Friendzy!

[aggienaut]

I thought I'd do something the lovely boxsofrain did a bit ago, and declare a Friendzy (Friending frenzy!). Actually I'm not sure she intended for it to work out quite like this but it did: (1) answer the following questions in a comment; (2) As Boxes says, "Also to make this more fun, feel free to read other peoples comments and reply to them with something nice about them. ... Make friends, add each other, mingle, just please be nice." (3) extra points if you mention the Friendzy in your own LJ and send people over to the party! (=

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Name:
Age:
Location:
Occupation:
Story Behind Your LJ Name:
Favourite LJ Community:
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't):
Favourite Historical Event: (/ one you just think is neat and overlooked)
Picture (optional):

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Other Known Friendzies
boxsofrain's original
agirlnamedluna's Friendzy
morning_stand's Friendzy
superhappytime's Friendzy (posted TODAY!)
EDIT: it just came to my attention that there's even a frenziedfriends community!


PS: I'll answer my own questions in a comment a little bit later today.. so check back!

Comments

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

Okie dokie, I'll play.

Name: Grey
Age: 29
Location: North Carolina, US
Occupation: Environmental Scientist (I write air pollution permits for a living, and will occasionally often bitch about it in my LJ).
Story Behind Your LJ Name: Named after a song by one of my favorite artists (I grew up in the early 90's, 'k?)
Favourite LJ Community: I don't really have one, although I enjoy reading useless_facts
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): A dik-dik!
Favourite Historical Event: Well, it's not overlooked anymore, but I've always been a little fascinated with personal stories from the Dust Bowl and Great Depression.
Picture:


I am trying to break my posting addiction, but I still read my friends list daily. I view the people on my FL as actual friends and often only keep around the folks that interact with me regularly. Other random factoids are:

• I keep a frugal living blog.
  
• ....because I'm a single parent of three boys.
  
• I have a love of reading (and sometimes writing) poetry.
  
• I am a recipe whore.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Whoa just looked up dik-dik and they're CUTE!

Also, looked at useless_facts, joined it! Thanks! (=

Also, environmental scientist sounds interesting.

[libra-dragon.livejournal.com]

Name:Nicky
Age:32
Location:Burnsville, MN
Occupation:Senior Conflicts New Matter Specialist by day, grad student by night
Story Behind Your LJ Name:I am libra and a dragon
Favourite LJ Community: Don't really have a favorite persay...I enjoy reading a variety of things but I guess I would say any of the photo type ones.
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): can't really think of anything
Favourite Historical Event: (/ one you just think is neat and overlooked)
Can't think of anything right off hand
Picture (optional):

[britishcowgirl.livejournal.com]

What the 'eck is a Senior Conflicts New Matter Specialist?
Oh and I love your necklace!

[jenandbronze.livejournal.com]

First?

Name: Jen
Age: almost 27
Location: Canada
Occupation: Administrative Assistant job-hunter
Story Behind Your LJ Name: Bronze was my first guide dog, and I commoemorate his name now, since he is retired although his working career was short-lived. He was still working when I reated my LJ so many moons ago.
Favourite LJ Community: therealljidol The Green Room is fun!
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): Hmmm... I will stick with the evil Emily (cat) and the four dogs, thanks. Two are labbies, one reitred and the other my current guide, and two large breed pet dogs.
Favourite Historical Event: (/ one you just think is neat and overlooked) Hmm... historical event? Christmas used to my favourite holiday, but so much has changed over the years.
Picture (optional): None right now.... too early in the morning to dish it out of Photobucket.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

I haven't really gotten into the Green Room, since there's always 150+ comments by the time I get to it so it looks like a lot of comments that mgiht be interesting but the ensuing conversation is condensed so I'd have to do some clicking to actually try to follow it and... altogether its just a LOT to wade through.

