So, who's planning on waiting until the last possible second to vote?! *raising hand* ME! ME! I feel like I should write a letter of apology to whomever I ultimately choose... I am so bad at making decisions... I am the kind of girl who wants to ask the eye doctor for his opinion when he's doing the whole "One or two? Three or four?" thing in the eye exam.

Hey Scud. Go here to vote:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diarysurvivor/polls

alright i'm uh throughly confused. what group/where do we have to vote people off of? i'm at a friends for the weekend and i thought i had already joined the group on yahoo, but i just went and checked and i hadn't.all i had joined was the dsurvivorupdate one. so anyone have a clue?

*munch, munch*...Saturday morning, 10:24, eating strawberry and almond cereal and watching Hercules on TV. Yum. YUM!

So, this is the nasty bit, right? Just thought I'd state the obvious. I was so stressed out by the concept, that I made up some basic rules to go by, made a selection based on them and voted as soon as possible. "If you have to eat a toad, don't look at it for too long..."

In other news, I'm still not getting any of the Yahoo group member emails. :(

Ms.M, what's your Yahoo sign-in name again......? Although I probably should just go and look for it myself. Damn, I hate being in a different time-zone to everyone in this contest.

I never win anything! Wow! This win is for the creeps, weirdos, mouthbreathers and loners everywhere!

Tahnks guys.

Okay AlternaMommy! I just sent you an invite, I'm ms_m32@REMOVEhotmail.com

Congrats Loudwoman! *clapping*

Ms. M, I also have MSN ~ I'm alternamommy@REMOVEhotmail.com

Raw, I added you to my AIM list, I hope that's okay.

Blah, now I have to choose whom to vote off. I didn't really consider that until today. I hate that I have to choose someone, and I hate how trite that sounds.

Congrats Loud Woman! Now down to business, am I the only one that AIM despises? Whenever I try to download it it tells me that I can't register more than once in 24 hours! Gah!!! Am I the only one on Yahoo or MSN? How sad.

oh yeah.... yay kim!!!!

dude. i JUST realized i forget to give it: voiceraw. kinda lame, but only thing i could get to work!

Congrats, Kim. :)

Raw Voice, what's your IM name?

i just downloaded IM. of course, what will be great is if i scour this blog for y'alls usernames and then get voted off... but, hey, then i can pester you all just for the fun of it!

Hey-hey! Congrats, Kim!

So here goes the shitty part of the game...

On Why I Joined: (choose whichever you feel like fits me)

• I have nothing better to do with my time
  
• I'm really competative
  
• Depressed that nobody reads my journal, I joined to expand my audience.
  
• It is all a subversive joke
  
• I am a glutton for punishment
  
• It was suggested as therapy by my rehab counceller
  
• I felt like fucking shit up
  
• I was bribed
  
• I am one of the judges
  
• I am all of the judges
  
• I want to be loved
  

hey scud! you should copy your entry before you post it so if it gets eaten, you can just paste it back. that's what i always do for exactly the same reason!

i haven't been able to watch the past two weeks of survivor cause my dumb ole boyfriend kept screwing up my tape! (i work on thurs nights). so, i can't answer that question, but i have been told i am scarily like melissa from real world new orleans and gisela from road rules. and i actually know lisa from real world boston. i didn't watch the first two survivors, only Africa and Marquesas, but i'd like to think i'm like ethan only less sporty. i totally loved kathy from marquesas.

Damn I can't believe I forgot about this blogger again.

A couple of things. I agree with you Matt about the judges and this contest. I signed up, but really if I didn't get in it wouldn't have bothered me for a minute. If I get kicked off...eh thats sucks cause I can't keep having fun on here, but my life and diary will go on.

And yeah I'm with Kinetix, I don't actually watch the show. Actually I signed up for this because of another contestent who unwittingly got me to sign up. Angeline mentioned signing up and how much fun it would be if she got in and if Gawain got it. I thought oh hell I couldn't miss out on that. So I signed up....though as much as I tried I couldn't convince Gawain to sign up too.

