Tell me something about you:

[wolven7]

Tell me what you're good at, and what you want to do with it.

I just had this weird, fucked up moment of looking at my "friends" list, and my brain saying to me, "Collecting people is trying to become an end in itself; you are making no real connection, save the act of tying strings."

So.

Tell me:

What do you do, why do you do it, what do you want to do with it.

There.

Comments

[renatus.livejournal.com]

I write and do writing-related things mainly, and I draw and paint as a side thing - more serious than a hobby, but less serious than a career.

I write because I have so very many stories to tell, and I'm good at it. I draw because I have pictures in my head that need something other than words to show them.

I want to tell stories to the world. I want to write novels and comics - and draw some, too - and paint pictures. And I want people to pay me for it so I can afford food and books and a space where I can sit safely and tell more stories.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

good question

[oletheros.livejournal.com]

i do a lot of things. i do data analysis and research (day job), write novels, make photoshop art, talk convincingly about porn, do nude modelling and i'm also pretty good at connecting like-minded people together.

i'm pretty goal-oriented, so i know what i want to do with all of it: i want to create art (novels, graphic novels, etc) that finds it's way into people's hands. i'm not so good at the last part of that.

Re: good question

[wolven.livejournal.com]

What do you think you need, to get the latter half up and running?

Re: good question

[oletheros.livejournal.com]

experience and confidence. i'm working on both.

to be honest, the biggest problem i'm having is finding artists who are willing to work with me on my comic book projects. that's one of the reasons that i started using photographers instead - they're a lot more willing to commit to a project.

Re: good question

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Hmm...

Re: good question

[momentai.livejournal.com]

"...[I] talk convincingly about porn,..."

Hi. If you don't mind me asking, what exactly does that mean?

Re: good question

[oletheros.livejournal.com]

it's a reference to the fact that i have a healthy fascination with the more meta aspects of pornography, in very much a similar vein to susie bright or susannah breslin. i have a close friend who was a professional pornographer for a number of years (i met her because i was a model on her website) and i have an extensive catalog (online and offline) of both interesting and historical pornography.

for a lot of people, i'm considered to be the go-to guy for information about and discussions of pornography. you could say that i'm a subject matter specialist. i just thought that phrasing sounded more interesting.

Re: good question

[momentai.livejournal.com]

Thank you. That's close to what I was thinking.

...The last bit, not the you formerly beng a model bit.

[theatreannie.livejournal.com]

I work backstage in theatre because I love it. It can be a frustrating life, but I love helping to create theatre- even when that requires working 66 hours some weeks, only having one day off and never having an evening or weekend off.

I love working with new works by playwrights that aren't afraid of using their works to address social issues.

shameless plug:
Come see Cuttin Up at the Alliance- ask me and I can tell you how to get cheaper tickets.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the shameless plug. And that sounds like a fun thing to do.

Thank you.

[unknownbinaries.livejournal.com]

You know what I do well.

Here's what I want to do with it. (http://mech-angel.livejournal.com/483954.html?mode=reply)

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but not everyone here does. Did. Now they do, i guess. :)

[unknownbinaries.livejournal.com]

Ah, but you didn't ask us to tell everyone else what we do. Just to tell you. :P

[wolven.livejournal.com]

True enough.

[salrushdy.livejournal.com]

physics(any kind)
open a new start up now with 2 person from MIT
on my way to control the world in short

[wolven.livejournal.com]

You'll have to get in line. :)

[hametsunosaturn.livejournal.com]

I... socialize. Lately, anyhow.

I listen to music and try to get a feel for the type of music people like, usually doing a pretty good job of it. I want to turn that into work, ie, a scout for a label. :) Or even just a manager of bands. Something with music.

I also write. I'm fairly decent at communication, I'd like to think.

Finally.. I try to make people happy. My friends, anyway. Just by doing little things that might make them smile -- for no real reason. This is simply to make the world a slightly better place for those I know and love.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Socialisation is a good thing.

As is doing good things, to make others happy. That's sweet.

Musical cool hunting. Got it.

[hametsunosaturn.livejournal.com]

I somehow like the phrase, "musical cool hunting."

[wolven.livejournal.com]

I thought you might. :)

[not-hothead-yet.livejournal.com]

I explain things. That, in a nutshell, is what I do best. Confluent with this "talent" is that I am very good at putting together disparate parts into a wholistic solution. I exercise this talent by explaining to all involved what their part is and showing how the parts fit together.

Currently, I am the touchstone of "what is this?" and "how does this work" for many many people. I think this is also why I tend to write more essays than fiction. I have a hard time with explaining things in a "fictionalese" kinda way.

I guess you could say I am a tutor. Why? Because I can It's like breathing. I just do.
What do I want to do with it? Uh.... well I wish I could get actual paying work doing it but I don't have the right pieces of paper to justify the expense and risk of hiring me by anyone. I couldn't even get work at one of those national tutoring places. Go figure. I may be fabulous at teaching/explaining/tutoring but I can't sell myself for shit.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

You need to get you an agent.

