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So, the other day I spent like 15 minutes trying to remember the new journal name of a real life friend who’s LJ I’ve been reading for a couple of years. Frustrating! Just as I was about to call them at work I found it but it made me realize that there are others out there, especially newer folks, who I know little about.

Then I saw [livejournal.com profile] aparadecia make a poll for her readers and I thought, great idea! Do you mind? We both know you’re only pretending to work right now anyway.

[Poll #594689]

Date: 2005-10-20 06:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gordonzola.livejournal.com
I wish polls could be edited. I meant to leave a 0 kids option and ask about other journal names that people still have. But hey, this isn't social science.

Date: 2005-10-20 06:23 pm (UTC)
sabotabby: raccoon anarchy symbol (crazy cat lady)
From: [personal profile] sabotabby
I counted my cat as a child.

Normally I'm not one of those sorts of people.

Date: 2005-10-20 06:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gordonzola.livejournal.com
well, I left you no other options. I mean, you couldn't have just ignored the question! ;)

Date: 2005-10-20 06:31 pm (UTC)
sabotabby: raccoon anarchy symbol (crazy cat lady)
From: [personal profile] sabotabby
I'm conditioned not to leave a ticky-box unticked. It's a thing.

Date: 2005-10-21 02:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beelavender.livejournal.com
Wow - this freaked me out. My daughter has used sabotabbykitten as her online identity (and personal theme song) for years, and although she loves cheese and Gordon, I couldn't imagine her writing this. I'm sure she would be one of those sorts of people!

Now the song will be playing in my mind all day. Which is better than what was playing earlier: the theme to Fantasy Island.

Date: 2005-10-20 08:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sparkle-shortz.livejournal.com
I was going to give you shit about that. I just skipped the children question as Stella is more grown up than I am.

Date: 2005-11-03 04:29 am (UTC)
kest: (Default)
From: [personal profile] kest
I have kestdreams, which is supposed to be where I post and analyze my dreams, but I never do, and no one reads it to care.

Date: 2005-10-20 06:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arasay.livejournal.com
In a fit of some sort of age dysmorphism, I think I just said I was 26. That's a filthy lie, I'm 36 and then some. Sorry for throwing off your survey.

Date: 2005-10-20 06:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arasay.livejournal.com
Well, see, that was before I noticed it is not social science!

Date: 2005-10-20 06:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arasay.livejournal.com
Ooh, maybe some 36-30er will be willing to statistic-trade, like when folks were traiding Dean/Kerry votes. (That was Dean/Kerry right? Or am I totally imagining that? I have a mind like a sieve.)

Date: 2005-10-20 06:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] reveritas.livejournal.com
i think it was Nader/Gore? i did that! :)

Date: 2005-10-20 06:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arasay.livejournal.com
I knew dean/kerry was wrong. I just can't remember so far back.

Date: 2005-10-20 06:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gordonzola.livejournal.com
hey, the poll says you filled in 36-40. No need to trade!

Date: 2005-10-21 02:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fidelity-astro.livejournal.com
it was technically illegal!

Date: 2005-10-21 04:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gordonzola.livejournal.com
please don't turn me in!

Date: 2005-10-21 04:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fidelity-astro.livejournal.com
I don't even know who you are. How old are you? Do you have any kids? What should I know about you?

Date: 2005-10-20 06:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moebius-rex.livejournal.com
I coulda counted our cats as two kids. But people who actually have kids find that sort of thing to be so tiresome. Pets do not = children. Not unless you expect them to learn to talk, go to school, and ask to borrow the car when they become teenagers, anyway.

Thought also I might mention that after a long hiatus from my lj pals' page, I'm back to reading it on a regular basis, commenting on folks' posts, and being generally social again. As this comment proves, perhaps....

Date: 2005-10-20 09:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gwenzilla.livejournal.com
cats don't ask for money. they meow almost as much as children, though, and they never learn to brush their own hair.

Date: 2005-10-20 09:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moebius-rex.livejournal.com
my fantasy is to someday have a cat that can fix its own dinner and/or do the dishes afterwards (mine included).

(my understanding is many parents also fantasize that their children will spontaneously do things like this as well.)