The summing up everyone in one sentence. Well I'm way to long winded for that. Plus to sum up one's character in one sentence is sort of being asked what the meaning of life is then being asked to give your answer Cat in the Hat style.

Life is a dare
A brilliant flare
Mostly a sham
eatin those damn green eggs and ham

Ok so maybe one could do it.....kind of.

And scud..calling me Mark Hamil...

dude, I think he called me a cock knocker!

That should make the judges happy...heh

I'm not watching Survivor (never have, which I know is a terrible thing), but once I took a "Which Real World Cast Member Are You?" quiz, and I was told I am Tammie from season 2. Hmmmm....

oh hmm thanks m. i didn't know or couldn't figure out and i swear i tried. i actually haven't been able to watch much of the newest survivor because i have class when it's on. so sadly i miss out on the crazy stuff that happened. though i did manage to catch the very first episode either when it first aired or a repeat. but i could go for some grinding on angeline or ginger [since they're redheads and as i've come to realize i have a stupid thing for them even if they are the craziest of all women]

Why thank you Loud! ~blushes~ But I'd be grindin' me some against CMM's computer Fernando. That hunk of plastic and bolts gets me all hot and bothered! I can't figure out which one of them I'd be - definitely not Rob!! That guys a punk ass bitch.

TAHNKS M! Sorry scud. I thought y'all knew.

Are you watching the Real Survivor? Who are you most like? I think I'm probably like Clay, the four eyes.

And if you were Ted, which of us would you grind in your sleep? I guess I'd pick Ms-m because she makes me titter like a schoolgirl and I feel comfy w/her.

Hey Scud, Kim is Loud Woman.

i have a question, maybe cause i'm an idiot. but kim. what diary is yours? i seriously am retarded and couldn't figure it out.

like i said in my first survivor related entry. i applied cause i was bored senseless and figured why the hell not. where's the harm. i vaguely kept up with the first one and then didn't really pay attention to either 2 or 3 because i dunno. seemed silly and to defeat the purpose of having a diary, and yet here i am. go fig.

That KitchenLogic is some kind o' pusher! She hooked me on the DLand Survivor 'weed' too! But not on Connie Frickin' Francis - a gal has to have some standards.

Matt, I could not possibly agree with you more: this is an online contest. No more, no less. It's supposed to be fun, not some petty little thing where people snipe at each other. I just don't get into that kind of drama any more, I'm too old and crabby!

For my part, I joined for similar reasons as those who said that the ICs would be interesting as a collaborative creative writing project. KitchenLogic also nagged me into it with her constant reminders! ;-) It sounded like fun. I actually sent the application in, and it wasn't received, and then I procrastinated until the last possible minute to reapply.

My complaint about the Judges blog is those lazy SOBs don't post enough.

We contestants should judge the judge posts. They're great. I thought I was capable of mixing up a malodorous stew of words. But reading them, it's like eavesdropping on a conversation between George Sanders and Oscar Levant.

THUMBSUP

Damn it! I just had a huge entry posted here, and it vanished. I'll try again...

Basically, I'm disappointed in the judges' attitude. The point of this activity is to see how we act and what we write, not to see if we act and write as they think we should. Like M, I stopped reading as soon as I saw the first IC up, and wrote mine without looking at any others. The reason they are similar, as everyone else has mentioned, is probably that we are similar. Besides that, the point of the activity was to get to know each other better, and after reading everyone's challenges, I think we have. If the judges don't like predictable answers, they need to understand that it's a two way street. I don't like predictable questions. This IC was a rerun. Later on, I don't want to be asked to pretend I suddenly discover I'm related to another contestant, a question that's also been used twice. I realize it probably doesn't endear me to the judges' hearts, but that's too bad.

