Thursday, May 17, 2007
List Cleaning
I'm sort of following the New Year's fad of friends list cleaning. I really don't like cutting people, but I also don't like having tons of entries to try and wade through, particularly when I feel that there are a number of people who don't seem to be wading through mine. Maybe we're just not clicking. In any case, I want you all to know that it's not that I have anything personally against you, and I'm not completely set against adding you back on, but I would ask you to comment here and give me some reasons why I should. If not, then I hope we part ways without hard feelings. I wish you all the best in life!Also, there are a number of people who have added this journal who have never commented to me at all, which I find a bit bizarre. I really like getting to know the people I have as friends. Please, comment if you're really interested. Look at my user info, find some stuff we have in common. Start a conversation with me. Give me some way of remembering you out of the crowd of people I encounter!
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Heehee. Nice to... meet you, I guess! ;D
I have a random comment actually:If you should happen to be bored Thrusday at 6:30, you could wander over to Adelbert Gym and watch a little fencing exibition. It will be pretty :)
Hi. I just wanted to let you know that I stumbled across your icon site, and I took a Shrek icon (Donkey on the edge!) for future use. Thanks!
I shall keep that in mind and will consider it depending on how things are going. :-) Think you can pick me out? :-P
Hello, I just wanted to let you know that I took your Eowyn "I am no man" icon to use for my journal. I love it! This is exactly what I was looking for when I went looking for an Eowyn icon. I'll provide a link to your website when I upload it to my journal so folks know where I found it. Thanks!
Hi there. I was just at your site http://silver-starlight.net/gnomicons/icons.html and snagged one of your Nightcrawler icons. I have credited you in my keywords, but I also wanted to let you know I am using it. Also, can I be added? I would LOVE to see more of your icons!
*chuckles* Actually, this is my personal journal. I have an icon journal at gnomicons, if graphics are what you're after. At the moment, though, the site is fully updated with everything I've released from my hard drive ;-)
I hope you remember me out of the crowd. :p*hugs*
Don't feel bad about it, girl. I think your reasons are completely understandable and plausible. : ) Where's the point in having people listed as your "friends" and making the effort to get to know them by reading their journal and posting comments and so forth, when you get practically nothing in return from certain individuals?I just hope you haven't taken ME off the list. ; )
Hi! I just only signed up for an LJ, but I love your icons. I went ahead and added you as a friend, but you don't have to add me back or anything; I just like knowing I'm advertising your great icons. :) Although maybe it would help if I was actually using one...hrm. I'll fix that. *grins*
Icons are all at Gnomicons and my icon journal. If you'd like to keep abreast of the latest stuff, that's definitely the place to check out, and I always appreciate a plug or two. :-)Thanks!
A CWRU student, eh? Given the use of "CWRU" rather than Case, can I correctly assume that you're an upperclassman?
ARgh. I'm dumb. The userinfo corrects me.Welcome aboard. I'm two semesters ahead, but we're the same age ;-) Where're you living, if you don't mind me asking?
Would I ever un-friend my evil twin?!I think not.*HUGGLES*
No, silly, I hear from you all the time :-P
Right! : DAnd it's not gonna stop so don't hold your breath...! : P
:) it's ok.I'm in Tyler house during school.
Whoo hoo! I was in Tyler last year :-)Hey, do you know Jen? She's my WISER mentee.
I am a friend of crackshot and i read your comments about the lidless eye. Freaky stuff. Anyways, the real point of this comment, you seem pretty cool, I'de like to add ya!*Jen*PS- I know i know, i have not put the affiliate thing up yet. I've been busy. I'll put it up soon! ^^
Hey, just to tell you that I gacked a few of your blackadder icons, and have credited this LJ in the ones I've used. :)
Right! : DAnd it's not gonna stop so don't hold your breath...! : P
Heh. Understandable to a point. Unless, of course, you start rambling about Alan Rickman or The Princess Bride. And then I'll be happy to ramble along with ya. :D Those two subjects rule entirely. Well, those along with LotR. Which should go without saying.
You cannot escape me!! ...or something. I'm glad to still be on there. ;o)At least I'm not the only one who gets these people adding her without one comment. That just confuses me more.
I'm here! :-p
*CLINGS* :D :D :D
(: I'll manage.
(: I'll manage.
I always find that utterly bizarre.
Probably not... I'm terrible at recognizing people from pictures!
Good to hear ;-)
I found your LJ on your website (which you posted at The Not-So-Secret Hideaway).I'm one of the mods at the aforementioned forum (Leonia), and like you, I make all sorts of LJ icons (most of them "Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?"), but I really admire your icons, especially your Carmen icon. I can see you're really talented at icon-making.Friend me, please?
