Immortality Update
Jan. 25th, 2002 06:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladyspriteEverybody needs to have goals. I have several. Some of them have already been fulfilled - go to vet school, become a published writer, have Tom Smith sing 'Storm Dancing' for me, escape from my father. Others have yet to be fulfilled - live happily ever after, dance with John Travolta, own an item of every type of clothing made out of velvet, be immortalized in every form of art known to man...
I'm not quite sure how that last one came into being. I think it mostly stems from the fact that most of my friends are artistically inclined, and when I started dating I found myself showered with poetry and suchlike, much to my joy. And somehow it's become almost a kind of game. The only rule is that I can't solicit entries - I can't just ask someone to draw me, or write a song for me; the artist has to volunteer. Other than that, anything goes.
I realized this morning that I should probably keep a list of things I have so far, if I'm going to be even vaguely serious about this. So, here goes:
Drawings - I have two black-and-white sketches made by a former friend. One is probably lost to me forever, but the other is a gorgeous drawing of me as a Borderlands elf, currently hanging in my bedroom.
Photography - said former friend also took some surprisingly nice photos, as did my father. While I did request that he be the one to take them, the photos were requested by a third party, so I think I can count this.
Along those lines, I can also count 'calendar,' at least online. (If anyone has a physical copy of the Callahan's GoodWench Calender, I'd love to know....)
Collage - an absolutely beautiful, multicolored thing made by an online friend.
Instrumental Composition - written by an ex-boyfriend, probably lost since I have no idea where he (or it) is now. So this category is technically still open.
Poetry - one particularly prolific gent took care of sonnet, blank verse, Generic Rhyming Verse (no meter), and I think haiku. The kind folks in alt.callahans have also (much to my surprise) managed to contribute a clean limerick.
Written arts - alt.c has also contributed a tall tale. Fanfic was covered in the Star Trek zine my high-school boyfriend wrote.
Rap Song - not a category I ever expected to fill, but thanks to a dear friend, one of my favorites. :)
Roleplaying character - there are a bunch of these, but the one I'll take as definitive is the GURPS character that actually made it into one of their rulebooks, thanks to Friends In Moderately Elevated Places.
Not too bad, for about eight years of collecting, and I'm probably forgetting one or two things. However, this still leaves me needing a novel, novella, short story, biography, sculpture, recipe, jewelry, artcar, jello mold, mask, comic book/graphic novel, cartoon, comic strip, costume, cross-stitch pattern, color drawing (in any of a dozen or so styles), dance (also in any of several styles), movie, tv show, musical, and the entire field of songwriting other than rap, plus whatever else my amazingly creative friends can think of...
This must sound horribly arrogant and egotistical, but it's honestly not - more than anything, it's a celebration of my friends and their talents. Besides, with my own limited artistic skills, I needed to find some external way to live forever....
I'm not quite sure how that last one came into being. I think it mostly stems from the fact that most of my friends are artistically inclined, and when I started dating I found myself showered with poetry and suchlike, much to my joy. And somehow it's become almost a kind of game. The only rule is that I can't solicit entries - I can't just ask someone to draw me, or write a song for me; the artist has to volunteer. Other than that, anything goes.
I realized this morning that I should probably keep a list of things I have so far, if I'm going to be even vaguely serious about this. So, here goes:
Drawings - I have two black-and-white sketches made by a former friend. One is probably lost to me forever, but the other is a gorgeous drawing of me as a Borderlands elf, currently hanging in my bedroom.
Photography - said former friend also took some surprisingly nice photos, as did my father. While I did request that he be the one to take them, the photos were requested by a third party, so I think I can count this.
Along those lines, I can also count 'calendar,' at least online. (If anyone has a physical copy of the Callahan's GoodWench Calender, I'd love to know....)
Collage - an absolutely beautiful, multicolored thing made by an online friend.
Instrumental Composition - written by an ex-boyfriend, probably lost since I have no idea where he (or it) is now. So this category is technically still open.
Poetry - one particularly prolific gent took care of sonnet, blank verse, Generic Rhyming Verse (no meter), and I think haiku. The kind folks in alt.callahans have also (much to my surprise) managed to contribute a clean limerick.
Written arts - alt.c has also contributed a tall tale. Fanfic was covered in the Star Trek zine my high-school boyfriend wrote.
Rap Song - not a category I ever expected to fill, but thanks to a dear friend, one of my favorites. :)
Roleplaying character - there are a bunch of these, but the one I'll take as definitive is the GURPS character that actually made it into one of their rulebooks, thanks to Friends In Moderately Elevated Places.
Not too bad, for about eight years of collecting, and I'm probably forgetting one or two things. However, this still leaves me needing a novel, novella, short story, biography, sculpture, recipe, jewelry, artcar, jello mold, mask, comic book/graphic novel, cartoon, comic strip, costume, cross-stitch pattern, color drawing (in any of a dozen or so styles), dance (also in any of several styles), movie, tv show, musical, and the entire field of songwriting other than rap, plus whatever else my amazingly creative friends can think of...
This must sound horribly arrogant and egotistical, but it's honestly not - more than anything, it's a celebration of my friends and their talents. Besides, with my own limited artistic skills, I needed to find some external way to live forever....
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Date: 2002-01-25 08:54 am (UTC)Good to see another sprite around.
Peace.
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Date: 2002-01-25 09:05 am (UTC)And I have some darned good photos of you myself, I think.
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Date: 2002-01-25 03:10 pm (UTC)http://www.argus.demon.co.uk/goodwench/index.htm
It gives you a random picture each time, but I think there's a list if you want to see them all.
You have pictures of me?! From when? I don't remember you taking any....
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Date: 2002-01-25 04:11 pm (UTC)