As for fighting, I fight with people who fight with me. If you leave me alone, I'll leave you alone. If you keep poking me, I'll keep biting you. This isn't a threat to anyone here, either. When you all get done voting me off this weekend, I'm not going to flame you. None of you have given me any reason to want to throw down. On the contrary, I've really enjoyed the friendly atmosphere, and the sense of community that so many webgroups seem to be lacking.

As for why I joined, I applied because people told me to. I'm a follower. That's it.

Sorry Joanna, I forgot to mention that I love Survivor! I signed up because I thought writing like a castaway would be a riot. And like Matt, I felt like stretching my legs a bit and doing something different. I'd opened up a blog a few months back to try a different writing style, but Ms. M is more me, baby!

Thank God it's not just me!!! I really thought last night (after reading the Judge's Blog) when I'm booted out - will I sob uncontrollably and make little voodoo dolls of all of you that will be strung from the ceiling to be prodded with hat pins as I dance around naked? I bloody well hope not.

I was flabbergasted and delighted that I was picked, but it wasn't a life altering event. And I think our IC's are so much alike because a lot of us think and write along the same lines. I don't know about the rest of you, but when I first logged in a few days ago and saw that Matt had put his IC up I immediately stopped reading. I didn't want to get any ideas from anyone or change what I'd written because I thought it might not be as good as every one elses. I find them all quite different because of the differing perspectives we all have of one another. Now I'm just rambling, but I hope it makes sense.

Raw, I'm out of the loop too. I skimmed over part of dsurvivor3.diaryland.com (the old contestants' blog) and all I could gather was that there were alliances formed, lies told about said alliances, and one really wounded sounding entry in alltherage's diary.

oh yeah - i applied cause i knew i wouldn't get chosen, but i kept seeing the link. so, i thought, why the hell not? plus i harbor fantasies of being Queen for a Day.

i'm really curious as to the horrible events of DS3. am i the only one out of the loop? where can i go for snooping purposes? i think i too matt's approach, meaning i knew there was no million dollar reward for sticking it out. i like the attention, i've met some really cool people, but i'm not sharpening my claws. maybe we're rotu before the first tribal council?? i just don't imagine myself launching a flame war over what's supposed to be a fun game. but, again, maybe i'm naive. can someone point me in the direction of DS3?? [here's where i admit i'd never heard of diary survivor before i found ladeeleroy and kitchenlogic]

• The challenge of writing to someone else's topics is a nice change from what I usually do with my diary, so to answer a question Gingerbug asked a long time ago, the DS4 stuff enhances rather than detracts.
  
  
• Because K.Lo put a reminder in her diary to apply just about every damn day, and while I thought I probably wouldn't make it on the first try on the strength of a 4-month old diary, I'd have a good shot on the next go.
  
  
• Because I've become a total stats whore since I got the gold membership, and this is cheaper and more fun than buying more banner ads. (Note to self: mention "hairy man-ass" in diary a few more times to increase Google hits.)
  
  
• To take you all down like a wounded gazelle. (Hi Ladee! Vote for me! Hey, victory lunch at Trudy's next time I'm in Austin?)

Joanna, it was linked from the last bit of that entry...look out for the orange letter *winks*

Yes, the Judges seem disappointed that most of us went along similar lines for the first IC and that we're not ripping each other apart yet. I don't think writing a 'predictable' first IC is a crime, in fact it demonstrates superb strategic thinking: who would REALLY want to win the first IC and thus set themselves up as an obvious target for the whole game? Heh, heh....you just wait, judges, we're just cleverer than you! On a more serious note: YOU try spending a week reading 12 diarist's entire back-catalogue and then summarise them into a couple of phrases! Oh wait...some of you have already done that. Well - it's not easy to 'include 12 people' in a meaningful way. I think all the contestants did an awesome job. Many of them picked up little key characteristics of each other and included them in.