I commented on your last post, but maybe you looked over it! So, i'll comment here. 'elllo! My name is Jenny. I was looking over crackshot's journal and found you talking about a Big "I". You seemed pretty intresting so i surfed over to your journal and saw that we have quite a bit in common.I LOVE LotR and Hp. Alan Rickman rocks my world. I LOVE language (I speak three) and making new friends. So, yeah, i hope thats a good introduction! Hope you'll add me! I wont add you unless you want me to and if you dont want to add me, thats okay too. ^_^*Jen*
*chuckles* Well, it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to make it in any case. I'm afraid between cooking for tonight, getting to the grocery store and doing homework, I won't be able to come, as much as I'd like to.Best of luck, though!
i'm still here! i always read yours, lol, but rarely comment. sorry :-P:posts using an icon you made: does that get me bonus points? lol
I've been thinking about trying to do things on the lines of trial periods, if that makes sense. We add one another and see how it goes. How's that?Which languages do you speak? (other than English ;-))
Since I know now that you are actually still there, I'll add you back on ;-)
Since I know now that you are actually still there, I'll add you back on ;-)
I speak Japanese and I speak Spanish. Do you have AIM by any chance? I would be up for a trail period, i guess. Soo...should i add you back? Or have you added me? XD *Jen*
I've added you, and I do have AIM, but I don't generally post the s/n.
Emmm, mebbe tell me in one of my f/o posts? You are on da list! ^^~Sadako
E-mail me ;-)
I hope that I'm not being a nuisance, but I was wondering if I could use one of your wallpapers as my journal background. I saw that in the rules that it was okay to use them as a "background," but in case that just meant desktop and not a personal webspace, I thought I should contact you to clarify.
I actually put that in in the hopes that I'd be contacted before someone used one in such a way. I don't mind, so long as you upload the wallpaper to your own server and give me a bit of credit somewhere. I'm glad you like it enough to want to look at it daily ;-)
I surprised myself and did my own layout (it's so good for procrastination), but thank you for giving me permission :)
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I stumbled across your icon page and I love your icons. I've taken a few: 4 Blackadder ones (Queenie executing and surrounded by idiots, burning Catholics and die horwibbly) and 4 LOTR ones (Faramir and the lyrics from 'Steward of Gondor', Aragorn and the path, Pippin needing a hug and the tapestry of Isildur and Sauron).Thanks and again, I think they're really, really good.Alex
Dear Mistress SolI have just this morning added you to my friends list, read this entry and feel I'm in danger of being thrown off already! So here is my first comment.I just love your icons to tiny little bits. There's absolutely no way I could ever do horrendously difficult and time consuming computer stuff like that! :::Crawl, scrape, grovel on the floor, I don't care what it takes::: - please could you do some Lorien brother humour?Should you add my LJ back? Well, I think we share the same sense of humour. You'll have to read my posts. I'm an English eccentric of Asian origins who likes to write elf slash. You have been warned. Will that do?Regards, Anand
We'll try my usual thing, I think. Namely, we try and see how it goes ;-)To be honest, I've been trying to think in my spare time of Lorien brothers humor, as I do remember your request for that. I did come up with one once, but made the mistake of failing to write it down :-(In any case, my icon journal is quite different from my regular one, I'd say. You must realize, of course, that you're volunteering to expose yourself to severe amounts of insanity and likely bitching. Also, I feel the need to note my amusement at the number of Anands I'm getting to know. You're the third in the last year.
oh amandy it will be ok
oh amandy it will be ok
.....*blink blink*...huh?
Am so sorry for making a completely irrelevant post in your journal, but I found my way to your website, and am now in utter awe of your amazing icons. I hope you don't mind if I took some? Credit will be given of course!I took: (from the faerie icons) I fear the shadows both in and around meDo not fear that part of yourself, for without it, you are not whole (from the Dido icons) I haven't really ever found a place that I call home (from the frames icons) even good stars can fall from grace and falter, lose their faith and slideIf you wouldn't mind, could I use these on an rp journal of mine (elusivestar) as well-with credits?
That's absolutely fine.The real irony of all this is that as you were posting this, I was spending hours updating the whole site massively.
I found your journal through takenote_icons. (Ooohhh... I typed "lj cumm" in my tag at first! ahahahahaha!) So yes, I responded to your Princess Bride and Cold Mountain icons.Now I think I must be crazy even considering adding you as a friend as I recently made a huge friend cut and I cut some really cool people, too. But the thing is I'm more interested in making real friends on lj. Not just with cool people, but people with whom I have reciprocal relationships. People with whom I might exchange little things in the mail and that I might someday consider meeting.So here it is. We do have enough in common, I think, to see if we might make fast friends. I was particularly appreciative of your comments of actually wanting to get to know you lj friends. And you lived in Germany (as did I) so you get big points for that.It's always difficult to tell if you might connect with someone based solely on their "interests". Personality has more to do with a good friendship than shared interests, don't you think? I think it would be interesting to get to know you and see if we might be friends. Please check out my journal, lately it's mostly public and add me if you feel inspired.
