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Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:50 pm
by CardinalRules
r6_philly wrote:
CardinalRules wrote:
r6_philly wrote:Thanks for the clarification. Either way a few more days to wait.

This year's FB student group has 190 members, last year's has 260. Are they still pushing everyone to join? Does the 190 represent some seats still unoccupied?
I don't do FB, and it's reasonable to suppose that others don't either.
Really? Good for you. I wish they would block it at my school... Did they send you an invite? I have to think there are less than 50 Yale admits that don't use FB. However, I am just grasping for straws on a couple of days before decisions come out, so please be gentle :oops: .
I run a Twitter account with hundreds of international followers, though, and also I write a blog that is fairly well circulated in some circles. Both of these activities are better suited to my interests than FB.

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:52 pm
by Kretzy
CardinalRules wrote:
r6_philly wrote:
CardinalRules wrote:
r6_philly wrote:Thanks for the clarification. Either way a few more days to wait.

This year's FB student group has 190 members, last year's has 260. Are they still pushing everyone to join? Does the 190 represent some seats still unoccupied?
I don't do FB, and it's reasonable to suppose that others don't either.
Really? Good for you. I wish they would block it at my school... Did they send you an invite? I have to think there are less than 50 Yale admits that don't use FB. However, I am just grasping for straws on a couple of days before decisions come out, so please be gentle :oops: .
I run a Twitter account with hundreds of international followers, though, and also I write a blog that is fairly well circulated in some circles. Both of these activities are better suited to my interests than FB.
I can't decide if I'm picturing Dwight Shrute or Andy Bernard saying this...

:D

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:53 pm
by soonergirl
CardinalRules wrote:I run a Twitter account with hundreds of international followers, though, and also I write a blog that is fairly well circulated in some circles. Both of these activities are better suited to my interests than FB.
how funny. For two years I blogged and ran a political forum with thousands of users, but I have no interest in fb. I don't even have an account. I do want to meet my fellow future classmates, but I'm not sure it's worth giving up my fb-free status for.

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:58 pm
by r6_philly
soonergirl wrote:
CardinalRules wrote:I run a Twitter account with hundreds of international followers, though, and also I write a blog that is fairly well circulated in some circles. Both of these activities are better suited to my interests than FB.
how funny. For two years I blogged and ran a political forum with thousands of users, but I have no interest in fb. I don't even have an account. I do want to meet my fellow future classmates, but I'm not sure it's worth giving up my fb-free status for.
I only started using FB this year because the rest of my family started a network to stay connected overseas. I never liked FB. As a matter of fact I don't like Twitter either. I generally stay away from these web technologies even though I have been working on similar things before they existed. It's been interesting to see the world getting addicted on all this information.

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:00 pm
by CardinalRules
Kretzy wrote:
I run a Twitter account with hundreds of international followers, though, and also I write a blog that is fairly well circulated in some circles. Both of these activities are better suited to my interests than FB.
I can't decide if I'm picturing Dwight Shrute or Andy Bernard saying this...

:D[/quote]

Sorry, I guess that it sounded a little odd. What I was trying to say was that my personality lends itself better to Twitter and to a blog, where I can communicate with many people in a casual way, than with FB, where I can communicate with a smaller group of people in a close way. I like interacting with lots of people from many different places and backgrounds but not getting too close to anyone.

The blog is a lot of fun because I like to write, and it's an opportunity to write without the pressure of being graded; I can be experimental and creative on it. I didn't mean to sound pompous about it. It only reaches about 25,000 people, so certainly the audience is rather limited.

Like the poster above, I like my FB-free status and intend to keep it, regardless of external pressures.

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:01 pm
by soonergirl
CardinalRules wrote:I didn't mean to sound pompous about it. It only reaches about 25,000 people
lol. you may want to work on your subtlety. :wink:

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:02 pm
by CardinalRules
soonergirl wrote:
CardinalRules wrote:I didn't mean to sound pompous about it. It only reaches about 25,000 people
lol. you may want to work on your subtlety. :wink:
I know at least two other people who reach more than twice that number, so....