Why did I apply? Honestly, I'm not sure. I saw the first incarnation of Diaryland Survivor and thought: 'hey, what a cool idea, but I wouldn't have the time to play'. I missed DS 2 and only briefly looked at DS3 (and I hadn't realised quite how much DS3 *had* been about the bitching! If I had, I wouldn't have applied for DS4. Noo way). I think I applied because being a part of a contest like this seemed like fun, inspiring and a kick up the arse.

Perhaps this might lead to my getting kicked out, but so be it...

I've been reading all over the judges' blog references to vindictiveness and bitterness in past contests and I just have to ask... should this be taken THAT seriously? I mean, this contest is a great idea and all, but come on. Even if I get voted off in the first round, life goes on. This line in one of LadeeElroy's posts really got to me: "The honeymoon will soon be over and reality will set in." Reality? This is an online contest. How much further from reality can you get? I have a healthy social life offline, and this is, quite frankly, a really fun distraction for while I'm at work. I mean no disrespect toward anybody involved with this thing, whether they are a judge, contestant, or Meg herself (because I really feel fortunate to have been picked for such a publicised contest), but am I alone in the thought that the outcome of Diary Survivor really won't ultimately change my life?

For my part, I had promised Meggy a long time ago that one day, I would at least apply for this here thing. I HAD thought to never do it though, because of the mess the last contest sort of became...all the anger and hurt and lashing out was sort of offputting. But by the time this rolled around, everyone seemed to have mostly made up, no permanent damage was done, and in fact they were all laughing about things. So I figured maybe it wouldn't be so bad, and so far it's proved to be fun and I have a whole new load of diaries added to my buddy list that I enjoy. I was QUITE surprised to find out how far my fingers reached in Diaryland--most of you lot have either been on my OddGoogle site or are/were members of my Kevin Smith ring. I thought that was funny but also nice to see--it means I am in with a group who thinks a lot like I do on some things. That's comforting.

Joanna -

DS4 is just my first stage in my multi-level quest for world domination. Today, Diaryland... tomorrow, the WORLD. Actually, I signed up for this thing because I have noticed my entries taking a downhill slide into boredom in the past month or so. It's been years since I've had to do any creative writing, so I figured the prompts for the IC's would at least help inject some much needed zest to my writing style. Since I used today's entry to type out a recipe, the desired results have yet to be seen, but it's been fun nonetheless.

Anyone else?
Matt

No pictures on the Internet, ever, by longstanding policy. If my one loyal reader ever
"graduates" from Napa State, I don't want him to be able to find me.

Okay, inquiring minds want to know: Why did you sign up as a contestant here? I'm curious as to each person's motives here, especially in light of the fact that the judges seem rather disappointed that we aren't all in some sort of cyber-cat fight yet.

*gasps* Horrors! The judges think we are all the same person! Or at least that we're not quite creative enough. We'll have to kick some serious ass in the next IC--and no one, from here on out is allowed to mention the Krispy Kreme debacles....:P Even though the last week, I have dominated my diary with it.

AlternaMommy has purposely never posted a picture of herself on her diary, for reason that are purely selfish. I am sure you all are imagining me to be far more beautious than I am. Mwahahaha! And where is *your* picture, GingerBug?! ;-)

Picture time! Scud has a cam, July has a fab selection of photos, Angeline has a link to a cam from her diary, Kinetix has a selection of somewhat disturbing pics, Ms.M delights us with sepia memories, Loudwoman and Matt have pics of them right there on the index page. So...what about Magpie, Alternamommy and Raw? Have I just missed the links....?

Mischievously Yours,

GingerBug

Hee hee. Chrome wants to make it clear that he doesn't talk about his balls all the time. :) I sympathize, because I have the sudden urge to scream, "I have lots of other cute shoes, too! I've only worn those twice!" I think everybody did a great job with the challenges, though, and I have no idea how I'm going to go about voting someone off. :(

Hey Alternamommy, you just messaged me, but then I guess you vanished? Anyway yes ma'am, I am here. Zing me again, please.

