Livejournal influences

[pegkerr]

I was reading my friends list and ran across an entry by lollardfish, talking about his adorable son Nico. In the comments, gerisullivan mentioned in passing that she was eating some pumpkin ice cream. When lollardfish lamented his lack of pumpkin ice cream, I was suddenly overcome by an irresistible urge. So I went downstairs, dished up some vanilla ice cream, microwaved it for ten seconds, opened a can of pumpkin and threw a 1/4 cup on top of the ice cream and mixed it all together. I'd never done such a thing before, but it was so ravishingly delicious that I went down and fixed myself second bowl. Uh, because I need more vitamin A, right?

I find it funny that a passing comment from a woman in Massachusetts would set off a food craving for me here in Minnesota.

Tell me about an instance where something you've read on LiveJournal influenced you to do something, maybe something you've never tried before. Big or small--whatever. I know some of you started the 100 pushups program because you read about it here. What else?

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[aome.livejournal.com]

The 100 pushups, lots of memes and links - like the sort where if you click on something or play a game, you're creating a donation of some kind. The livelongnmarry auction - I contributed both money and items to that cause. Lots of recipes, from individuals and communities. I've read books because of repeated recommendations or mentions on my flist. I've tried wrock. I've read fics that appeared on my flist or were recommended, and been coaxed via LJ to sign up for fic fests. Watching a RPG inspired me to start playing in it.

Also, I really want to come to your May Day celebration because of the number of times you've described it and enjoyed it. :)