Your comments alone, actually, have inspired me. Welcome aboard ;-)Don't mind the most recent entry too much. I don't normally act quite like that. It's been a not-so-great day/week in many respects...Where did you live in Germany?
Wheee! New friend! *pets you*I've been in a weird place lately myself. But you have to take the weird with the rest of the package, right? :)I lived in a very small town, Bramsche. No one knows where it is so I'll tell you it's near Osnabruck, in North West Germany. I lived there for 3 years when I was a child. My then step-father was in the army, but we didn't live on base and I played quite a bit with German and Dutch children. Of course they all spoke English far better than my German so I don't speak German as well as I'd like. I LOVED living in Germany. The land there really speaks to me, and I'm sure that is at least partially because I am more German than anything else (but all Celt-descended).p.s. My name is Chrysta <3
Gah! I'm being petted! (:-P)But you have to take the weird with the rest of the package, right? :)Absolutely.I lived in Düsseldorf for two-and-a-half years during high school, but, like you, I didn't learn as much German as I would have liked, as I was living with my English-speaking family and going to a school where we spoke English in most classes. (We weren't there with the military, incidentally.)The land there really speaks to me, and I'm sure that is at least partially because I am more German than anything else (but all Celt-descended).That sounds a lot like me. My mom's family is all German, even though they've been here in North America for nearly two centuries. Dad's family... well, no one's quite sure what all they are, but lots of blood from Western Europe and the British Isles ;-) These days when people ask me where I'm from, I can only give them the long answer. There's no short one because I'm not from anywhere I've been anymore... :-/And around here, I frequently get called Gnome. Actually... I get called that frequently in real life, too...
Hi :) I saw some of your icons on takenote_icons and then took a look at you icon site, where I noticed you have made some Galaxy Quest (!) icons and some German icons. Well, and I also found out you study German which I personally find is really cool. I live in Bochum and I'm a German native speaker - I'm studying English in Dortmund - and I have to say it always surprises me when someone who isn't a native speaker studies German. I'm not sure whether it's the same the other way round? Are you surprised when someone's studying English?Anyway, when I checked out your user info I noticed we also have some friends in common, and so I finally decided I'd really like to get to know me. So, it'd be great if you added me :)
Welcome aboard my little or is that not so little? boat of insanity!Let's see if this makes any sense: It always surprises me to see how surprised Germans get over non-Germans studying their language. I mean, other countries often get offended at people even attempting such things *coughfrancecough*, but every German I've ever met has always been estactic about any attempt on my or another's part to speak German.As for whether I'm surprised when I find non-native English speakers studying English... it's harder to say. I know that it's customary to study it to a certain extent--in German you would rather say "learn" it because "studying" comes at the university level rather than primary or secondary school. I am sometimes mildly surprised to see some people take such an interest in the language beyond what's expected of them. (I, in fact, often find English an ugly language in comparison to German...) I think the case that's most surprised me so far was that of one of my current instructors, who is working toward her English Ph.D. here at my university and is teaching a number of English classes when her native language is actually Hungarian. She speaks, in fact, with a very heavy accent, and I think it may be the first time in my life that a non-native English speaker has been in charge of my English writing. Not that I mind it ;-)As for a native of Bochum and a student in Dortmund, all I can say is that that causes a grin to break out across my face. I lived in Düsseldorf, in Kaisersweth, for a couple years, and, in many ways, my heart is still over there ;-)Ich muss aber sagen: mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut wie dein English. XD
It always surprises me to see how surprised Germans get over non-Germans studying their language.I'm not even sure why this is. Probably partly because German as a language does not seem to be that important. I also think it could be because it is not one of the easiest languages to learn, as far as I can tell from a native speaker's perspective. I studied German for two semesters, and it struck me again and again how complicated it can be.I, in fact, often find English an ugly language in comparison to German...I have to say, in terms of beauty I think they're equal for me. It's funny, there are things I prefer to talk about in English - mostly fandom related things. I actually find it difficult to talk about LotR or Buffy in German.Ich muss aber sagen: mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut wie dein English. XD Well, I can't judge that yet, but I think that at least my spoken English is better than my spoken German as well *grins* That is mostly because I tend to babble without thinking when speaking German, whereas I think a little bit more when I'm speaking English.As for a native of Bochum and a student in Dortmund, all I can say is that that causes a grin to break out across my face. I lived in Düsseldorf, in Kaisersweth, for a couple years, and, in many ways, my heart is still over there ;-)That's really great :) Sadly, I've never really been to an English speaking country yet. I love to live here in the Ruhrpott - originally I'm from the South of Germany and moved here only a couple of years ago. This feels so much more like home to me than Metzingen (where I'm originally from) ever did.
