Sadness, tears, and family…

Before anything else my Uncle died yesterday morning. He had been ill for the past year but when I last talked to him his spirit seemed as usual, full of energy and life, always a smile on his face and in his voice. He will be missed deeply by family, friends, and loved ones. He looked like Kwame Nkrumah. How’s that for a handsome man!

1. Your Live Journal “user name” & what it means: art_thirst=art3st, a combination of art and the sound of thirst. Kinda difficult for people to remember… however, water is important to me. “Still waters run deep.”

2. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest) how well does your Live Journal represent who you actually are? 7.

3. How much about your life do you post to LJ? About 25%

4. Is there anything you refuse to post about? Yes, personal diatribes, personal attacks, and my life’s intimacies.

5. On a scale of 1-10 how interesting do you think your own journal is to others? I’d like to think it was about 8 but in reality I think it’s more like 3.

6. From who/how did you find out about LJ? I found LJ because of stpbear, but signed up because of jawnbc.

7. Has anyone ever joined LJ because of you? No.

8. What proportion of your posts are friends only? Zero… if it’s that private, it’s email.

9. What do you like about LJ the most? Meeting the friends of friends and the interesting things that come from hopping from friend to friend to friend.

10. How often do you respond to/comment on other peoples’ journals? Actually, more often that I thought I would but, mostly when I feel I have something interesting to share.

11. Do you prefer to write in your journal, read other journals? Both… call me versatile, using the words of jawnbc.

12. Have you ever had something mean said to you or been stalked, harassed, or got into an argument/flame war on LJ (or did it to someone else)? No, although somebody said something that I thought was uncalled for so I deleted my post from their journal and moved on.

13. Have you ever banned someone from your journal? No.

14. Who are your favorite LJ friend(s) and tell me something about them? Well, because jawnbc invited me here I read his journal as much as I would my own. I really like reading his entries, intelligent yet multilingual and makes a nice sound in my mind.

15. How many of your LJ friends have you actually met? None. However, I’ve met many of my IRC friends.

16. Of all of the people on LJ you know of, who is the most like you? No one that I know of.