Comments on: First Germany. Then Korea. Now PAKISTAN!

By: John Shore

John Shore — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:32:03 +0000

Loser.

By: mhogue

mhogue — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:52:53 +0000

wow you guys are really concerned about my self-esteem! I was just kidding around in the first place. I guess sarcasm is hard to pick up on a blog though. Anyway, I don't care about being cool. I was just trying to compliment you on YOUR coolness. And throw in a joke about old age. But nobody laughed! *runs over to the corner and cries*

By: Candace

Candace — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:23:28 +0000

He's so CORRECT, mhogue! (John is.) Listen to him. Truly

Signed,

Formerly scared witless but cool person who finally figured out she was ok all along but didn't know it because she was too busy trying to fit the world's definition of cool

By: John Shore

John Shore — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:48:59 +0000

Who cares? You don't want to be "cool," anyway. All "cool" means is In The Know and Emotionally Detached. Which means Can't Be Surprised or Curious (since nothing's new), and Can't Be Emotionally Spontaneous.

Cool is for losers. It's for people who are afraid.

By: mhogue

mhogue — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:34:07 +0000

Oh, hum. I didn't think of it that way. I was thinking about it more like,

"I'll never be anybody else, and if you're cool, and I'll never be you, then I'll never be cool. But if I will be old some day, and if you're old right now, and you're cool, then when I'm old, I'll be cool, too."

But I wasn't sure which I should go on, that I'll never be you, so I can't be cool, or that I'll be old someday, and hence I might become cool.

But you've pretty much just dashed all my hopes of becoming cool, because you're saying if I'm not cool right now, I'll never become cool. So a person can't change?

By: John Shore

John Shore — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:06:29 +0000

Generally, you can count on one thing: You're exactly as cool right now as you're ever going to be. You are who you'll be.

By: mhogue

mhogue — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:47:02 +0000

I hope I'm as cool as you guys when I become old.

By: arlywn

arlywn — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:23:15 +0000

I could have sworn… that one of those questions related to reading blogs that stunted you. And your answer made so much sense. And then I reread it, and realized it was really "stunned" and quess what?

your answer still made sense. you did that on purpose didnt you?

By: Candace

Candace — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:42:29 +0000

Thanks for elaborating.

Hmmmm … neck rolls are something you DO? I thought they were something you HAD.

There has to be someone, somewhere, who will give me a job that comes with a … person who does backrubs. Sigh.

By: John Shore

John Shore — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:25:50 +0000

Candace: No process at all, really: I just clicked the link they gave me, saw the site, liked what they were doing, wanted to participate. After awhile you can just TELL when someone's real and someone's … skammy.

I really should have given my answers more time. I determined to spend minimal time on my answers, and really did. But I like their site; I like what they're doing, and how they do it. So I was glad to be involved at all. I'm actually going to put them on my blogroll, right … well, now.

Oh–and I, too, have zero control over the avatars. All I do is punch a button that says, "Attach these quilty avatars to people's names," and it's done. I don't know if they're randomly generated, or if the same person always gets the same one, or what. I only FOUND the button to push by accident–so I toggled it on, and … Insta-Quilts!

You want a massuesse? A massueese? A masueurse? A massager? Hmmm.

No. Sorry. I don't want people getting too … comfortable. Sorry. You can do neck rolls, though. Not EYE rolls. Neck rolls.