[tsumari.livejournal.com]

Hell, D.
I'm an artist who became heavy with debt and now works as a media support analyst to pay back said debt and get myself to a likeable lifestyle. Otherwise... I read blogs, watch tv, paint things, make crafts, bless peoples, play with mah cats and people watch. With all that? I'm simply living, experiencing, enjoying as much as I can. Cause that's why we're here. To Be.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

I should like to see a bit more of your art, I believe.

[razelore.livejournal.com]

Right now I'm a librarian in a University library, it's fun, incredibly easy and fairly slack. Once I've paid off some debt I want to go get an MLS and get paid more to do basically the same thing.

What I do in my spare time is think up ideas for dark fantasy/steampunk stories that I really should write, but haven't yet. I'd love to write for a living but I don't have the courage to go out and do it, I'm worried I'm just going to rehash something I've already read, my mind tricking me into thinking it's a new idea then get the pants sued off me by one of my heroes.

Basically I just laze around and read, I coast through life. I know I shouldn't, but it's easy.

I should hash out the ideas I once had for Red Card and start to work on them...

I think I'll go do that.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Good plan. Haven't read, yet, but I will.

[cailement.livejournal.com]

I dream great stories. Epic, wonderful adventures every fucking night. And occasionally, my characters from my personal stories show up and tell me what they want me to do with them. Then it's all worth it. It'd be nice to one day be proud enough of one of my stories to publish, but for now I'm confortable for the audience of one.

Also, but just as I'm going to sleep, again, every fucking night, I'm thrown into the darkest part of nightmare where the best horror movies come from. You want really good scary images, come and talk to me about twenty minutes after I lay down. You can take them. I don't want them.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

But all they want to do is teach you things...

Dreams and story catalysation. Got it. :)

[u-madman.livejournal.com]

I'm a systems analyst even though I'm more of people person than a technical person. I use it to pay bills. Like you I collect people and I write occasionally. I also make music occasionally. But the thing I do most is nothing. I think what I want to do lately is turn nothing into something. Make new magic. Alas, I'm hampered by the one thing that always holds me back from ever finishing anything; my ego's fear of failure. Imagine that.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Fear of failure is simply... A reluctance to learn new things.

but then it hits you, then it kicks you

[karishi.livejournal.com]

In spite of the feeling, particularly right here, of not being a unique snowflake at all, I do what I do because nobody else can do it the way I do.

I write. Also, I work magic.

These are ends in themselves, not means to further ends. Goals that have attached themselves to my endeavors are presently on countdown, the writing on a 4-month clock (the time it will take Fantasy and Science Fiction to reply) and the magic on a 2-week clock (I'm moving numbers to get myself a new job) and also on a clock that ends Feb. 28, 2009 (about which I can't say much).

Re: but then it hits you, then it kicks you

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Awww... But that's the clock in which I'm REALLY Interested...

Don't worry; I'll tell you...

[karishi.livejournal.com]

...in just 669 days, that is! Bwahaha!

Hey, how 'bout this lovely temperate weather we're having?
^_^

[theapplethief.livejournal.com]

what am i good at?

i've been told i write decently enough. i would like to be a college professor or some kind of strange nomadic teacher of the arts.

why do i do it? because there aren't enough people with the will and the want to teach others. i want to, maybe not change the world, but add something to the persepective of future revolutionary minds.

and i can make some darn good soul food, i plan on becoming a southern-irish grandmother.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

For the record: I think This is why we keep bumping in to each other.

Uff da

[raidingparty.livejournal.com]

Late again. In that note, I consume media.

I extend physical patterns... evidenced by the discussion about genetic-marker passcodes in your journal earlier. I don't have a particular goal for this talent, it's come in useful on its own. This is also part of how I make my living currently.

I fear. Also evidenced in response to your explorations in magic. I'm sure I can make better with this one, but I haven't yet leashed it.

I create games. Eventually I will live on such.

I dance. In fact, I am probably one of the most musical dancers you'll ever meet. Oddly, I don't want to live Tango. Dancing Tango to my life would be cool, but living as a Tanguero wouldn't work for me. There's something about 'stage people', 'dance people', and Porteños with which I can't associate. Ultimately, my goal with such a talent is the act itself.

I listen. This is all about how I dance well, and do accents, and... whoknowswhatelse. It's in the ears.

I associate people. You haven't seen this in action, but you have your own field running, so there hasn't been anyone for me to bring to you. There isn't an overarching goal for this one.

I make people feel good. Massage, listening, small helps, good lovin' (for a select few, of course), or just an aura thing. This is... it seems for all of these, the goal is the talent itself.

I would like to be king. I'm not sure how those come together for such, but they will.

Re: Uff da

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Dealing with that information in such a way as to learn the lessons of each. That's what a king would do.