Delicious Nothings

Vittles + Squirrles = Crazy Delicious (or is that Red Vines + Mr. Pibb)?

So my friend prompted me to sign-up for the Twenty Something Bloggers network on Ning.  I checked out their home page and it definitely seemed like a cool place. I proceeded to click on the “sign up” link…

Like most social networks, I was presented with what appeared to be a general profile form.  It asked questions like “Tell us about you” and “What is your name.”  I was kind of tired at the time so I tried to answer as much as I could and as completely as I could, but I figured I’d revisit the info and beef it up in a day or two after some much needed rest.  As you can imagine, towards the bottom of the form I really just wanted to move on and begin exploring the network.  As a result, I was giving less and less thought to my answers.  Then, I was presented with the last question.  It was something like “People who love [blank] will love your blog.”  I thought to myself…”Sheesh.  I’m not sure.  I’ve never really given any thought to what the underlying themes to this blog are.”  So like any self-respecting person would do, I put in the most random thing I could think of…again thinking I’d come back in a day or two and change it.  So now “People who love delicious vittles and squirrels will love my blog.”  Great.  Moving on.  Submit.

What I didn’t realize, was that what I not just a profile…but an acutal sign up form/application that was going to be read by real people.  Whoops.  Wish I’d had known that before I spoke of vittles and squirrels.  Ah well…maybe it’ll give the people that read that form a laugh.  Today’s lesson: Reading the details of a form before you fill it out is a good thing.