Probably partly because German as a language does not seem to be that important. I also think it could be because it is not one of the easiest languages to learn, as far as I can tell from a native speaker's perspective.I think thsoe tend to be the reasons. Honestly, I frequently despair of ever managing to master German completely ;-) On the other hand, I remind myself that, with few exceptions, the Germans will most likely be quite pleased with my level of German especially in comparison to some people who supposedly speak it. It's funny, there are things I prefer to talk about in English - mostly fandom related things.There are some philosophical or literary things that I can't really talk about in English because I've discussed them more in German, and often German has words which make expressing it easier than in English. Even yesterday after not really doing anything with German for more than a week, I had to quit speaking mid-sentence and say the word I wanted to myself once or twice in German before I could remember the English word. Ever so slightly pathetic of me...I have to say that my spoken English is definitely better than my spoken German. I think I tend to be better at reading, writing, and understanding German than speaking it. I just can't quite get things formulated and said at a speed that I approve of ;-)I love to live here in the Ruhrpott - originally I'm from the South of Germany and moved here only a couple of years ago. This feels so much more like home to me than Metzingen (where I'm originally from) ever did.You know, the South was prettier, in my opinion, but I liked living in the North all the same. I prefer the Ruhrpott accents to those that I heard elsewhere. Prejudiced? Who me? One thing I can say for myself: I have a pretty good North German accent ;-)
There are some philosophical or literary things that I can't really talk about in English because I've discussed them more in German, and often German has words which make expressing it easier than in English.It happens to me the other way round. With philosophy not as much as with literature, which of course makes sense :)You know, the South was prettier, in my opinion, but I liked living in the North all the same. I prefer the Ruhrpott accents to those that I heard elsewhere.Yes, the south is prettier. And I like the Ruhrpott accents better than Swabian (which people speak where I come from). I adapt to different accents pretty quickly, and now I speak just a Ruhrpott dialect (you can recognize my 'heritage' from some special Swabian words and expressions I tend to use though). Every time I get home, my father tells me to 'speak properly', but I really find it hard to regain my Swabian accent. As far as English is concerned, I don't have a proper accent. It really changes according to the English I listen to (on TV or wherever).
Every time I get home, my father tells me to 'speak properly', but I really find it hard to regain my Swabian accent.Now that my family is living in the South (of the U.S.) again, I get in trouble for coming home and sounding like a "Yankee snob".As far as English is concerned, I don't have a proper accent. It really changes according to the English I listen to (on TV or wherever).I can do that with English, but I have more trouble trying to do it with German. I've decided I'm stuck with my Ruhrpott accent, but it doesn't bother me much ;-)
Hey there, I'm a friend of grass_stained and have been thinking about adding you for a while, so I did! We don't have much in common on our LJ interests, but that's mostly because I have weird interests in mine that aren't highlighted on anyone else's, but Amy can vouch that I'm cool, if you're interested in adding me back! :-P :)
*snickers and bounces*You had to use the analgesic cream icon, didn't you!? ROTFL!Um, yes, former Trekkie...*cough*You're added ;-)
Hey, it's Cheryl from way across the hall. :oP I signed up and I'd like to be friended if that's ok with you. If not, no prob... Check out my website.Have a good one!
I saw that username sitting in my inbox and went... the_cheryl? That sounds like that person across the hall from me if I ever heard anything! Welcome to LJ, and, of course, you get added to the flist. No questions there!Also, the website is definitely cool. Would you mind if I add you/it to the Cool People link section of my domain? (The main site at the domain isn't up yet, btw. Working on it ;-))
...Ffffffffaaaascinating.Yet another movie I felt completely 100% justified in NOT seeing since I first saw the trailer.
I've never read the Iliad, actually. I've recently been through a prose translation of Odyssey which I liked quite a bit, but I just got a bunch of books from my favorite used-book store, so now I have to read other stuff before I return to Homer. ;-)Have a safe trip.
Yeah, seriously. Haven't they heard that old "never trust Greeks bearing gifts" thing? Morons ;-)
I took an icon from your site, a few of the jude law ones, the all downhill from here one, the real world one, i love your every colour, and the distracted multitude. I hope it's okay that I can't use them quite yet as I haven't gotten enough money scrounged up for a paid account, but I will soon here. I do keep your name in the file title to ensure credit is given where it is due, I hope that's okay. I love your icons btw, they are very nice! ^-^
I took an icon from your site, a few of the jude law ones, the all downhill from here one, the real world one, i love your every colour, and the distracted multitude. I hope it's okay that I can't use them quite yet as I haven't gotten enough money scrounged up for a paid account, but I will soon here. I do keep your name in the file title to ensure credit is given where it is due, I hope that's okay. I love your icons btw, they are very nice! ^-^
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