrike0 (11:37:14 AM): scat hed obsidian is another one
Ratstrike0 (11:37:21 AM): then I might place myself somewhere
MOOCOWRICH (11:37:24 AM): Yeah, he's pretty incredible too. Too bad he's going through a tough time.
Ratstrike0 (11:37:25 AM): alright rich
Ratstrike0 (11:37:28 AM): yeah
Ratstrike0 (11:37:34 AM): there are plenty better than me mon ami
MOOCOWRICH (11:38:07 AM): Probably. But you're working pretty darn hard on getting there.
Ratstrike0 (11:38:14 AM): hehehe
Ratstrike0 (11:38:20 AM): I'm just working on improving my writing
Ratstrike0 (11:38:25 AM): if I improve my LJ
Ratstrike0 (11:38:28 AM): that's a side benefit
MOOCOWRICH (11:38:36 AM): They seem to go hand-in-hand pretty often.
Ratstrike0 (11:38:40 AM): true dat


Who do YOU think the third best LJer is?

Comments

[greybeta.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm, I actually did friend her three weeks ago. If you check her last public entry on Oct. 20th, I left my customary "I hope you don't me friending you because I think you can help me improve my writing in both content and style." We do have something like fourteen to fifteen friends in common, which is a highly unusual number. Dunno, Wolf Lady, I honestly can't say she's the third best when she doesn't respond to a friendly query (and I'm not saying that just cause it's me). She must be going through some pretty tough times. Still, I really wish I could read some of roomette's writings.

Perhaps, Wolf Lady, if you put a word on my behalf, she would friend me so I could read her stuff? I don't know her as well as you do...

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

She hasn't actually posted in quite a while. She's been quite busy, and may be away for the holidays. Maybe she'll just hasn't been around to answer yet.

[greybeta.livejournal.com]

Whenever she makes her next public post, I'll try my customary message again.