I'm usually the last to admit when I am nervous.

But I've been nervous to update this journal. There's something about talking to a hundred people that I find scarier than talking to a hundred thousand.

In my line of work I'm often dealing with writing mass-communication messages and copy that will be read by up to 150,000 people. But there are some things close to my heart that about 100 people are involved in, and I'm more scared to make contact with them. Well, this is one of those. With 139 people watching, I'm starting to get nervous. That's crazy-talk, so I think we'll work together to break the habit of staying out of the conversation.

It's probably a fairly good time introduce some of the things I do when I'm not here.

I work full time at a direct marketing firm producing sponsored, community-driven online games. I like it.

But I also do a stack of voluntary work, largely for two local communities:

[link] is a site for the fusing of scientific and community-driven responses to the Earth's impending doom. It's mostly made up of hopeful youths and studied-up academics. In June I'm going to San Francisco with a few of them - let me know if you're local and we'll collaborate. Deal.

[link] is New Zealand's Live Action Role Playing scene. We love to dress up and play pretend. Hard out. As part of something here, I spent most of the summer making a large, working, retro spaceship simulator. Sleeps 12, and you can fly it around shooting bad guys collaboratively. My game, Nibelungen, ran in February. [link]

That's where I've "been". I've also found that I love to fly kites. Flying a kite is about the most peaceful thing you can possibly do. I just >love< it. Any time you want to come kite flying, just let me know.

Also, does anyone just love editing, and want to edit some of my photos? I'm not a bad editor, but for some reason I just don't do it in any hurry at all. Actually, I know why. It's because I don't find editing to be a social thing. I love to shoot with people, write with people, talk with people, make things in groups. But I have trouble starting to edit on my own. Note me your email address, I'll check out your gallery and if I like your work I'll send you some originals. You get to choose how we post them.

Oh, I'm also writing a novella, which I plan to share here as well. Short story/sample chapter should be coming soon (soon in the writer's sense).

Thanks for sticking around. Let's art.

Craig



I'm a hobby photographer from Auckland, New Zealand. I'm 22 years old and I've lived in Auckland all my life. =Exquire is the evolution of ~djpowerfreak, a name I made when I was 18 and "Exquire" was a secret identity.