Who I Am: Part X

[jmfargo]

I know there's been quite a dry spell between this and the last part of the "Who I Am" series. The truth is, I've been..erm..whossname? Starts with am "M?" Busy. Yeah, that's it. I've been busy.

Well, there is that, and that's no lie, but the real reason I haven't done a "Who I Am" is that no-one volunteered, except for one friend that I haven't seen face-to-face in so long that I almost consider her an "internet friend" as opposed to a real life friend, and she didn't want to know when the writings on her were coming, so it's not like I could very well do them ~next~, is it?

I know that yesterday I said I was just going to randomly pick someone, but I have trouble with that. I will not randomly pick anyone, yet, and if I do pick someone without their say-so, I will pick a friend that I'm fairly certain does not read my livejournal, so as to kind of highlight someone I otherwise wouldn't, without them getting a nasty surprise because they see their name up in lights.

So, I'm coming to you. If you'd like a "Who I Am" done about you, please respond here. If I get multiples, I will go with whoever says "go" first. If I get a request early enough, I could probably do one tonight.

I have to be honest, however: It's very difficult for me to write one of these about someone I only know online when given a short time limit, so if we only know each other here, I will do one on you if you like, but it just won't get done tonight. This doesn't apply if I've known you online for more than two years, though.

I hope my readers enjoy the series. I know I enjoy the introspection that it causes in me, and I want to continue it. In a way, however, I need your support for this to be the case.

Let me know.

Comments

I likes 'em...

[akdidge.livejournal.com]

I think these are a great idea. I thought the one you did on me was fairly well done, considering you only know me through the internet (and briefly at that!).

Something to consider doing, as you suggested, is to do them on someone that your normal readership might not realize. One might even be suspect to choose a person/friend outside the LJ world (gasp, the horror) and use this as an opportunity to perhaps entice them into at lest checking it out. I'm thinking double tt btw if you haven't guessed already.

Or you could have your LJ friends nominate someone on their friend's list, and thus perhaps a new friendship is born from this exercise. I'm not sure about you however, but I read not only all of my friend's LJ's, but my friend's friends LJ's too. Yeah, I'm sick like that.

Re: I likes 'em...

[(Anonymous)]

> One might even be suspect to choose a person/friend outside the LJ world (gasp, the horror) and use this as an opportunity to perhaps entice them into at lest checking it out. I'm thinking double tt btw if you haven't guessed already.

It's not like I'm not here on a daily basis as it is, I just don't want to make an account :) I get sucked into things too easily for one reason - take for example 4chan. Especially /b. The place is full of the worst of the internet, it's where I read the Harry Potter spoiler before I'd read book 6. I hate the place. Yet I've started posting bad photoshops there now :( Very sad...

I think Jeremiah with a Day schedule will take some getting used to. I prefer postings throughout the day while I'm at work, when I'm at my PC most of the day, just LOOKING for stuff to read, etc. At night, I prefer to watch Fraggles, dance to some DDR, read a book, whatever. In fact, I think I'll go and scrape paint now. That sounds like TONS of fun...

-tt - whos house is around 55 degrees right now :)

[taoangel.livejournal.com]

Do one about me!

you've read my whining. u should know me well enough by now.

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

Your "Who I Am" will be featured in next Tuesday's column. :) (I would do it tonight, but I'm going to bed at 11, because I have to get up at 7am, and an hour just isn't enough time to write about you properly.

Thank you for volunteering.

[cieo.livejournal.com]

Maybe you could do one about me next year :)
If you had known me for longer, I would have volunteered before. Well, good luck with your 7am. I'll likely be awake until then.

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

I'm not saying I ~won't~ do one on you soon. It's just that you didn't offer...:-p...and I didn't want to take it upon myself to offer you..or something.

[cieo.livejournal.com]

:) I was talking to tt before about this. Apparently I missed the memo about volunteering. Anyway, I figure I'll be a better candidate for later when, oh, I dunno, you'll actually have material? :)