Comments | jinxedpoet: It can't even be a storm without lighting.

jinxedpoet

It can't even be a storm without lighting.

Jun 12, 2008 20:05

Goodbye New York. Hello Miami. Could we be in more of an opposite place. We left behind tall buildings and cold weather for sand and stifling humidity. The weather's only unbearable between 11am and 5pm. Before and after that it's unearthly amazing. And it smells like laundry detergent when it rains. For real. I always smelled those rain scented ( Read more... )

work, pressure, angst, luck

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jinxedpoet June 14 2008, 03:18:53 UTC

Heh. Sorry about that. :P

Furthermore, I hate how jobs even get to tell you what to do when you're not there. Dress codes don't just apply to your clothes, but also your hair, piercings, tattoos, and fucking fingernail polish.

I'm not looking for a surrogate parent, I just need a paycheck.

It isn't over jovo June 13 2008, 01:20:51 UTC

When we want a lot, we have to sacrifice a lot. Going through a difficult time is no excuse to give up. We give up sleep if we have to, comfort, even food, to do the things we love. The system wants us to be slaves to it. We don't have to allow it to beat us, but we do at times have to play its game by its rules. That's the sacrifice-time. We're not looking for fame, we're looking to do what we love.

Tommy writes a national, albeit small, comic book. People love it. And he does it in his spare time, while he works full-time at his dayjob. It's not impossible. It's hard, but never impossible. You don't get to put up a table at ComicCon when you're nobody. He's done it, and we can too. We're only 25. We've only just begun. Writers and artists don't have to be successful at our age, and they rarely are.

If we were models, we'd be fucked. Thank goodness we're not. :P

Also remember, we haven't been pursuing our goals very actively. The fact that you've been noticed is extremely lucky. Very few people succeed because opportunities get ( ... )

Re: It isn't over jinxedpoet June 14 2008, 03:19:45 UTC

It's not about giving up. It's about being you are/who want to be versus being who you have to be to survive.

askingxalice June 13 2008, 05:42:31 UTC

Dude, you're killing my boner for life. Srsly. :p

jinxedpoet June 14 2008, 03:21:28 UTC

Hehe. Sorry. Look at this way, maybe you're one of the lucky ones. :P