CINDY'S LIFE*BLOG....MY LIFE, plus everything else....33,000 blog views.... ^pro

....As i cruise thru my gallery from time to time, i notice sooo many of my favorites, which are getting "pushed" farther and farther, to the rear of my gallery....I feel that many of my faves are being "buried" by the addition of new pics....and fear that those in the back are certain to never be viewed again ;-(

....While these pics do remain in my albums and in my groups, as well as in others' groups, i wonder if anyone has found a way to solve this dilemma....

....Does anyone "rotate" their pics, on a regular basis....in other words, change the "upload date" so as to move certain older pics to the "front of the viewing line"???....

....Has anyone devised a better method, to ensure continued viewership of their "older" pics???

....and a safe one....

....Last evening, i was invited to dinner at Bill and Alison's house, my neighbors....This couple is in their mid-50's....While Alison was in the other room on her cell, Bill and i were having a conversation about sites that we visit on the net....

....Bill mentioned IPERNITY and FL***r....and about 5 or 6 other sites which i had never heard of....these other sites sounded like hard-core strip sites, and he told me that he was a member of most of these sites....

....I asked him if Alison knew that he visited and joined a number of hard-core sites....he gave me "a look" and said....."HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND???"....

....When i returned home, i began to wonder how common such a situation is....namely, keeping secrets from your spouse (or partner)....and the types of info that many choose to hide....

....Unlike an IPER member's home page and blog, for which there are "visitor count totals"....group administrators have NO IDEA, WHATSOEVER, as to how many visitors, each of their individual groups receives, regarding group members who visit, to view group pics....

....I would LUV to know which of my GROUPS are most popular, in terms of VISITS BY GROUP MEMBERS....in addition to that which i ALREADY KNOW....namely, my most popular groups, in terms of TOTAL GROUP MEMBERS, and number of PICS CONTRIBUTED....

....Are there any group administrators who care???....besides meee, of course???....or am i whistling into the wind???....(cute phrase)....

....Most of the patrons i saw were exactly as i had anticipated....older males....some wearing sleazy trenchcoats....and all very impersonal to each other....pleasuring themselves while watching the films, and a few pleasuring each other, in the back row, and outer aisles....

....It is very difficult for me to understand why i get such enjoyment while visiting....BUT I DO :-) ....and cannot wait to return....

....OK....YOUR TURN TO ADMIT IT................

....Before leaving for the Asian economic summit last week, President Obama announced, that the 9/11 terrorists, including mastermind Khaleed Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), would stand trial in a civilian court in New York City....rather than before a military tribunal, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....

....Has Obama completely lost his mind???....Why is he re-emphasizing the potential terrorist focus, on a U.S. location....especially NYC....rather than keeping the legal proceedings offshore???

....While the television "talking heads" have been remarking over the weekend, that this decision makes "legal" sense....IMHO, it makes NOOO "PSYCHOLOGICAL" SENSE WHATSOEVER, to the collective psyche of the U.S. ....

....Also, does Obama NOT realize, that the U.S. and global economies, are ONE TERRORIST INCIDENT AWAY, FROM PERMANENT OBLIVION???

....And while i am speaking of Obama....i must admit, that i am generally disappointed with his performance as President, thus far....The TIMIDITY with which he governs, while enjoying clear majorities in BOTH houses of Congress, is disgusting....the health care PUBLIC OPTION issue, being only ONE example....

....WHY IS OBAMA SOOO OBSESSED, WITH THE NOTION OF "BI-PARTISANSHIP"??? Does he not realize that HE is the PRESIDENT....and his political party controls the entire government???....Now is the time to "undo" many of the policies, of the embarrassingly inept, intellectually deficient, PRIOR administration....

....OVERALL, i would rate the President's job performance at "C minus"....and that would be quite generous, due to the fact that i had a very....uhhh...."stimulating" weekend ;-P

....While i do not take pleasure in harping on the past, it was my feeling over 2 years ago, that the determined, headstrong, and decisive HILLARY CLINTON, was exactly whom this country needed as its President....and i feel as strongly about that now, as i did then....more so....

....A new public IPER group, which i was invited to join....This is the group description....

"I have created this group for only one purpose: to determine IPER's group inheritance rules. For example, if there is only one admin and he/she quits, is the group inherited by earliest appointed Moderator or the earliest member to join, regardless of whether or not there is a moderator."

....IPER clearly states, in its "QUIT GROUP" page, that if a sole administrator quits a group, the earliest-joining, remaining member, will be promoted to administrator, whether or not he or she is currently a moderator....

....If this person wishes to "test" the system....why has he NOT appointed any moderators???....In addition, he would need to be sure that the earliest-joining group member, is NOT appointed as moderator....or the test would not be valid....

....OMG....see how obsessed I HAVE BECOME???

....CASE CLOSED....

.... BTW, Cindy.... How come no political threads lately? Are you that satisfied with the socialism being imposed on our nation? I'd love the hear what our Euros have to say about the socialism they "enjoy" and why we should quit complaining and get with the program!

....Anyone wish to comment???

....I am very pleased that a few of my adult PRIVATE groups, also appeal to a number of "candid" photographers....However, i must ask a favor....

....For some reason, in many of the pics which SOME of you upload to my groups, the subjects appear as specks of dust, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean....in other words, the subjects are surrounded by an enormous amount of background, and appear "tiny"....Perhaps you could be certain that the subjects in the photos, appear prominently....without the need to "squint"....or the use of a magnifying glass....

....I am NOT referring to a mere "suspension"....i AM referring to a permanent "closure"....

