another brick in the wall part II

ByWil

I’m all about the higher education, and I’m also all about the helping people out.
So check it:

A graduate student at the University of Florida is doing a research study on you – the readers of this blog. There is a survey she would like you to complete & it takes less than 10 minutes. The survey asks basic questions about you & your reading of this blog. You can take the survey here until April 30. Please do not trackback to this post or survey since the point of her study is to actually understand you as a reader of my blog rather than people who find the survey through other links. Thanks!

Hey, we all waste spend time taking those silly “Which Fark Cliche Are You? and What Ice Cream Flavor Are Your Boots? surveys, right? (I’m Domo Kun and Mint Chocolate Chip, if you were wondering) so if you’ve got a few minutes to kill today, why not help this grad student out? I hear you can cash the karma in for one green light when you’re running late.

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  3. I would love to see what some people put for the “When I read Wil’s blog, I feel like I am in his life” question!

  4. Sure. Some of those questions seemed to be similar to those “Profile IQ” tests, you know, the ones employers use?
    27. Do you believe Wil is talking Directly to YOU on his blog?
    456. Does your dog read Wil’s blog too?
    but yeah, I did it too 🙂 what the heck 🙂 I love online surveys. Now, I’m off to find out if Kay Trammel is really an anagram for some secret CIA agency 😉
    No, I’m not really insane, its just a sunny day today 🙂
    Tasha

  5. I feel honored to be a reader even if I don’t get to come here everyday . I took the survey. I look forward to Wil’s June post, hopefully, of the results.

  8. I was confused by the question, “Do I think Wil is extremely attractive?” I mean, I’m a guy, how would I know? But I don’t mean Wil is ugly, again, how would I know? I don’t want to hurt somebody’s feelings just because I answered “Strongly Disagree” when I’m obviously not qualified to answer the question. This took longer than ten minutes. These questions are too deep.

  10. I put “Too Many” down for “number of hours spent on the Internet” I did NOT use that response for “Number of Hours reading Wil’s Blog”
    And for us straight males to answer “Do I find Wil attractive” Puhleeze! (NEUTRAL).
    Hey – I gave you good marks, Wil, you deserve it.

  13. Are we to believe then that we are NOT in Wil’s life….? No way….He controls our every waking….and many sleeping….moments….
    GET REAL…..Sheeeeesh

  14. I Hear and Obey Will!
    Well, I Hear and I’ll obey when the site works again… I cannot connect atm. I wonder if your readers are farking her site…

  15. Wil, funny that today, on 4/20, known as marijuana day, you post something about “higher education,” and then sorta mention Pink Floyd’s “Brick in the Wall.” \m/

  16. thanks gotts….I thought I was being kept out of the survey because of my rad views on foot care or treatment of small animals….I can relax then….I can chill….I can get off the roof of my house…sweet….

  25. I have tried several times to access this survey and it keeps saying that the page is unavailable. Im going to try one last time..
    It wont load the page! *cries* Ahh well.. I decide to take a break from all the furious writing that I have been doing to take this survey and for some reason it wont load. *Kicks the internet*. Anyways I tried.. I finally got my poetry bug back, due in part to finding my father who I havent seen but three times in my life. Its depressing really. And Ive still managed to keep up with your site even though I have been writing a book and working on poetry like a mad woman. Love the site and maybe later this survey page will actually load for me. I wonder if it has something to do with the storms that we have been having today. =S.. Well its always good to see that you are getting a word of some kind from somewhere about something Wil! So have a good day and if its sunny there soak up some of those rays for me!

  28. Mint chocolate chip just happens to be my favorite ice cream flavor. Since it is the flavor of your boots, does this make us solemates?
    Punnily yours.

  29. I’m sorry, I began to fillout the survey but after 2 or 3 pages of politics questions I droped out. this survey struck me as a way to ask politic questions ipo real weblog related questions.

  30. The “I like to read Wil’s blog in my own environment” question just seems… creepy, somehow.
    “Yes, I like to read it with the shades drawn, an old Prince bootleg playing softly, wearing just my Hello Kitty slippers.”

