Friday, January 13, 2006
Raise your glasses, then, to absent friends!
The other day, I was perusing Myspace when I noticed that Kris had a quiz posted in the bulletin board. Now, unlike most Myspace quizzes, this one was actually interesting. The quiz questions were all about Kris, and you were supposed to copy the bulletin, paste it into a new message to Kris, and answer the questions. You were then supposed to put a new bulletin up so that people could answer the same questions about you.
Some of the questions were easy (What is my name? When did we meet?), while others were pretty difficult (Do you remember one of the first things I said to you?). I filled out the quiz for Kris and sent it back to him. I think I did pretty well, but I know there were questions that I missed. I even racked my brain and remembered that I met him at college orientation. We were in the same orientation group and had the same advisor (we were both drama majors). Anyway, I then posted a blank quiz so that people could fill it out for me.
I got back a few responses. Kris did really well. Two of the responses were from people that I don’t have much contact with anymore. One was my friend Suzanne. We were really close in high school, but drifted apart when we went to college. I haven’t seen her since maybe 1997, and we’ve probably emailed each other two or three times since then. Some of her responses were pretty dated, but she had some others spot on. The other response was from David, a guy I dated for a while in high school. We kind of ended things badly, so we didn’t have any contact with each other for about nine years. We recently began emailing each other sporadically, and we put all of the bad stuff from the past behind us. He has the memory of an elephant, so he did really well on the test. It probably helps that he was friends with my sister, and so he could answer the questions about my family too.
Some things that I learned about myself from the quiz answers….
1. I curse a lot.
2. I’m pretty loud.
3. People think I’m funny.
4. I used to wear a lot of sparkly clothes.
5. Even though I've changed a lot over the years, nothing really fundamental has changed.
It’s nice to think that people from your past still have memories of you, and that they are willing to kill time during the workday answering a quiz about you. Myspace kind of sucks, but it’s great for reconnecting with people. I wish I hadn’t lost touch with so many old friends. I’m a pretty bad correspondent, and I’m going to try to change that.
The other day, I was perusing Myspace when I noticed that Kris had a quiz posted in the bulletin board. Now, unlike most Myspace quizzes, this one was actually interesting. The quiz questions were all about Kris, and you were supposed to copy the bulletin, paste it into a new message to Kris, and answer the questions. You were then supposed to put a new bulletin up so that people could answer the same questions about you.
Some of the questions were easy (What is my name? When did we meet?), while others were pretty difficult (Do you remember one of the first things I said to you?). I filled out the quiz for Kris and sent it back to him. I think I did pretty well, but I know there were questions that I missed. I even racked my brain and remembered that I met him at college orientation. We were in the same orientation group and had the same advisor (we were both drama majors). Anyway, I then posted a blank quiz so that people could fill it out for me.
I got back a few responses. Kris did really well. Two of the responses were from people that I don’t have much contact with anymore. One was my friend Suzanne. We were really close in high school, but drifted apart when we went to college. I haven’t seen her since maybe 1997, and we’ve probably emailed each other two or three times since then. Some of her responses were pretty dated, but she had some others spot on. The other response was from David, a guy I dated for a while in high school. We kind of ended things badly, so we didn’t have any contact with each other for about nine years. We recently began emailing each other sporadically, and we put all of the bad stuff from the past behind us. He has the memory of an elephant, so he did really well on the test. It probably helps that he was friends with my sister, and so he could answer the questions about my family too.
Some things that I learned about myself from the quiz answers….
1. I curse a lot.
2. I’m pretty loud.
3. People think I’m funny.
4. I used to wear a lot of sparkly clothes.
5. Even though I've changed a lot over the years, nothing really fundamental has changed.
It’s nice to think that people from your past still have memories of you, and that they are willing to kill time during the workday answering a quiz about you. Myspace kind of sucks, but it’s great for reconnecting with people. I wish I hadn’t lost touch with so many old friends. I’m a pretty bad correspondent, and I’m going to try to change that.
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