I been saying someone needs to post a Green Room Highlights! 24 hours after every green room. (=

[jnel.livejournal.com]

Name: Janelle
Age: 28
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation: Sterile tech
Story Behind Your LJ Name: shortened version of my name
Favourite LJ Community: wtf_art
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): snake
Favourite Historical Event: ummm..
Picture (optional):
(http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a400/jnella/?action=view&current=CIMG3479-1.jpg)

Sterile Tech

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

What exactly does being a sterile tech entail?

[britishcowgirl.livejournal.com]

Name: Ariane
Age:"With three sisters nearly grown your ladyship can hardly expect me to own it"
Location: Engurrrrland home of pork pie, black pudding and other haute cusine!
Occupation: Cubical slave!
Story Behind Your LJ Name:I'm currently in culutral limbo - I'm patriotic but I'm american and british
Favourite LJ Community: Too many to choose from - I'm never selective
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): a unicorn that eats marshmallows and trumps rainbows!
Favourite Historical Event: 1824
Picture (optional): There's loads on my LJ why don't y'all come and visit? I promise not to bite...much....unless you taste like peanut butter and then man it's your own fault that you're so delicious and I shall have this published on the internet as my defense and as a provision that you provided and adheered too when I get busted for cannabilism or in the least harassment when I can't stop licking you...*wink*

what are your answers emo_snal?

[extoria.livejournal.com]

I love your Age answer!

[beldar.livejournal.com]

Name: John (but will answer to Beldar on- and offline)
Age: The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything +1
Location: At a desk in central Indiana
Occupation: Alphabet manipulator
Story Behind Your LJ Name: My nickname since Army and college days
Favourite LJ Community: therealljidol, tho metaquotes is addictive as well
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): Hedgehog
Favourite Historical Event: (/ one you just think is neat and overlooked) My birth, of course -- I think it's kinda neat, and all history texts overlook it.
Picture (optional): See icon.

Alphabet Manipulator

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

"Alphabet manipulator" hahaha.

What is the origin of "Beldar" specifically as a nickname though?

[wagrobanite.livejournal.com]

Name: Katrina
Age: 23
Location: Pullman, WA
Occupation: half employed-studying for the GRE-worker
Story Behind Your LJ Name: I live in Washington and I've been a fan of Josh Groban's since November 2001 (before he was really well known) and so his fans are called Grobanites
Favourite LJ Community: mostly likely my Dancing With The Stars group
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): Chimp (though it wouldn't be good for the chimp either)
Favourite Historical Event: (/ one you just think is neat and overlooked): oh man... I think the funniest that most people don't know is that Columbus died of syphilis or the fact that there is a Confederate monument in, wait for it... Montana :)

Pullman

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

I forget I think I might have already commented on that I know some cool bee researchers in Pullman (I think we had this discussion already though, possibly even after someone else's friendzy)

Who is Josh Groban?

Also thanks for the historical notes! That was the kind of fun information I was looking for! (=

[birgitriddle]

Name: Holly
Age: 22
Location: Gettysburg or State College, PA, USA (Depends on time of year)
Occupation: College Student. Majors are history and psychology.
Story Behind Your LJ Name: Birgit was my name in my high school German class and Riddle...well, I used to be in Harry Potter fandom and my favorite character was Tom Riddle, so I grabbed the last name. I like the screen name, so when I dropped out of fandom, I kept it.
Favourite LJ Community: pimp_my_altar because I like to look at pretty pictures of altars.
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): A snake. I've had one before, but it died. ;_;
Favourite Historical Event: I suppose the whole thing over the Ems Dispatch. I doubt it's really over looked in Europe, but in America, it probably is.
Picture: This is sadly the most recent picture.

I write about my life, what I read, what I watch (which includes anime), what video games I play, and occasionally go on rants and babble on about random historical stuff, mostly dealing with 19th century Europe or WWI. I also post memes because I get bored. I also write, but any of my original writings don't get posted due to reasons of not wanting that to get in the way of possible publication. I will however post whatever random letters to the editor that I write.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Ems Dispatch?