I'll graciously stir some shit so the judges are happy.

Hey, Jenna who left the comment about reading the contestant blog and Kinetex and Disneyland.....you're a little....I know you can't see me but I'm twirling my index finger by my temple in that cuckoo gesture.

Now I'm leaning back happily to see what you do next.

I think I was the last one to post Immunity Challenge One! And while I am not sick over it, I am exceedingly nervous that people will think I am a mean, evil, ill-natured person instead of the gently teasing strangely humoured girl next door I really am.

I meant it all in fun, and most of it was fueled by a day of being locked in a small apartment with cleaning supply fumes.

I've found everyone's IC's superfun or amazingly interesting. This should be a great contest!

--angeline

That's an excellent question Joanna - I have no idea. Ginger, if my Mom starts giving me a hard time, one of us is coming to live with you!

Okay, briefly:
- Raw-voice: your IC rocks
- Ms. M.....thehehehe @ the whole 'dungheap' thing. And I look forward to the drama that's BOUND to ensue with your mum :D
- Hmm, yes, 'knocking up' might not have been the best way to put things. I messed up at work today when I said (in a meeting): "....come over the project'. *BLUSH*
- Diaryland CHAT is back up again!

heh heh, Ms M said silly wee monkey. :-)

One dumb question: when we finally have to vote someone off, are our votes secret ballot, or are they in an open forum? Because either way I am not looking forward to this at all, at all.

I liked your IC, too, Raw. :-) Don't sweat it. (says the girl who puked after writing her own IC)

You're IC post was funny, holmes! Don't be a silly wee monkey.

dude! i just killed that IC post. i can't just write something. i had to WRITE something. and i think it's way too long and overdone. this is my way of begging you to not look too unkindly on me for it...

No worries Magpie! I was just teasing!

No slight intended, Ms. M. "full of Americans" was intended to imply "mostly Americans," not "exclusively." :)

And a Canadian ~coughs~

Mine took days to write -- I'd read a bunch of diary entries, scribble a little note, read more entries, scribble a bit more...

Speaking of translation, Ginger, you might not want to talk about "knocking up" your entry in a blog full of Americans.. :D

Dude! I leave for a couple days and this thing goes through the roof! Cooooooooooooooooool.

I suck at the whole one sentence description thing, so you will get mine later. Much...much....later. Brain hurt!

Anyhoodles, we've managed to move and the phone company set us up double-quick with service, so after I fine tune my IC I'll join the rest of you! Happy surviving! I'm gonna have a ciggy now (no smoking in the new apartment...I may go nanners)

--angeline

AlternaMommy, your response to the alphabetical made me laugh out loud! I never even thought about that!

Seriously!?! Is that what it means?!! Mama's gettin' an ass whoopin' tonight! Sorry Pookums.

Bwahaha, Ms.M! "Ginger, you clardy big midden (that's some gaelic thing that my Mommy always says to me... I pretend it's a nice thing since I don't know what it means)". Well, thanks for calling me a dungheap! ROTFL!!!!!!! Don't know what 'clardy' means, I don't think there is a Gaelic word like that, but I'm no expert....
unless you meant 'claoidh', which translates to 'annoying'. Instead of 'big', it was probably 'beag' (beag = small, big = plural for small). So......."You annoying little dungheap! *falls off the chair laughing*

I've read everyone else's IC's too (of course) and two struck me as brilliant: Loudwoman's, although it deviated from the brief a tad too much, and June's - his was superbly constructed. On the other hand, Alterna's IC radiated warmth and was well written, Kinetix's one made me feel out of breath, but laugh out loud....argh. I'm going to have the same problem as most people (or - everyone?). At least we don't have to pick the 'best' IC, but then we're faced with the worst job of all - voting against each other. I'm even considering making up little straws and drawing at random (not very fair, I know, but how the hell else can I pick someone?).

