Archive for December, 2008

Debbie Walker, Social Media Gnat?

Gay, a pushy bitch nice lady I met the other night tagged me with a challenge to list out 7 things about me that have nothing to do with um, whatever it is that people do for a living. She’s in real estate, and Justin (another twitter friend) who tagged her is a mortgage dude, etc.

1. I don’t have a job/career at the moment. I’m a disabled veteran who is lucky enough to get permanent paycheck from the Government to live on. I’m on the lookout for something to supplement my income due to the recent (post incredibly bitter divorce) refusal of my ex to pay his child support anymore. I live in Mesa with my daughter, get out regularly with friends, and spend hours on this computer. Oh and I’m an Atheist, too.

2. I’ve actually spent years around computers. Running a remote computer site at the Pentagon while in the Air Force (many MANY years ago) and from there desktop publishing (shhh, it’s classified) for a couple of different Government contractors in Virginia and Florida. When we moved to Arizona I stopped working (really bad health at the time – I have great drugs now) but eventually got bored sitting at home and worked at my kid’s elementary school for a few years as a Kindergarten Aid, volunteered on the PTO (hitting all the officer positions at one time or another) and put together the entire school’s yearbook by myself.

3. I have three kids and one granddaughter. Casey is 25 and a single father, Max is 22 and currently in the Army in Iraq, and my daughter Ginnie just turned 18 and graduates this May. My granddaughter Kira is a little over 2 and is the light of my life as long as I don’t get stuck with her for days at a time. I was married for 27 years until it all came crashing down over the last few and ended last February.

4. The highlight of my year is to attend Dragon*Con, one of the largest Sci-Fi/Fantasy conventions in the US. I’ve been going for years, mainly to see my friends and sometimes to meet quasi-famous people and bask in their auras. Or something. I’ve met quite a few wonderful people there that have become interesting friends. And yes, a few jerks. I love the adventure, the costumes, the parties, the food (cuz my friend Calla always makes me eat new stuff) and the entire atmosphere of being around like-minded people where I’m not the geekiest person in the room.

5. I’m a faux geek. As compared to most of the people I’ve met in the last few years, I’m maybe an apprentice geek. I like some Sci-Fi/Fantasy books and movies but while I can recognize a few author’s names, I’m not into it all enough to memorize stats on them. I’m a bit more of a Firefly/Serenity fan than the average person (attending multiple movie theater showings and collecting a few related items) but I don’t like, dress up and/or affect a countrified speech or do fanfic. My family thinks I’m a geek. Little do they know. I don’t even read fanfic. I’m also quite a fan of Anne McCaffrey and have collected most of her books and have hung out with her in real life. She’s great but I wish I’d known her when she was younger.

6. I’ve been getting more and more involved in podcasting. I started hanging out during the recordings of a now defunct show called Wingin’ It and eventually become a regular. Now I’m running the mixer and recording equipment for a couple of shows, Evo @ 11 and Gangplank, and I get to do the editing on both. This stuff is so much fun! I’ve attended PodcampAZ for the last two years, helping on the steering committee this year cracking the whip when they’d get off track, and publishing the program.

7. Ooo, let’s get introspective with this one. When I’m out and about I feel thinner and attractive and then I look in a mirror and go “oh yeah, that’s me now – chubby and old.” I don’t think people like me no matter how many times I’m told/reassured otherwise. At most I’m tolerated. I’m sure my low self-esteem is a drain on my friends but I know it’s my issue and they say the first step is admitting you have a problem. Gee, a date might help my self-esteem a bit. Of course, my overactive self-hate gland would convince me someone put him up to it, right? I need psychiatric help. At least I have a great sense of humor! And a healthy (if unused) libido.

Tadah!

I’m supposed to post the rules, so here they are:

1. Link your original tagger (Gay Potter – don’t snicker, she’s a nice lady) and list these rules in your post.
2. Share seven facts about yourself in the post.
3. Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they’ve been tagged.

And I just can’t wait for these 7 individuals to tell all about themselves.

1. Jack Mangan
2. Sheila_Dee (before Evo does)
3. Tyler Hurst
4. Cherylyn Feierabend
5. Dani Cutler
6. Elizasea
7. Heather Linder… Binder… Biedersomething

Have Fun!