PS. Geography is the bomb. And I don't know whether I have mentioned it here, but due to the fact that I caption a lot of local weather in a lot of different places, I am almost like a junior meteorologist at this point because I pretty much know what temperature it is everywhere in the United States and which fronts are coming through and how they will feel when they do. It is an interesting passive knowledge to have, and it makes me feel like Mina in Dracula who inexplicably knows all the train tables and makes this relevant to every conversation.
4. Your comments are always welcome and to be honest the one possible cost I weighed about coming over to Dreamwidth was that I might see less of you than on LJ, although I of course still follow your lj. And it is definitely easier to talk to anyone entrepreneurial, whether their entrepreneurship is art related or not. Everybody else thinks I'm bulshitting them when I'm like "um, mostly this means I work really, really, really hard with no reward at all" or figure that means I'm not very good at it. Whereas entrepreneurs or people who work with a lot of entrepreneurs get it. People who think of having "a job" and "retiring" and "getting promoted" - not a lot of overlap in goals or approaches to work or free time. And a lot of people interpret "freelance" (which I'm not currently, but Ciro is) as "unemployed but sounding fancy about it" when in reality it means never having time off, at least for us.
3. I like this lying plan. My mom does this one; she'll just start describing the plot to a movie and see how long it takes anyone to catch on. My Dad is very fond of claiming that any information at all, including what time it is or what he'd like for diner, is classified.
2. I feel that there must be a way to tell stories like this that makes everyone feel fond and connected and like they've gotten to participate in some way or another or can link to something - in a way that is inclusive rather than exclusive. I just get nervous that I'm messing it up.
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Date: 2010-10-05 06:05 pm (UTC)PS. Geography is the bomb. And I don't know whether I have mentioned it here, but due to the fact that I caption a lot of local weather in a lot of different places, I am almost like a junior meteorologist at this point because I pretty much know what temperature it is everywhere in the United States and which fronts are coming through and how they will feel when they do. It is an interesting passive knowledge to have, and it makes me feel like Mina in Dracula who inexplicably knows all the train tables and makes this relevant to every conversation.
4. Your comments are always welcome and to be honest the one possible cost I weighed about coming over to Dreamwidth was that I might see less of you than on LJ, although I of course still follow your lj. And it is definitely easier to talk to anyone entrepreneurial, whether their entrepreneurship is art related or not. Everybody else thinks I'm bulshitting them when I'm like "um, mostly this means I work really, really, really hard with no reward at all" or figure that means I'm not very good at it. Whereas entrepreneurs or people who work with a lot of entrepreneurs get it. People who think of having "a job" and "retiring" and "getting promoted" - not a lot of overlap in goals or approaches to work or free time. And a lot of people interpret "freelance" (which I'm not currently, but Ciro is) as "unemployed but sounding fancy about it" when in reality it means never having time off, at least for us.
3. I like this lying plan. My mom does this one; she'll just start describing the plot to a movie and see how long it takes anyone to catch on. My Dad is very fond of claiming that any information at all, including what time it is or what he'd like for diner, is classified.
2. I feel that there must be a way to tell stories like this that makes everyone feel fond and connected and like they've gotten to participate in some way or another or can link to something - in a way that is inclusive rather than exclusive. I just get nervous that I'm messing it up.