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:06 pm
by r6_philly
CardinalRules wrote:
soonergirl wrote:
CardinalRules wrote:I didn't mean to sound pompous about it. It only reaches about 25,000 people
lol. you may want to work on your subtlety. :wink:
I know at least two other people who reach more than twice that number, so....
Now you know someone who used to reach 100 times that number ;)

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:06 pm
by CardinalRules
Nightrunner wrote:I once streaked through a crowded football stadium. Therefore, I have reached more people than your blog.

QED
:lol: Asha's daily reading is becoming increasingly entertaining.

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:13 pm
by r6_philly
Pics or it didn't happen.

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:25 pm
by soonergirl
Nightrunner wrote:I once streaked through a crowded football stadium. Therefore, I have reached more people than your blog.

QED
No, that's not QED. That's more like TMI.

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:26 pm
by soonergirl
Nightrunner wrote:I once streaked through a crowded football stadium. Therefore, I have reached more people than your blog.

QED
Waitwaitwait! I was in Sports Illustrated. (No, not the swimsuit issue, sickos!) How many is that?

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:27 pm
by CardinalRules
soonergirl wrote:
Nightrunner wrote:I once streaked through a crowded football stadium. Therefore, I have reached more people than your blog.

QED
Wait! I was in Sports Illustrated. How many is that?
Swimsuit Issue? You beat everyone.

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:28 pm
by soonergirl
CardinalRules wrote:
soonergirl wrote:
Nightrunner wrote:I once streaked through a crowded football stadium. Therefore, I have reached more people than your blog.

QED
Wait! I was in Sports Illustrated. How many is that?
Swimsuit Issue? You beat everyone.
wow. you're fast. I edited that within thirty seconds. lol.

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:29 pm
by CardinalRules
LOL, I wrote before seeing the edit. To me, SI = swimsuits. :wink:

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:30 pm
by r6_philly
soonergirl wrote:
CardinalRules wrote:
soonergirl wrote:
Nightrunner wrote:I once streaked through a crowded football stadium. Therefore, I have reached more people than your blog.

QED
Wait! I was in Sports Illustrated. How many is that?
Swimsuit Issue? You beat everyone.
wow. you're fast. I edited that within thirty seconds. lol.
Pics or it didn't happen ;)

I once raced infront of 35,000 people.

I worked on Motorola's cable modem website, that's gotta win the cake for "work seen by people" 8)

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:31 pm
by soonergirl
r6_philly wrote:Pics or it didn't happen ;)
Nah, it was just my writing. I made it into their "college football mailbag" twice. Also ESPN's once, but theirs is only online.

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:34 pm
by CardinalRules
soonergirl wrote:
r6_philly wrote:Pics or it didn't happen ;)
Nah, it was just my writing. I made it into their "college football mailbag" twice. Also ESPN's once, but theirs is only online.
Oh, I made it into a different mailbag on SI as well.

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:36 pm
by rotflawl
Based on current discussion, how much will my having been on The Ellen Show increase my chances?

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:37 pm
by expat
In a contest I once urinated a distance of more than 15 feet. I bet none of you famous and well-published people could do that...

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:38 pm
by Gymnast0206
rotflawl wrote:Based on current discussion, how much will my having been on The Ellen Show increase my chances?

About as much as me being chosen as a "Woman to Watch" in a magazine next the stars from The Sex and the City

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:40 pm
by crackberry
expat wrote:In a contest I once urinated a distance of more than 15 feet. I bet none of you famous and well-published people could do that...
I pissed off the edge of Half Dome once, so that went like 2,000 feet.

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:42 pm
by soonergirl
expat wrote:In a contest I once urinated a distance of more than 15 feet. I bet none of you famous and well-published people could do that...
I peed on a longhorn logo once. (I decline to disclose how much I'd had to drink.)

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:42 pm
by r6_philly
crackberry wrote:
expat wrote:In a contest I once urinated a distance of more than 15 feet. I bet none of you famous and well-published people could do that...
I pissed off the edge of Half Dome once, so that went like 2,000 feet.
I pissed at over 140 mph so it went well over 2000 feet. Horizontal.

Re: Yale 2010

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:42 pm
by soonergirl
wait. the admissions people don't read these threads, do they?