Interview: Take 3
Questions Courtesy of apathyfabulous.
1) You keep a real journal and all public- what made you decide to do this and what do you get from it? Do you use real names?
I first heard about Live journal about a a year and a half ago from another web site (www.makeoutclub.com). I was searching through the profiles and in them, it has a little space where a person can link to there web site. I stumbled across stephen_cramer 's profile and clicked on his link and there was his journal. After reading it, and looking at few others, I decided that I must have one. So began my search for code. I started randomly searching Lj's and IMing anyone who was online and asking them if they had code to spare. On one of those occasions I found wynand 's journal, I thought it was one of the most brilliant things that I had ever read, I saw that he had an AIM name in his user info and decided to IM him. After chatting for a bit I asked him if he had code and, being that he has an early adopter account, he has code to spare. So that February, I started my Lj. I started it as an attempt to meet and connect with new people. And the idea of my own little corner of web space where I could spill my guts to random strangers really appealed to me. Only very recently have I really tried to make this my actual journal. I did this because I was tired of reading journals that were just "so and so and I went out and did XYZ things blah blah blah about people you don't know". I like journals that are either a.) really funny sarcastic observations on life b) teaching me something c) stories of peoples lives and there inner workings, the stuff you don't see unless your close friends with that person. So, I wanted to write things that people could relate to. Its been my experience that people really respond to things that are heartfelt and earnest, sarcasm and irony will only get you so far in connecting with a person. That, and I'm just not that funny. :) As far as what I get from it, well I think the biggest thing that I get from it would be the chance to relate to people and to sneak a peek into there lives. The chance that someone might stumble across my journal and read and think "yeah, I've gone through all that I knew a boy like that, I hated my parents just as much, my prom was that cool...blah blah blah". The thought that everyone goes through these things, everyone feels these emotions, knowing that and wanting to earnestly to reach out and connect with people to let myself and them know that we are not alone in feeling these things. I do use real names sometimes, if you go back a few entries it wouldn't be hard to find "boy" and "boy's friend" names. I started not using real names because I think that if I keep it like the way it is, it is much easier for the reader to put anyones name in there. That, and its not really all that hard to find my journal ( My SN is in my user info, so anyone who has heard about Lj can just punch it in and find it). So the chance of someone I know finding it is pretty big. I don't give my Lj out to people I know in real life, I like to keep my online world and my real life as separate as possible. Which isn't to say that I don't read people I know journals. (Or talk to them online for that matter).
2) If you could have the super powers of any superhero, which would it be and why?
I think I would like to read peoples minds, hear there thoughts. I think that would take a lot of confusion and second guessing out of my life if I could just know how so and so feels at any given moment about whatever we're talking about. It would also eliminate a lot of the bull shit people give me.
3) What gives you the incentive to take the leap of faith and accept that the world really exists (i.e. what makes you reject solipsism)?
Well, based on the explanation that I got from you. I would say that solipsism, is a theory that I agree with more than I disagree with. The only thing that a person really has is their perception. And being as how none of us were raised in the exact same way, none of our perceptions are going to be the same. There are things in life in which one just has to take a "leap of faith" and accept. But whenever possible, a person should seek to experience things for themselves so that they can determine what is "good" or "bad" for them. (both being relative terms). My own beliefs can be described as "moral relativism", I got a lot of the ideas that I now hold from a book called "Conversations With God" (which isn't at all what one might think a book with that title might be about).
4) Have you ever been in a fist fight? If so, please describe the build up, the fight itself, and the resolution. If you havent, please describe the closest you have come to one.
In 6th grade I was bullied quite a bit, and one day during recess (recess? we seemed beyond that at that age), the only mexican girl in the whole class came up to me with 3 of her friends and started pushing me around. I'm not one to fight back, so I just stood there and took it. It all ended when she pushed me with her friend right behind me to make sure I fell down. Man, those were some rough years. Still hate that bitch.
1) You keep a real journal and all public- what made you decide to do this and what do you get from it? Do you use real names?
I first heard about Live journal about a a year and a half ago from another web site (www.makeoutclub.com). I was searching through the profiles and in them, it has a little space where a person can link to there web site. I stumbled across stephen_cramer 's profile and clicked on his link and there was his journal. After reading it, and looking at few others, I decided that I must have one. So began my search for code. I started randomly searching Lj's and IMing anyone who was online and asking them if they had code to spare. On one of those occasions I found wynand 's journal, I thought it was one of the most brilliant things that I had ever read, I saw that he had an AIM name in his user info and decided to IM him. After chatting for a bit I asked him if he had code and, being that he has an early adopter account, he has code to spare. So that February, I started my Lj. I started it as an attempt to meet and connect with new people. And the idea of my own little corner of web space where I could spill my guts to random strangers really appealed to me. Only very recently have I really tried to make this my actual journal. I did this because I was tired of reading journals that were just "so and so and I went out and did XYZ things blah blah blah about people you don't know". I like journals that are either a.) really funny sarcastic observations on life b) teaching me something c) stories of peoples lives and there inner workings, the stuff you don't see unless your close friends with that person. So, I wanted to write things that people could relate to. Its been my experience that people really respond to things that are heartfelt and earnest, sarcasm and irony will only get you so far in connecting with a person. That, and I'm just not that funny. :) As far as what I get from it, well I think the biggest thing that I get from it would be the chance to relate to people and to sneak a peek into there lives. The chance that someone might stumble across my journal and read and think "yeah, I've gone through all that I knew a boy like that, I hated my parents just as much, my prom was that cool...blah blah blah". The thought that everyone goes through these things, everyone feels these emotions, knowing that and wanting to earnestly to reach out and connect with people to let myself and them know that we are not alone in feeling these things. I do use real names sometimes, if you go back a few entries it wouldn't be hard to find "boy" and "boy's friend" names. I started not using real names because I think that if I keep it like the way it is, it is much easier for the reader to put anyones name in there. That, and its not really all that hard to find my journal ( My SN is in my user info, so anyone who has heard about Lj can just punch it in and find it). So the chance of someone I know finding it is pretty big. I don't give my Lj out to people I know in real life, I like to keep my online world and my real life as separate as possible. Which isn't to say that I don't read people I know journals. (Or talk to them online for that matter).
2) If you could have the super powers of any superhero, which would it be and why?
I think I would like to read peoples minds, hear there thoughts. I think that would take a lot of confusion and second guessing out of my life if I could just know how so and so feels at any given moment about whatever we're talking about. It would also eliminate a lot of the bull shit people give me.
3) What gives you the incentive to take the leap of faith and accept that the world really exists (i.e. what makes you reject solipsism)?
Well, based on the explanation that I got from you. I would say that solipsism, is a theory that I agree with more than I disagree with. The only thing that a person really has is their perception. And being as how none of us were raised in the exact same way, none of our perceptions are going to be the same. There are things in life in which one just has to take a "leap of faith" and accept. But whenever possible, a person should seek to experience things for themselves so that they can determine what is "good" or "bad" for them. (both being relative terms). My own beliefs can be described as "moral relativism", I got a lot of the ideas that I now hold from a book called "Conversations With God" (which isn't at all what one might think a book with that title might be about).
4) Have you ever been in a fist fight? If so, please describe the build up, the fight itself, and the resolution. If you havent, please describe the closest you have come to one.
In 6th grade I was bullied quite a bit, and one day during recess (recess? we seemed beyond that at that age), the only mexican girl in the whole class came up to me with 3 of her friends and started pushing me around. I'm not one to fight back, so I just stood there and took it. It all ended when she pushed me with her friend right behind me to make sure I fell down. Man, those were some rough years. Still hate that bitch.