: About Me

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My passion is ...

creating. I write, paint, take photographs, design and build props, and do various crafts.

I know too much about ...

Running a small business - I've had a graphic design business since 1995, and started a photography business a couple of years ago.

My parents always told me ...

I could do anything.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be an astronaut. Or maybe President of the US. Or a nurse. Or maybe a spy. I had a vivid imagination and switched ambitions daily.

Why I write ...

To scratch an itch. Sometimes there are words I just need to say. Sometimes there are people I really want to entertain, or impress. And sometimes I just like the way the words sound as I say them.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Seth Godin books, the Dresden Files books, CSI:NY, music on Pandora...as a creative person, I try to find new things to read and experience, but when I find something I like I tend to stick with it for a while.

Hobbies & Games > Video Game Culture & Community My experiences in World of Warcraft

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My characters in World of Warcraft have a very bad habit - they flirt with the opposite faction. A behavior that started as a way to stay alive long enough to finish questing in contested areas has turned into a major part of my in-game persona. Instead of killing the opposite faction my strategy is to use the game "emotes" feature to tease, flirt, and entertain those potential death machines to the point where they forget they're supposed to kill me. Amazingly enough, this tactic has not only kept my character alive in contested zones, it's also allowed me to make good friends out of thos...

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