I'm Nicholas. And I already wrote that story.

BEING A MEME DOESN'T MAKE ME A DISEASE.

Hi. My pictures are at http://gabrielcain.com/ (and flickr, the link is there.) I'm here because I met you at a party, and think you're interesting.

And I'll tell a longer version when I'm at home this evening.

I am a poet, photographer and artist living in SoCal

I am nobody of consequence

Does DEVO know you wear that hat?

Erm... Heather, a not-quite sure what-she-is stuck in a dead-end job at an internet medical publisher that's steadily driving me insane. Sometimes I write fanfiction, and i used to take photos and create fan-type websites. Drifting a lot. trying to find another job and figure out what it is I want to do (which is a bit problematic due to being stuck in a rut). Sometimes I go to conventions.

I find that drifting is good, sometimes. It lets you flutter around and figure out what suits.

Jhayne, I met you for the first time *twice*. This is because you kept showing up to going away parties for people I knew -- who I knew to be cool -- and then found myself talking with you twice as the next coolest person at the party (beyond the person leaving). After the second time I decided I needed to be someone who actually knew you. And now a couple years later -- you are sitting across the desk from me toiling away at *that media company*.

Well Jhayne, you know who I am (and you know who Sarah is) but I will for this blog tell everyone else who I am. I am Keith. My online ID for many places is Airchinapilot and lately that is mostly on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/airchinapilot/). Yes, I am one of those notorious photographers. My polished shingle is on http://www.keithloh.com. Some of those photographs are of you dearie (though I admire that one of yours in this blog post a lot too).

Other interesting tidbits about me: I once worked for William Gibson teaching his son Macromedia Director. I am a trained technical writer. I'm a two-time the Praxis Center for Screenwriting Fellow (http://www.praxisfilm.com). Besides my day job I also earn money doing web things and taking photo commissions. I moved from the west side to the east side. And now I am signing off to go to a baseball game. ttul

Take me out the baaaalll game, take me out to the shooow...

How is it we all know that song? I think I've only been to one baseball game in my life, and I was probably around thirteen.

I really need to shiny up my web-page. Let some updates out into the public. All that jazz.

Hi Jhayne!

I'm Angela. I'm a writer, photographer, painter and once again filmmaker. I also try not to hate the world, with varying success on optional odd days.

You can see my work here: http://angelahunt.30art.com and on my flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelanhunt

I occasionally make costumes. Because I like to lose my mind.

Right now, I'm temping at my alter ego job as an admin. It pays the bills.

I'm actively looking for models in Los Angeles right now. I need to build some fashion into my portfolio and I need new faces and bodies that are willing to contort for me for food and tea and prints. If you are interested or know someone who is, ping me at angela.n.hunt at gmail dot com.

Oh, and I think you're awesome. The Heart of the World will live again. I just know it.

Oh, and we met through Warren Ellis' Engine. Which made me a great many awesome connections.

I've met obscene numbers of people through Warren. It's like a lift-off to another circle of net, knowing him.

i am mordicai. i am motivated by malice stemming from alienation & dissonance, that stemming from incompletion, that stemming from, best guess, the shattering of godhead. i like hive minds, & plotting to kill the ego. also, the universe (if you posit a difference). i was fat & old & wicked when i crashed here sixty-five million (65,000,000) years ago. i don't try not to hate the world. i relish my hate, i ketchup & mustard my hate.

I'm Duncan Shea, and I'm of the notion I'll be repeating myself. Writer, doodler, occasional actor, adequate photographer. See the icon for my picture (though my hair is, er, even shorter now. I miss my long hair). It was seeing the pictures of you with the multicolored woolen hair that got me (and your shoulders. *sigh*). I participated in National Novel Writing Month last November and won, somehow. The novel in question, called Terminal Show, is about a battle of the bands, and The Devil is a major character, and it's told from the point of view of a writer for a music magazine. Of course, there's another novel I've been trying to work on for years now... it's all in my head but for some odd reason(s) I'm not letting it out to take up space on the hard drive (save for incomplete first drafts). Its working title is Scared of Girls, and I don't know what more I could say about it, other than I sometimes refer to it as "my apology to women everywhere for being a guy."
In the meantime, I'm doodling rough layouts and writing dialogue for a comic project that, like everything else in the hive of my head, has been long-percolating and occasionally mutating... always it's been an excuse to draw monsters and pretty girls... now it's looking to be a story about a filmmaker (the pretty girl) who stumbles upon one of Hollywood's darker, deeper secrets (monsters).
I'm trying my hand at animation (bought some software) and puppetry (downloaded a pattern). I found a recipe for marshmallows I'm hoping to try. Years ago a friend of mine and I worked on a Beowulf screenplay, which was tricky because she lived in South Carolina and I live in Virginia, and this was before either of us had email... we mailed floppy disks back and forth. I was an extra in a movie about a comet. I appeared on local late night live TV. After a series of odd jobs (clerical stuff, substitute teacher) intermingled with periods of no jobs at all, I currently work for a car dealership (like my sister and her boyfriend. My boss is my sister's boyfriend's father) which is ironic because I hate to drive and like cars even less. But at least I'm working and being paid for it. I like going to Renaissance Festivals and horror conventions. I used to be in Drama in my college days, and whenever I see a play at my alma mater, I feel a happiness mingled with a pang of longing for the old sense of fellowship, even though I didn't (and still don't) mingle as well as I could. Of course, funnily enough, thanks to Facebook, I'm reconnecting with people from Drama and elsewhen in my life. Never mind that my former Drama teacher and I go to the same church. (www.bruu.org) I could be on first-name basis with him, but I still call him "Doctor Trumbull." I'm still on DeviantArt as serizawa3000, though I haven't put up much new stuff for a while now.

