seamaire

Sooo..... I went to a talk the other night, with a woman who works in Japan doing pretty much what I want to do with my life. A lot of older women were there to hear her talk/ask questions/support/etc. We were talking over cookies and punch (so civilized) before the talk, and one of the women there was asking someone about using photoshop. Me, being me, just happened to perk up at the mention. Of course, she saw this, and immediately assumed that a) I knew photoshop, and b) I would be willing to help... which... i do and i am, though my mother sent me a dirty look because I'm supposed to be concentrating my efforts on packing because I'm mov

So, have been reminded of the past alot lately - at least, my online past. Some of my friends and I used to (ages ago) play this online MUD (yeah, text only, suck it) called Accursed Lands. I actually ended up learning how to program because of it. The character I played was a mysrra, which was basically a cat person. Now, in those days, I didn't even have a clue what a furry was.... though oddly enough, I was enlightened because of the girlfriend of one of the guys I played with who drew... things. but that was much later, after we started playing WoW. Also, in the OOC chat, I RPed a cat. because.... it suits my personality? heh. We actual

*warning: is a bit ranty.* Sometimes, one of the biggest things I want to do as a writer is challenge people's stereotypes. Stereotypes annoy me. Not that I don't fall prey to them, of course - but whenever I notice them in myself, they annoy me. Some, I suppose, are learned survival tactics (I tend to get really skitchy around old biker dudes, esp in springtime), but most are just lazy habits we fall into - that wouldn't matter so much except it makes us blind to the peoplehood of others, and makes us blind to the potential cool things we can learn from our differences. What set this off (straw that broke the camel's back) was a blog from