vovat | Whatever I touch turns to snow in my clutch (Reply)

A few people on my friends list have mentioned stuff about the "flag this journal" option, and the ability to mark a post as having adult content, neither of which I was aware of until these people mentioned them. I don't really keep up with LiveJournal news myself, except when something is obviously going wrong (like the server being down). I can't say I really understand the concept of "flagging" journals. I assume it's a way to report objectionable content, but who determines whether someone is objectionable? I get the feeling that the only people who would ever use that option are busybodies who think everything they disagree with is objectionable, and kids who want to play pranks (you know, the same ones who randomly IM people and then warn them 800 times for no reason). And do we really need to give more power to those people? I think most of us understand that we can just not read someone else's journal if we find it objectionable. So, yeah, I can't say it makes sense to me.

I watched The Year Without a Santa Claus today. This was one I don't think I'd ever watched as a kid, although I did see it last year. I've heard people say that the Snow Miser looks like John Kerry, and I can see the resemblance. He also gets compared to the angry apple trees in The Wizard of Oz.

I think it would be preferable to be the Snow Miser, since he has frost-based powers and his own song-and-dance number. The trees, on the other hand, are rooted to the spot.

And here are the results of a quiz that I learned about from

colbyucb:

You are the frost that threatens the fall harvest. People look at you and see eternity, but that's not the real you. When anything happens, scream. No one will hear you, and it's great for relieving stress.

Biorhythmic Cycle: None
Power Animal: Claw shrimp
Be Sure to Avoid: Stepping on cracks in the pavement
Interrogation Resistance: Pleasant breath