Aug. 22nd, 2009

jasonandrew: (Default)
I grew up in a blue collar household.

My grandfather was a plumber. My other grandparents were orange farmers. My uncles and aunts were all service men such as navy lifers or mechanics or construction.

I was always the weird one with my head in a book.

It never occurred to them that you could make a living writing. Or working with computers.

In fact, I have an uncle that once told me I'd lose my shirt trying to work with computers.

Writing was something shameful when I could have been out riding a tractor or fishing. I learned to hide it. I've always had one or two friends I'd share with, but in general, it was something I just didn't talk about.

Recently, I played a character in the Camarilla that was a writer and so I wrote reports on a regular basis and then suddenly a lot of my friends realized I wrote. I'm a shy guy by nature so I find it difficult to engage in chatting unless there is a common thing to talk about.

Last weekend at the Rickshaw, I really enjoyed talking with acquaintances and friends about a part of me that never would have discussed before.

Now, I just need to learn to focus as I seem to want to do everything all at once.
jasonandrew: (No shit)
I grew up in a blue collar household.

My grandfather was a plumber. My other grandparents were orange farmers. My uncles and aunts were all service men such as navy lifers or mechanics or construction.

I was always the weird one with my head in a book.

It never occurred to them that you could make a living writing. Or working with computers.

In fact, I have an uncle that once told me I'd lose my shirt trying to work with computers.

Writing was something shameful when I could have been out riding a tractor or fishing. I learned to hide it. I've always had one or two friends I'd share with, but in general, it was something I just didn't talk about.

Recently, I played a character in the Camarilla that was a writer and so I wrote reports on a regular basis and then suddenly a lot of my friends realized I wrote. I'm a shy guy by nature so I find it difficult to engage in chatting unless there is a common thing to talk about.

Last weekend at the Rickshaw, I really enjoyed talking with acquaintances and friends about a part of me that never would have discussed before.

Now, I just need to learn to focus as I seem to want to do everything all at once.

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