[bitchencamaro.livejournal.com]

Name: BitchenCamaro
Age: 39
Location: Austin, Tx
Occupation: mom/grad student
Story Behind Your LJ Name: none. just like the song, cliche as it may be
Favourite LJ Community: Fatshionista
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): Skunk
Favourite Historical Event: (/ one you just think is neat and overlooked) The prosecution of GWB for war crimes (come on, it might happen)
Picture (optional): Starry Starry Night. Or is that meant to be a picture of moi?

Skunks!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Haha good catch on that I didn't specify a picture of the person answering. I actually hadn't thought of that, but I appreciate that you did! Thats the kind of thinking I like to see. (=

Also, I really want a skunk! I fully intend to get one when I settle down. Dead serious.

[extoria.livejournal.com]

Name: Tory
Age: freshly 25
Location: North-central PA
Occupation: Writer/Editor for an engineering department at a major university
Story Behind Your LJ Name: It's a conglomeration of the towns I live near: McElhatten, Avis, and Jersey Shore (which we call Dirty Whore).
Favourite LJ Community: WeddingPlans (and no, I'm not engaged - just a jackass)
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): Uhh, I already have two pit bulls; other pets would just get eaten.
Favourite Historical Event: It's not an event so much as a thing, and probably not all that overlooked in history circles, but I'm fascinated by the Holy Roman Empire (which, as my professor would say, was neither holy nor Roman, and arguably not an empire).
Picture (optional):

Holy Roman Empire

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Ah yes the Holy Roman Empire is a pretty interesting historical ... pseudo-entity.

I do a lot of Model United Nations stuff because I'm a huge nerd. There's often "Historical Committees" going sometimes as far back as the League of Nations. I've been pushing for a Model Holy Roman Empire (specifically, representatives of all the major electors, trying to negotiate the end of the Hundred Years War).. so far no luck )=

Also good work on the bolding. I tried to post it in a way that the html was visible so cut and pasting it would make it bold but it was too hard to not make the html html itself. d=

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

Name: Orenthal

Age: Youngish Middle

Location: Central NJ, USA

Occupation: Information Technology Business Analyst

Story Behind Your LJ Name: It's short for "Pop Culture Fiend"...it fits. My friend, Keith R.A. DeCandido (kradical) dubbed me with it.

Favourite LJ Community: don't really have one

Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): Not a pet person

Favourite Historical Event: Right now, I'm thinking the latest Presidential election. Here's why: http://popfiend.livejournal.com/2360134.html

Picture (optional): An oldie, but goodie...

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Your name is Orenthal? Neat.

[agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com]

For the record, frenzies are as old as dirt ;)

Name: Nathalie
Age: 28
Location: Mons, Belgium
Occupation: stay-at-home mom, translator, sometimes writer
Story Behind Your LJ Name: Luna used to be my pen name, and the LJ handle is based upon that and "a girl named Hope" by Atmosphere
Favourite LJ Community: therealljidol of course ;)
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): I have a kid, that's weird enough - but I'd really like a lizard.
Favourite Historical Event: (/ one you just think is neat and overlooked) WWI - I grew up just behind the front in the only part of Belgium that was unoccupied at the time. / the Guldensporenslag, July 11th 1302 an army of Flemish (and some now Walloon) peasants stood behind their lords and kicked out the French knight army out of Flanders (the French had annexed the territory). July 11th is the Flemish "national" holiday nowadays :)
Picture (optional):

Belgian History

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the historical facts! I love things like that. I've been a bit interested in the Eighty Years War (which i understand is mostly about Netherlands but Belgium was kind of tangentally involved no?). When I get off work I'll probably look up the the 1302 event you mention (=

[boxsofrain.livejournal.com]

Name:Ashlee
Age: 27
Location: NY
Occupation: Regulatory Analyst
Story Behind Your LJ Name: What do you want me to do to do for you to see you through? A a box of rain will ease the pain and love will see you through!
Favourite LJ Community:spoiledgirls, therealljidol, ohnotheydidnt
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): I want the Siamese cats from Alice in Wonderland. :(
Favourite Historical Event: April 6, 1973 was the first pictures ever taken of Saturn, along with the discovery of some of Saturns moons and rings.
Picture (optional):

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

LJ Name is from a song I'm assuming? What song?
Not knowing that I've always just liked the image of boxes of rain your lj name conjur up (=

Also I have a siamese cat. Siamese cats are so cute.