Hmm, looks like it'll be Belgian chocolates for everyone. I sure hope I'll have the time to shop a little. At present, it looks like I'll be stepping out of the plane straight to business meetings and blah, blah...not very exciting at ALL. I really want to sneak away to see something other than offices!

*I* for one hope NO ONE goes alphabetically! LOL

AlternaMommy! I was thinking the exact same thing! This is going to be hell on wheels. But I promise not to do it by alphabetical order ~coughs Sean from CBS's Survivor 1~.

I just have to say, I've read everyone's ICs (so far) and all I have to say is this: I cannot imagine having to "vote someone off" this weekend. I hope everyone is having that same trouble, because I'll tell ya, this is a very talented group of writers.

i'm such a last-minuter. i can't write the topic. i've tried. i've thought about it and have a pretty good idea what i'll write, but i just can't write it yet. i'm going to keep trying. everyone else's made me laugh so much! it was especially cool reading everyone's interpretations of each other and how they differed. okay, this is not interesting. i will stop now.

Two hours, I spent on my immunity challenge! If I had only put forth that much effort on my studies during my undergrad, I wouldn't be sweating applying for grad school so much. But that wasn't bitching just then. No bitching at all, not yet. ;-) I must say I've positively enjoyed everybody's accounts of the first day on the island thus far. It's amazing what we all pick up on reading each others' diaries... velly interesting.

If I could run AIM on my computer at home it probably would've been a fun evening, as I think Kinetix, Ginger, Mag, and I were all online about the same time. I kept seeing updates pop up in my D-land buddy list whilst working on my entry. Let the games begin!

Ginger, you're gonna be in Belgium on my birthday! I would ask you to FedEx some chocolate my way, but as long as you enjoy a dark chocolate truffle for me, I'll be content. And Ms.M - the whole root canal thing, I think you've hit the nail on the head!

I present this link to all of you because of the two Survivor choices - and it's damn funny!

Don't feel bad, Ginger. I saw that yours was up, and was like, "Oh my God! I'm really behind!" and spent the rest of the evening working on mine. :)

Ginger, you clardy big midden (that's some gaelic thing that my Mommy always says to me... I pretend it's a nice thing since I don't know what it means) it's a great entry. Meg and the judges are all such good and honourable and witty and intelligent and... Who you callin' suck up?!!

~coughs~

I'm sure Meg will hook you up with the topic in advance... if you offer to send her some of Belgium's loverly chocolates!

I know Ms. M. - awful, isn't it? Although I kind of did the opposite to what you did in a sense that I knocked mine up really quick (and made a right pig's ear of it at first too!). I've also just been told that I'm going to Belgium on business soon (21st - 24th of October). Of COURSE the dates fall on Monday through Wednesday! Typical. If I'm in the game at that point, I'll have to ask our dear Meg for the IC topic in advance. Otherwise I'll be in trouble :)

......oh, and 'root canal while on happy gas'? LOL.

Can you just smell the judges waiting for us to start bitching? Thehe.

Oh Dear God, I just realized that from now on we only have two days to write up the challenges! Gah! It took me days to write this one and tweak it! I'm finding this all kind of nerve immobilizing, but fun. Like a root canal while on happy gas.

Wow, the immunity challeneges are flying up. I feel like one of us should have been out in the street screaming, "Game on!"

Sorry guys, I just could not do the one sentence thing before now.

Angeline-is: funny, confident, silly, serious
Chrome Magnum Man: comical wit
GingerBug: polished to perfection
Heather: so much more mature at 18 than I was, so much more resilient
July: enigmatic, soft and hard, sweet and sour
Kinetix: silly, fun loving, makes me smile
Loudwoman: amused, amusing... puzzled and puzzling
Magpie: girlish tomboy, can picture a smile that lights up the world
Matt: rugged boyish charm, engaging writing
Ms M: can very much see myself ending up in jail after night on the town with this one!
Raw: contemplative, well spoken, deliberate, eloquence
Scud: untapped talent, still waters run deep

I hate doing things like this, I'm never sure if what I've perceived is the reality or not.

