Tuesday 1 April 2008
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Starring Xangas
I hear that I do this exact same thing when I fall asleep on my feet.
john pulsed:
I pulsed a quick reply back, but Pulses just don’t allow for real, thoughful responses. That’s why I ignore the Pulse feature for the most part. If I have something to say, I might as well flesh out my thoughts in a full blog. That’s also why I ignore the Blast feature at Y! 360. Then again, as friends and family well know, I use proper writing etiquette when sending emails. I’m not much of one for cutting corners.My initial reply was:The world is diverse enough, that you should realize that people will use the system properly even if you don’t.He says, “…I know they’ve self starred.” Well, you know what they say about assuming. I’ve Starred a message without leaving eProps, a Comment, a Recommendation, or Emailing it. I’ve also left eProps without leaving any of the others. I’ve also left a Comment without any of the others. Heck, I’d even Recommend without leaving anything else, but I haven’t yet. Each option which Xanga give us does not require that we use each when we use one. Heck, we can even use none of them when reading a Weblog entry.Why might I do that? Well, sometimes I don’t have anything to say, but I’d like to indicate that what they typed was really good. So I might leave Stars without a Comment. Sometimes I don’t have anything to say, but I’d like to share it with others. So I might Recommend it without a Comment. Sometimes I don’t have anything to say, but it really touched me. So I might leave a single eProp — two only for the rare, truely exceptional post–and no Comment.“…I know they’ve self starred.” Do you, john? Do you really know that? Because I doubt I’m the only one who leaves stars without a comment. I find it distasteful whenever people with loose morals assume that all people are like them.Last week Jessica told Fernando that he’d change his mind about not drinking when he turns 21. I told him not to listen to her, I didn’t drink when I turned 21. She physically took a step back. She couldn’t believe she heard that from someone older than her. She then felt she had to go on the defensive, claiming that she likes to drink now and then, and that getting drunk at 21 was enjoyable. Fernando said that he’d prefer to save his money. I gave him a high-five.Jessica, john, and many, many others I’ve encountered in life just assume that everyone is just like them. Hopefully, with time, they’ll mature enough to realize that in this world there are a near infinite number of different personalities: some very different than their own, some very similar. In the meantime I pray for them, and I pray for myself to have patience with them.WASH: Pilot
You scored 55% roughness, 60% intelligence, and 33% isolated!Congratulations, you are Wash!!!
Wash is Serenity’s pilot and is also married to Zoe. He is unassuming, self-deprecating and not at all the fiery hero type.
Raised on a world so polluted he couldn’t see the stars, Wash entered pilot’s training to get a look at them. But he got more than a job when he applied to be Serenity’s pilot—he found a wife in the ship’s first mate Zoe. A laid-back, jovial guy with an active sense of humor, Wash just wants a ship to fly and his wife alive and at his side.
Wash loves to fly but hates to fight.Other Possible Results…
KAYLEE: Mechanic WASH: Pilot INARA: Ambassador SIMON: Doctor JAYNE: Mercenary ZOE: Soldier RIVER: Fugitive MAL: Captain SAFFRON THE OPERATIVE SHEPHERDMy test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: 
You scored higher than 13% on roughness You scored higher than 20% on intelligence You scored higher than 19% on isolated Link: The Firefly Character Personality Test written by catdog875woo on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test
“I believe we are the only sentient beings in the universe, and I believe that 500 years from now, we will still be the only sentient beings around.” ~ Joss Whedon
Comments (2)
I’ve selfstarred just to see if it works.
As for drinking just because you turn 21 a person should drink because they want to and enjoy an alcoholic beverage, not because it is expected.
Oh, one thing I forgot was that I’ve left Minis without a Comment, too.
@jada_marnew - Precisely. If they’re curious about the taste of alcohol or whatever that’s fine. To each their own. On the other hand, getting wasted or any amount of drinking due to peer pressure is wrong. I didn’t like a 24 year old trying to pressure a minor into drinking on his 21st birthday (a few years away). I especially didn’t like trying to pressure him into getting wasted, and then trying to glorify her getting wasted for her 21st birthday (a few years ago).