I found this: http://www.collintheatrecenter.com/PastShows/2006/RockyHorror/Photos.htm

This theater did a production of The Rocky Horror Show with puppets. I like the puppets, and I also like that because its the original play, they're not adhering to the look of the film.

I think you're neat. Some bit of me wishes one of us lived closer by so we'd have an excuse to visit a gelateria sometime. :)

Perhaps we should look into the viability of actually mailing ice-cream.

I'm Esme! You know me, actually; I'm just lazy.

I didn't know you had a journal!

So. Added.

Soon I hope to come over for a visit. I know I keep saying that, but financially, I'm on more solid ground than I was.

Hi, I'm Larry. I work too much in the hot sun and cold wind, I have to drive a lot. I have a hard time saying no. I make a photo comic thing, desperately scribble down story ideas that I rarely have time to develop, and travel whenever possible. Most of these are subject to change without notice.

Oh, I verse also.

We bumped into each other in the Warren/Slinka/Margo/Penda zone and my friends help me stalk you.

Hi Jhayne, I'm Jett.
I live and work on the central coast of california.
You'll find me at work here http://www.hearstcastle.com/ as a tour guide, which means I have the coolest office in the world. You'll see me in the picture in mid-spiel in the Refectory (dining room) of the estate. I make shiny things and talk entirely too much. I began to read your blog after Warren Ellis aka internet Jesus pointed you out.

When I plan a great big trip down the coast in search of friends and adventures, that castle is on the list of visits and it's all your fault.

I have the undoubted right to say I have known Jhayne longer than anyone else.

My current project is writing and producing a multi-media book called "The Live More Lightly Songbook and Workshop Guide" -- more on my blog www.livemorelightly.com

I plan to do a book tour on my motorcycle and make a video. Right now I am working on mounting a camera on my motorcycle, then on a ride across Canada I will capture as much as I can. Although I am trained as a musician, I have an interest in many types of media and computers that help me create.

Jhayne's readers are probably as interesting as her friends. I am always happy to meet you.

Victoria

Glad to see you here, mum. I'll post my shots form the folk fest soon, I hope. You look really nice in some of them.

(ps. Basic html works in these posts, so you can link more directly to things.)

Hey, Jhayne.

Jeremy Alexander, and I don't actually remember where we met. Probably a poetry slam, or just randomly.
I live in my headphones and I am a writer, reader, artist, closet musician, inventor of strange things and professional crazy person.

Pretty sure it was a poetry slam. Oh for the days I could go to them without mentally checking off Poetry Slam Bingo Cards in my head. I keep meaning to go down some monday to check out what Duncan's been doing, but it just keeps not happening. I heard you win more than you lose, now. Good on you!

I’m consumed by coarse conversations that stop me from thinking about limits - I like being called on to switch direction; it tunes my head more precisely then finely sharpened edges, or an ex, wearing a tux and pretending to be a sledgehammer - if it rings bells, and doesn’t blame me for reading books about feeling, then I’ll gladly collide with the spaces that fill my holes - I exist in matter that’s as large as entire universes, but only in ones that don’t seem to know it - some of my friends are to busy crashing on the sound of stone floors, to smack me upside the skull - some stop chattering, and watch me like I'm a slow motion event, which they re-run endlessly for friends of theirs, and their phones.

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i am me. linux hacker. met via Gavin and later Karen, after being flirtingly close via social networks.

I'd forgotten we met through Gavin. How is he? I haven't heard from him in an epoch.

I'm a magician. So far, my means of practicing magic include:

-contact juggling
-DJing
-baristacraft

I'm also writing a novel and working on an album. However, at the moment, I'm in a co-op house in Eugene, OR while making a very long trip from Bellingham, WA to Los Angeles, CA. This trip wraps up at Burning Man.