Scud: Ohhhh, I get it now..

My one-sentence summaries:

addicted2ski: Future star of Real World Minneapolis? The Mary to Polishstreak's Rhoda.

alternamommy: A flower, lovely now, but still waiting to unfold.

angeline-is: Karaoke queen with sass and wit.

chrome magnum man: Straight-up guy's guy, but probably less of a neanderthal than he thinks he is.

gingerbug: A survivor of more than the island kind, yet it hasn't made her raw or bitter.

hardrain: A story of compassion and growth.

july: Lives for art.

kinetix: "What's your damage, studennnnts?"

loudwoman: Confident. Knows exactly who she is and doesn't suffer fools.

ms-m: Bridget Jones in Toronto, only smarter, more secure and with more of a life.

raw-voice: Committed, passionate.

scud: No pretense.

AIM sucks ass! Every time I try to download it, it tells me I've already registered that same day! Gah! So I went with Yahoo instead. I'm msm4survivor (I followed your lead on the name Magpie since many variations of my name were being used!).

Snarky... I prefer to think of myself as pissily blunt at times.

Alrighty, then. Here are my one-word definition type things:

alternamommy: multitasker. Just reading of her comings and goings makes me wanna take a nap.
angeline-is: bullshit-free. No fluff, just substance.
chrome magnum man: fearless. This guy just puts it all out in the open. Balls and all.
gingerbug: ambitious. She's gonna make it after all.
hardrain: inspiring. She has this amazing ability to look at the world more deeply than I can.
july: perceptive. Almost every entry I read, I get a flash of "YES! EXACTLY!"
kinetix: fierce. I wouldn't want to get on his bad side.
loudwoman: confident. She's here and she's gonna say what she wants to say.
magpie: hilarious. I wish I could meet her for lunch every day.
ms. m: quirky. The template says it all, the words back it up. Plus, "snarky" was already taken.
rawvoice: random. No topic is left uncovered.
scud: brilliant. As he said, we could be cloned. Fabulous webcam shots too.

P.S. Raw - Corey Haim? Really? Consider me flattered.

mag -only because i read some older entry where you went off on gilette and i was laughing the entire time i read it. i thought about writing something about how baseball sucks, but then since the A's lost i figured i wouldn't rub it in anymore then it probably already is

Raw, you had me at snarky! ~tear~

hey y'all. ima attempt the one word description, but i'm so long winded (!) and while i studied poetry in grad school, our theme was "There are NO short poems in Best American Poetry!!!!!!!" okay, so ima try to make every word count.


alternamommy - selfless. i also sense some personal ambition under those layers of obligation

angeline-is - spunky. hungry is also a word that pops into my head... but i think that's cause we've got a food connection!

chrome magnum man - daredevil. and very very open in the basest sense of the word (i.e., toilets and man parts).

gingerbug - fiesty and confident. i'd like to go out pubbing with her.

hardrain - moving. this girl leaves me speechless. nothing but feeling.

july - stoic. it seems that there's not much this man can't handle.

kinetix - fearless. a man afraid of no battle.

loudwoman - outspoken. i like a woman unafraid to be heard.

magpie - funny! i also love all the informative tidbits strewn in.

matt - all american. and is it just me or does he look like corey haim in that first picture?

ms-m - snarky. love her. she's fantastic and funny and smart and damn witty. can't say enough!

scud - scathingly honest. okay, that's two words, but it was necessary!

(Thanks, Ms. M.!!). LOL - Matt, that was the only reason I signed up - go to MyOwnEmail.com and you can pick from 200 different domains. I have to warn you, the service is down about once a week and it's sometimes known to lose emails...but otherwise, pretty cool :)

Heeeeeey, Gingerbug! I just wanted to know how you got an "@itookmyprozac.com" email addy. That's friggin' sweet.