[bettybaker.livejournal.com]

Name: Wendy

Age: 28

Location: Bay Area, CA

Occupation: Piano teacher

Story Behind Your LJ Name: I wanted a simple, alliterative LJ handle, so I looked up common first names and surnames. At the time I created my journal, I was reeeeeally into baking bread, so bettybaker seemed a good choice.

Favourite LJ Community: frenziedfriends, but of course. =P

Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): A wee goblin, palm-sized.

Favourite Historical Event: (/ one you just think is neat and overlooked)My birthday. Most important day ever.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

OMG I can't believe I didn't know about your community already! Just joined it and.. This post is already linked to by bendar. Awesome. (=

[firesign10.livejournal.com]

Name: Firesign10 AKA Carole
Age: 49
Location: CT
Occupation: SAHM
Story Behind Your LJ Name: From Firesign Theater
Favourite LJ Community: I can't pick just one!
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): a penguin
Favourite Historical Event: the first manned space mission

Stop on by! :-)

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

SAHM?

[glowy-lovers.livejournal.com]

Hi Karen from UK having a friending frenzy too at glowy_lovers
Feel free to add me .

My Answers!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Name: Kris
Age: 26
Location: Southern Orange County, California
Occupation: Beekeeper, Diplomat once I finagle my way into the State Department.
Story Behind Your LJ Name: Long story short it came from a prank, and more specifically, a corruption of "emosnail".
Favourite LJ Community: 30in30, though I think its future is more likely to be coordinated over at arrrghonaut.
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): I really want a skunk. Also a capybara. (=
Favourite Historical Event: Well by now you should know I love history and random stories from history and I've got a mighty bag of things I still want to talk about, but if I had to choose a favourite, I'd have to say the unauthorized and impromptu Christmas Truce of WWI. I don't know how to describe how neat it is that it happened.
Picture (optional):

I am one of the two persons pictured above ;D

Re: My Answers!

[agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com]

YES ABOUT THE TRUCE!
that's one of the most awesome things ever to happen. Where I lived it's actually common knowledge, but it is globally unknown or rather it isn't talked about. My grandpa used to tell me that story. Did you know there's a French movie about it? I'd have to look up the title, but when the film came out the story was apparently a shock to many people because you know, TEH EVILE GERMANS. My grandpa always used to say that the German soldiers were just boys anyway (he was a doc during WWII) and that you could hardly blame THEM for everything. But, I love, love, love that story about WWI.

[qweenkaren.livejournal.com]

Name:Karen
Age: 33
Location: Wellington, NZ
Occupation: Account Manager - aka sales rep
Story Behind Your LJ Name: I am Qween of all I reign (which might be little, yet worthy) The letter Q is under used and the version 'QU' overrated.
Favourite LJ Community: wellingtonnz, although I'm only just starting to collect a few more
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): A Dragon.
Favourite Historical Event: Katherine Mansfield's influence on literature
:)

[az-starshine.livejournal.com]

The fact that you mentioned Katherine Mansfield sold me...adding you. :)

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

Name: Dennis
Age: 31
Location: Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Occupation: Engineer
Story Behind Your LJ Name: I appreciate the irony of it
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): a dominatrix
Favourite Historical Event: Teddy Roosevelt abandoning the GOP
Picture (optional): see icon

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

also, I really feel the urge to randomly comment on people's pictures with "you're hot," but I won't.