And, of course, we met one another without any clothes on.

Hey Richard! I didn't know you had an LJ. Nifty. Added. All that. I read about your traveling over at Whitechapel. Sounds brill, wish I was doing something similar.

Anyway, since when were we ever naked?

Hey there - I stumbled upon you via Kathy Kachelries, when she shone a light on your global initiative to save a local turn-of-last-century theater and turn it into a new multimedia venue called Heart of the World. You introduced us to Duncan, or vice-versa, and the world has become a better place.

Staff Writer and Chief Mechanic on Record for 365tomorrows. I also own a software development company and consultancy based outside Toronto, Align Software Inc., where we build web applications and dabble with fun things like iPhone development, and spend most of our time knee deep in WebObjects. I play the piano far less than I should, and should be far better than I am. My body's need for sleep frustrates me, as there are 6 or so hours each day that I could better use creating something. I'm want to take on large construction projects (I've just built a 17x30 pool from a kit and am now surrounding it with a deck). I'm happiest when I'm physically exhausted, which lately has been by playing 90 minute ball hockey games in an oven of an arena. I can drink far more than is healthy but drink much less than I'd like to, for the sad reason that drinking now makes it much harder to think later, and I'm always planning on thinking later.

I've got very few pictures of me it seems, so this will have to do - spring of this year after having finished roofing a friends cottage.

Aw, thank you Steve.

This is such fun, I wanted to do it again!

We are pretty aware of one another and are pretty sure our apples fell in a similar orchard. Recently I have been dancing a fine line between Van and Chicago (still) and trying to think of ways to make life more fulfilling. I am going back to Paris for Christmas, Dublin for a wedding, and who knows where else in between :)

Hopefully we can break out my teapot again - it would be a great time I figure. Sunday, Monday, Tuesdays!

The exciting life of an IT tech, oh yes, you globe-trotter you.

Hi Jhayne! I'm Karen. I have your French horn in my closet.

I'm a musician, programmer, parent & alternative transportation activist. I tend to know far too many facts about far too many topics, some of which are accurate. Sometimes I design & sell logic puzzles, though not so much of late: instead I've been playing at a variety of local open mics, and have a solo gig coming up on BC Day.

Since the respective quality of my piano playing and singing seem to obey the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, I really need to find a singer one of these days. And a percussionist.

Have we figured out yet if our work windows face each-other? I've been considering taping a sheet of white paper in mine, to see if you can find it.

Also, regarding the Great Head Hunting of 2008, did you get in touch with Will?

I can't think of anything interesting that I am at the moment.

Who's that with you?

My name's Duncan. I am a writer with a lot of thanks to Jhayne for gentle prodding and clear answers to simple questions. She got me into LJ and introduced me to 365tomorrows, which in turn led to me being a staff writer.

I'm a computer animator for Rockstar Games which means that yes, I did have a large hand in making that game where you can kill hookers. Just call me the moral compass of a generation.

I enjoy drawing, reading, taking pictures, and watching movies. The world and life in general is better with Jhayne.

You also had a significant part in creating that game where kids beat each other up, no?

Introductions woo!
I am Beth. A slightly rude, slightly clueless, arty person wannabe who's too distracted by shiniees to really get anything done.
I'm currently a hairdresser but it's too limited. I want to make a different sort of art. So I'm going into fashion design. Not to work to trot out tired rehashes of old favorites but create something new and just plain fun.
And here's a shiny.
http://melukilan.deviantart.com/art/Ember-43032591

I really like the idea of you in fashion design. I think that could be of benefit to society. Heh.

I found this, the other day, and thought of you.

I'm Angela. I was a non-certified paralegal but now I've quit to be more true to myself. I'm reverting to the new age tarot reader and wannabe author, and I'm surrounding myself again with art and spirituality.

I know you through some mutual acquaintances. It was recommended I talk with you around the time I was "dating" Matt Goodbar like you'd have some good advice to keep me sane. Then I saw you were an inspiring artist and neato creative person all-around, and I'm interested in people like that.

Sounds like you're making positive changes. Gotta applaud that.

I hope your, uh, time with Matthew wasn't too long. He apparently didn't slide down-hill after we split, he ran, jet-pack powered, full tilt into hell.

I was a code wrangler for a Beltway Bandit. Though technically I still work for The Evil Empire ™, I'm more a professional PhD student coercing artificial evolution to implement my nefarious plans.

And, yes, that's me in my LJ icon. I do play bagpipes, much to my cat's despair.

I have no idea how I blundered across your journal. More than likely I friendedsubscribed to your journal because you are a very shiny person, and we ADD folk are easily distracted by the ... Oh! Look! Shiny!

You say that as if bag-pipes aren't awesome.