Hey Ginger, consider it emailed!

Gotcha, Scud - thanks! Actually, come to think of it, perhaps I am beginning to be more English than Finnish anyway.... or something. Eng-Fish? About that email Meg sent on the 30th - never got it!!! Eep. Could someone be kind enough to forward it to me, please?

Scud -- "shaver?" *confused look*

Is it me or did somebody fart in here?

ginger, i know, but you're living in there so hence the english part. and m's info came from the e-mail meg sent us all on sept 30th. hah i know kinetix, but after seeing that picture everytime i read something i imagine you trying to say it with your fist in your mouth, or something along those lines.

Damn, I forget to look at this thing for a week and I've missed all kinds of conversation... I really hope today's a slow afternoon at work. Diary summaries coming soon.

Ms. M., the assignment? Pray tell - where does your info come from?

Really interesting summaries of diaries....I am tempted to explain mine, but perhaps later. Only one thing, Scud - I'm not English ;)

Mouth fistingly amusing? It sounds like I work in porn. :) I was worried about the last one, which said I was in depth, since I'm shallow and have no depth, but this one was just too funny to leave alone.

Oh, and Scud, part of the problem might be mozilla, but at least part of it is the fault of this thing, too. This is user-unfriendly software, or at least it seemed like it to me.

attempt part deux.

alternamommy - super-mom
angeline-is - "This job would be great, if it wasn't for the fucking customers."
chrome Magnum Man - Mark Hamil [if you figure out the refence you win a cookie]
ginger - english tough stuff.
hardrain - good at a job i couldn't ever do.
july - Hank Gritt.
kinetix - Mouth fistingly amusing.
loudwoman - capt. obivious of the not so obivious
magpie - bay area shaver.
matt - me cloned [seriously he's even got my effing name]
ms-m - sarcastic
raw - deep.

ps. leave me? hmm maybe because someone did just leave me?
pp[eww]s. seems the timeout only happens in mozilla. once again proves that ns sucks.

fuckity fuck; fuck a goddamn duck. i just spend an hour and a half writing up my one word thoughts on everyone's diary and piece of shit blogger decides to be a 2 dollar whore and timeout. i mean what the fuck, what thing times out after only an hour? jesus what a piece of asstastickly retarded ass. so my question is, why the hell didn't we do this thing on dland where we all know how stuff works?

Hey Kim, here's the assignment:

Write an entry about your first day on the "Diary Survivor" island;
incorporate all of the other contestants in your story. The first IC
topic is a way for the contestants to get to know each other a bit -
browse their diaries and such. Use what little you know of them to
write a fictitious account of your arrival at the "Island." Your can
use humor, drama, whatever writing style you please.

The entry is not due until next Wednesday, October 9th at 11:30pm,
Eastern Standard Time. When you have your entry posted, please label
it as: IC #1.

I feel like I'm back in school, already lost the paper explaining the assignment and have decided to wing it. It's surprising how familar that feeling is.

Hmmmm... Love me? It's weird, but when I type my entries I picture one faceless person who may be reading. I'm thrilled that people return to my site to read, but in all honesty - I'm also a bit surprised. I'm my own worst critic - and I find a lot of the stuff I write to sound hollow and a bit...lacking. I prefer to think of it as Laugh with me (if you aren't too busy shuddering)! Okay, here goes:

Ginger Bug: Sincere.

Raw: Hysterically forward.

Loud Woman: Tough as nails, heart of gold.

Alternamommy: Nurturing.

Angeline-is: Driven.

Hard Rain: Thought provoking and insightful.

Chrome Magnum Man: Delightfully witty!

July: Not afraid to be himself.

Kinetix: Indepth analyst.

Magpie: Makes the every day entertaining.

Matt: Easy going.

Scud: Individual.