quiz nicked off nina
1. My username is desert_storm494 because...
Well despite the military connections, I thought Desert Storm was a pretty good name. It seemed to describe me, deserts are generally solitary places, with no people venturing too deep. Plus the storm describes all my emotions. The 494 was just because i could have Desert_Storm, so i added the first three digits of my old phone number
2. My name is Laura because...
My parents always wanted a girl with the name Laura. Enough said
3. My journal is titled You just gotta let it go with the subtitle "Life is beautiful, but it's complicated and we barely make it" because...
They both just seem to sum up my life so perfectly
4. My friends page is called === (with the subtitle ”===”) because...
I leave my friends page as it is. Why should i change something of theirs?
5. My default userpic is
because...
It seems so me...gazing out into the sky thinking so many different thoughts
6. Have you renamed before? If so, what were your old names? If you haven't renamed, what names would you want to rename to?
I like my name as it is...
7. How much does your userinfo say about you?
Mostly my background. Lil biography and the fandoms i like
8. How long have you been on LiveJournal?
2006-09-02 15:04:41
9. What is the longest amount of time you've gone without posting?
I think about three weeks
10. On average, how many entries do you post per day?
can vary from three in a day, to one in three days
11. What are your posts normally about?
Life, how my day went, if I need to rant about something
12. Is your LiveJournal friends only? Why or why not?
Most of my posts are friends only, but quizzes and artwork i post for everyone to see
13. How long do you see yourself staying on LiveJournal?
I like my LJ, it shows me how much I have grown since I started, i can see how my life is changing. I started my LJ the day before my first day of college, and now to see where i am is staggering
ABOUT YOUR FRIENDSLIST
14. How many people are on your friendslist, not counting private journals, media journals, etc?
i'll do what nina did, i have 42 mutual friends
15. Why do you choose to add a person to your friendslist?
common interests, they friend me simply to know more of me etc
16. Is your friendslist an actual list of people you consider friends, or more of a reading list?
i think it's people who i comment/reply/talk to fairly often really
17. How often do you read your friendslist?
I go through my flist everytime i am on LJ: each day at least
18. Do you use filters when viewing your friendslist?
nah, too complicated to set up
19. How much do you talk to people on your friendslist off of LiveJournal?
some i talk to on msn
20. Do you do friends cuts? Why or why not?
uh, no?
21. Do you regularly participate in friending memes? If not, how do you normally find people to friend?
i do them if they're on comms i am part of
22. How often do you add new friends to your friendslist?
i dunno, they add me, we talk, i add them back
23. Do your friends have to have things in common with you?
no, if they've got a great sense of humour then bring it on :p
ABOUT YOUR ICONS / USERPICS
24. How many userpics do you get maximum? How many of those slots do you actually use?
15, i use all 15
25. Do you mostly use icons made by yourself or by others?
it depends, at the moment, it's about half and half i think
26. What fandoms are most frequently seen in your userpics?
X Files, SGA
27. How do you find icons to use?
through my flist and all the icon comms
28. How often do you upload new icons to use in your userpics?
when i feel like a change
29. Which of your userpics do you use the most?
this purple dreamy one
30. Which of your userpics do you like the most?
this one...
31. The old minimum number of userpics was three. Could you see yourself "surviving" on three userpics now?
hell no
32. What do your userpics say about you?
mostly what i feel like at the time of posting, or whatever's related to the content
33. Will you show us your comment stats?
If I can find them… O_o I feel like I’ve never looked through my own userinfo before. *lmao*
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I give better than what i get pfff
Well despite the military connections, I thought Desert Storm was a pretty good name. It seemed to describe me, deserts are generally solitary places, with no people venturing too deep. Plus the storm describes all my emotions. The 494 was just because i could have Desert_Storm, so i added the first three digits of my old phone number
2. My name is Laura because...
My parents always wanted a girl with the name Laura. Enough said
3. My journal is titled You just gotta let it go with the subtitle "Life is beautiful, but it's complicated and we barely make it" because...
They both just seem to sum up my life so perfectly
4. My friends page is called === (with the subtitle ”===”) because...
I leave my friends page as it is. Why should i change something of theirs?
5. My default userpic is
because...
It seems so me...gazing out into the sky thinking so many different thoughts
6. Have you renamed before? If so, what were your old names? If you haven't renamed, what names would you want to rename to?
I like my name as it is...
7. How much does your userinfo say about you?
Mostly my background. Lil biography and the fandoms i like
8. How long have you been on LiveJournal?
2006-09-02 15:04:41
9. What is the longest amount of time you've gone without posting?
I think about three weeks
10. On average, how many entries do you post per day?
can vary from three in a day, to one in three days
11. What are your posts normally about?
Life, how my day went, if I need to rant about something
12. Is your LiveJournal friends only? Why or why not?
Most of my posts are friends only, but quizzes and artwork i post for everyone to see
13. How long do you see yourself staying on LiveJournal?
I like my LJ, it shows me how much I have grown since I started, i can see how my life is changing. I started my LJ the day before my first day of college, and now to see where i am is staggering
ABOUT YOUR FRIENDSLIST
14. How many people are on your friendslist, not counting private journals, media journals, etc?
i'll do what nina did, i have 42 mutual friends
15. Why do you choose to add a person to your friendslist?
common interests, they friend me simply to know more of me etc
16. Is your friendslist an actual list of people you consider friends, or more of a reading list?
i think it's people who i comment/reply/talk to fairly often really
17. How often do you read your friendslist?
I go through my flist everytime i am on LJ: each day at least
18. Do you use filters when viewing your friendslist?
nah, too complicated to set up
19. How much do you talk to people on your friendslist off of LiveJournal?
some i talk to on msn
20. Do you do friends cuts? Why or why not?
uh, no?
21. Do you regularly participate in friending memes? If not, how do you normally find people to friend?
i do them if they're on comms i am part of
22. How often do you add new friends to your friendslist?
i dunno, they add me, we talk, i add them back
23. Do your friends have to have things in common with you?
no, if they've got a great sense of humour then bring it on :p
ABOUT YOUR ICONS / USERPICS
24. How many userpics do you get maximum? How many of those slots do you actually use?
15, i use all 15
25. Do you mostly use icons made by yourself or by others?
it depends, at the moment, it's about half and half i think
26. What fandoms are most frequently seen in your userpics?
X Files, SGA
27. How do you find icons to use?
through my flist and all the icon comms
28. How often do you upload new icons to use in your userpics?
when i feel like a change
29. Which of your userpics do you use the most?
this purple dreamy one
30. Which of your userpics do you like the most?
this one...
31. The old minimum number of userpics was three. Could you see yourself "surviving" on three userpics now?
hell no
32. What do your userpics say about you?
mostly what i feel like at the time of posting, or whatever's related to the content
33. Will you show us your comment stats?
If I can find them… O_o I feel like I’ve never looked through my own userinfo before. *lmao*
Posted: 482
Received: 298
I give better than what i get pfff