Am I new here? It's hard to tell sometimes.
I'd signed on a very long, long time ago with a sort of shy gosh-wow attitude and a fabulously messed up user pic. And then, ...I'm not sure what happened. Perhaps the job got the better of me and I just kind of wandered away.
Now the job's wandered away, and I may be back, if I can even consider myself to have been here to begin with. My filmmaking "career" is limited to a tutorial or two on how to use a certain 3d program, and on most other creative endeavors I seem to be burned out to the point of ash.
Which raises the question... if it's really existential, how can it exist enough to be called a crisis?
Ask me about your grandchildren!
i don't know what any of that means.
i will always feel new here. there is no decoder ring to match up people's real names with their user names, and everybody calls each other by their real names, which makes me wonder why they have user names, and i don't have the time or energy to start crafting a chart to match everyone up, so i never know who anyone is talking to or referring to in the threads - so i remain constantly lost and spouting nonsense.
maybe when i join the workshop next week (way to kick off summer!!) things will begin to make A BIT more sense. one can hope.
until then, i wish you the best of luck - and if you find a decoder ring, please let me know 
eliZamellon, don't worry, you'll eventually start to figure out who's who.
I was so lost when I first got here, but now I'm sort of aware of what's going on and who's who. 
EDIT_
I couldn't process the information in the first post, so I'm just gonna say welcome.
We had started to build a decoder ring of sorts...well, Ironmans started it, and he got in trouble, and now none of us speak of it publicly, but it's out there...for those who know...
We had started to build a decoder ring of sorts...well, Ironmans started it, and he got in trouble, and now none of us speak of it publicly, but it's out there...for those who know...
Why has this not been updated?
Good coffee is like drinking Rock and Roll.
And this is why I need to attend a writer's workshop.
Ask me about your grandchildren!
Wait... these aren't our real names?
Love,
Joe Tonigh
We had started to build a decoder ring of sorts...well, Ironmans started it, and he got in trouble, and now none of us speak of it publicly, but it's out there...for those who know...
Why has this not been updated?
I'm guessing apathy, but I don't care enough to find out.
mine's my real name.
Mine too, kind of.
Step back. Evaluate. Recognize.
nathaniel parker sounds like a pseudonym. like your real name is nathan parks, and you made it a bit more sophisticated. and MCDrake - well, i just assumed you were a beastie boys fan (no offense intended, i'll never let go of my Mike D love)and adapted yours.
thank you, imke. i'm going to start drawing arrows on the screen pointing from referenced names to screen names. i have sharpies of many different colors, so i think it's a good plan.
i'm going to start buying tons of boxes of cracker jacks. if i find the ring, i'll let everyone know!!!
I should have just used Shana as my username. I can't remember why I didn't. But then my user title would have always been 'rhymes with banana'.
Good coffee is like drinking Rock and Roll.
the idea of anonymity is always fun in the beginning. then it becomes confusing and one has to resort to sharpies and cracker jacks.
Which would still lead to confusion wit the euro-Culties...
Also, there's that Eddy/banana association that makes me laugh every time I'm in the produce section.
Good coffee is like drinking Rock and Roll.
I don't get why people would pronounce Shana differently than.. the way it's supposed to be pronounced. It seems obvious.
My name is fine to use as a screen name, 'cause people don't think it's my name. I'm still that dude, called Mike, who is very non-creative with usernames.
where i live it would be pronounced "shay-nuh" real rednecky like.
Yes, I get this a lot. Apparently, it would make more sense with an extra 'n'. My middle name is the same way - lacking an 'n'.
Good coffee is like drinking Rock and Roll.
Nonesense. Your real name is karbunkle.
My reality is absolute.
Or Absolut. I'm no longer certain....
This is why we can't have nice things.
Yes, I get this a lot. Apparently, it would make more sense with an extra 'n'. My middle name is the same way - lacking an 'n'.
Your middle name is Sha'a?
Yes, I get this a lot. Apparently, it would make more sense with an extra 'n'. My middle name is the same way - lacking an 'n'.
a vowel-consonant-vowel combo implies the first vowel is hard. Except sometimes when it doesn't. ¡Viva la Lengua Inglesa!
Nonesense. Your real name is karbunkle.
My reality is absolute.
Or Absolut. I'm no longer certain....
that's my middle name.
Yes, I get this a lot. Apparently, it would make more sense with an extra 'n'. My middle name is the same way - lacking an 'n'.
Your middle name is Sha'a?
I can't tell you my middle name because it gets really Southern. I tried to change it when I was growing up.
Gwynyth has the most awesome middle name. That's the one I got since I lost the rights of the first name. Hers is Sitara - it means Morning Star, which is my grandmother's tribal name.
Also, new guy, sorry for hijacking you thread. Welcome.
Good coffee is like drinking Rock and Roll.
whats wrong with sharpies and crackers jack? they're both awesome. i don't know what i would do without my sharpies and crackers jack are an all time favorite snack that has a prize! gee golly what could be better than that? hahahaha
the cracker jack prizes are all SHIT now. it's always a sticker or a fake tattoo that won't transfer properly.
true i forgot about the new shitty prizes...usually it's not even stickers or cheap fake tattoos. now it's just a piece of paper you have to fold to see some stupid face printed on it.
i think you can make something way better out of the box than the stupid little paper prize they give you.
but can't a girl reminisce?
You, sir, are trying way too hard.
Welcome.
Step back. Evaluate. Recognize.