[devoosha.livejournal.com]

Name: Wendy...known on teh internetz as devoosha
Age: 35...I think? yeah
Location: Bristol, CT
Occupation: Master Control Operator 2 at ESPN
Story Behind Your LJ Name: it's from a book...ever see that kick-a$$ show, Alien Nation? Well some books were also written by the writers when the show got canceled. It's a name from that book (actually Emily's alien name)
Favourite LJ Community: Hmm...the crafty ones...and mine ;)
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): Giraffe
Favourite Historical Event: (/ one you just think is neat and overlooked). Hm...good question. There's so many to me...I am a HUGE history freak. I'm really into the Tudor family...and while everyone knows about them, a lot of people don't KNOW about them, if you know what I mean? Henry Viii was intensely interesting...but nothing compared to his daughter, Elizabeth.
Picture (optional): I would love to share...but they are all on my computer. I'm on my husband's computer because mine is slowly dying. I need to get the stuff OFF that computer and rescue it...

I'm so boring!

[tigrkittn.livejournal.com]

Name:Robin
Age:Older than dirt!
Location: NC
Occupation:Clerical Monkey
Story Behind Your LJ Name:I used to use this name on AOL for sexcapades, so when I wanted a naughty LJ I brought it back- then ended up using this as a writing journal instead! :p
Favourite LJ Community: LJ Idol is the only one I'm in.
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't):Not much for odd pets- I'm a cat person.
Favourite Historical Event: So far this year's election!
Picture: No pics please- I'm incognito!! ;)

Re: I'm so boring!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

I'll just continue to think of you as looking like your icon then ;D

[az-starshine.livejournal.com]

Name: Corrie
Age: 30
Location: Tucson, AZ
Occupation: Customer Service
Story Behind Your LJ Name: My husband nicknamed me Starshine, and I live in Arizona...hence, Arizona (AZ) Starshine
Favourite LJ Community: therealljidol, sf_drama
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): A ferret
Favourite Historical Event: The plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens...aka "the day the music died"

That's me in the icon. :)

And here's some other stuff.

Writer. Wife. High-functioning autistic. Voracious reader. Crocheter. Dog owner. BBW.

I work in customer service.

My favorite song is American Pie by Don McLean, because I'm old school like that.

No kids (yet) but my husband and I are practicing with two chocolate labs.

I think I'm interesting.

I hope that you will too. :)

Practicing

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

My initial interpretation of what was being 'practiced' in "No kids (yet) but my husband and I are practicing with two chocolate labs." was just plain wrong. LOL o_O

[magsmom.livejournal.com]

Name: Sally
Location: Old enough to be your mother
Occupation: Attorney for non-profit(part time/Volunteer) caregiver for my disabled daughter
Story Behind Your LJ Name: my daughter's name is Maggie. My journal is about life with her. Hence I am Magsmom. Wickedly clever, I know
Favorite LJ Community: haven't really looked. I will, I promise
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): A chimp. he would always be dressed like Lance LInk, Secret Chimp (told you I was old)
Favourite Historical Event: Hard to say - but I like the neighborhood stories, the things that shape a city or region but outsiders don't realizet. the Chinese settling in San Francisco is like that only bigger
Picture: If only I knew how to post them in comments

[stiobhan.livejournal.com]

Neighborhood stories are great! San Francisco must be full of them.

And you're not the only one who doesn't know how to post pictures in comments. Maybe someone in the know will take pity on us and explain the process.

[stiobhan.livejournal.com]

Name: Stephen
Age: 43
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Occupation: Translator/publisher
Story Behind Your LJ Name: Irish for "Stephen"
Favorite LJ Community: At the moment it's customers_suck or bad_service
Oddest Pet you might like to have (but don't): Maybe an ocelot
Favorite Historical Event (one you just think is neat and overlooked): The McDonald's across the street is built on an ancient burial mound

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

That is awesome about the McDonalds being on an ancient burial ground. Also Ocelots are pretty cool. I once worked with a filthy rich girl who would casually consider buying things like ocelots for the novelty of it. I hated her for being so rich and lame. d= She was on one of those stupid reality shows.

How came you here?

And welcome and hi! (=

To Catch A Soul

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

What is this community of which you speak?