Hmm.

[faithinfire]

So I got into WUS last night to find ironlord wallpapering the venue with "Iron Maiden Needs You!" posters. I know some truly awesome people. ^_

Comments

[notintheseheels]

I like reading what you're up to. Also, will there be pics of the finished ink?

[faithinfire]

There will! It's actually done now (turned out the tattooist and I had our wires crossed regarding the date) so there will be pics tomorrow or so once the cellophane is off!

[seiberwing]

I read, mostly either for random crack or to see what's going on in your life at the moment when I'm not talking to you over IM or in person. It's like the Rath Report.

[faithinfire]

*grins* "And today, on the State of the Rath report..."

[seiberwing]

I'm now picturing you at a news show table with a picture of a half-naked wrestler or something in the upper left corner.

[faithinfire]

*splorfle!* And why not...

[sparrowpunk]

I like the rambling about your life :)

[faithinfire]

:) I'm glad someone does!

[kelpierocks]

I always enjoy reading your posts, whatever you care to post about. (But I'll vote for more heavy metal, as the WWE makes me shudder. Occupational peculiarity, sorry.)

[faithinfire]

Occupational peculiarity, sorry.

This may be one of those things I ought to know already, but can I ask why this is? I don't actually know what it is you do...

(I completely appreciate that a lot of my friends want the WWE thing well away from them though, so I'll cut and flag if I post about it at any length!)

[kelpierocks]

I'm an accountant, so that isn't a clue. But I work for an affiliate of the United States Olympic Committee, so I'm all about AMATEUR sports. And there is no correlation between amateur wrestling like you see in the Olympics, and something like the WWE. In my opinion, WWE is theater, not sport, but it's the WWE wrestlers who get the publicity and the money. Just a little pet peeve of mine, since the Olympic wrestlers that I meet in my job are nice guys (and girls) and deserve more public attention than they get.

But I'm not as bad about it as I used to be. Honest! ;)

[faithinfire]

Ah, I see! Yeah, I can understand the sympathetic outrage there. That must suck for those guys, and I'd never want to see anyone denied their share of fame and glory.

Though gods forbid I would ever accuse pro wrestling of being real sport, I'm well aware that it's half gladiatorial show and half soap opera! *g* The choreography and theatre of it are precisely what I appreciate - not to mention the sheer physical courage of the men who do it, and the teamwork and skill that go into those big showy "fake" moves.

(It should in all fairness be pointed out that WWE these days do sell themselves as "sports entertainment" and are very careful to call their people "talent" or "entertainers" and not "sportsmen". I think the distinction has finally filtered through somewhat!)

[ironlord]

I am, of course, reading - although I thought most of your posts would be on IJ.

[faithinfire]

Originally that was the plan. But funnily enough a whole bunch of people I know rudely refused to move to IJ just to read my journal... ;)