Whatever Matt Feels Like Posting

There's only two votes so far in this poll, but I gave each thing to do 1 point for each first-choice vote it has, 1/2 a point for each second-choice vote, 1/4 a point for each third-choice vote, etc., and catching up on my friends page more is currently in the lead with 1.25 points.

However, as I've mentioned in a couple of places after posting that poll, realizing how many unfinished projects I had made me depressed for a while because it sunk in even deeper that I probably will never finish all of them, and I felt even worse about abandoning most of them for two or three years. While I feel a little better about it right now, this probably isn't the best time to risk seeing much more online drama.

I'll continue reading new entries in my friends page at least once every 3 days like I've been doing (and I might read it a little more often now that I've seen the poll results), but I really think I should post the lists of non-LJ-related things I'm worried you'll hate me for and of things that remind me of the Forbidden Comment Threads fairly soon (because, remember, I probably do have to do so eventually for my mental health).

At the same time, I also don't want to wait too long before I finish catching up on my friends page, so I came up with the idea to work on both things at the same time with this method:

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But even that compromise doesn't seem like something I should work on right this moment given the state I've been in (but, fortunately, not this moment), although I'll probably start switching back and forth between other things and this later on when I'm in an even better mood.

The next highest project in the results is finishing those autism self-help books, with exactly 1 point, but I think right now I should go with something that I won't have a lot of time to do next semester while I still have the chance.

The third highest score is new userpics with 0.5078125 points (one second choice and one eighth choice), so for now I'm going with that :) Although that will also have to wait for a bit... I was planning on making a separate table and poll about my userpic ideas, but all I've finished so far is a list of them. (And given how I only remember some of my ideas when I'm not writing any down, I'm probably not even done with that...) So I'm gonna have to get started pretty soon!



In the meantime, here's a few videos I've been meaning to post here!

http://mostexcitingworld.com/video-helmet-camera-captures-firefighter-bringing-a-tiny-kitten-back-to-life/ - I don't think I can embed the video, but this firefighter actually took the time to revive a kitten he found. Very heartwarming! (EDIT IN 2018: The link is broken now, but I found an archived version of the article with the video still missing and the video itself separately.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bB7obyuuY8 I can't embed this either since my Internet is being slow, but these people recreated the dance scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Cute!

Presumably, repost just the videos and
remove all the boring stuff about my creative vortexes

http://ds.ign.com/articles/121/1212427p1.html

"In a mini-site called Mario Kills Tanooki, PETA is lampooning the plumber for his new Tanooki Tail Power-Suit, claiming it encourages the wearing of fur."

Seriously? First of all, they didn't even get the facts right - the Tanooki Suit is neither new nor called the "Tanooki Tail Power-Suit". Furthermore, ( EDIT IN 2018: I've never liked the way I worded this part. Under the LJ-cut it goes! ), yet they complain about Super Mario 3D Land where he gets it from a Super Leaf.

I'm all for animal rights, but PETA goes too far...

Fly to your journal

retropopbear
Born this way
If you were a cross-breed between two animals, what animals would they be, and why?

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I guess a cross between a cat and...a penguin. Because those are my two favorite animals. And they both eat fish, so it's not like my food would have to be cross-bred as well!

A cross between this entry and your journal

No bloody way
Could you ever be good friends with someone who hunted purely for sport?

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Definitely not. Not only because of the innocent animals, but also the fact that people who do that tend to be complete jerks to humans as well.

Wild REPOST BUTTON appeared!

antagonists
Raining cats or dogs?
Do you have a decided preference between cats and dogs? Which do you prefer, and why? Would you consider a roommate or partner who had a contrary pet proclivity?

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I like cats more because most of them don't always demand attention. Although I'm not afraid of dogs, I am a little afraid of them jumping up on me unexpectedly, so I probably couldn't have a roommate or partner that has a dog.

Meow

nightofcydonia
R/evolutionary war
If humanity were to become extinct, do you think another animal species would evolve to take our place? What lessons do you think they'd learn from our successes and failures?

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*doesn't answer this because I'm a Christian*

"Evolved detect button"

Frog, huh?

NIMMO1140142492720: For three and a half years, I have had one of the least creative names ever. Rename me or DIE!
ME: Let's see...Cranther!
NIMMO1140142492720: NO!!
ME: Juke?
NIMMO1140142492720: NO!!
ME: KnoneN?
NIMMO1140142492720: NO!!
ME: Uh...Waenya??
NIMMO1140142492720: NO! Waenya is a girl's name!! *starts throwing lily pads at me*

Alert the media

For my 200th LJ entry (my profile will say 201, but that's because I haven't deleted the welcome entry that's automatically made for new users), I decided to do something completely pointless: take the first word from my first post, the second word from my second post, the third word from my third post, and so on, all the way up to this one. (If post #X has Y words, and Y is less than X, then the remainder of X ÷ Y is Z, and I use the Zth word instead, or the last if Z is zero.) And yes, this is a ripoff of 160 Seconds.

( So here goes )

( Context )

While doing this, I've noticed that I have quite a few posts that are exactly 48 words long, by the way. Coincidence?

On a less pointless note, I had to get my braces tightened again today. And this time, there are rubber bands holding the top and bottom braces together (which have to be changed every time I eat or brush my teeth, and also before I go to bed), so it probably won't pull a my wisdom teeth this time. :(

Regrets Only
Do you think that animals feel regret?

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Yes because scientifically speaking, humans are a kind of animal too, and they feel regret.

But, other than that, I'd say that dogs that are so mean they have to be professionally trained probably regret their mean ways eventually. I've never really thought about it until now.

Bark