MaMaShiShi

We'll all learn something anyway! What time is the comp, Ponyboy?

Oh man, the pressure is really on now! Geography is not my best subject at all!

If I was Mayor for a day, I would: Grant all new members a Welcome Basket—including a fruit, a drink, a flower, and a basket to put it in. Welcome Basket could be awarded when minimum post count has been made. Award a Good Neighbor badge (or PSFC Recruiter badge or something like that) to members who invite others to join PSFC. Badges could be awarded when minimum post count has been made. (Or some other achievement by new member.) Start a weekly Room-Makeover Raffle. Every week when the new items come out, participants contribute a new item or items from that week. For every item put in, they get one raffle ticket. At the end of the week, a random number is drawn and the winner gets the whole lot of new items. Declare a monthly Clean Sweep Day of PSFC, where all members logging in are strongly encouraged to search for their old threads and whatnot and delete/close what's not being used to help our tech team keep the site clean. Declare the Mayor to be Dictator of All and be given a food or drink item daily by all members logging in to the site each day, and require members to begin each post by stating 'The Mayor is Dictator of All'. Have the fonts on the site change randomly in color, size and typeface just to confuse everyone. Technical Stuff Organizing (IMHO) I would move Trading and Wish Lists up into the PSFC Neighborhood. And I would move PSFC News, Forum Help and Advice, and Pet Society/Forum Guides in to the PSFC Neighborhood. These items aren't always as accessible because you have to click back to Forums to find them rather than just using the crumb/trail/thread links to go back to PSFC Neighborhood. Also they're all about Pet Society and PSFC and I think they belong in the Neighborhood. And I would move Music Club, Movies/TV, Agony Aunt and Game Arcade into their own little section below somewhere. They're not directly related to PS or PSFC (although Agony Aunt sort of is...) and IMHO don't need to be so high up in the list of links. Or perhaps these 4 could be added to their own section in the Cafe—I think they would fit in there nicely since they are more about socializing and off-topic discussions. Customizing On the Portal Page - love that my user name and avatar are right there in the top right so I can see that I'm logged in. What I'd really LOVE to be able to do with that box is customize it, or at the very least, have it list the threads I'm currently watching. Right now, I can click to profile, which is OK, but I'd rather it list most recently visited threads, or make it so I can list my favorite links there. Or - I'd like to link to my very own custimizable PSFC page, where it's not a thread, but my own PSFC home page where I can post stuff about me or my pet or whatever. So it's kind of like a profile page, but it's viewable by others. Beautification The Portal Page - once again I love the newer little section headers, etc. And the top banner is great (great artist eh!!!), but with the additional scrolling bars, and invitations and such, it's starting to look like there's about 4 headers up there all competing for attention. Can some of that info be moved to the Home page (like the whole #1 fan site ad)? Remove the purple 'get involved' bar? Remove the purple bar below the row of red links? Put the info that's in the scrolling bar into it's own little box on the side with links? Or in the center, replacing the #1 Fan site ad? I don't want to be negative about the ads or announcements or lead-ins... but after awhile it seems like overkill advertising all the fun things to do on PSFC. Maybe those items should be reserved for the Home page - or a special Newbies link or something like that. Also, the top banner, as wonderful as it is, it does take up a lot of screen space. Could it just be used when you first log in, but not on all the forum pages. Or maybe a smaller version of it could be used. As much as I like the picture, it bugs me that it takes up so much real estate. Maybe it would be best used on the Home Page or Portal Page. Or maybe the design needs to be narrowed down, a lot! Or condensed and incorporated with some of the info in the fan site ad? In closing, if I was Mayor for a day, I would make me get off my soap box now! Oh! One question - The Chat Box is always at the top of my pages now. Is there a way to turn that off or remove it? Or is that intentional? (Whoops, that was two questions.)

Just sent in my 999. Sorry I had to 're-friend' you—must've been to aggressive deleting posts and accidentally deleted you. My bad.

Looks like they are all taken now.

1) You want a piece of me? 2) Bam-Bam's got nothin' on me! 3) Slip-sliding away... slip-sliding away...

Binky, pacifier. ahhh. Thanks MaMa! A MaMa must know these things!

Whoops - I4 is gone, I'll take I3.

Binky, pacifier.

May I have D8, D9 and I4?

I'm going to guess Poppy. Will send you a 999 when I log on.

I think I will be just visiting secret gardens—kinda pricey for me right now. It would be nice if you could grow some exotic plants in there that sold back for large amounts of coins, or even cc's!

Here's my attempt for the semifinals... I was born in the spring of '62. 605 feet from bottom to top. 9000 tons of cement and steel. The center of it all. The World's Fair. Commerce, progress, technology. Celebration, education, exploration. I arrived. My deck, 500 feet in the air. 360 degree view of the city. The Seattle waterfront, Pike's Place Market, Lake Union. And beyond, the Cascades, the Olympics, Mount Rainier. My city loves me. They come to celebrate New Year's when we light off fireworks. They come for Bite of Seattle to taste foods of all kinds. They come for Bumbershoot and relish the diversity of our city's culture, art and music. And sometimes they come for an evening of romance. An elevator ride to my revolving restaurant. Sparkling eyes and anticipation. This might be the night he pops the question... Never mind the rain, the clouds of grey— I'll still be here with my Legacy Light shining, a beacon for all to see. And my city around me with their gortex and galoshes. It all goes on around me. I'm the center of it all. The Space Needle.

I am distrubed that ANY teacher under ANY circumstances (instruction or auditions or anything) would say out loud in front of a group of people that someone plays horribly! School is where we learn—constructive criticism is appropriate, not foul language and quick tempered put-downs. I hope the teachers apologized to you?!

Number 11 please?

Oh boy! Lots of great items! Hope the lottery is good to me this week! Love seeing a new musical instrument—there hasn't been a new one for awhile.

Let's bump this up since I edited the above post. Red Monster Plushie anyone?

I'll go for number 11 please.

Well done, Chay. And Gaia - thank you for doing this comp! Was amazed to see it's the 25th week already... that's like, almost half a year!

On the bright side - if our pets are left dirty... it helps our friends because they wash them and get more coins. But I really don't like leaving ShiShi with flies on her.

thank you! the next person will get the purple queen dress. Edit: No one wants the purple queen dress? It seems I have caused this thread to stall! OK... how about— the next person gets a (Red) Monster Plushie ?

ooooh - love those groovy shades. must get a pair!

I would like: Dwarf 2 Dwarf 5 White Bunny Bird Wishing Well

Just sent 1x999 item for 1 Scout Shirt.