....I need my friends to know, that i would never close my account VOLUNTARILY....i can more than withstand all of the "stuff" that IPER is currently throwing at meee, on what seems to be a near-weekly basis....that is, until THEY decide to "pull the plug"....

....Should that happen, i have wayyyy more than enough to keep meee busy in my "offline" life....So pleeezz do not worry....i am quite adaptable, and am constantly aware of my priorities, in life....

....My gallery is a mixture of 2 broad categories of pics....the "quirky"....and the "conventional"....plus other categories, as well....

....While the "quirky" pics receive large numbers of views and faves, recently, it seems, my viewers are tending towards enjoying the "conventional" pics more....

....Perhaps it is due to one's own "personal" taste, but some of the "quirky" pics i have added recently, such as posters, have not proven as popular as i would have thought....

....So...i ask....IN GENERAL, WHICH DO U ENJOY MORE???...."QUIRKY" or "CONVENTIONAL"???

...the answer is..........30............

....On my fictional planet, every living person is considered to be an adult, when he or she physically appears to be 30 years old....

....The numbers 18 thru 29 have been removed from the numeric system....of course....

....This fictional planet could NEVER begin with the letter "E"....perhaps, another vowel...A, I, O or U....

....NO COMMENTS, PLEEEZZ....

....Whenever i receive multiple IPERmails, informing meee that someone has quit a large number of my groups, i draw one of two conclusions....

....If the person quitting multiple groups is a NON-PRO member, i attribute the action to the difficult task, of working within the 100 group membership limit....

....However, should i see that the person is a PRO member, with access to UNLIMITED group memberships, i begin to wonder...."Are my groups lacking, in some way???"...."Could this person be angry at meee???"....etc....etc....etc....

....After all, PROS do not need to be concerned with a group membership limit....so what are the reasons for their sudden, multiple resignations???

....PRO members....Should you resign, i would appreciate knowing the reasons, in an IPERmail....so that i may attempt to resolve any existing problems....

....OK....light topic for today....

....Last evening, i went to dinner with a friend at a VERY nice restaurant...he paid ;-) ....i ordered a beef dish, which was loaded with MUSHROOMS, which i luv...luv...luv...almost as much as, well, u know....

....My friend indicated that if anyone EVER served food to him, containing mushrooms, he would pick every single one out, and then probably return the food anyway, for fear that he "might" taste one....

....MY POINT???....MUSHROOMS are one of those things, which people either strongly like....or strongly dislike....i have never met anyone, who indicated that mushrooms are "just allright"....people either luv or hate them, with passion....

....WHAT are some other things....not necessarily food....that come to mind....that people either REALLY LUV....or REALLY DESPISE???....btw, pleeez, do not answer "Cindy"....even tho..................

....As my profile indicates, i am in my final year of Law School....i maintain an "A" average, and am scheduled to graduate in May, 2010....i add that Law School is tuff as sh*t, and therefore, i devote tons of time and effort to it....OBVIOUSLY....

....Not once, but TWICE, within the past month, two different IPER friends have criticized meee, because....currently....my life centers around my education....It is not unusual for meee to spend 12-hour days at school, tho i do have free time between my classes, and part of my weekends on law cases and general schoolwork....

....The two IPER friends who criticize meee, have little more than high school diplomas, so perhaps they do not understand, how difficult it may be, to obtain a further education....

....TRUE friends should lend encouragement and praise to their friends....not criticism....unless criticism is warranted....

....The title sounds like a "BATTLE OF THE GROUPS"....but, it is not....

....I wonder whether members prefer joining larger groups....with many members and pics....or smaller groups, which seem to have a more "personal" feel to them....

....I began wondering about this, as i notice many of my groups approaching 1,000 pics, with hundreds of members....and thinking, possibly, that a group may grow to be TOO large....

....Which group size do you prefer to join???....and....When does a large group become TOO large???

....As i disclosed months ago.... http://www.ipernity.com/blog/58448/170943 ....my legal identity has been stolen TWICE....Please keep this in mind, as you read further....

....A week or two ago, i added a new member to my friends list, who had already added meee....A few days later, i received an IPERmail from this member, introducing himself to meee, personally....Included in that message, was a request that i email a "personal" picture of myself, to him....Of course, i replied NOOOOOO....

....The very next day, this person said that he understood completely....AND THEN CHANGED HIS REQUEST, to a CLOTHED pic of meee....do u believe this???....HOW UNDERSTANDING AND GENEROUS OF HIM....AGAIN, i replied NOOOOOO....

....This story gets better....Now, he has changed his request, to ANY PIC OF ANYTHING, I WISH TO SEND....OMG....ANY PIC of ANYTHING???....what the H*LL is THAT ABOUT???....huh???

....Obviously, this person wishes to learn my PERSONAL email address, for some devious purpose....whatever that may be....

....Hey, guy....my personal email address is none of your business....TWO identity thefts are MORE THAN ENOUGH for meee....

***UPDATE***....WHAT DID I TELL YOU???....This person's account was CLOSED, moments ago....SCAMMER....byeeeeeeeee....

....Which of the following is the stimulus (no, not economic) which motivates YOU, during your passionate, private moments, with your partner???

....IS IT....having sex with the SPECIFIC partner, you are with???....OR....the GENERAL concept of having sex???

....I ask this, because during lunch at school, yesterday, my friends were having a similar discussion....and, may i add, there was sooo much heated discussion, that a food-fight nearly erupted....Ultimately, the opposing groups labeled the other, as the "USERS"....and the "TRUE-BLUE BLEEDING HEARTS"....