Date: 2005-10-21 12:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gwenzilla.livejournal.com
I can't even get my boyfriend to do dishes & cook [and it's just as well, he's way more trouble than he's worth domestically], much less child/cats.

Date: 2005-10-20 08:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] masscooper.livejournal.com
I was lj-surfing and came across this poll. I knew I'd seen you somewhere -- we're both on the snopes feed and have a couple lj-friends in common. Anyway, I love polls and want to fill yours out, but we're not on each other's friends lists. compulsive need to fill out polls battling compulsive propriety. So can we just be friends (not that I *can't* fill out your poll, but you know, if you're not going to be able to see my lj, what's the point?)?

Date: 2005-10-20 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gordonzola.livejournal.com
you bet. I just friended you.

Date: 2005-10-20 10:07 pm (UTC)
ext_7449: (helium)
From: [identity profile] gismonda.livejournal.com
I just wanted to say:

a) Belated Happy Birthday! I am now just getting caught up on weekend posts. (Sheesh.)

2) I am roadtripping to South Dakota tomorrow with [livejournal.com profile] coconuthead. I am sorry that we aren't going to get to see that sculpture garden that you visited; it's closed for the season!

Date: 2005-10-20 10:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jette.livejournal.com
God, I can not STAND it when people count their pets as kids!

Date: 2005-10-20 10:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jette.livejournal.com
VIVA LA [livejournal.com profile] petfree!

Also, how can I be the only person with 3 kids? It's not THAT many.

Date: 2005-10-20 10:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sdn.livejournal.com
why is "0 children" not an option?

Date: 2005-10-21 12:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gordonzola.livejournal.com
I guess someone didn't read the VERY FIRST COMMENT.

Date: 2005-10-21 12:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rednfiery.livejournal.com
i'm really quite offended that prior to age 40, the age groupings were all in 5-year increments. but after 40, there are only two age groupings. what's up with that, g? you trying to make us feel like we've already got one foot in the grave?!

Date: 2005-10-21 04:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gordonzola.livejournal.com
you know, I actually thought about it. I figured since the regular LJ average age is like 17 that the numbers would skew that direction. And given that the range 35-39 is larger than the 40-49 it looks like i was right. No offense intended, especially since I'm 38 and can almost see death's door from here also. ;)

Date: 2005-10-21 04:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rednfiery.livejournal.com
yeah, i have to admit was surprised that there are more than 10 of us in the 41-50 age grouping. geriatric bloggers unite!

but no 20- or 50+ readers (as of this moment anyway). i have no idea what to make of that, and i've tried (unsuccessfully) for a few seconds now to come up with some witty comment, so, uh, yeah, i'll just leave it at that....

Date: 2005-10-21 12:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tlacuiloliztli.livejournal.com
i accidentally pressed five for kids, no i didn't i thought it was funny, but then i realized it wasn't. my parents had five kids. aye, pobrecitos.

Date: 2005-10-21 07:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesaucyone.livejournal.com
Hi Gordon! It's Andrea, the red-headed, cheese fanatic and chatterbox from Rainbow. Somehow I thought I had added you a while ago, and when I checked to see why you hadn't posted in forever, I realized you weren't friended. Stoopid me.

So now you are a friend of mine. I look forward to the continuing saga of cheese.

Date: 2005-10-22 05:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chitinous.livejournal.com
[livejournal.com profile] spoonfeeding lies like a multiple-simultaneous-cocksucking rug. Oh wait, that should be multiple-simultaneous-cockLOVING rug. Because it's all about the relationships.

Date: 2005-12-21 09:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ambilevous.livejournal.com
[OMGZ I love cheese so much. So I added you to my friends list.]

[And answered your poll]

[Even though it's several months old]

Date: 2005-12-22 06:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gordonzola.livejournal.com
Welcome! (tendonitis is preventing a more interesting reply.)

Date: 2005-12-22 06:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ambilevous.livejournal.com
That doesn't sound very fun at all.

(I'll imagine that you typed something extremely witty with a cheese reference; however, due to end-of-year-need-vacation, I can't think of anything to type on your behalf)

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