August 24, 2008 Comments Off
Dear well-meaning person,
I am me.
And as cheesy as it sounds, I am the only be I can be.
If that scares you, I’m sorry you’re afraid, but just because I am an unknown to you doesn’t make me dangerous. On major points of faith we agree. The expression of that belief differs dramatically but we are both children of the same God. If you don’t understand me, at least don’t assume the worst. I may not take it well.
I’m sensitive to things you may find silly, but that doesn’t make me a crybaby. I see things differently than you but that doesn’t make my views wrong. I go about my life in a different way but that doesn’t make me bad. I think about things you probably never think about but that doesn’t make me untrustworthy.
Please don’t project your fears on me and try to control what you don’t understand. I’ll only retreat further from you and that will possibly make you even more afraid of me and what I do.
And that won’t get us anywhere.
Yours Truly,
Me.
August 18, 2008 Comments Off
I guess it’s been so crazy these days that I’ve failed to put the announcement on THIS blog that my OTHER blog has launched!
Without further ado… I present: The Alternating Current: A Resource for People with Too Many Passions. I started this blog because although there are several books for people who just can’t seem to sit still in one career, despite being intelligent and definitely competent, there isn’t much in the way of an online presence. Both Barbara Sher and Margaret Lobenstine, who have inspired me and this blog with their books, have their own sites and discussion groups, I felt that there needed to be an extra layer of information dissemination — to get the word out even more about Renaissance Souls and Scanners. Not only that but I wanted to share my own journey.
I discovered Margaret Lobenstine’s book over a year ago and although I hadn’t put any of her (or Ms. Sher’s) concepts to work until recently, I finally knew how to describe my seeming scatterbrained-ness. I’m not lazy, not a dilettante, nor am I unfocused. I’m intelligent, competent, and excel at whatever I put my mind to, but I also get bored easily and a typical career-oriented life is torture to me. So lately I’ve been putting their life designs into effect in my own life, taking a bit from both authors (among others) and actually accomplishing things. And for the first time ever, I feel like I’m doing what I’m made to do. If you try to get a job title out of me, be prepared for a litany of stuff I’ve done and am doing. 
August 6, 2008 Comments Off
I’ve been scouring the template for my new blog. I’ve found random German phrases as well as bad English grammar. I’m almost afraid to officially launch until I can fix every single mistranslated or untranslated snippet of text… I do not need any more excuses to not launch. I’ve already changed the design about 5 times before I settled on the theme I have now. ugh.
Just watch this spot for the official announcement for the new blog. If there’s German where there should be English, I hope that my readers will be forgiving and just gently point out the errors…
