People:
1. How did you find out about/why did you become of estrip?

I saw the chalk advertising on the street and decided to join.

2. How "out" are you about having a publicly accessible online journal. Do your friends know? Does your family know? Do your co-workers know? Does your boss know? Do you use your real name? Do you use your real photo?

Everyone knows I have an online journal. Yes, I do use my real name, and no I do not use my real photo. It all has to do with the one time some asshole threatened me with violence after GWB won again.

3. How many epeeps have you met real life?

Many. Not as many of the new folks though, as I have been absent at the parties lately.

4. How has estrip changed the way that you meet people, on and/or off line?

I've learned that one or two things that irk you about someone are insignificant compared to the things we have in common. I look for commonality now. I also don't take shit so personally.

5. How has estrip affected you love life?

It has gotten me laid, and I don't know how many people can honestly say that.

6. How many of your friends have joined estrip because of your influence?

My brother. So I guess that makes one? The rest don't feel at all comfortable with doing an online journal.

7. Are you from Buffalo/do you live in Buffalo?

No/Yes

Equipment:
1. What type of hardware or software purchases have you made as a result of using estrip?

None

2. Have you used the mobile version of estrip? Why or why not?

Yes, when I had my Sidekick. Not at all anymore.

Lifestyle:
1. In what way has estrip changed your Internet surfings habits? Describe the amount of time you spend on estrip, when you use it and about how long?

I look at it as much as I look at my e-mail. Who knows how long each day, it varies depending on how interested I am in the content of the day.

1a. How many journals do you usually read per day?

5ish

2. In what ways has estrip changed the way you perceive your local community?

In a way, my perceptions have been strengthened and reinforced.

3. How has journaling about your life affected the way you spend your free time?

Journaling hasn't affected my approach to life at all.

4. Has estrip changed your living situation in any way?

Nope.

5. Do you find that you mediate/document more of your experiences now that you share them with others?

YES. This should tell you how open I am about sharing shit recently.

6. Has publishing on estrip affected the way that write?

Not at all.

7. Do you have other online journals? If so, with what service and has estrip affected your usage of that journal?

No, unless you count MySpace as a journal, which I do not. This site is about equal to the other in usage time.

8. Have you ever gotten in trouble for using estrip at work?

Never, at least not that I am aware of.

9. If you have stopped using estrip, why?

Intolerance. I think this stuff is cyclical.

Actually it isn't true. I've tried writing a few entries, but I get about a paragraph into it before I say "fuck it" and erase the entire thing.

So, I'll just say Hello.

Yes, of course I will help you! Just e-mail me the details or something so I know when and where to show up. And don't worry about the reward, unless it's food. I like food. Especially when Josh isn't here to cook for me.

Oh, and I also got your message, I turned my phone off earlier. Why? Oh well Jason was a fucking moron and didn't take his medicine for 8 days straight, which makes for a very unpredictable and dangerous situation. So today I went and got my pills, took them, and went to sleep for a few hours so shit could get in to my system. So that's why I wasn't able to get coffee and whatnot.

Anyway let me know whassup.

-J

Check this out:



Speaking of the hundreds of thousands of Central Americans who enter Mexico each year, chauffeur Arnulfo Hernandez, 57, said: "The ones who want to reach the United States, we should send them up there. But the ones who want to stay here, it's usually for bad reasons, because they want to steal or do drugs.

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I'm sure it's not manly to admit it, but I was so moved to tears tonight after watching a CBC story about a young Quebec boy, struck by some strange illness, who sang for the Pope in Rome recently.

I saw and heard him talking about how he thanks God that he is alive, and that the best way he can thank God is to sing for the Pope.

It got me thinking, this young boy has such a joy of living, despite his own faults and illness, so how the hell could I possibly maintain such insane thoughts about throwing my own life away, wanting a do-over? It couldn't be more accurately said, it is insane to think that way. What an inspiration! What a gift, what a beautiful lesson this young child has given us!

I wish I could thank him. If it were in my power to relieve him of any and all infirmities, sacrificing part of my own life I would do it in a second. He's taught me something that I'll never forget.