  32. Yeah, it seems to be back up now.
    The survey is wierd. I wonder what the real questions are that the survey is trying to answer. It seems like they might be:
    1) Do blog readers over-identify with the writer? Sort of like people who watch an actor on a TV show that they like a lot and think that means they know the actor.
    2) Do people think they are shut out of the political process?
    At least it doesn’t insist that you answer every question. It really bugs me when surveys/apps do that. On the page that says “I avoid reading political posts on Wils blog because…” I left all the answers blank. I don’t avoid those posts. I usually agree with what Wil has to say, but even when I don’t, he makes interesting points.
    It will be interesting to see the results. Will we have raw data about the frequency of answers to the questions, or a final overview interpretation?

  35. The best question was “I am not as satisfied when I read a blog maintained by someone other than Wil.”
    Wil, I have to come clean. I’m cheating on you with Mimi Smartypants.
    😉 Liz

  36. Ok I finally made it to the survey. And I completed it. I hope you are happy Wil!! Hehe.. But it was pretty cool.
    PEACE..

  39. Wil, I hate to get all uppity at a time like this, but what’s the deal with asking your readers to do something with the heading “another brick in the wall part II”. Kind of makes it sound like you’re saying “do what I’m telling you so that you can be a lemming” (and part 2 no less, Jeez, I’m not even a first generation lemming!?) I’m just saying…

  40. It was a very political poll, but it is an election year. Speaking of politics, who is with me on writing in a vote for Wil this year? He is a lot better than the choices we have now.

  41. Well uh.. We are all kind of lemmings if we follow this site so religiously as to fall into the balance of coming here at least once a day just to see what Wil has posted. Even if you only visit once a week, make it that priority to come here just to see whats up in Wils life, that makes you a lemming in the sense that you must know. And besides there is nothing at all wrong with being a lemming for Wil. Hes a cool guy and he deserves all the lemmings he can handle. =P
    IMHO and I mean MY opinion, This site is great and he deserves all the attention he can get from it. It takes alot of balls for someone to put themself out here on the internet with their daily life, thoughts, and feelings like he has done. Especially someone who has acheived fame the way he has. So I find the lemming comment to be more funny and also flattering to Wil. =P
    Give us all a break and let us be lemmings if we so choose, if makes us happy, and more importantly if it makes Wil happy, then Im all for it… =P
    Lotus (one of the ‘lemmings’)

  42. I found the survey very interesting and thought the intent of the survey was pretty clear. Makes you think about why we read what we do. And the political ramifications of bloggers and the way they shape political opinions seems like a good project for a Journalism & comunications graduate student.
    Of course I read Wil’s site “When I have nothing better to do”… hehehe
    “Mama’s gonna make all of your nightmares come true”

  43. WOW…after that survey…I feel like Wil and I are psychic twins….It was truely an inspiration…Are you thinking what I’m thinking(but then Wil,you know what I’m thinking)? I propose that we all get together and build a major World religion around Wil…”WILISM”…it worked for L. Ron Hubbard…it can happen again…Let’s all meet up in a small,obscure town in the Idaho backwoods and plan that headquarters…Bring as many wives,children,livestock as you feel comfortable with…this could be BIG…yessa

  45. Sure! I don’t aways comment here. But, I do read it regularly. So, I will fill out the survey.
    BTW Wil, we watched “Deep Core” on Sci Fi the other night! You did a great job! Two thumbs up!

  46. Just for the record, there ARE non-Americans that read the blog… Us Canadians don’t vote Republican or Democrat. Thanks for not including all of us in the survey, evil survey taker person! 🙂

  49. I’m a WWdN fan, and my girlfriend recently had to go through the ordeal of gathering survey data for *her* thesis. I’d get struck by lightning TWICE if I failed to help this lady out! =)

  50. Interesting survey. I figured I’d share at least one part of something I put on it: my reasons for coming and reading. (1) I find details of things like doing animated voice work fascinating. (2) Wil, you’re a fine writer. I think you could make painting a room sound interesting. (3) Big, big D&D geek. I like reading Wil’s experiences with the game, and playing it with his stepson and friends.

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