Two Cent Thoughts, 12-1-05

Thanks to unscrupulous stalking methods, I was able to obtain correspondguy's cell phone number. I was hyperattentively bored enough to call him up.

He sounds different from what I imagined. Believe it or not, each person I read has a voice. If I know them IRL it makes it much easier to imagine. But then there are the people who I have never met in person. I don't know how to say this, but he sounds...goofier over the phone. It's probably because he's a lot more goofy IRL then he lets on in his LiveJournal.

And he's even funnier over the phone than on his LJ. So yeah, we talked about a few things. He's full of good advice, too. And perceptive.

You see, he correctly saw that I have two voices when I am blogging. The first is my serious and scholarly voice. I explicate picayune details within my daily treatises so my superb pupils may understand the ponderings of my itinerant mind. I.e., eschew obfuscation. The second talks in a subtly funny, perceptive, almost heretic voice. God, you there? No? I guess even God needs to use the bathroom every once in awhile...

He said that the people he most enjoys reading are people who can switch back and forth between those two voices. Ferrett-sensei, theferrett, is a master at this because he edits the heck out of his posts, and I adhere to the Ferrett school of blogging. Correspondguy is also surprisingly good at this, although law school is starting to warp his mind.

I highly recommend friending this guy at your own peril.
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A stroke of genius came to me this morning, thanks to the illustrious icon maker wolflady26. I was talking about how I was becoming a smiling confident pessimist. She said that pretty soon I would have to remove the pessimist label from myself. But once you are a pessimist, you are always a pessimist. But, I can no longer say I am a confident pessimist.

Nope, not at all.

That's because my pessimism has changed once more.

I am now a positive pessimist.

(This is so absolutely GENIUS if I do say so myself. It's got alliteration and the paradox thing going for it. I'm a bit of poet, don't you know it?)

Oh yeah, I highly recommend friending this lady, too. She bites though, so make sure you bring your grandma with you.
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Poor kimmaline can't sleep. The stress of finals has gotten to her, along with her bizarre circumstance. She needs more readers to keep her entertained, my fine friends.

One pet peeve that we share: People too lazy to look up things for themselves. In the world of Google and Wikipedia, you can find out about just anything if you know how to ask the right question. Now the depth of the answer may not be great, but usually you don't need that deep of an answer. For example, asking "What is leet?" totally shows that you are not leet. But that's not a bad thing. You can become leet by typing "leet" into Wiki and finding out for yourself.

Nothing sets me more off than "I don't know how to do this, but I'm too lazy to look it up for myself." This will probably be a good quality for me whenever I teach high school. I mean, at the very least, say "I am an ignorant and lazy person, O great leet master, please tell me how to do this or point me in the right direction." Is that too much to ask for?

I highly recommend friending her as well, especially if you are a curious person.
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On the Xanga side, kteck posts things that make me think. I like people who make me think, and especially people who post often enough to satisfy my insatiable curiosity. Unlike LJ, I've met most of my Xanga friends IRL so they feel no need to comment on my posts. Instead they'll come up to me and say "Wow, I really liked that one post you made two days ago." But you didn't like it enough to comment?!? Bastard.

To use the Ferrett's term, I am a comment whore. I want to know what people think of my writing. I would rather have you comment than to tell me in person what an awesome post I wrote. I understand if my Internet friends are so awed by my writing that they can't find the words to comment, but I know you in person so I will tell you this now: Comment on my blog if you see something that made you think or that you liked. Then again, these people also tell me that I write too much so they probably aren't even reading this. There's a word I'm looking for here, but ironically I can't think of it. Remember, fine friends, I am on a quest to constantly improve my writing in both style and content.

That's what I like about Kteck. She comments regularly on my xanga, although I post a bit too much for her at the moment. But hey, I give you deep thoughts, right Ai-chan?

I wish she would right more, but she's always so busy. In fact, when she's blogging she probably should be doing something else. If it's not studying chemistry, it's a hall government meeting. Or time to practice the piano. Or time to write her feature article in the school newspaper. She exemplifies type A personality. However, she does not forget that all work and no play makes Jill a dull girl.

In other words, subscribe to Miss Hedgehog if you like to think.
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You can probably guess what I will use my question slot on. Okay, my fine friends, I am hyperattentively bored right now. I'd like to expand my reading list a little. You know I like to make people think, and I like people who make me think. I especially like people who can switch back and forth between their serious side and their funny side. I prefer people who post decently often, let's go ahead and use Ferrett's two thoughtful posts a day mark (I'd settle for one every other day).

What LJ's or Xangas do you recommend for me to check out? The future of the world depends on your answer.